We Interrupt 4th Hour....

What excitement today! We had a tornado drill and had to go to the basement for about 22 minutes. The city we live in does not typically have tornado's as we live in kind of in a bowl, but the surrounding townships have had tornado's in the past.

The kids were just looking out the window discussing how dark the sky had gotten on this rainy day when the EAS alarms started ringing. It was a good drill as I gave instructions and everyone followed them carefully and completely. We sat down stairs and talked about weather and how to respond in emergencies. (We also sorted some laundry and started a load of towels. LOL! ) A few years ago my oldest son had to prepare an emergency kit for school that we kept in the basement. It needs to be updated a bit as we have grown by 2 kids, so I guess 6th grade will be doing that this week.

We now return to our regularly scheduled class.

The Lamb Returns

So if you read here, you know about the lamb. Well this Sunday, the lesson continued with the fact that after the sacrifice, the Lamb was returned to us in the form of our Savior. When the pastor's wife announced that the lambs would be returned, 6th grade smiled so big.

So we have our lamb back and while the puppy thinks that the little lamb should be his own personal chew toy, all are happy.

Happy Easter

Birthday Surprise

My daughter turned 12 and we had a surprise birthday party for her. It was so fun to do and she says that she never suspected a thing.

Let's just say there is not a tube of lib gloss left anywhere in the city. Ha! And her toe nails have about 12 layers of sparkly clear nail polish.

After the party, telling her Auntie about her goodies.

**Update**

She got her guitar!

Attached Lamb & Eggs

On Sunday our pastor and wife did a tag team lesson describing how the lamb, whose blood would be used over the door during passover, was to be prepared. As part of the object lesson they brought in a basket of stuffed animal lambs, enough for each family to take 1 home. Well 6th grade is a sucker for anything soft, furry and cute and ooohhs and aaahhha were issued as the basket was presented. But! the catch was that each family could only have the lambs for 4 days before having to return them for sacrifice. At first Jordan decided that she was not going to get attached to the lamb and just left it sitting out on the table for 2 days, but yesterday morning when I went in to wake her, loudly singing the "Good Morning To You" song (did I mention loudly ~Smile~) I pulled back the covers and there was the little lamb in the bed with her. I knew she could not hold out. So tonight we take the little lamb back, but here he is in the mean while.

Yesterday, we colored eggs for the first time. They enjoyed it. The girl says she does not want to eat hers for sentimental reasons. Ha! I ate mine this morning. Yum

Furry Student & Egg Hunt

6th grade loves our new puppy (except for the business end of him that has created a new chore in the backyard. LOL!) and he is such a baby that he will sit with her all day.







On Saturday we went for an outdoor Easter Egg Hunt at 1 of the local churches. It had the potential to be a neat experience, but the lack of fairness left them feeling down. The children were divided into groups by age and were told some Bible stories and given the rules which included; each person could only have 12 eggs, the plastic egg had to be returned, the candy or toy inside was yours to keep. When they let the children go, they did the whole "on your mark, get set, go!" thing from inside the vestibule. The children charged out the door, causing a stampede. A couple of children fell in the doorway, which led to children tripping and tumbling out the door. The more aggressive children snatched and grabbed dozens of eggs, well over 12 and even took eggs from other children. My guys were only able to get 5 eggs, but I kept cheering them on because this is life.







We have a good week planned. Jordan's birthday is this week and I have a surprise for her. She wants a guitar, but I have not been able to find a good deal on e-bay yet. Gotta keep bidding.



Peace

Over-rated Math Skills

This morning 6th grade and I were talking about what I call "our vitals"; whole names, full birth dates and place. When she was telling me about my birth date, she could not remember the year. I told her. I saw her little math wheels a-turnin' and then she announced with complete and utter awe, "Mom! You are over 3 decades older than me!"

~sigh~

And to think I have been working hard to help her to improve her math skills.