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Category Archives: Family Stuff
General-interest stuff about our family
Isaac is Continually Funny…
Isaac: My Uncle Tyler doesn’t wear braces anymore. Now he just wears an antenna (that’s retainer for those of you above six years of age).
Isaac is Funny
Isaac in conversation with his Grandma Johnson via Skype:
Grandma: What have you been learning about in history?
Isaac: About Ancient Egypt and ancient stuff. And tonight we had ancient dinner.
(Ancient dinner does not mean we had leftover spaghetti from a month ago. We made an Egyptian chicken and spinach soup with pita bread and tatzaki sauce for Sunday dinner).
Blessed
So I walk in the door tonight about 5:30 after a long day. The doorbell rings. It is our neighbor with a homemade pizza for us. Surprise!
Then, I check the mail and we received a package of Halloween crafts from my mom for the kids.
Dinner and a Family Home Evening activity all on the same day! Made my day!
What are the chances of a repeat tomorrow?
We Actually Work in Homeschool!
Sydney studiously working on her math
Isaac making his own counting manipulatives out of play-do for number sentences
The highly-organized homeschool shelf behind the dining table
We learned about how writing developed in Mesopotamia. The kids made their own “cuneiform” clay tablets. Lots of fun!Fall Leaves and Playing Outside
What kid can resist a pile of fall leaves?
What kid can resist climbing on the cable box?
Rolling Along – OR – September in a Nutshell
Life is somewhat returning to normal around the Johnson household. Energy and vitality (as much as is possible during pregnancy) have slowly been replacing the abyss of morning sickness; a swelling belly, the tell-tale sign of 15 weeks gestation, replacing a once trim (on a relative scale) waistline.
Homeschool resumed last week with surprisingly excellent results. I was prepared for pandemonium and mutiny at the kitchen table after weeks of not having the strength to follow through with simple discipline and household chores, but to my surprise (utter amazement) Sydney and Isaac seemed ready to get back to work and … Read the rest
Holy Cow
After getting to Alaska and settling in we found out that we are expecting a baby! We have been hoping for a number of years (more than five) to welcome a new bundle of joy into our home and the time has finally come! This was a HUGE surprise after being told years ago that the it would be “highly unlikely” that we would ever have another baby.
Morning sickness has been quite a beast – I don’t care to talk much about it, but it does seem to be easing into a manageable routine.
Baby Johnson #3 is due … Read the rest
Oh really?
Mom: Isaac, have you exercised today?
Isaac: Um, yeah…
Mom: Really. What did you do for your exercise?
Isaac: Well…. when I scoop dog poop I have to bend over a lot…
Mom: Yeah. I don’t think so.
From Florida to Utah
While trekking across the country we stayed at KAO camp sites in their Kabins. With kids this was much more fun than being stuck in a hotel room. In the mornings they were able to get outside, walk the dog, play around, and help clean up!
Super-Smokers restaurant in St. Louis Missouri. Supposedly a national champion barbeque place, and although I thought it was pretty good, I’ve had other good BBQ other places.
I love the modern and stream-lined menu above.
The KOA in St. Louis, Missouri had hills! My kids have not had a single hill to ride their