Morning Highlights

I thought I would post some picture highlights of our morning so far. It is just another typical Friday. Some people would say it's nothing special but today I am especially grateful just to be home with my children enjoying their little lives. I am truly blessed. God sent these amazing little spirits to our family and I love being their mommy!

Here is a picture of BabyBoy doing one of his favorite things - looking at books! If you've been to my house you know we love books. We have bookshelves in every room but the bathroom and kitchen. Even the kids bedrooms have their own bookshelves. And many many times a day BabyBoy will take stacks of book off the nearest shelf to flip through. It doesn't matter if they have any pictures. And he has yet to rip any pages (unlike another son of mine who loved to destroy books for the first several years of his life!). He is just copying what he sees mommy and daddy and all his siblings doing. I love to see it. My next goal is to teach him to put them back on a shelf though...
The bigger kids ate breakfast and begged for games this morning. We have this great domino set that goes clear up to 16 dots per side, and each comes in a different color. Dominoes are great for little fingers to count the dots! Especially as each dot on ours is a little indentation, so it helps them physically feel when to say another number. It also has four little train figures so they can make railroads and cities to drive around, and more.

This is one of the other games they requested this morning, basically a knock off of connect 4. They love playing with the chips and making patterns as they drop them in. It happens to be great for little fingers to practice fine motor skills, but they don't know that! BigGirl finally got a turn with it after she finished her grammar worsheet.

The big accomplishment of the morning was BigGirl finishing her cross stitch sampler she started last week. It turned out great but took a lot of attention from mommy. The cross stitching is a bit too hard yet I think and we'll not do another one for a few years! She does much better with knitting and doesn't need mommy to help. We'll stick with that for now. But nevertheless, she finished and we both learned great lessons in patience.

Besides that we have finished math lessons, done some preschool, and chores. Oh, and I think everyone has gotten dressed for the day too!