Learning

  While Ron and I seldom sit down to play the piano, it is  an attraction for  the little ones. It also comes in handy when we have guests who like to play. So it isn't just a nice piece of furniture that takes up a great deal of room.   We are happy to have it.  And we enjoy hearing the grandchildren play.

I've been thinking about the following quote since it ran in the Founder's Quote Daily on the 28th of this month:


"It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for their usefulness, their respectability and happiness." --James Wilson, Lectures on Law, 1791


There is so much said now about the schools and what they do and fail to do.  But it is really up to the parents to make sure their children's experience at school is worthwhile. They must send that child well fed and rested and with a good attitude toward school, the teachers and their fellow students.  If they don't, there is a limit to what educators can do. 


However, I am all for making the teachers responsible for doing their duties in an effective way.   
                                                                                                                                                           Tenure has ruined us. The teachers who do a better job should stay while those who are just marking time until the end of the school day, year,or until they retire should be set free from the duties they shirk.

Freedom

I wouldn't say Aussie looks like me.  What boy wants to look like an old woman, even if it his grandmother?  But he does remind me of myself, years ago, of course.  

It is so great when the kids can come to Ohio and celebrate the 4th of July with us.  

We can still celebrate our freedom...for how long, I don't know.  It depends on the will of the citizens. We are fighting an uphill battle though against those who are constantly trying to brainwash us.

I've said this here before , but it is worth reiterating. We are dealing with a mainstream media that is bent on destroying all that is America, from individual freedom, to the family, and to the church.  They use every opportunity, even when it is a far reach, to attack Christianity. One of their latest rants uses the Norway mass murderer, who is just that...a mass murderer, to bash those who believe in the true God.

  Murder breaks one of the 10 commandments which are the stones upon which Judaism and Christianity are built. Okay that is several strikes against the man.  Next, as Bill O'Reilly has said, "Anders Breivik did not kill in the name of Jesus.  He was not a member of a Christian-based al Qaida-like group." And he continued, "His actions are 'counter to all Christian (or Jewish) teaching."

Keep alert.  Read the truth. It can still be found if you look hard enough.

Match Box

Back on the 28th of July, I posted a layout of Caleb playing with some of his dad's old toys. He was having fun with a little yellow helicopter.  Well, in the same box were most of his daddy's Match Box collection.  !00%  boy naturally had a big time 'finding' all the cars, trucks, busses,vans, etc.  He could have played all day, but we were soon off to something more active.

Al Global Warming Gore, the weather man without a degree, was on TV recently spouting  off about the Tea Party.  He wants those on TV to limit their coverage of those tea baggers and, I suppose, spend  more time with of his bunch...as if they haven't given him LOTS of coverage these last few crazy years.

Now this is the same fellow who ran for president not too long ago.  Of course he wants to tell the news people what they should cover and what they should not cover.  They take more control in Socialist countries.  Look at China and the Soviet Socialist Republic of the near past for examples.

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.  Joshua 24:15

Stay Right There

Did you ever to try to pose a little one who is in a new place?

"There are just so many things to see in every direction and they want me to sit still and look at that camera. I already know what it looks like.  I've looked at it most of the day.  Now I want to ... hey who is that down the path? Oh what is that back there?  Oh, okay, I'll play your game just one more time.  SEE MY EYES?  Okay, I'm done. Let's go, go, go..."

What sweet memories I have of this day at the park. We walked along the river for quite a while through gorgeous woods with wildlife scurrying around and birds chirping everywhere. The sky was blue, the wildflowers bright, the air clean AND most of all my four youngest grandchildren  running, skipping, jumping, humming, singing, hurrying, then waiting for those of us who were slower. It was great.

Well, I'm trying to decide whether or not I want to hurry and complete 30 more pages in three days, so I can have another book ready for My Publisher.  I could do it, but do I want to sit at this computer all those hours on days I'd rather be boating?    Probably not.

Besides I'm needing a little boost to my spirit right now.  Don't we all?

18 Months

Caleb turned 18 months on Tuesday. I've had these pictures since then and can't get over how cute he is.  Of course, I know...I'm the Gramma. I know I'm prejudiced, but could he be cuter?  

Caleb is so blessed to have a stay at home mom to love him and teach him every day.  It also helps that she IS a teacher.  There are new things for him to see and do every day and he is learning so quickly.

Ran across this quote at Founder's Quote Daily, a publication of the Patriot Post.  It's free and interesting:

"It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for their usefulness, their respectability and happiness." --James Wilson, Lectures on Law, 1791 Alana and John are doing well.  Love you all...Gramma

Chelle

I don't know how many of you realize this, but the photographer in the family rarely gets photographed. If you have a friend or family member who is the designated camera person, do her or him a favor sometimes and ask if you can take a picture of him or her.  If you are the photographer, keep this in mind and get a shot of yourself now and then, so you will be in the family history albums along with the others. 

Okay, now I'll shoot off my mouth a  bit:

Did you hear about the man who was born with a silver screw in his stomach instead of a belly button? As he grew up, he furtively searched for a way to have the screw removed; finally, at a monastery in Nepal, he found a monk who could make it happen. To make a long story short, a giant screwdriver appears out of a purple mist, removes the screw, and disappears out the window. Jubilant, the man jumps up, and his rear end falls off. The moral of the story is, "Don't screw around with things you don't understand - you can lose your butt.” 

Well Congress is screwing around with things it doesn't understand, such as the economy, and that's why we are all losing our butts. 

 (found on Government Executive.com)

Faces

The faces tell it all. What joy it is to have this boy around. He has 'that smile'.