Last week Kathy and I talked and we decided to let Isaac have a longer time at school on Tuesdays. Kathy has Bible study at church, Joseph goes to the nursery, and Nathan and the older children have juggling practice at the church. Isaac would have gone to the nursery, but today we decided to try letting him spend the morning here at the house. We started out with our normal routine of school activities. When he got through with those he got to choose more things that he wanted to do in the school room...something that our usual length of time limits. Woody walked four miles during part of Isaac's school time. When Goosey (Woody) got home he and Isaac went out to the volunteer pumpkin patch. These pumpkins grew from our compost pile. We have decided that God is a much better gardener than we are! There are still a couple of good sized squash, perhaps a spaghetti squash, and also a pretty gourd. Carrying two in proved to be a bit heavy for Isaac so he gladly gave up the heaviest for Goosey to carry. Isaac and I are working on finishing a rather long version of Hansel and Gretel. He had a snack and then headed back up to the school room. He painted a picture (Paints don't come out all that often...so that was a real treat!). Then he decided that he wanted to do some gluing so made a picture for his mom using torn paper and glue. He still had time and decided to go back and use the Montessori equipment. We had a great morning. After lunch, I headed off to get my hair cut. When I got back home, Abigail and then Joy came over to read. Joseph came in to play while they were reading. He got our the farm animals and took them into the family room with Goosey. Elijah had a ball game this evening. Woody and I left early so we could stop at Dairy Queen to take advantage of them giving away free small Oreo Frappes. I didn't think that Woody would get one because he does NOT like coffee flavor. I'm not fond of it either, but I do like coffee ice cream and that is pretty much what it tasted like to me. Woody said that it wasn't his favorite, but that it was drinkable! I'm wondering if the word "free" helped it to go down! After our treat, we headed to the ball game. Just prior to the ball game starting, they were asking for a volunteer to man the score board and announce the boys' names. Woody volunteered and recruited Graham to go up with him. Woody announced and Graham kept the scoreboard.
Elijah played first and seems to be getting the hang of all that he is supposed to do when covering that base and home if necessary. He gave the ball two pretty good smacks at his at bats. And, crossed the plate twice scoring two of their runs. And, while playing first base made all the outs in one of the innings to get his team, the Tarheels, back up to bat.
It was a very close game, going back and forth as to which team was ahead. In the end the Tarheels were the victors by one run!
Woody dropped me off at the house and circled back to the church to go to the prayer room. He has yet to return. We have had a pretty full day!
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