QUOTE OF THE DAY

AS PART OF THE "ONCE UPON A TIME" CHALLENGE I AM TAKING PART IN I AM RE READING SOME ONE OF THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS.

THE BOOKS THEMSELVES CAME OUT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I LOVED THEM FROM THE BEGINNING.  WHEN THE MOVIE CAME OUT IT TOOK IT TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL.  IN A WAY I IDEALIZED JK ROWLING, BECAUSE I SAW A WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN THROUGH SOME DIFFICULT TIMES AND MADE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE.

WHEN I FIRST READ THEIS QUOTE IT OPENED UP A WHOLE NEW THOUGHT FOR ME.....

THIS QUOTE DOES WHAT A REALLY GOOD QUOTE IS SUPPOSE TO DO, IT ALLOWS US TO DREAM, TO EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITIES FOR OUR LIFE, TO FLY.  WE MAY NOT ALL BE HARRY POTTER BUT WE CAN ALL ACHIEVE BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS!

OH BY THE WAY, HERE IS THE HARRY POTTER TAG I DID ON YOUTUBE! YOU CAN WATCH IF YOU ARE INTERESTED...

HAVE A MAGICAL AND PEACEFUL EVENING!!!

Quote of the Day

Today quote is something I heard the first time in high school.  I loved my high school it was a terrific mix of people, and as far as I was aware of there was very little bullying because people had the ability to be who they were. 

It was during those years that I met my best friend, we have been through many event in our lives at the same time, we were married the same year and we both gave birth to our first children (2 sons) with in our first year of marriage. (unfortunately her son did not survive, but I truly believe that it has assisted in the close bond that she has formed with my son.)

Before I met my best friend I had never heard of the Baha'i Faith. and when i first heard about it I was quite confused. 

Given there are some beliefs in the Baha'i Faith that I don't subscribe to, but one of the basic principles is earthy unity.  I find this idea spot on and a beautiful thought.

So today our quote comes from that faith tradition....

This quote exemplifies the way she should treat one another regardless of political ideas and religious believes.  We are all human beings and part of the same earth.

HAVE A PEACEFUL DAY!!!!

Quote of the day!

It has been a few days since I did one of these but I really wanted to do one today...yesterday we had 3 inches of snow where I live ( On EASTER no less) today it is 70 degrees....

Even with the crazy weather I LOVE this time of year, it just seems like there are more possibilities

So todays quote is.......

This quote is attributed to Robin Williams and I love it1 Of course I am a sucker for spring and for Robin Williams so all around this is really one of the most awesome quotes ever!!!

Hoary Spring, and have a great day!!!!

What's in my kids Easter baskets

Easter is a big holiday in our house we have a pretty regular schedule that we keep to on that day, which usually includes church, lunch, Easter egg hunt and clues to find their Easter baskets.  (The Easter bunny makes you sing for your supper unlike Santa), but we try really hard to not go too crazy with it....The kids get one gift from mom and Dad (this year it was books)

This is what Liam (8 years old) got, he can't quite read it himself yet,but usually we have him read one page and then we read the next.  The Goosebumps books are good because the chapters are really short! Plus he is getting to the age that he LOVES scary and gross stuff!

This is what we got for Cole (5 years old).  He really loves star wars and is doing pretty well with his learning in preschool, but I have noticed that he has a little trouble with his colors, he gets grey and silver and stuff like that mixed up, I liked this book because it features every color you can think of.

Plus he can pretty much read it himself, so that is a plus

and we got this one for Caroline (age 2) she is getting to the age that she LOVES the Disney princesses, and I am working with her on learning her letters and new words.  This is a lift the flap book with all kinds of new words...Plus she calls Repunzel "hair" as a nick name which is really cute!!!

Then we have what was in their actual Easter baskets.  All three got another book.  Liam got a mincraft chapter book, Cole got a dinosaur book, and Caroline got a bundle of sticker books for Farm, sea, and house) They also each got a stuffed animal, which I don't usually get but this year I allowed it because they were hanging around my parents house and deserved to be played with. and they each got a SMALL toy..Liam got 3 tiny minecraft toys, Cole got 3 transformers, and Caroline got a sesame street bus that holds Elmo and Abby)

Here are the pictures

Coles "lovey" is not pictured, it is a white bengal tiger which he refuses to let go of. :)

They also each got some candy which I didn't take pictures of...

I have easter egg hunt picture to to post tomorrow...

but I hope everyone had a great easter!!!!

PEACE!!

DIY Easter eggs

Everyone loves doing easter eggs with their kids, this year my kids really wanted to participate, so we decided to make "characters" from some of their favorite movies/ shows.  I found online that you could make minions, and ninja turtles pretty easily.  Those we compiled a list of what we would need.

with eggs, my husband got a couple dozen and blew out the yoke...you wouldn't have to do that though you could just hard boil them

and an egg dying kit. we wound up getting a star wars one because we thought the kids might want to use some star wars stickers to decorate with.

We also made sure to have ribbon, google eyes and scissors

After spending a LONG time letting the eggs sit in the dye we ended up with this.......

we used the 4 bright green ones in the middle to make the ninja turtles

so here are the finished products, my husband figured out a way to leave the middle of a few of the eggs white so we could make care bears for my daughter Caroline....You may also notice that the minions are a little orange on top...that is because Caroline knocked over the yellow as she was stirring it...awwwww life with a 2 year old

They took quite a while to do and the kids ran out of patients about half way through so my husband and I ended up finishing them up....Here is a few pics of when the kids were involved though :)

Hope everyone had a happy EASTER!!!!!

PEACE!!

Try, Try Again...Daily quote

I have talked a little on this blog about my oldest son Liam, I think I mentioned his IEP meeting in one of my blogs.  so today I wanted to say a little bit more about him.

Liam has some special needs.  Mostly he has issues with his eyes which can cause issues with his coordination.   We also recently found out that he has dyslexia.  Basically what it takes a typical child to learn in a few weeks, it takes Liam a few months.

Last summer we decided to start him in karate because we were hoping that it would help with his coordination, in a way that several years of physical and occupational therapy hadn't really helped. Over the past 9 months we have seen HUGE improvement in his physical coordination and in his self confidence, so much so that his special education teacher at school has been very impressed.

Still I didn't really expect what happened this week.  Once a month he has testing in karate they test him for "tips" of the next belt color and then once the individual has 6 tips they test them for the next belt.  Liam has progressed well, he has gotten about a tip a month since he started. but this week he tested for his next belt.  We took him on Wednesday and he was close but not quite there. On Thursday we took him back and he tried again, he was a little nervous because he had been trying so hard and hadn't gotten it yet. But Thursday night he DID!!!!  He has worked so hard and we are so proud!!!!

That leads me to todays quote and the fact that you can always........Try, Try again!!!!

Thanks for reading!!!

PEACE

Quote of the Day

I'm sorry i didn't get a quote of the day for yesterday, Liam (my oldest) had karate belt testing (i will be posting more about this later) and time just got away from me....

So this will be my quote for yesterday...

I think I have talked about on here before that I am in seminary, this is the beginning of my second year, as part of the curriculum we are suppose to take a doctrine class.  Right now i am taking a "means of grace class' and the object is to learn as much as possible about John Wesley. Today I was writing a paper and came across this quote by Wesley.

I found this quote to be really wonderful, and I think it explains what we as humans are suppose to be focusing on.  Each other.

Have a great evening!!!

Peace