The Lost Art of Letter Writing

My oldest daughter C and I were out shopping today, and one of the items we were looking for was some pretty stationery. We found some notecards with envelopes, but she wanted actual paper with matching envelopes. We were at Mervyns, and since I had found some there in the past, we looked around. C wanted me to ask someone, so I asked a clerk walking by. I asked, "Do you have any stationery?" She looked for a moment then asked, "What is that?" !!! I was speechless for a second, then answered, "For writing letters…." She said they didn’t have any. I suppose in this age of email and text messaging, letter writing is definitely a dying art. I am guilty, myself. Lesson: To make sure my kids know all about letter writing on stationery. 

We then went to a Hallmark store but still did not find much to choose from.  We will keep trying!

The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything

The three oldest sang The Pirates song at our homeschool fair:

My youngest two made chocolate chip cookies for the bake sale.  These aren't exactly uniform!

Taste testing:, yummy!

4H craft project, ladybug rocks.  Maybe they will be our "Living Stones" emblem :)

 

 

Lost Camera!

I can't find my camera!  I am so sad.  The last time I remember seeing it was at a field trip last Thursday.  I put it in my bag.  When we got home, I emptied the bag, but I don't remember taking it out.  I only started missing it today.  I've looked everywhere but the trash.  So, until I find it or get a new one, pictures will be scarce.  I do have some on my computer that I can add here, so I'll do that til I run out of recent stuff. 

A week in our life

A week in our life:

Monday: 4H Rocketry Project, launch day at the fairgrounds.

Tuesday: A day at the park with our friends:

Wednesday, no pics, but my son had an appt. at a distant Children's Hosp. to have his adnoids looked at.  We stopped by some friends' house midway. 

Thursday, errands, dinner at Grammy's.

Friday: A day at a Wildlife place with movie star animals:

A Cervel

A Binturong

 Saturday: 4H Carwash fundraiser

 And later, a trip to the Army Surplus store

Daddy's new hat

Sunday: Daddy's 39th Birthday

Frustrated

I started posting a fun post with pics of one of our typical weeks lately.  But I am having trouble with the new Photobucket.  I finally got my computer to take my pics off my camera.  I figured out how to upload the photos the old way from Photobucket.  And I even figured out how to edit them smaller.  Or so I thought.  I resized a bunch last night and was about to post them here, but apparently, I didn't do something right.  They are not rotated or smaller!!  I didn't see a save button or apply button, so assumed it was one less step I had to take.  Ugh.  That's all for now.  I'll try again tomorrow night.  I really am trying.

Tennis with a large family

One day, after a long day at the park with the kids and our homeschooling friends, my husband came home with two new tennis rackets and a container of tennis balls.  He was ready, after a long day at work, to go play tennis with me!  How could I resist?  We stopped by and picked up a couple of pizzas, and went to the park.  We set the kids up on a blanket near the courts, with lots of pizza and cold water.  Then we played tennis.  Or tried.  It is a good workout, and the weather was lovely.  After some practice, we were able to keep the ball going for several hits!  But before that, we were mostly running after stray balls.  After the kids ate pizza, they wanted to play.  But first we gave them another job, fetching the stray balls so mommy and daddy didn't have to run around so much :) And that's how you play tennis with just two rackets and 7 people.  And yes, the kids got their turn, too ;)