Serve the Lord with Gladness

                                  Lillian adding her own words of thanks!

For the letter N we did notes for nursery workers. Lillian and I talked about why we were writing the notes and then began completing our project. After I wrote each note Lillian pretended to add her own message, as well as sign her name to each card. I pray that our church nursery workers will realize how much they are needed and appreciated when they receive their "notes" of thanksgiving for serving the Lord with gladness.


Our project for the letter P was to serve pizza to Pastor Rountree and Mrs. Patti. I emailed the Rountrees a couple of weeks ago to coordinate our pizza time. They agreed to have pizza with us but they said they wanted to serve us instead. So we went last week to Mellow Mushroom and enjoyed pizza together. I never imagined when Lillian and I started these service projects how much we would be served as well! We have seen His kingdom advance!

                                      Trying to make the letter P!

Letter Laundry

I found this cute center on line to go with a new unit we started this week and I just had to share it because we had so much fun! I say "we" because it was one of the most joyful times I have had with in the classroom at home. At the beginning of the activity Lillian could not pin her clothes on the clothes line. So we worked hard to learn how to use a clothes pin. She finally was able to do it and she squealed with joy! I then squealed! It was a fantastic day of laundry!

                         I wrote capital letters on the shirts and shorts.

                               The lower case letters were on the socks.

                                   Her laundry basket!

   And yes she has on shorts and short sleeves. These are her running shorts and her t-shirt. She ask to wear "running shorts" and a t-shirt everyday and sometimes a "running ponytail"!

The Thing That Matters

Each week Lillian and I participate in a preschool co-op at our church that I help start with four other moms. We meet once a week and myself and one other mom "teach" while the rest of the moms watch the smaller children. Each week is an adventure to say the least! Last week we did a review during our center time. My friend Kate quizzed each child on their letters, numbers, etc. When it was Lillian's turn she made several mistakes and even acted as if she had not seen some of the numbers. The rest of my day was shot!!! How could my child who has a school room, a journal, and has been doing letters and numbers since she was a year old not know her "stuff"! My attitude of shock continued through the day with worry of what am I doing wrong and am I not good enough to homeschool. I shared my thoughts with Joey and explained all that had happened. I went on to confess that I had decided it did not matter that she messed up because she knew scripture so she was fine. Thankfully my wise husband quickly reminded me that while that was good the most important thing was that Lillian is a child of God wonderfully and fearfully made in His image. WOW! He was and is right. Now that does not mean that I threw in the towel and we are not "doing school", but He has refocused me and reminded me that our motivation is to "glorify Him and enjoy Him forever" while knowing, learning, and "forgetting" our school knowledge