Favorite kid quote: "Yibish" -- What Leah says when something's not going right, or she's surprised by something, or the weather is extreme, or...
Favorite movie: Avatar 3D
Favorite homeschool moment: I should probably write a whole post -- we've had some great times this year. Selfishly, I would say learning with the kids how the Strait/Rock of Gibraltar got its name was an unusually "wow" moment for me on many levels. I think it captured an essence of what we're doing here...how we get the freedom to learn the big picture and connect so many things together: faith, historic events, choice we make, living in this world. I know that probably sounds strange, but it was one of those "aha" things for me. On a more kid-focused level, I would say it has been pure delight watching Jesse impress me daily with his reading and writing improvement. And Leah got the hang of basic reading in 2009, so all five can read now! I'm just along for the ride...
Favorite trip: Didn't go very much this year....Kentucky reunion trip wins!
Favorite field trip: Lots of good choices, but the warm fall day that the kids and I took off to the local arboretum to collect leaves and watch birds was simple and special.
Favorite (new to me) book read: A Thread of Grace, Mary Doria Russell
Favorite Bible verse/passage: Isaiah 40 ("Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from the beginning? The LORD is the everlasting God...")
Favorite family time: meeting new friends and hanging out together at the soccer/football fields every night during fall sports
Favorite new song: Sara Groves, "Different Kinds of Happy"
I might think of more...what are your favorites?
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John and I played the 'favorites' game on the long drive back to Texas to help keep us awake. We may have done something like 'fav 5 movies of all time" or something impossible like that. I think mine might have been (it's all a blur - we were in Arkansas i think) Shawshank Redemption, Love Actually, Aladdin, Tie btwn You've Got Mail/Sabrina, and Hot Fuzz - with like 20 more (and "this one" too)'s added after the initial list.
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