Happy has…

joined the ranks of his mother and three older siblings, and has gotten his first pair of glasses! Unlike the rest of us, however, he is not a single bit nearsighted. These glasses are purely for reading and close work, because our optometrist discovered that Happy can’t cross his eyes. Suddenly, it all makes sense: the squinting and creased forehead while reading, but the perfect scores on my homemade eye test (also known as “reading the microwave clock.”)

Doesn’t he look handsome? And smart? He chose this pair specifically because he felt that they made him look “like a genius.” :-)

Writer and Handyman are…

researching baseball history.

Handyman, our family’s baseball enthusiast, has requested that Writer, our story-writing enthusiast, write a story about a fictional professional baseball player. Writer knows very little about baseball, so she’s recruited Handyman to be her baseball consultant and research assistant.

Sonshine is…

sneaking the binky again.

We’ve tried to do away with it except for naps and bedtime, but with our home well-stocked with binkies for his baby brother, the temptation seems to be too much for our little guy. What’s that? Why yes, the binky IS upside-down. Because that’s how he likes it.

I am working on…

doubling the laundry in my attempt to finish ALL our weekly laundry today instead of Friday. We are traveling to visit my brother-in-law and family this weekend (Hooray!) and laundry for ten always makes things a bit tricky when traveling.

(Sorry, I can’t bring myself to take a picture of the massive mountain of laundry before me. It’s depressing.)

I am reading…

The Resolution for Women by Priscilla Shirer, for a book study that I’m doing with my dear friend Leslie. Iron Man is reading the men’s version, The Resolution for Men by Stephen Kendrick, with Leslie’s husband. Both of these books were prompted after all of us were deeply moved by the movie, Courageous.

It’s Not that Complicated by Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin, along with Writer, because she’s at an age where it’s important. If you know a young lady who wants to know how to relate to boys in a healthy and biblical way, this is a wonderful and insightful book.

Brother Andrew: God’s Secret Agent by Geoff and Janet Benge, with all my children as a family read-aloud. As with all the titles in the Christian Heroes Then and Now series that we’ve read so far, this book is inspiring and captivating.

I am craving…

the homemade rice-a-roni that we made last night.

My children have been deprived of the boxed Rice-a-Roni all these years, and never knew what they were missing. After trying out this homemade version last night, I suspect that it’s about to become a regular side dish on our menu! I used basmati rice (pre-cooked in the rice cooker) and whole grain spaghetti, and it still tasted like the boxed version that I remember.

I am feeling…

very blessed.

Wouldn’t you?