It's Thursday -- I'm still trying to work on this blog thingy. I will master it one day. In the meantime, I thought I'd ramble.

First, I have Kari Bradley and her family on my mind this morning. As you know, her brother and sister-in-law were involved in a serious accident this week and her sister-in-law was killed. She's in Tulsa with her family and my heart aches for them. Remember to pray for God's comforting presence and that He uses this in their lives in ways that they can clearly see Him.

Second, I had a very enjoyable day with my babies yesterday. "Enjoyable" is relative. Matthew did his Kindergarten school work and half of Annie's (sorry, Linds) before I knew which pages were his. I thought he was pretty smart! He was fun to work with - he learned to color inside the lines with the comment, "Wow, Granny, I didn't even know I could do that." It's amazing what Grannies can teach. Brought back some memories of home schooling.

Annie never did get around to school work. She was too busy getting into trouble with Maddie. They found some red and blue markers in a cabinet and decided to see if they worked on my stairwell wall. They did. Maddie came running to me to tell me what they had done and Annie was crying, hiding behind the front door, saying "I accidentally colored on your wall!" After spankings, naps and hugs, all was well. Clorox bleach works well on walls too in case you're wondering if it came off.

Andrew was an angel! No kidding. He didn't get into anything other than the crackers, cookies, cashews, bubble gum, candy and cereal. But he was so sweet about it how could you refuse him anything? (No, I didn't let him have everything!)

I enjoy them so much. It's getting easier since they're getting bigger. It's also getting harder. I see time slipping away - Matthew is already 5 years old. Did I spend enough time sitting down reading books to him? Or telling stories? It was easy when there was one of them - with five now (including Katie - and I don't spend near enough time with her) - I either have to do it in groups or try to have them one at a time. I think I'll try to have them alone once a month - and all together once a month and a couple in between!

Anyway, I'll post photos later.