This and That....

Today is just one of those scattered days. Nothing much going on. The kids actually got their school work done on time, which was good.
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 I've found a series of great books that I've been buying the kids for history. They're biographies and they're awesome. The series I'm reading from now is called the "Colonial Leaders " series. Since we're in the 1600's now, I'm reading the biography of William Bradford. It's really well written and interesting. The boys have been enjoying it.  I got another one, the biography of Jonathan Edwards and am looking at more in this series.  The next set is called "Revolutionary War Leaders" and then there's "Famous Figures of the Civil War Era". It's often hard to find good biographies for young children, but I've definitely hit a gold mine here.

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We've got a climber in the family. None of my other kids were climbers but this one here.... she's a climber.

I'm always having to watch out for where she is or where she's going. She's been loving climbing up on chairs lately, but then she gets stuck (like she is in the picture) and yells until someone gets her down. She was yelling as I snapped the picture, but only for a few seconds. We maintain a strict policy of "no children or animals are harmed in the making of this blog!" lol.
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I had a good birthday dinner last night. We had Mexican food and the kids were very well behaved. One of the other patrons commented on it. That always makes me feel good. Then we went to Baskin Robbins for dessert. I had Snickers Bar icecream. It was delicious! And now, it's seriously back on my diet. I fell off the wagon at Thanksgiving, it ran over me and hasn't been heard from since. And the way my clothes feel is telling the tale of my misdeeds.  So, it's time to get serious!