Happy Thanksgiving !

Hope you all had a Happy Turkey Day! We had a big one. We spent lunch with Marks' family at his sisters' house. Then we went to my Moms' for dinner. I ate sooo much food but, it was all sooo good. We came home last night from Moms'. On the way I asked the kids to name some things they were thankful for, here is how they responded: Jack said he was thankful for, "food, shelter and parents." I am not sure if he is thankful for his parents or just parents in general he did not elaborate. Thomas said, "friends, parents, and food." Mark said he was thankful for his job. He has had a rough month with work. I said, "I am thankful for my family and the love we are able to share." That love did not last long, by the time we got home the boys were both fighting over who got to go to the bathroom first ect ect. . .
I am trying to get Thomas to try new foods since his list of things he will eat is very short. So Marks' sister had fixed some really good sweet potato casserole and she added the marshmallows so I did get him to eat some of that. I think he liked it even though he did not want to admit it. Jack still refers to the cranberry sauce as cranberry jello. That was the only way we could get him to eat it when he was little. Thomas tried that too. Again he will never admit that he liked it but he did eat what I had put on his plate.

Teaching the kids

Ok, so I had Children's Church this morning and we were talking about the books of the Bible. I was supposed to do the craft. I thought it would be a good idea to try and start teaching them the books of the Bible. I don't remember when I had to learn them but it was part of our Sunday School. I found some great websites that gave some information on how to teach the books of the Bible to the kids. To start you had to break them in smaller sections. So I decided that we would start with the New Testament and have them memorize; Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, and 1st and 2nd Corinthians. I tested this out on Thomas last night. I decided if he could remember them the other kids could do it too. He did pretty good. So this morning I was quizzing him and he started, "Matthew, Daddy, Luke" ect. . . I stared giggling. For those of you that do not know My husbands name is Mark. So we have told the kids they are not supposed to call us by our first names, we are Mommy and Daddy. So this is quite funny. He was a little embarrassed and I told him he should not be.
During Children's Church this morning Trish our director of education was teaching the lesson about the books of the Bible. She asked a few questions and I was pleasantly surprised that Jack knew many of the answers. The questions were not things that we discuss when we talk about the Bible. We have started our journey now to learn the books of the Bible. This should be very interesting.

School Spirit Week

Ok, so the school is having spirit week. The kids get to dress up and be silly to show their school spirit. Yesterday they got to dress like a Rock Star. Leave it to my kids to pick Kiss and Alice Cooper to dress up like. Thomas went as Paul Stanley from Kiss and Jack went as Alice Cooper. They did not wear wigs though. Today was wear your favorite teams colors so both boys wore their Miami jerseys and their Miami hats. They looked so cute. I will try to attach some pictures.

Tears for the Boys. . .

Tonight our fighting Knights lost their last game of the season. It was a bitter battle to the very end. Our boys fought the good fight but we lost 12 to 8. The team we lost to was ranked #1 and we were ranked #8. We were actually in a three way for 8th place. We had some tears from our boys it was sad. They worked so hard and tried so hard. They played a great game! I don't think I could have been prouder as a Mom if they had won. It is sad to see our season come to this end. I think it was as hard on the parents as it was on the kids. The kids have grown as ball players and have showed great sportsmanship.

Here is to all our Knights! Great job this year boys!

Eating better. . .

When Thomas was diagnosed with the Swine flu a few weeks ago he hollered and said he didn't want to die. I told him he was not going to die from this flu. I said, "You are healthy you will be just fine in a few days." He said with tears streaming but I don't eat healthy. The Lord works in mysterious ways. I said well here is where we make a change. We will all start eating healthy.

This summer I had looked into the Mediterranean Diet for Mark. I had read somewhere that the people of the Mediterranean have a lower risk and incident of diabetes and many other metabolic diseases. Researchers attribute that to their diet. So off I go to do my own research on the matter. I did use some of the recipes I found in my book and I tried to do more fish. I have not thought seriously about it since I read that book this summer but I found a site through Lowes Foods that has more information on the Mediterranean diet and some really good recipes. It also has a food pyramid for adults and one for children. Check out this site it is cool www.mediterraneanmark.org

I guess I will have some things to talk about at dinner tonight with the kids. I hope showing them the food pyramid will help them understand the importance of certain foods.

Cleaning out the closets. . .

Ok gals, I am cleaning out the kids closets this week. I have some boys clothes up for grabs. These are Thomas' things so they are 4's and 4Ts I have a few pair of good jeans (carter, Lee) I have one pair of corduroy dress pants size 5, I also have some footed PJs and a few dress shirts ect. . . Let me know if anyone is interested in these they are in good condition. Jack is raising money to help fund a flood relief program in Goldsboro. They need to replenish their flood buckets so the money I can get from the clothes will go to the flood buckets. The group in Goldsboro sent all their supplies to Georgia when they had all their flooding. Goldsboro primarily supplies flood items for North Carolina. Each bucket costs $25 they hold detergent, clothes line and pins, towels and other cleaning supplies.

Anyway, if anyone has any interest in these items let me know via email. pamperedpage@bellsouth.net I also have some cleats if anyone is in need. Baseball is just around the corner.