Fall is coming:))

It is a beautiful day- and just as I was beginning to get blue about the end of summer- i remembered just how lovely fall days are in Kentucky. There are so many things that I love about living in Kentucky- that I have decided to start focusing on those instead of the negative:) I told Darcy that I have never been a negative person- that is until the twins were born. Now i would like to think of myself as just evaluating my situations more- but it could also be seen as very negative. I have begun to feel like with the twins and the craziness of 5 children that I need to evaluate the time I spend on things and see what it worth it- as there seems not enough time to go around. During this time of evaluation my sinful nature takes hold and pushes me to be a lazy person and look for the easy way of doing things- hence always a battle of the wills. Well the last few days have been great- i have been trying out saying "No"- no i am too busy, no i have other commitments, no i just really don't want to-- it has been refreshing to take hold of life and have some choices. Of course I am still battling the forever school giant- there of course are flaws with every type of education- it is just a fact of life- with me i am trying to judge those that will make a difference in the future. Our pastor gave an excellant message on educating your child and talked about stepping away and leaving it to the school system- very eye opening- as the responsibility always lies with you the parent---- so here we are trying to figure out if the "new progressive" math that our school chooses to teach is really as bad as they say-- i am a product of whole word reading- you know when they decided in the 80's that phonics was old school and were going to try a new program- oh yeah about 5 years later they realized that phonics was great and oh by the way sorry kids--- well i have both sides that influence my- my in laws are great supporters of homeschooling and feel that there are excellant ways to teach children at home- my parents on the other hand feel that school is the only place to learn life lessons. So I have decided to take a new stand- we will pray, discuss and then i am handing it off to Darcy:) I told him it was my new practicein submitting- i think that he would rather me give up control of a million other things- but i said since this is an area i am too emotional about and sleep depreivation makes my give up- it is his-- we will see what he decides!!!

As for Amelia- she has started preschool- it is still undecided yet if she likes it or not- as she was hoping to be in with the 5 year olds- how she is not aware she is 3 I am not sure- at least she wasn't aiming for 10 or something. She loves playing with the other kids and time on the playground- she is getting to be hilarious as she has a million little imaginary friends and is my most laid back child. That is a blessing as the twins tend to dominate things lately. She is so willing to help and loves to "do dishes". This consists of her playing in soapy water with a rag and dirty dishes- but it is a start:) She loves music and heard Natalie Merchant in Kroger the other day and said " i need daddy to get me some of that music! Love it!

The twins are crazy- they are starting to say several words as they realize that gets a response from the others. Benjamin has escaped upstairs several times- we have been looking for him only to hear him saying all done from upstairs. So we went to Lowe's and purchased the gate that never comes out of the wall- as it is going to be a long time till i free them- haha I have also moved Ella into Amelia's room for naps- the two of them were talking all the time and driving me crazy- they still do ok at night- i think because they are so tired- but the last few days spent nap time talking to each other:) What a mess!! I am hoping that they will start walking soon- so they can enjoy the backyard-

Speaking of the backyard we go bunnies this weekend-more on the next post:)