Have I Ever Mentioned. . . ?

 

Have I ever mentioned how much I enjoy these boys that come to our Kids' Book Club?  They have so much personality.  They are enthusiastic about everything they do.  I have a couple of them picked out as very appropriate marriage choices for my beautiful daughters.  I won't publicly announce who I have chosen as I do not want to jinx it.  I will just say, my grandchildren will be delightful!

Have I ever mentioned how glad I am that these gorgeous gals sit as far away from the boys at book club as possible?   It's only a matter of time before both sides (the boys and the girls) discover how interesting the other side is and then things get more complicated.  

Have I ever mentioned how loud a group of 12 kids playing hide-and-seek throughout your house can be?  My room is off limits, but everywhere else is free for the hiding in.  How do I feel about letting children, other than my own, hide in my linen closet and storage rooms?  It's a little embarrassing for me, because I'm not known for well organized closets, but they don't care,  Now, I would never let their mothers hide in my closets.  Heaven forbid they had any interest in hiding in my closets!

Have I ever mentioned how much fun it is for the kids and I to come up with activities to go along with each book we read.  This month was Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite O' Henry.  Come Monday morning (the day of the club) we still had a couple of chapters left and we hadn't planned anything yet.  But never fear!  We sat down to brainstorm and came up with the idea of doing an auction for our snack-- just like in the book when they auctioned off the ponies from Assateauge Island.  We headed off to the store to get our supplies.  Bethany was funny and was a bit embarrassed to be going to the check-out with "so much junk" in our cart.  

We made money for the auction.  Each kid got $20 to bid with.  I enjoyed being the auctioneer.

Have I ever mentioned how SMART kids are?  Some of them seriously thought through how they wanted to bid and were very wise in winning just what they wanted and them some.  A few pooled their money together and were quite a force.  Some kids were a little more impulsive and overpaid for just a couple of things.  A good learning experience.  But just like at a real auction (so I hear--although I've never been to one), bids are final!  No funny business!

 

Have I ever mentioned how much I like homeschooling?  I do.