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We are so excited for summer! The countdown has been on since we got home from our Sedona trip. Monday…all would start.

I got up early and did my morning devotions, then got Tot up and told her I’d go to the gym and would be back at 8am to begin! She would do her devotion while I’m gone. Ok, all set!?

All the planning! (Specials we’d divide up through the week)

VERSES OF THE WEEK! and the schedule..

(She has to read 4 books for the summer, and those are at the bottom. Still figuring out those!)

1st Pledge, Christian FLAG pledge, Bible pledge

We started with a discussion of our quiet time Bible study on FRIENDSHIP.

OK! OH…

Now, we would have to have a “treat” to get us started, so I made her a baby cappuccino to go with a little bar, and I’d have one too.

How are our little friends doing? Coopy is stable and Woody is seeing other birdies!

FIRST STOP: MATH!: Facts first the place value review

Grammar next! Capitals review and punctuation….then onto our “class” read: BOY!

She’d “respond” in her journal. I just had her bullet point 5 things she remembered. We are working up to her writing an autiobio of some sort.

We also did some apologetics today. Reading: Natasha Crain’s ….

More than half of children fall away their first year away from home. WHY? Because they really don’t know WHY they believe what they believe. Today, we start the evidence of the EXISTENCE of God. 1. The Cosmoligical Argument. 2. The Design Argument. 3. The Moral Argument. More later on this!

Now, for our next trick….she cooks her first egg and sausage.

How is it Tot?

Later, we’d watch a PRAGER U video “CASH COURSE” on financial wisdom,

and oh…yes, our READING IMMERSE plan for the summer: The Prophets.

Drawing also of course! Just for fun as Woody watches.

It’s going to be a FUN summer…not a bummer… We’ll do something “learny” daily, but for sure, we’ll make it rich with memories and enjoyment. YAY!
(OH, and she gets 90 minutes of video game or screen time. She divides it up as she would like.)

More to come! I LOVE YOU TOT!

May 23rd. Aaaaaahhhh I love this day! Why? It was this day the judge said, “She’s yours!” Now, I know that she was mine before she was born (and when I say “mine” I mean I was bestowed the honor to be her Mommy; she’s really God’s child), but the judge had to make it official.

Also, it was the awards ceremony for the END of 4th grade! YES!

Tatum won the character trait of FAITH!
Mrs. Denmark commented on her strong faith in Jesus! (and how evident it is)

Later, I planned a big day! A few months ago, Tatum asked to move into the play/art room; basically switch rooms! It was a huge task, but you know what? we made it real!

Kind Daddy dismantled the bed while she was at school and moved it in, and I got it all decorated.

Ice cream for the little chickie

Then, that evening, I celebrated her!

Little Shirley Temple, present for my reader, and a SURPRISE girl’s weekend away to the Marriott and its new waterpark!
YAHOO!
I LOVE you so much Taties.

MY GIRL!

I asked my family. What does this look like?

Daddy:

Tatum

Mommy:

May we do this! AMEN.

It’s hard to believe that we have come full circle! Back when Tatum was 3 and 4, I volunteered in the Kids Club in her class. Now, she is old enough to be my helper in this class!

They needed volunteers, so I figured we could do one week together; this way she’d get a taste of it for when she is old enough to do it on her own.

She is a natural with children.

At first, she was a bit shy.

Then she joined some kids to see if they wanted to play.

Then..it happened. The cutest boy in the world walked in. Grayson.

They immediately clicked, and he had to tell her his life story.

He wouldn’t leave her side. CUTE!

They listened to the Bible story together: About the Centurion whose son was sick and was healed by Jesus from afar. Warehouse….

and back at the room.

SHE HAD A BLAST with the kids.

Later she joined the YTH group of 5th-8th. WOW! How did this happen??

As we all know, Tatum has an addiction. BOOKS. She LOVES to collect them and read them. She does have a tendency (like her mommy) to start a book and then start another one and another. (Never really finishing one). So……I figured this summer, I’d incentivize her to read and write me a summary of every books she finishes: $5 for small chapter books; $10 for larger ones.

She is MOTIVATED!
She just finished two books.

Charlie and The Glass Elevator

Dreamkeeper’s Saga (a doozy! $10)

Now, this one, she worked at Luci’s with a Cake Pop. Now, this is not just ANY Cake Pop. This is a solid gold/take out a second mortgage, sell your car Cake Pop. Sheesh. Luci’s prices their bakery at exorbitant prices. But, hey…a treat, right!? And it’s YELLOW like WOODY.

and she finished!

She wanted it. She begged for it. I said, “You buy it!” Oh, she worked hard to raise the money too.

You see, this Nintendo Switch contraption captures our youth (and youth at heart) hearts. It’s a video game console which allows players to play basically most video games. Now, Tatum has never been a real “gamer” per se, but all of her friends play constantly, and she finds it fun to play as well. Mario seems to win out, and this I can relate to due to my addiction to Donkey Kong when I was her age. Now, I had to put the quarter in and wait for the music to cue. Then I had about 3 minutes of fun as I would stand at the monstrous video console. (at the local grocery store of course)!

It took her about three months, but she did it! She earned every penny! I refused to buy a NEW Switch, but then I remembered Swappa!

We found one in MINT condition after researching many of the listings.

This won!

And now? She has to earn a bit more for her first game, but I think I might help her! This way as a family, we can all play our first video game together. She promises me that it takes brains and strategy to play and that it’s not just mindless fun.

OK…I did tell her it’s all a “balance.” Play with REAL toys, read REAL books, and talk to REAL people. THEN, playing video games can be held in a nice balance of it all. She still LOVES to play and imagine; may that never change.

Stay tuned!

Every morning. What books you ask?

The latest….Dreamkeeper’s Saga

and any book by Roald Dahl or C.S Lewis’ Chronicle’s of Narnia.