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It’s Time to Celebrate! A Party for Our High School Graduate
I love to commemorate the milestones in my children’s lives and so when my kids graduate from high school I like to give them a very special party. It was only a few days before the party that my son who we were celebrating, accidentally burned our barn down. He was one disheartened young man looking at the destruction caused by the fire. I am so thankful that he wasn’t hurt, nor his sister who was trying to help! All of our tables and chairs were burnt in the fire and we had to go buy more tables. We rented the chairs. I was prepared with rectangular tablecloths but when…
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Poetry Challenged Boys
One of AO’s suggestions for high school is Roar on the Other Side. It is a book that is supposed to help beginning poets write poetry and to help them to see what "makes a poet worth reading." This book has NOT been an inspiration, nor a favorite. Zachary, my 16yos’s, assignment a few weeks ago was this: "… choose a piece of fruit to eat (not an orange). Write a journal entry of your own, describing the experience. Use sensory details and words full of suggestion." This did not excite his imagination. We had a peach in our fruit basket that he chose to write about. Or tried to. He…
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Beekeeping – Not for Long!
A bevy of bees showed up in our front yard… Much to Zachary’s delight who had already collected a few discarded bee hive boxes. Not having a bee suit presented little problem for Zachary. In this outfit heat stroke was a greater threat than any bee sting could ever be. But then kind Uncle A loaned him a complete suit, along with some supplies. But you know what? Those ungrateful bees have absconded with their loaded honeybags. Next time? Well, Zachary has prepared himself and is quite ready for the little apis mellifera’s. (laughing, as we rub our hands together in anticipation) Copyright 2008 Treasuring the Moments
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Two Weeks of College Completed
Two weeks down of college for Seth. It hasn’t been too bad either. The class that has been the most challenging so far has been Spanish. On the first day his teacher walked in speaking Spanish and never quit for about 5 minutes. Seth was completely lost. At one point the teacher was saying that he would promote the students to a higher level of Spanish if they could show him they knew enough of it. Seth somehow got confused as the teacher was giving times and dates so he leaned over and asked the boy next to him (who was Hispanic) about it. The boy replied, “Don’t worry, you…
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Graduation Night Sweets
I can’t believe that I forgot to post some pictures of the desserts we served at Seth’s graduation. It looked wonderful, thanks to my talented sister. I had to stand guard over the desserts till they were all placed on the table and then I had to beat them off until I got some pictures. Seriously, there was a line stretching across the lawn. I was surprised since it seems that people just usually wander over in small groups. But not this night. They were wantin’ to dig in! Copyright 2008 Treasuring the Moments
