They're, Their, There ...

I am tired of my children bringing me their papers with the wrong form of their, there, or they're on them. So I gave them those words along with our, hour, and are. Which are three other words they are constantly getting mixed up. I know my kids are country but that's not "are" car. It's "our" car. So the focus of this week has mostly been their, there, and they're. We have touched on the other three but the focus will go on those next week.

I've tried to explain to my kids that if you can't say "They are" in the sentence where they put "They're" then that is the wrong word. "That is they're car" would be wrong because you wouldn't say "That is they are car." I think they get the point but aren't the craziest about now having to stop and think about it before they write the word. Watch me mess up on my blog. :) My sister would be the first to let me know.

Other exciting events in this week. I gave Jonathan a thorough shave this week. He is now practically bald but you can see his peach fuzz a little bit. Joshua was concerned about it, but I reassured him that Jonathan's hair would grow back. This is one of my efforts at getting rid of the ringworm on his head once and for all. If I can't get all signs of it to disappear I'll be taking them to a doctor for a prescription. I want to try one more time to keep their heads clean and put medicine on them for one or two more weeks before I go ahead and take them.

Jonathan's head really doesn't look too bad as far as the ringworm spots go. In fact I almost think they are gone, except for the bald spots that is left behind. People that saw his bald spots before thought that he got ahold of some scissors and he or Hannah tried to give him a haircut. So I decided to shave his hair and let it all grow back together. It will be easier to see if it is clean while short as well.

I gave Joshua a haircut as well but not that short. He doesn't want his head bald. I told him that if he washes his hair good each day, then I won't have to shave it all off. But if it starts looking real bad, I may. I think he plans to keep it as clean as he can.

Hannah's hair is about the same, I scrubbed her head real good today. I don't plan to shave her head. She only has one spot and so far I've been keeping it at bay. She doesn't want any medicine that stings. I use one antifungal cream on her head and trying other medications on Joshua's since his is worse. If I find one that does the trick, I'll use it on her whether she likes it or not. Joshua doesn't mind my putting the different medications on his. He figures the more it burns the more it must be working. I'm not sure if that is always the case but it makes him feel better.

And what are the kids doing in the livingroom while I'm working on this blog? Well, they're working on their math in there. I guess I better go in there and make sure they're still at their work. :)

A Busy Week...

We had a very busy week this past week. It started with Scott having Monday off, however he worked hard mowing the church grass along with another man that volunteered to help. It was really nice for Scott to have someone helping. It's hard for him to make time for push mowing both our yard and the church yard. So when Scott had a volunteer honestly wanting to come out with an extra mower and help he happily accepted.

Monday night we went to a Marksmen concert at another church in our local association.

Tuesday was our Homeschool groups Park Day. I took the kids to the park and we had a great time with all the other homeschoolers.

Wednesday, I had my Doctor's appointment. It went okay but I have decided to go ahead and switch to another doctor. My first impression with the doctor I visited wasn't the best. I wasn't impressed by the graffitti in the bathroom and it didn't help that I found it very hard to understand the doctor with her very heavy accent. I'm pretty bad about getting confused normally but would definitely hate to answer a question wrong and regret it. It was so bad that she asked me a question about the age of my son and I thought she was talking about my husband. I think the part that bothered me the most is that she never found the baby's heartbeat. They found it the week before during the Ultrasound. Anyway, I decided it was worth a little extra drive to go to another Doctor who delivers at a bigger hospital.

Thursday, was a good thorough homeschool day for the kids. I gave them work on Tuesday and Wednesday as well, but I made sure they caught up as best they could. Both Joshua and Ruth finished their chapter books for their Rewarded Reading and have gotten to 10 books. They made sure that Hannah kept up with them and so they all three got a piece of gum. Jonathan can't have gum, so I gave him a piece of soft candy instead. Then for their 10 book reward I told them I would take them to the store on Friday and let them pick out a candy bar. Thirty Books will be a Pizza Party!!!

Then Friday I took them to their first Keepers of the Faith and Contenders for the Faith meeting. The first meeting was actually for the mothers while the children played games in the gymnasium. I found out that the teachers stay with their groups and the groups just get older each year. I had told Hannah that she would be in a class and then found out that without a volunteer there would not be another 4 and 5 year old class. However all of us mothers were very happy when another mother of a 5year old volunteered to take that class.

Then there was a problem with the boys group who are called Contenders. The teenage boy that took that group last year was no longer able to do it. So there wasn't going to be anyone over that group. They would have just been corralled in the gym for two hours until the girls got done. I couldn't stand the thought of Joshua not having an organized group this year. So I volunteered to be Coordinator for the Contenders group. Another mother offered to take the younger boys, since her son was 5. I will be working with the 12 other boys who range in age from 6 to 14. There were 3 teenagers that I plan to be helpers. I hope to have fathers, uncles, grandfathers, etc. volunteer to present a hobby or skill.

Then after the meeting, I took my kids to the Dollar store and let them choose a candy bar. Of course the older three all chose Bubble Tape. I bought Jonathan a candy bar, but he kept calling it Bubble Gum. I asked him if he could say, "candy" but he still said, "gum." Well, at least he didn't feel left out.

Following the trip to the store we arrived home and I visited with Scott a little bit before we left for a singing at another one of our churches in our association. We had plan to also go to a local association rally first and then to the singing, but we ran out of time. After the singing, the Church had fellowship and I asked the ladies where they would recommend I go for an obstetrician. I was curious of their opinion of the local doctors. They all told me to go to another town. They said that I don't want to go there. I was glad to talk with them since they lived in the town that the doctor's office I visited was in. I plan to take their advice and move on to another doctor.

Saturday, I purposefully had nothing planned. We mostly stayed home. Scott did make a couple of visits for the Church and studied. The kids and I stayed home. I even let them watch a couple Veggietales.

Today we had church and I got a craving for Corn Dogs, which we didn't have hear at the house. We did have hot dogs so I found a corn dog recipe and tried my hand at cooking them myself and had the grease too hot. I burned the first corn dog as soon as it touched the oil. It wasn't even in there a second and the house was full of smoke. Scott and I started opening windows and he held the pan outside for a little bit. I was about to give up and bake the corn dogs but once the grease cooled down, Scott took the corn dogs I wrapped and tried frying them again. They turned out perfect. I'm going to try making those again sometime.

Well, that was our busy week. I even included today which is the beginning of another week. But I hope it will be a little calmer this week. Scott is starting a new job at the local school as a Technical Assistant. He'll have a office and will be fixing campus computer problems. I think he'll enjoy the job.

Well, it's time to go to church so I'll have to post pictures later. I'll try to update my blog a little bit better this week.