June 2nd-8th

This was a week full of celebrations!

Saturday:

Clean Garage Celebration

We use our garage as a play area/school storage area,

so at the end of a homeschooling year,

it was in GREAT need of a good clean out.

I F-I-N-A-L-L-Y got it all organized again

(after about working on it for three days straight).

Now, if we could just keep it that way... ;0)

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Sunday:

Trust Celebration

We use the 252 Basics Curriculum at our church

for the kiddos,

and I teach the K-1 small group.

We began a journey looking at how we can trust God

with playing a giant Candyland type review game.

Also, we worked on memorizing our month's memory verse:

" 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart

and with all your soul and with all your mind.'

This is the first and greatest commandment."

                                                                       -Matthew 22:37-38

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Monday:

"Let's Play!" Celebration

The kiddos have been having a great time 

with friends in the 'hood,

playing in pools,

playing in the garage,

playing in the Play House...

(You get the picture...)

And while they played,

I was able to get the School Room reorganized.

(Now, if I could only get to our closets upstairs...)

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Tuesday:

Transit of Venus Celebration

The kiddos and I went to

Marble Springs

(the historic home of Tennessee's Governor John Sevier)

 to watch the

Transit of Venus

through some pretty cool telescopes.

A once in a lifetime event,

which I will post more about later...

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Wednesday:

Friends Who are Like Family Birthday Celebration

We spent the evening over at my parents' home,

celebrating the birthdays of two

really good family friends-

one of whom our son is named after.

We ate Dad's BBQ chicken,

Village Bakery's Chocolate Cake,

teased and laughed with each other,

and just had a nice evening...

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Thursday:

Grocery Shopping Celebration

I went to the grocery store-

ALL BY MYSELF.

Yes,

this calls for a celebration,

since I usually have one-three kiddos in tow,

distracting me from my

coupon shopping strategy... ;0)

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Friday:

"Lose the Training Wheels"

Celebration

We have a very special friend named Lydia,

who attends church with us

and lives near my parents.

I was her Sunday School teacher 

for a couple of years too,

so we have developed a good relationship 

with her and her family.

Lydia has Downs Syndrome.

So,

when we were invited to watch Lydia

ride a bike without training wheels,

we were SO there!

She participated in a national program called

"Lose the Training Wheels."

This week long program teaches children with disabilities

to ride a bike without training wheels.

It was an AWESOME experience to be a part of!

You can see the progress the kiddos made

by clicking HERE...

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To see a photo play-by-play

of this week's collage,

just click HERE...

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To see what others had to celebrate this week,

just head on over to 

Collage Friday

and

Week in Review...