Things Happen....

...when mom is not around!

Annual Lunch Box Day

Every year our church homeschool group organizes a Lunch Box Day.  Each child gets anothers childs name for who they have to make a lunch box and they can be creative as they can be.  On the appointed day we all get together, bless each other with a lunch 'box' and enjoy eating lunch together

Rein made a baby in her bassinet for a four year old lady.

Pieter made a tree fort, which included a list of rules for the gang
and an extra red cap for anyone wishing to join them in the fun

Hendrik made a tee pee

Complete with Chief, Squaw and baby

Jan really enjoyed making a cabin for a friend!



This is always so much fun!  So much fun that I often had to wonder who was having more fun, me or the boys!  But after a week of felt scraps, paper scraps, paint, paint brushes by the sink soaking in my favorite glass, gravel grit, sticks, scraps of fabric, greenery, stones and the smell of the hot glue gun... I was done!!! 

...but the boys continued on with the fun of creating long after our Lunch Box day was done.  It neat to see what they all create!

I love my children, alot!

Of Interest...



...so you send your boys to brush their teeth with charcoal powder...

...as you can see, Pieter proceeded with caution, not knowing how much trouble they would be in,
if they would be in trouble.  =)

Short Description on Activated Charcoal:

Activated Charcoal Powder has been used as an effective anti-poison remedy for centuries. It works as an absorbent of toxins in the digestive system, relieves gases, can eliminate fungi, viruses and bacteria, and may promote recovery from food poisoning. Preliminary research shows that regular high dosages may lower cholesterol and fat levels.  It also whitens your teeth if you brush with it on a regular basis

Peace



Peace
                                          is not the absence of conflict,

it is the presence of God

Can I help you?

Last week after drying some dishes, I flipped the drying towel over my shoulder and I proceeded to wash the rest of the dishes.  All of a sudden someone pulled the drying towel off my shoulder and I heard a small sweet voice say;

Shall I help you?

...so, up she hopped on a little chair and with a big smile

my little butterfly helped me finish the dishes. 

I love my little butterfly!!!

Praise; not perfection!

December 2011.

...de Wit family tree!

December is here.  Looking back at this past year we have been blessed!  Blessed with good things, but also blessed, yes blessed, with trials.  Trials are no fun, but once we get through them, learn from them and have climbed out of the valley, we can stop and look back and just see the blessing, the beauty of it all. 

Last year when we still had 5 children, folks in stores or at the market would comment on how busy I must be, and yes I was, but I did not consider myself THAT busy.  Then Joel came around and although he is a very content happy baby, the thought of now having 6(!) is very overwhelming.  I am learning how to manage my time/chores/homeschooling better than I have ever done.  For me having two or three was a breeze, I mean...I just went with the flow.  Gone are the days that I can just go with the flow.  I now need to keep 6 children occupied with good things otherwise they will keep me occupied with bad things!  =)   

I am learning that God does not want me to be perfect, have a perfect home, be a perfect mom and wife, but He wants my praise!  I can praise Him even when the house is a mess, I can praise Him when I fail because He has done so much for me, even when I had no idea!  He died for me, He took my burden of sin and He cleansed me and made me whole!  Yes, I will praise Him! 

I thank Him for my family!  Every one of my children!  Is it still overwhelming?  Yes, but I can still praise Him. 

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? 

And why are thou disquieted within me? 

Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him,

who it the health of my countenance and my God. 

 Psalms 42:11 





ps. Joseph, sorry it took so long, but here are the pictures!!  =)