The Twizzler

Well, I was going to work in the garden this morning. 

Maybe I”ll just make some tea instead….

and lie on the couch.  (or, take the picture while the rest of them lie on the couch.)

What is this spring morning like for you?  Tell us!

What do you think, André, is Shana over-generalizing?  😉

I can’t believe I’m almost going to be a teenager already!  ‘Cause all teenagers do is just sit, like this.  (*slouches with a glum look on her face*)

Seriously!  Every teenager I know on my bus, that’s all they do is sit like this (*slouches again*) with an iPhone in their hand.

Kenan finished out his 1st year in Sparks with flying colors, finishing his book and even having time to review it all to make sure he keeps God’s Word in his heart forever!

This old body ain’t what it used to be!

I had three hours of soccer coach training this morning in preparation for Kenan’s U6 soccer starting up next week.  And I’m pooped!  Blisters on both feet and aching muscles.  What have I got myself into?!

It was fun though.  Hanging out with a bunch of other dad and mom volunteers, learning how to teach the core soccer skills to kids while keeping it fun and keeping their interest.  We learned the ABC of soccer (Always Ball Control), what ball control is (keep the ball within one step), how to do a push pass (point your toe, your knee and your belly button (kids love belly buttons!) where you want the ball to go), how to receive a pass (control, look, pass it on), and how to teach those basics creatively.

Fortunately they run the coaches harder than we’re expected to run our little charges.  I’ll be (assistant-)coaching Kenan and his team two days a week but only 45 minutes each day.

And he can’t wait!  This morning he put on his shin guards, soccer socks, soccer shoes and last year’s team shirt in a show of sportsmanship as I left home for my three hour torture session.

Here he is last summer:

Today in Carpenter Kindergarten I learned how to cover up the finishing nails in the chair rail.

Think this will help me pick up my room?

Hey you birders out there, can you help identify these winged visitors who walked through our yard today?

I hate painting.  Let me make that clear right off the bat.  Nonetheless we are getting better at it, and I think the transformation of Shana’s room is coming along quite nicely!  🙂

Planning how to start:

Starting:

Waiting patiently while Mommy and Daddy work:

Hmm, something looks different…

A week or two later (we’re nowhere near as efficient at this as Luke the Handy Husband) and the painting is done!

Next up:

• a chair rail (hopefully this weekend)
• window coverings (hopefully this weekend)
• new shelving in the closet (losing hope for this weekend)
• move at least some furniture back (you guessed it:  this weekend)

In the seasonal tug of war, Summer just slipped.

80 km/hr wind gusts, and you can’t tell from the picture but the snowflakes are thick and heavy.  Our lights have been flickering madly all evening, but we gave up on waiting to lose power completely and just shut them off to enjoy a candlelight dinner.

Our church offered to present a new Bible to all the kids in Shana’s grade, and Shana received a Zonderkids Young Women of Faith Bible, and she just loves it.  It contains the full NIV text, which makes it the first big-kid Bible she’s had.  We presented it to her this morning at the Easter Sunday service, and Daddy dedicated it to her with the verse Proverbs 8:10-11:

Choose my instruction instead of silver,
knowledge rather than choice gold,
for wisdom is more precious than rubies,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.