The weekend came, and with it my brother Ken and his super-fun girls. Who needs t.v. when you have a model of a genuine old-school steam logging mill to play with? Thanks, uncle Ken! And who needs t.v. when you have cousins? I don't think anyone missed it.
We did cave and let them play the Wii, though, only while the adults were off at other things Saturday morning. Ken and Grandpa went to a logging model conference, (documented in Ken's latest post).
Grandma, Berkeley, Mike and I went to the district competition for Oregon's Battle of the Books. This was so cool. Berkeley's team played three very strong battles before being eliminated. They were 3rd, (based on points earned) going into the final rounds. It was gratifying to see how much they enjoyed themselves. After working so hard to study all those books, they were laughing and cracking jokes with each other and seemed just happy to be there.
Go team!
Thanks, to those of you who followed pledge week. Mike's take on it has been very positive--and I want to clarify that this is not something he ever asked for. But every day he has thanked me. He believes in doing hard things just because they are hard, and he has a point. Any kind of sacrifice brings a sort of clarity to our lives. Thanks, Mike, for the inspiration.
8 comments:
Cool picture of Robin running the train.
What's a kid Berkeley's age doing with a mustache? Does Berkeley need to shave already?
Mike is so good for you. And I love how your kids are growing up knowing how to cook creatively.
Would you care if I got shoes just like yours? They were sooo comfortable!
What a great idea. The hard things seems to be the things that are the most worth it.
My take on pledge week? I loved it! For fear of waxing philosophical, I'll just say thanks to Brenda and the kids for the most memorable birthday present ever.
For the rest of you...when is your pledge week and what will you pledge?
- Mike
Nice hat and glasses.
Thanks for having us up. I wish I could have seen Berk's event. Lynn Rivett wouldn't say much about it.
I don't remember you asking! But I can't even remember....um
Hummm. Maybe pledge something in the seven deadly sins family, in honor of the six weeks of lent?? Pretty cool idea - you guys started a week early!
Wow. Berkeley went incognito, huh?
I am sure I would miss my kids watching TV more than they would miss it, too.
Give yourself a huge A+ in parenting for the week. Maybe reward yourself with a TV show. :0
I just read through all of your pledge week blog posts and I have to say that I am so impressed. First, I am so impressed that your gift to Mike was so well thought out and personal. Second, I am impressed that it got you thinking so much about why you do the things you do. As I read about your shopping "issues" I felt like I could have been reading about me. I like your idea of filling time with things that are more productive like scrapbooking and home projects. I have been putting off both of those things for a long time, but just today found the time to go to Target and Winco. Hmmmm...now you have me thinking. I LOVE this experiment.
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