Beautiful Ballerina

Hannah our oldest daughter is getting ready to start ballet lessons.Today we made a special shopping trip to pick up all her “gear”.

She is so stinkin’ cute isn’t she?

MOVIE NIGHT

Tonight was movie night here at the Barrick house and one of our favorite new movies was on the playlist,Kung Fu Panda 2! Our whole family loves comedies and this movie didn’t disappoint.

And what is movie night without snacks?Popcorn anyone?

Military Man's Promise:

“I cannot promise you every night of my life. I cannot promise to be beside you for every difficult moment, every trial, and every hardship. In truth, I can promise you that I will not be with you for most. I will leave you at inconvenient times. Any special date to us may be tainted with the anniversary of the death of one of my friends. I will ask you to take over whatever life we have built together for months and years at a time. And will then crash back into that life that you have used your sweat, your tears and your heartache to keep together, and try to take it back as I knew it before.
I will shut you out at times because it will be the best way for me to hold it together at that moment. I will lie to you. I will tell you I don't know things when I do. I will not always tell you where I am going, when I will be back, or who I am with. I may not call you for weeks and months and you will not be able to call me. You will ask questions that I won't answer. You will know answers to questions that you will hope you never need.
I will share things with my brothers that you will never understand. They will know things about me that you never will. They will be a support to me in some things that you cannot be. I will miss birthdays. I will miss anniversaries. I may need time to process things that seem natural to everyone else.
It will seem that someone - or something - will always take precedence over you.
I will uproot you and ask you to re-establish our family anywhere in the world, in any season, at any time - over and over again. Sand and mud will be tracked through your halls from the boots I am too tired to take off.
I will leave you when you beg me not to. I will stand at attention while you cry beside me. I will not turn my head and I will walk away. I will knowingly break your heart. And I will do it again - and again. I cannot promise you all of me. I cannot promise you much of anything.
But if you will have me, I can promise that as I march away from you, it is not without sharing your heartache. I promise you that every time I break your heart I will be breaking mine. Every time that I cannot answer you I will be protecting you. Whenever you want to call and you have no number to dial, I will be wanting to do the same. I will protect everything that we have created together with every fiber of my being while you do the same back at home. I will honor you in everything - every moment that we are apart and every moment that I am with you. I will fight harder and push further knowing that I do so for you. And I will carry you with me in everything, until my sandy boots once again sit just inside the door.”

 

Oh I am feeling every bit of this today.I love my soldier SO much!

Others More Eloquent Than I

The other day in a post I was trying to express my thoughts on public school and how much longer homeschool had been going on and I just couldn’t get it to come out right.I read this quote the other day that perfectly expressed what I had in my brain but couldn't quite get out!

“Home-based education is not an experiment. It's how people learned to function in the world for centuries. And there is no reason to think people today can't do the same thing. School is the experiment, not the lack of it, and the experiment is in trouble."

A Few Of My Favorite Things

Its been a Wonderful Wednesday here in my neck of the woods and Its been filled with some of my favorite thing!

I LOVE wearing my comfy PJ pants all day!When my hubby’s home I “try” to get dressed and look presentable for him but while he is gone I enjoy my “comfys”.

 

This is a “two’fer”! I love the cartoon Phineas and Ferb.They are two brothers who believe you should do amazing,exciting and fun things during your summer vacation instead of sitting around playing videogames all day!This is Also our new Calendar! Every year it’s a special thing to go out together and pick the new years calendar.Today was the day and we all agreed that THIS was the calendar for us!

 

New books have to be my “most favoritest” You just cant beat good books!Even better this hard cover childrens classic was 30% off today at Barnes and Noble ;0)

 

Aaahh sweet technology!My means of communication with the hubby!I get almost giddy after talking to him, it really brightens my day.Don’t believe me?Look at this

 

 

Yep this is me right after talking to him Hahaha!

And the last favorite thing for the day Dinner.

I LOVE casseroles!They are easy,comforting and yummy! This is a favorite and I posted the recipe HERE.

 

I hope you all had a Wonderful Wednesday too!

Standardized Tests

If you have ever questioned the practicality or neccesity of standardized tests you should read this!

Standardized Tests

Two Weeks Down!

Yay!Two weeks down! It feels good ;0) Its been a bit of a long week but a good week none the less.We have had a cold working its way around the house and some crabby babies too.We have also had some great things this week.The kids are registered for classes.The boys fencing and Hannah ballet. I got to talk to my hubby a few times and hearing his voice is always wonderful.

Here’s to another good week!