Homeschool Diva

I am keeping it real for my Peeps Monday! 

• Well, it is 11:38 and my kids are still in their pj’s.   I realized the time when they started saying they were hungry.  I was about to say, you just ate breakfast, but realized it has been hours since then.
• They have played together all morning.  They have been so amiable and peaceful I just couldn’t switch gears this morning.
• I have a ton of dishes in the sink, and clothes to fold and put away.
• The kids rooms are  a mess and their beds are not made.
• I don’t have any presents wrapped and still have a few to finish.
• My kids had hot homemade cocoa for breakfast and have been eating corn chips all morning.  I didn’t even make the cocoa.  It was left over from last nights church Christmas party. 
• There is a small toy store located under our sofa.  Things have been lost for so long under there I am considering wrapping them up and giving them to the kids on Christmas morning.
• I have the strangest desire to eat all manner of junk food today.
• and I haven’t exercised in weeks.
• As I type this, my youngest is literally drinking honey form the sticky jar left on the counter from breakfast.

The weather is nice and crisp and cool today, so now, I am leaving the house a wreck, and we are packing up to go play today. There you have it people!  That is about as real as it gets.

I have  a great idea for you for last minute Christmas shopping for your kids.

Sponsor a child with them, about their age through Compassion International. Our children start to sponsor a child on their 5th birthday.  Jackson was able to choose the child he wanted to sponsor and has written letters and sent pictures to him regularly the past year.  I showed the children the video clip on the Compassion website and it has really stuck with them.  They talk about it amongst each other frequently.

It is one of his most favorite days when a letter comes in from Josias from Peru.    We will be visiting Josias in Feb. on our trip to Peru.  I am excited and interested to see how this will shape and form Jackson as he grows in understanding of the kingdom of God and being a disciple of Jesus. 

It is only about 30 dollars a month to sponsor a child.  You can pay for an entire year at one time and it is tax deductible at the end of the year. Come on, it is only $360 for and entire year to change a child’s life.  Just stop going out to eat one time a month and you have the money right there. 

OK - I am getting off of my soap box now.  Merry Christmas to all~