Small Successes

Faith and Family Live has been inviting us to share our small successes each week. It is a good practice to see even the little things we get right, because they add up to big successes. It keeps us accountable, but it is also very encouraging. Click the 'Small Successes' badge above to visit Faith and Family Live and see what other people are sharing.

1. We finished the Iditarod unit yesterday! It was fun. We used this lapbook from Hands of a Child. The boys checked the Official Website of the Iditarod everyday for their musher's standings. My teenager wanted to choose Jeff King as his musher, unbeknownst to the rest of us, by the way. His littlest brother chose Jeff King. Teen boy made a big fuss. Little brother let him have Jeff King and chose Lance Mackey instead. Lance Mackey crushed Jeff King....poetic justice.

2. Even though it has still been cold, the sun came out yesterday and I took the kids out after lunch and went for a walk. It felt good to move outside. The boys rode their bikes and little girl took out her tricycle, and tried to keep up with her brothers. Hopefully the fresh air will help us all start feeling better. I know it lifted my spirits.

3. This may not count as a success, but it makes me so happy, I am going to include it. I FINALLY caught up with my college girl via Skype this morning. We have been missing each other for days, sometimes by only a few minutes, but at 6:00 this morning, after my alarm had gone off and I was still dozing (I know, not my Heroic Moment) I heard that familiar tune and raced to the computer. She is currently between trips. She spent last weekend in Medugorjge and is leaving tonight for France, London and Ireland. She sounded a little stressed as she needs to fit SCHOOLWORK in there somewhere, but she has been managing well so far. She comes home in a little more than a month. I can't wait!!

4. OK, since, #3 might not count as a success, I will include another one. I am pretty much unbeatable in our NCAA brackets now. Yup, after changing my tactics, I am beating "The Man" at his own game! How "Sweet" it is! (P.S. Love you, honey!)