Weekend/Homework

Let me start by saying how great it has been that my husband has been off the past "3" weekends since he usually works every other weekend.  It's hard to plan an activity that both of the boys want to do since they are so different in age (3 & 9), so having him here to tag team has been great.  Friday night we stayed home.  Saturday morning I got up early to drop Easton at David's mom's in Montgomery so I could attend a consignment sale.  Haydn & David headed to baseball practice @ 10:30.  Around 2:00 we all headed back to Montgomery for my sister-in-laws boyfriend's birthday party. We had BBQ from Varsity (it was really good) & cake from Publix (which is always awesome)!  Then we headed home so Haydn could do a school project and to get ready for Sunday.  Sunday we had church and ate lunch @ mom's as usual.  Then David  & Haydn headed to the Biscuits game with some friends (David had been given 4 free tickets).  Easton & I headed home for a nap.

Talk about doing a 180....Homework, I know this is a necessary part of school and life, but can I just say "I DO NOT LIKE HOMEWORK!  Haydn is in the 4th grade now and his schoolwork is getting harder and he has more quizzes in between tests.   David & I are trying to drill into his head that all the easy grades are gone, he has to study and not just cram the night before a test.  We are trying to get him to understand school is first, then tv and baseball.  Boys - are so much harder than Girls to get to be still and study.  I read "Bringing up Boys" by James Dobson and my eyes were opened to little things that are so much harder for boys than girls.  Spelling is our biggest challenge, I would say that most guys are not great spellers, but great at Math.  I told David I hoped we do not have Spelling until 12th grade or we will never make it!  Then I started thinking, wait I still have another boy to go thru school - maybe I'll hire a tutor?

As I sit here talking about the different between boys & girls, my devotion for the day starts like this, A wife is asking her husband if they are going to a concert with friends because the tickets need to be reserved soon.  Her husband says "I don't remember discussing a concert."  His wife sighed. God has taught her that her best response to her husbands "failure to hear" was patient and loving reminders.  We are told that most men don't respond well to long conversations filled with many details and excessive dialogue.   (See big difference).