It's COLD!!!!!

I am actually a little hot as I am sitting here typing and everyone is sound asleep. We have the hallway blocked off to trap the heat in the bedrooms (space heaters), because when it gets this cold outside and WINDY, we don't have much of a choice! So this is what we did today to keep warm.....

Laid on my bed and watched TV.

Laid on my bed and watched TV and played games on the laptop.

I just realized Jayla is hugging her bear in this picture. I love it! She has had that bear for 7 years now. It was her first best friend and she was devastated when we couldn't find her for a couple of years! You should have seen her face when we found her again, just a few weeks ago! :)

And where was Jack? Well, he was all over the place, but when I was taking pictures, he was playing on Jonathan's bed.

Jacob was wanting his picture taken today for some reason. I'll take advantage of it while I can!

And this is our pet Ball Python named Striker. The cat doesn't like him much. I think she actually struck at him right after I snapped this!

Okay, so that's really not all we did. Once it warmed up in the rest of the house, not much but enough to live in, they also played the Wii and read some books.We don't have any tables in the bedrooms, so it is really hard to do much writing or drawing or any kind of craft. One of the cartoons they watch though is a sign language cartoon. I like it. They have a theme each day, like "teamwork", and then they repeat certain signs several times while they are acting. It is called Dr. Wonder's Workshop. Their web site has a couple of little teaching games as well! Jack is still difficult to understand verbally, but he sure has caught on that he can communicate more clearly with signs, so he signs a lot now! If he doesn't know the sign, he'll sign "ball" and nod his head like he's asking us if we understand. So cute! After watching this show yesterday, he keeps signing "team" now. :)

All in all it has been a pretty boring day, for me, at least. I want to do something fun and creative, but we are limited being stuck in the bedrooms all day, and I don't want to get us out in the weather to go somewhere! I totally believe they can learn great things from TV and computer and games (which is why we are very picky about what they watch and play), but they can't spend ALL their time doing those things! This will pass soon though and we'll be doing different things again. It is already time to start planning a garden, and that is something I want them to be involved in. I guess we can start planning now, then as soon as the zero degree temps go away, maybe we can dig around in the dirt! :)

Oh, one more picture I have to post. My sweet hubby with Jacob and Jack. :) I love his beard, don't you?

I'm a Google addict. I "google" everything. In fact, that is how we learn much of what we know here in our house.

From Google and the Bible.

Obviously the Bible is much more important to us than Google, but I even read and study the Bible online since there are so many different versions available at the click of a mouse, and I am always googling various Bible topics.

I've heard of people who are "Professional Googlers". Is that for real? If I can make money at what I'm already doing, please someone tell me how! I want to be a Professional Googler too!!!

Anyone need help googling anything? :)

I have even learned (and am still learning) a lot about HTML online! Having the knowledge of the entire world (mostly) at your fingertips is way better than a set of encyclopedias or a college course! Too bad I can't get a degree for it because I'd have a few of them earned by now.

Seriously, if you don't take advantage of the internet for learning, whether it is for yourself or your kids, you really should give it a try.

And if I ever figure out how to get paid for doing it, I'll let ya know. ;)

Superheroes of all kinds!

Jonathan has been playing on Marvel Kids lately, and these are all of his creations!