The 10 Commandments

We have had a few issues with Joshua not "honoring and respecting" us (his mother and father). The other morning I had had enough...so I started telling him about all the Bible verses that reference honoring your father and mother. (which he claims he has never heard before) Later that day I talked to Jon and told him that Josh has a mind of his own and was simply not obeying...Jon worked late that night, but was quick to talk to Josh when he got home. He took out the Bible and read the 10 Commandments to him...He made sure he pointed out that God put Thou shall not murder and Honor your mother and father "on the same level"....and both must be pretty important to God. Josh is now reading through the book of Proverbs for the next 31 days in hopes to ensure he makes some wiser decisions in the future. So far things are going better-(he's even told a few of his friends that if they don't obey, then their days will be numbered). Hopefully we got through to him...

On an additional note, Katelyn has earned her AR shirt at school (a shirt you wear to get treats for reading books) and is still doing very well at piano. Jon took her to her lesson yesterday and told me how impressed he was at how well she could play. This past week, I filled out their summer daycare enrollment forms and had to put the grade they were going into in the fall...I had to put a "1" and a "6"...made me sad. She is more than ready to swim...she keeps asking when will it be warm enough...she also wants to take more swim lessons.

Heston is doing fine. He is learning a lot at school and I do feel that in a little over a year he will be ready for Kindergarten. (although I may not). He has his first soccer game on 4/9 and is looking forward to "running super fast".

Josh is playing a lot of baseball and is taking a trip to Dollywood on 4/21/11 (a really important day) with his class at school. In order to be able to go, he had to make good grades and have good behavior...FOR THE YEAR! he has met the criteria and he gets to go. That is the thing with our kids, they can be terrible for us, but they are always good for teachers, coaches etc. We are proud of them and are so thankful that they are ours!