A little glimpse of our day

Today began a little rough, similar to other days. Although yesterday morning was great and gave me a boost for sure. Jeff made it out the door to work with a last minute raid of the change jar but... he said he would pay it back :) Micah is usually up and moving before me unless I can throw myself out of bed at 6 (rare occasion). Can you tell I'm not a morning person??? Actually I like mornings, new start, love the singing birds and sunshine but somehow they don't like me. Nate is like me, I have to drag him out of bed, unless he smells a big breakfast. This morning was Nate's day to take Joe (our big black lab) out. After breakfast, showers, teeth brushed, all that good stuff, we get school going. Bible reading was Mark 8 today. Awesome passage!!! We move on to language. We are going over writing strategies. Today it was about trying not to use cliches. We read different usages and some alternatives. Then they had to do their assignment ~ give the definition of the cliche then rewrite in their own words. First cliche ~ plain as the nose on your face.
Nate ~ simple, clear
Micah ~ you can't see the nose on your face (ok... so are getting a glimpse of a little bit here...)

So, after hiding my dying laughing insides I have to tell my very literal child "look at my face, can you see my nose?" After explaining he always does this "oooohhhhhhhh" thing. I LOVE my boys!!!! LOVE their differences!!!! LOVE having these moments with them. It makes every frustration worth it :)

It got me to thinking about how differently people see things. One may see it as being very complicated, this is what Micah originally thought. Then after I explained it to him, it was very simple and clear. Do we take the time to see if we are making things more difficult than they really are??? ok... ME... do I take the time to make sure I'm not complicating matters???

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