The kids only have school two days this week–whoo hoo!  I can’t believe it’s already Thanksgiving week… my, how the time flies.  I can’t guarantee that I’ll remember to hop back on here later this week, but maybe I’ll quick pre-post some pictures to pop up on those days.  Pictures are always fun, right?

I seem to have caught a little cold bug that has settled itself into my throat.  Basically I feel fine but I can’t talk. I suppose I should be thankful for that fact that I don’t really have any other symptoms.  However, as a Mom and a teacher, not being able to talk makes my life a bit more difficult.  I’ll be doing a bit more whispering, since I am still able to do that.  I must just be more susceptible to losing my voice because I can remember this happening quite a few times in my life.

In random other news:  We are finishing up our Thankful jar this week.  The kids have been so great about it.  Even Maddie has been participating this year (her answers are pretty funny… and repetitive). I changed it up this year so instead of writing each person’s thankful thing on a tiny slip of paper each night, everyone has their own large sheet of paper that we each write our own.  It’s soooooo nice now that Josiah can write all on his own and can participate.  I write mine and Maddie’s and everyone else write their own…  And Levi just watches.  😉 I can’t remember if I’ve posted our full list on here before, but I think I will.  We’re going to read through them all on Thanksgiving Day.