Athena's new sign....

I came down this morning and saw that Athena had made a new sign for the kitchen. I thought, "Ha! That will never work!" Yet, here it is 10pm and when I went in to clean the kitchen this is what I found. Maybe she's on to something :)


PS...I am doing the deadly sins, but I decided since I want to write so much about them I am posting them on Ponderings so that the 365 stays mostly about pictures.

Another Dance Competition

This is Nathan lifting Athena during their group jazz dance. I will have other dance pictures on my Leftovers page sometime tomorrow. I am wiped out after another 14 hours of straight dance...and I do is watch and take care of costumes....

Kindness

Kindness (Latin, patientia) (peace, opposes wrath, Latin ira) —
Forbearance and endurance through moderation. Resolving conflicts peacefully, as opposed to resorting to violence. The ability to forgive; to show mercy to sinners.

I have been trying to catch the kids solving a problem together all week, but they have had such a great week that nothing was obvious or I missed it. So I took a picture of the books I use to teach conflict resolution and the ones that have taught me patience. I thought they would improve my parenting and teaching,b ut they imporved ALL my relationships.


I was telling a friend that this was my last virtue picture and he said maybe I should tackle the 7 deadly sins next. Given that is Lent and I am really like the challenge of matching words to pictures I am going to do it. I will post the seven sins and their definitions on Ponderings.

Humility

Humility (Latin, humilitas) (modesty, opposes pride, Latin superbia)
Modest behavior, selflessness, and the giving of respect. Giving credit where credit is due; not unfairly glorifying one's own self.

I thought this would be a kindness picture, but when I read the definitions again I changed my mind. These two decided themselves to 'clean-up and put the books back in order' to make sure they were all there. I try and 'catch' the kids doing these little selfless acts of kindness and they are giving respect to me and their study space.

We take a break from our regularly scheduled virtue....

Happy 17th Birthday!

All she wanted was a DQ Ice Cream Cake, so she got it and shared it at lunch time.

More photos....

I know you all just can't get enough, lol, so I just posted my very own spring flowers on Leftovers and a few new shots from the kids on Musings.

Patience

Patience (Latin, humanitas) (satisfaction, opposes envy, Latin invidia) —
Charity, compassion, friendship, and sympathy without prejudice and for its own sake.

Not only do ALL these word describe Em, she inspires these traits in others. I have seen the roughest, rudest teen boys you can imagine spend just a few minutes with Em and they are changed forever...at least in her presence :)