Life is Good....and a mom can brag.

We moved into our bedroom last weekend!  WOO HOO!!!  Ok, we still do not have a door, or anything on the walls, but the carpet was installed Friday and Saturday, and we moved our furniture in Saturday afternoon.  I love having a real bed to sleep in again!  

The kitchen and small bath are coming along nicely, Patriot put the trim on all of the cabinet doors, and the sink base cabinets as well as a couple of the drawers.  I have all of those sanded, half the doors primed and a coat of paint on them as well.  I also spent some time putting primer on some of the door trim in the bathroom, back entry way.  To look at the rooms it doesn't seem like these projects should take as long as they do....painting is very time consuming.  The goal is to have all the doors back on the cabinets before Friday the 13th.  That date is important, and I will share more about it in the near future.  


Freedom and Justice have been working on getting all the leaves raked for us.  This has been a huge help, we usually bag up about 20-30 leaf bags full each year and this year it looks like it will be on the higher end.  Thank goodness for strong healthy boys to help handle the chores.


Speaking of the boys....(nice segwey huh?).... I want to brag a little about each of them.


Freedom, at 14, is a mix of high self confidence and low self esteem. (Does that make any sense, I don't know how to describe what I see any better than that.)  He thinks he is fat, and while he is not the stick that Justice is, he is not fat by any means.  He thinks he is not smart, but is able to pull honor roll grade with minimal effort.  He really doesn't seem to think that highly of himself, but he is always willing to put himself out there and try new things.  He is taking a speach class this quarter and seems to really like it and his grade is good so it seems he is doing well too. This year he decided to try out for the basket ball team.  He knew going in that it would be a long shot, but was willing to take the risk of being cut and go for it.  At our school they have an A and a B team, each team has 12 kids on it.  Each year about 80 boys try out for those 24 spots, not good odds to begin with.  He tried out, he gave his best effort, but he was cut in the first round.  He handled it so well I was amazed.  I am proud of him for trying, something this American mom would never have done at that age.


Now for Justice,  he is such a special boy.  At 9 he is sensitive, emotional, strong headed, helpful, fun, funny, loving, and generous.  Recently I have seen in him a trait that is so special.  He will often just take care of something, simply because it needed done.  He is not looking for a reward, not even a thank you.  Often I don't even realize he did "it" until a couple of days later.  I love this about him, he is so willing to give of his time and talents. For a quick example, One of the teachers at school shared with me that he spent time the other day organizing a game cart, he wasn't asked, no one commented that it needed done, he simply saw that is was a bit messy and straightened it up.  He wasn't looking for a reward, or special attention, just doing something that needed done.  Special boy, that child is.