August 19, 2002
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Yeah
My homeschool stuff has a home and is organized. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Now I just have to start schooling them. 
We have had such a nice relaxing day today. We woke up and decided to go out to breakfast at Chestnut Cottage. It tasted sooooo mmmmmmmmmmm
And our kids were angelic. Which was very very nice.
We then proceeded to Walmart got the oil changed (over-due) and picked up some odds and ends. Mainly shoes for the girls who aren’t gonna be able to wear their sandals for more then a week or two before it starts raining. And some wire shelf stacker thingy-ma-bobs to store homeschool stuff on. The kids were again 98% well-behaved. The 2% being Samuel…we do not know how to get him to be calm in the store. He’s a looky-lou. And forgets that he’s supposed to stay with us. So today we thought we’d try a new approach and not nag him about coming. We were hoping to “loose” him in that we would know where he was…but he wouldn’t know where we were in an attempt to scare him into staying with us. UGH! didn’t work. He thought that meant the freedom to run round & round aisles. Fortunately nobody was in the store or that could have been disastress. SOOOOOo how do I keep a 4 year old walking quietly beside me. I’d love to just stick him in the cart, but theirs no room.
And i’ve also tried making him hold the side of the cart, but then he keeps pulling the cart the direction he wants to go which is VERY annoying. Suggestions??????
If it stays nice this evening I was contemplating asking Rob if we could sleep outside on the trampoline with the kids. But now the clouds are rolling in…so we’ll see closer to the time.
Father God, thank you for letting me get stuff done today. Thank you for your love. Enable us to honor you today. In your sons name, Amen
