Wade

Wade has found a love for a ministry we have at our church. We take communion to shut-ins who are unable to come to the church building for worship. We are always looking for more people to serve in this ministry. The woman at church who is heading this up sent out an e-mail last week to some members at our church. This next paragraph is an exerpt from that e-mail. Again, David and I are so proud of him!!!

I would like to tell you about a very special little nine year old boy at Pleasant Ridge that has been tremendously moved and is seriously dedicated to the Lord's Supper Ministry. Wade Ledbetter is fired up about going to our members to take them Communion. He reads scripture and discusses the Lords word at each visit. He loves talking to these members about the word of our Lord along with his parents or his grandparents. He has even gone along with one of the college students (Katie Kitson) on her volunteering visits. Isn't that GREAT! He came to me last night wanting to know if there were any open visitation needs. Again, if we will get out of the way and let Him, God will take over and help us with our serving.

Business Fair

The third grade at Wade's school has a business fair every year. Each student has to choose a product to make. They have to make at least 6 items. They then take it to school and work with the teacher to price them. Each year they have had a special Preview day in which other students, teachers, and parents are able to come see what they have produced and plan for how much money they need to bring for the actual fair the next day. Then, the following day the actual business fair happens where people are able to come and buy the products.

It's a really great lesson in profit and loss. The students have to be thoughtful in the whole process about whether or not they are producing something that can be sold and whether or not they will be able to make a profit.

Wade came up with this idea all on his own.

He bought clay flower pots, paint, soil, and individual packages of different kinds of seeds. He then painted each pot, filled it with soil, and placed a package of seeds in it. They turned out really cute.

The poor third graders this year got kind of gyped on the whole process. The week of the scheduled preview day and Business Fair day was the week that school was closed for the silly Swine Flu! Therefore, the Business Fair was moved to the last week of school before our flex days. So, they ended up not having a preview day which meant they sold fewer things because fewer students were prepared to buy on the actual day. Yuck!!! Kind of disappointing.

He had 10 pots and only came home with 4. He has sold one to one of his grandmothers and one aunt. We just have two more to go. His Oma just got home from Germany late last night so I'm sure we'll be able to sell one to her. We'll get it done.

It was a fun process though and I was really proud of him for coming up with this idea all on his own and carrying it out!!!

TAKS Scores

I just got word from Wade's teacher that he scored a PERFECT score on his Math TAKS as well as his Reading TAKS!

WE ARE SO PROUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Smart Boys

Lafe never ceases to amaze us with his vocabulary. He is always using big words for things that don't seem typical for 5 year olds to say.

This is the conversation I just heard from the living room:

(I think I came in on the middle of it.)

Wade: "Lafe, do you know what delicate means?"

Lafe: "Yes, it means fragile. And, fragile means it will break easily."

This cracked me up! He answered with another word that could have easily stumped a 5 year old. This may not mean anything to all of you, but ask anyone in my family and they'll tell you his vocabulary is pretty spectacular. This is just a very simple example.

Google Reader

It's funny that Becky left me a comment explaining why she doesn't comment often on my blog due to reading on google reader. I was just about to do a post about how I DON'T like google reader. I think a lot of my readers read on there and that's why none of you comment!!! Therefore, I DO NOT like google reader! There, now I can get off of my soapbox. Have a great day and feel free to actually visit my blog and leave a comment :)

Bed Making Machine

I neglected to mention on here that 4 weeks ago Joseph was moved to a big boy bed. It was NOT by my choice. He was perfectly fine sleeping in his crib. He never climbed out and never attempted to. However, one day at nap time David leaned over the rail to kiss Joseph goodnight and the rail broke. The crib was given to us when we were pregnant with Wade and it had already been through at least 3 kids. So, we're not talking about a brand new crib, but I was still so sad. I wanted to keep that crib and give it to someone in need or have it for my grandkids to use. I'm over it now, but that was not a happy day for me.

Now to the real story: Joseph discovered last week that he can make his new Lightning McQueen and Mater bed very easily. He was so excited when he did it the first time. (I will post a picture later of the bed.) He makes it most days. We have never told him to, he just started on his own. Let me remind you that this is my TWO year old.

He made his bed this morning, but I had to wake him up from his nap at the last minute today to pick Lafe up from school. So, we didn't have time for that. When we got home I just simply said "Oh, Joseph we didn't make your bed after your nap." He didn't really respond. He just kept playing with Wade and Lafe. I was picking some things up in his room so I went ahead and made his bed.

The boys are spending the night with David's parents tonight due to our work schedules. On our way to Burleson Joseph said (in the sweetest yet desperate voice) "Oh NO! Go back! I didn't make my bed!" It was so sweet. I told him that I made it for him. He said "You made it? Thank you!" *big sigh*

He's so sweet! He also LOVES to clean and pick up. I hope this lasts for a long time. I think as long as we make it fun and encourage it, it just might become a habit!

Funny!

You probably all know about the hoopla that is Britain's Got Talent!?

Several days ago Lafe said "Why do they call it Britain's Got Talent? Why don't they just call it Susan's Got Talent?"

He was dead serious! Again, I busted out laughing. Funny thing is, he's only seen her very first audition on You Tube right after it happened. That was a long time ago and we haven't really discussed it since. That kid cracks me up. There is no telling how long he's been thinking about that!!!

Mary and Joseph

So, Joseph thinks everytime we talk about Joseph and Mary (Jesus' parents) we are talking about him and my Grandma Mary!!! It is so funny.

The other night he had a blanket on his head and shoulders. It was kind of like you see in the pictures from stories in the Bible. Wade made a comment about how he looked like Mary. Joseph turned around with a really funny look on his face and said "I'm not Grandma!!!" We busted out laughing. After that Wade told him he looked more like Joseph and that made a lot more sense to him.

After church last night we were driving home and we were asking each of the kids about their class and what they had learned about. Joseph always says he learned "Jesus loves me." Great lesson, but David knew they had talked about Joseph and Mary. So, he asked who the people were on the board they were talking about. David said "Wasn't one of them Joseph?" Joseph said "And Grandma!" We all laughed so hard. I thought I was going to wet my pants.

Grandma, sorry I couldn't remember the story from in the car very well today when we talked. I had to wait for David to get home from work to remind me how it really played out. Can't wait to see you soon! I love you!!!

So Proud!

Wade's last day of school was yesterday. I went to his awards ceremony and was again overwhelmed. The kids love him, the teachers love him, and other parents love him. What more could I ask for?

I'll post all of the different awards he got later. They are in his room and he's asleep.

I wanted to share this with you though, Wade was 1 of 8 3rd graders to make the A Honor Roll ALL YEAR LONG.

He's never made a B. A funny story about that: A couple weeks ago he made a grid that had his aunt's initials at the top and on the side it said ES (Elem school), MS (Middle School), HS (High School), and C (college). When David asked him what it was, he said he was going to call all of his aunt's and ask them when they got their first B. He was going to mark it in the grid. Not sure what brought that on, but he's really excited that he hasn't made a B yet. Keep in mind that he is in advanced Math and next year will be in a special upper-level 4th grade classroom. We couldn't be prouder! We love him so much.

Above all of this academic stuff, we love Wade for his tender heart and his desire to please God. Just tonight he was telling us about his prayers to God that He will take care of the sale of our house and that we will make the wisest choice in buying a new home. He also has started a private Bible study with one of our elders on Wednesday nights because he wanted to go deeper into the Bible than he was able to do in our new Wednesday night thing we're doing. I love that boy so much!!!!!!!

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Thanks for your votes! I'm going with #5 since that got the most votes. I thought about putting the one with Joseph picking his nose and the other boys laughing, but I'll go with the less disgusting choice.

I Need HELP!

I am wanting to change my picture for my blog. The one up there is from Halloween this past year. So, I'm giving you some choices and I need your votes. Yes, I know that in some of the pictures Lafe is not looking at the camera and they are making silly faces in some, but these are my boys at their cutest and best!!! So, please help me pick the cutest.

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It's Official

David has been accepted to UTA Graduate School. He will be starting this Fall in the nurse practitioner program!!! I am so proud of him and we are excited to be starting on this journey again. Keep us in your prayers!

Wade

Wade wanted in on the fun so here's a video with him in it!!!

I've actually posted some real posts on here so please be sure to scroll down the page and make sure you're caught up so far. I'm getting lots of comments on the videos (understandable), but not on the others. Just want to make sure you're not missing them.