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1. Celebrating Our Girlie

Today is Blondechick's high school graduation party!  It's the perfect opportunity to share photos Papa Rooster has taken that I haven't had time to post...and recap her senior year activities at the same time.

Worship Team.  She's been a lead vocalist on one of the school's student-led worship teams all year, and she has loved it.  She hopes to continue in this role at college.  (all photos--click to enlarge)


Her last time singing in Chapel.  (They have it once a week.)


Choir.  A few weeks ago she performed with her show choir, Guys 'n' Dolls, for the last time.  (They also performed this number on their choir tour in California, and at the local and state levels at Solo and Ensemble contest.)


Notice that B16 is there too (the tall guy in back wearing glasses). They have really enjoyed being in Choir and Show Choir together, so their final concert was bittersweet for all of us. B16 is really going to miss his sister next year, though he's also eager to spread his wings alone. And her? She says she wishes she could put him in a dress and make him Maid of Honor in her wedding! I blame their unusual closeness on their years of homeschooling. (More at-times-needed evidence to myself that all my effort was worth it!)

(And thanks to you, Matt, I now think of the Holy Father every time I type "B16"!)


It's a choir tradition that the seniors perform one number alone. This year their song was "Lean on Me," the Glee version, with a lot of jazz riffs which the choir teacher asked Blondechick to solo on.  Here she is, really gettin' into it!

Don't have a picture of it, but she also sang second soprano in a trio at Solo and Ensemble, getting excellent marks at both local and state level for their rendition of the folk song "Nelly Bly."

Senior Prom.

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2. Ode to Bantam 15

Well, we had a birthday back in May... But we didn't have a good picture of him, since he got his braces off in February...and Mama Hen was barely keeping her head above water to finish out the school year afloat...Bantam19 was accepted at college and we had a graduation.... ...and today, he left.  For two weeks at camp.  Back to Honey Rock, where he went last year--quite against his will--but

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3. Capturing the Memories

Although today is officially the first day of summer, we've been busy with summer activities for several weeks now! We started out the season with a week of soccer/basketball camp in the mornings for Chicklet7 and Bantam5, and afternoons for Bantam11.  At the end, everyone got a participation award, but Chicklet7 also earned the Outstanding Shooter award for making the most baskets of any K-5th

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4. Congratulations, Bantam19!

Look at that young man.  See that half-smile, the hands fingering his diploma?  He's pleased.  He's proud of himself.  He's filled with wonderment and barely-believing. From the minute he entered the auditorium, one of nearly 500 in his class, I felt a lump in my throat.  I'm sure it's normal to feel emotional as a parent at a graduation--it's the end of an era, after all, and a launching

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5. Back from Ancient China

Yes, I'm back...but too busy to upload pics from Mulan yet! Papa Rooster has been traveling and he's my main man for photos. I have a few on my camera but I've become somewhat camera-phobic about trying to upload them without PR or a teen at home to help me when things invariably go haywire.Plus I've been focusing hard on my job this week to get ready for the end of this winter session of

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6. In Which B13 Pays Mom a Compliment

Awww, I just found the scrap of paper where I wrote this one down....Back during Schoolhouse Rock, Bantam13 and Blondechick16 went home with some friends on the break between the daytime and the evening show. Later on, the mom told me that while they were at her house, the talk had turned to schools and homeschooling. She had asked B13:"So if she [Blondechick16] is in public school, how come you

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7. Bantam3 Becomes...

Bantam4! We can’t believe it. How quickly that three-year-old year went by!!! Three isn’t exactly my favorite age—I remember in several cases wondering why people always talked about the terrible twos, when it seemed like three was so much worse—but in Bantam4’s case, three has come and gone (sniff) as nice as you please! B4 is such a fun mix of physical, rough-and-tumble “all boy” with

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8. Bantam13 Learns a Dance

Blogging about one's teenagers can be a little tricky. When I met up with Megan and Summer recently, I confided about difficulties we've had with one of our teenagers, and Megan said, "Oh, from your blog, you'd never guess!" For the record and in the interests of FULL disclosure, let me state that no member of our family is as one-sidedly positive as they may appear in this blog. (Including me!

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9. Happy Birthday, Bantam17

Remember the family photo shoot last fall? Well, I'm going to share some of our selections in a series of posts describing the members of our family. And since today happens to be Bantam17's birthday, I'll start with him! First, some background on this remarkable young man. As our firstborn, we weren't sure what to think when, by age 3.5, it became clear that he had a significant speech

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10. Say It With a Homemade Card

Tonight we had the "family birthday party" for me and my mother-in-law, whose birthday is 4 days before mine. My wonderful children blessed us both with homemade cards, a tradition on birthdays in our family. As always, they were both touching and hilarious! Dear Mother, I love you. I hope you love your birthday and this card. Even though you yell at me I still think you're the best Mom ever

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11. Blondechick Turns 15

Once every 6 or 8 years, my daughter's birthday falls on Thanksgiving, as it did yesterday, giving me extra reason to be thankful! Daughter, I am so proud of the young woman you are becoming. Outwardly beautiful, you are developing an inward loveliness as well. I love to see your helpfulness with your siblings, your generosity toward your friends, your honesty with me and your dad, and your

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12. Sunday Reading

For a little light Sunday reading, may I recommend my daughter Blondechick14's recent post about a funny incident that happened during one of the performances of Charlotte's Web? One of the joys of live theater, in my opinion, is actors having to dealing with the unexpected in front of an audience. The audience itself has to make a decision: Do we laugh? Pretend we didn't notice? In this

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13. Goslings Just Wanna Have Fu-un

We got some great stills from our high-definition video recording of a Charlotte's Web dress rehearsal. And since you go frame-by-frame to make your selections, we noticed things that otherwise went by rather quickly... That's Bantam8. The one with the quirks, like the ability to create battle scenes between two rocks--and going without clothes, year-round. (Well, he wears shorts.)

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14. Charlotte's Web Review

What a looooonnnnng week we've had! In the past nine days, the kids have had five rehearsals and seven performances of the musical Charlotte's Web. I've been there too, doing makeup. (Thank you, dear husband and dear friend Heather, for watching my little ones!!) Bantam16 has been able to do backstage for every show, since he's homeschooled this year. It's been an exhausting week, but so

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15. Happy Birthday, Chicklet 5!

Back when I had only one child, I remember feeling sorry for a fifth child that was born to a family in our church. I thought there could be no baby more incredible than your firstborn--surely the "specialness" of the experience was at its height then, slipping gradually into the realm of "been there, done that." But I've found, with the births of six children, that the opposite

5 Comments on Happy Birthday, Chicklet 5!, last added: 9/8/2007
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16. My Daughter on TV!

And now for a change from book reviews... On her blog, Drama Ditz, my daughter just posted the YouTube video of herself doing a commercial for the TV special a family friend is producing. Our middle four children will be in it, as well as a number of family friends. I doubt it will be widely aired outside the Chicago area, but you can all get a taste from the commercial. So, go watch a little

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17. Dwarf

I don't know if I should admit this, but in the show, my 8-year-old sings, with great growling gusto, a song called "Murder Today" that begins with these words: "We do maimings on Mondays to kick off the week/ Which have earned perfect tens for both style and technique." "Our boilings in oil are never humdrum," Fenris Ulf adds, "They're on Wednesdays at six--Say you'll come!" The Dwarf

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18. Birthday Boy

Someone's 12 today... Someone who's becoming such a winsome young man! Last night, at our first cast meeting for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, one of the directors reminded me that she had helped as an assistant coach on Bantam-then-11's soccer team last fall. She said, "I just loved your son. I thought he was so mature and respectful and fun.... When it turned out that he's going

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19. The Other Belated Birthday Boy

We had one other birthday boy during February-- Bantam8! (Poor guys, their birthdays fell right in the midst of Cinderella, and I was too busy to mention it, virtually. In real life, their birthdays were duly celebrated!) Those who know Bantam8 will agree--he is an unusual boy, and not just because he hardly wears any clothes! It seems he has always been wise beyond his years. Part of it

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20. Bantam 16 and the Army of Friends

Yes, he's Bantam 16 now. Even though his birthday isn't until Sunday, his birthday party was Saturday--and that was the Big Deal. He's been planning this party for months. It was an Airsoft tournament/re-enactment of the Battle of Bastogne, the perfect marriage of his two current passions: World War 2, and Airsoft weapons. (If you've seen Band of Brothers, you'll remember the Battle of

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21. It's My Birthday..........Sigh

I'm depressed. I'm spending my birthday in bed. I'm still icing and elevating after my foot surgery on Friday. It's feeling a little more like it's normal size today. I was able to put some weight on it for the first time today, without gasping in pain, but I'm still supposed to be staying off it, reclining with my foot at heart level. (Not a convenient position, by the way.) I'm not even

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22. Loving Your Enemies

"That driver needs our prayers." One of my friends, Gabi, made that comment in response to yesterday's post. Despite the horror of what happened, I have been praying for that young man. Our kids were okay, by the grace of God, but the life of that young man, at only 18, is already a mess. I pray that in his desperation he will be driven to the God who made him and loves him and has a much

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