Just what Harrell's do: September 2009

Dangers in the Rainforest

The 2nd grade at Jake's school is going to have a program the end of Oct. about the Rain forest. His music teacher told the students that they could write a song for the program if they wanted to. Well, Jake was all about that and begged for 2 weeks for us to help him write his song. So finally we all (including GiGi) sat down and wrote his song. I don't know if it will make it into the program, but we sure had some good laughs writing it! Jake provided all of the research and was so excited. Mrs. Wheelis, his teacher, had everyone in his class sing it because she thought it was so great!

DANGERS IN THE RAINFOREST

(The Ants Go Marching By)

By: Jake Harrell

Dangers in the Rainforest scare me,

Scare you.

Dangers in the Rainforest scare me,

Scare you.

Snakes are lurking in the trees

Looking to find something to squeeze

As they slither down they hiss

And they hiss

Psss, psss, psss

Dangers in the rainforest scare me,

Scare you.

Dangers in the rainforest scare me,

Scare you.

Piranhas swimming in the deep.

Looking to find fresh meat.

As they swim they gnash their teeth.

Chomp, chomp,

Chomp, chomp, chomp.

Dangers in the rainforest scare me,

Scare you.

Dangers in the rainforest scare me,

Scare you.

Crocodiles are sinking low

Sneaking up to bite the toe

Of a mighty black baboon

Boom, boom,

Boom, boom, boom.

BOOM!

Thankful Tuesday on Saturday

Well, I am sitting here in my pj's drinking coffee with tons of chocolate creamer in it thinking about how great life is. I think it is time to list a few blessings! (I encourage all of my fellow bloggers out there to do the same!)

1. I have great kids. I mean really great kids! Jake woke up this morning so excited to go look at his new shoe's that he got last night. He just wanted to look at them! They are low top black converse and he is pumped! Thank you Granma and Granddaddy for the $20 in the mail. Hilarious that he wanted to buy shoe's with his money!

2. I had an awesome date night with a 7 year old and a 5 year old last night. Hung out at chick-fil-a forever, just listening to them talk. I learned from Isaac that a diamond is really a rhombus and that I should not call it a diamond any more. Jake told me all about the animals of the rain forest, including the differences in their bone structure!

3. I am so thankful for our morning routine with the boys. It is such a blessing to start the day hanging around the kitchen island eating breakfast. It is completely worth waking up earlier so that I get those 20 precious minutes every day.

4. Praise the Lord that I have such a hard working husband. Probably too hard working, but still wonderful! Our preaching minister had a car wreck and is not going to be able to preach for 3-4 weeks, so Chris is filling in. No complaining, just taking it in stride. He is working 2 full time jobs for the next month and is still wonderful.

5. I have great parents. Really, really great parents! Everyone that knows them, knows how great they are! Mom came to visit last weekend and ended up staying 2 extra days because Isaac was sick. She wanted to stay so that I would not have to miss any work. What a great mom she is!

6. If you were to ask either one of my boys who their best friend was, they would both say "my brother". Blessings, Blessings, Blessings! They sleep together, eat together, play together, go to the bathroom together, etc... Pray that this stays this way for the rest of their lives!

7. The Story! Our church is doing The Story for the next 9 months. www.thestorysw.net What a great experience to be able to read through the entire Bible as a family. How wonderful that Isaac has been so excited for his new "Story Bible" that he has taken it to school almost everyday. His teacher even let him get up in front of the class and show everyone.