Hats for Bobby-Week 4

"May Flowers Hat"

"So proud of my soldier"
Betty and Bobby

This one was a lot more time consuming than the others have been. It probably took me at least two days between making the actual hat, then the flowers and leaves and then sewing it all together. But it was completely worth it in the end seeing as how it had a pattern for a large head. I would highly recommend it for anyone with a lot of time on their hands (which I currently have). End of 28 days for Bobby!

P.S. Please include him, his parents, and all the other soldiers and their families currently deployed in your prayers. They need it, alot!

Hats for Bobby-Honoring an American Soldier

There is a lovely lady I know named Betty. I've known her for years and even adopted her as my grandma (since I don't have any). Betty has three children-two daughters and a son. On May 25, her son, Bobby, shipped out for 400 days of deployment overseas. They originally thought it was only 365 when he shipped out, but then they found out otherwise. Betty said she is working on an afghan for him everyday that she's gone to pass the time (only one afghan, not 400, please don't get confused). So I decided I would do something similiar to support this woman I love so much. For every week that he's gone, I'm crocheting a hat. I did the math and that makes 57 hats. I'm not keeping that many (I don't even know how I'm going to get yarn for that many!) and will probably donate some to The James 2 Project and probably make some and give them to my baby sisters (my mom loves putting hats on them). But either way it turns out, I'm going to try my best to support my "grandma" and her son.

Week 1
"Woods, Elle" Hat

I had recently watched "Legally Blonde" and found that I loved a purple crochet hat that she wore in several scenes. So I looked up a crochet pattern on line, and, sure enough, there was a pattern for (link included in title). Due to the fact that I have a rather large head, I had to alter the pattern slightly to make it fit my head.

Week 2
"Renaissance Rose Cap" (Designed by Melissa Mall)

I've always loved the medival/renaissance period (not the part about the beautiful ladies in their elegant gowns, at least not until later in life; as a child I was always interested in the swashbuckling knights and their adventures) so this one was an instant hit with me and most of my sisters. It's fairly easy to make (unfortunately I don't have the link) and looks great when it's done.

Week 3
"Victorian Pinkie"

Now, this one obviously isn't pink. The yarn was actually leftovers from a hat that I made for a friend for Christmas one year. This one is a little more difficult to master and has vague directions but there are three or four different ways to wear it. And, Bobby is now through 24 days!

Thank God for Homeschooling

This post won't apply to everyone who reads it. But, to a lot of kids like me, it will. Please bear with our bias.

Homeschool is defined in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as "to teach one's children at home." Before there were schools in America, all children were taught at home by their parents. Today, it's a choice parents make for the benefit of their children.

Homeschooling gives a parent the opportunity to teach a child the way they want, not the way the government wants. It gives them a chance to teach their children godliness, the Bible, faith-all things that have been stripped out of the public school systems. It always keeps the children away from the bad influences of other children. And, contrary to popular belief, it makes the chlidren better able to communicate with people of all ages, not just their age group.

It's a gift and one we should be highly grateful for. Eduacation in and of itself is a great gift and to be homeschooled is an even greater one. We can learn the way we want and we can have a greater opportunity to learn about God and to serve him. If you are homeschooled, thank your parents for making the decision to homeschool you and, above all, thank God for allowing you to be homeschooled. Maybe, someday, your name could appear among the greats of homeschooling.

Famous Homeschoolers

•  John Adams                                                
• James Garfield
• Abraham Lincoln
• Franklin Delanor Roosevelt
• George Washington
• Woodrow Wilson
• Henry Clay
• Benjamin Franklin
• Daniel Webster
• Patrick Henry
• Pierre du Pont
• Stonewall Jackson
• George Patton
• Robert E. Lee
• John Jay
• Albert Einstein
• Booker T. Washington
• Claude Mone
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Joan of Arc
• Jonathan Edwards
• D. L. Moody
• Hudson Taylor
• John & Charles Wesley
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison
• Eli Whitney
• Wilbur & Orville Wright
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Hans Christen Anderson
• Robert Frost
• C. S. Lewis
• Christopher Paolini
• Jennifer Love Hewitt
• LeAnne Rimes
• Jonas Brothers
• Andrew Carnegie
• Clara Barton
• Susan B. Anthony
• Davy Crockett
• Jason Taylor
• ...and many, many more!

Gotta Love Homeschooling

So, as part of their Bible, my sisters were supposed to write a summary of the life of the prophet Daniel, based off of the book of Daniel that I think they had just finished reading. This is two of theirs, ages 11 and 12, non-edited.

Danil in the lion's Den (The 12-year-old's)
Some men wanted to kill David so they made a law with the king's seal that you could not worisp any Gods but the king. So any body who did not worishp the king would be thron in to a dem of lion's. After they caut David praying to God. So the told the king. After that he fasted for a whole night and did not slpeep. Then the next day the king put him in the Deon of lion's and sealed it with his seal. the next day David was alive because god preted him from the loin's. thenthe king toke him out and put the men that made the law into the Den with there wives and children and the lion's at them up.

DAnieL 605-530 BC (the 11-year-old's)
The king made DanieL the leader over everything and these guys got jelius. They made a law where whoevever doesnt worship the king gets throne into a den of lions. Well DanieL worshiped god 3 times a day. Then one day those people saw DanieL and threw him into a den of lions. the King was sad and couldent eat or sleep. The next day the King went to the den and moved the stone that sealed the opening. Then he saw that DanieL dident have a single scrach. He was so happy that he took away the law. and the King threw the Peaple who talked him into making that law into the lions den with there wives and children.