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Thank God for another good, productive week. His grace is ever sufficient and His love unfailing.

This week in 5 random facts:

1. We had some basketball time with the boys (more like dad - I am no basketball player):




2. I had a week of books delivery (for me) : I got: The Envy of Eve,  The Organized Heart, Christ in the Chaos,  Intentional Parenting. Lots of reading awaiting me!

3.  Zach has been enjoying his electives class on plasticine. Here are some of the projects he did over the past few weeks:


4. School has been going steadily in Math, Spelling, French, Grammar,  Handwriting and History. Zach is almost through his Grammar Town sentence practice book as well as his handwriting book. We are in week 31 in TOG out of 36. I have not given much thought as to how our school in the summer will look like, I guess I better get to it soon. For sure we will be having crew stuff and be doing Bible Road Trip, the rest I do not know.

5. This week we started a new meal routine consisting of eating dinner in the morning (preferably before 8), and breakfast for dinner. A friend, a few years ago, mentioned to us how the enzyme that allows for fat burning is at his highest in the early morning, so since I need to lose the weight, we deciding to give this a try. I am liking the routine, heavy in the morning and light in the evening, somehow this allows me to eat less carb (which is my main pitfall), and, as a side benefit, I am staying on top of my dishes too.

One of our dinner this week
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Brittney said…
Your meal routine sounds very interesting. I love the idea of switching breakfast and dinner, but not the idea of cooking dinner that early!
May 10, 2013 at 11:08 PM
Miranda Hupp said…
Wow that is interesting! I would never be able to eat dinner in the morning. Im not much of a breakfast person but I LOVE dinner. :)
May 17, 2013 at 9:39 AM
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