wow. this has not been the best homeschooling day ever. i am just so tired and dealing with unmotivated boys has proved to be very taxing. and my methods don't work (threatening through clenched teeth, etc.). Brian came home for lunch and i wasn't even nice to him. i guess i saw him as another male needing my evil eye. ha.

we had a busy weekend. friday night was movie night with the kids. saturday morning we had two soccer games. immediately after that we went out to the old family farm house in Manor and helped my grandfather and uncle with some work out there. the Farm, as it is known in the Sparks family (my mom's side), is really old, like close to 150 years old, i think, and needs a lot of work. Brian and i worked on cutting mesquite bushes along the drive way, cleaning the porches, and some other odd jobs around the place while the kids ran around and played. we came home tired and dirty, and i made chicken and rice soup for dinner. we relaxed and watched the baseball game. this time Hazel didn't get wound up. maybe because the Rangers lost.

we worshipped with Redeemer on Sunday, then Brian and i subbed as teachers for William's sunday school class. we got together with my mom and my sister and her kids at the Austin Zoo after church. i was really tired, but it was nice to see Leah and the kids. we had the cousins over to play for a bit until it was time for them to go back to their dad's.

thankfully i was able to get in bed early last night, though i did stay up and watch game 4 of the world series. that was pretty exciting. our family loves watching sports, but we've never been much on baseball...until now.

about 2 weeks left until my due date. i'm kind of wearing down. i keep trying to stay on top of all the laundry and cleaning and all just in case she comes "today", and, well, it's pretty exhausting. i washed all the bedding today and get it all put back on. trying to put sheets on a top bunk bed while 9 months pregnant is a challenge. LOL.

well, i promised the kids i'd go check out the thrift store for some additions to their halloween costumes (they all want to be pirates), so i had better get moving.