• Aug. 2, 2007
Back to school!

I can't believe how long it has been since I have blogged.

I have been excited about our new school year. Dakota and I have been busy cleaning and organizing our school room. We had gotten so much done, but all that came to a halt because he got bit by a copperhead snake in our front yard.

He spent a few days in the hospital getting anti venom. After we came home he started getting an infection in the leg, but he is on antibiotics now and we believe he will have a full recovery.

Elijah had his first day of second grade yesterday. We bought a tiny turtle and set up his home. We also brought in some frogs he caught in the yard and fixed them a nice wet home. He is all into frogs, turtles and fish right now.

I'm looking forward to this school year!

 

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• Sep. 18, 2006
I can't stand it when my kids are sick.

I feel so helpless because I just want to make them all better.

Sunday Jody and I could tell Elijah was getting sick, we hoped to be wrong.

I was up most of the night with him and at 5 Jody put him in the bed with me.

He has a painful sore throat, coughing his head off and a runny nose that is now bleeding. He has been running a temp of 100. something all day. I think the highest was 100.7. So not to bad, just enough to make him feel awful.

 

If anyone reads my blog, please pray my baby gets over this quickly. He can't take over the counter comfort drugs.

Elijah often ends up in the hospital when he gets sick. I want to avoid that if at all possible.

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• Sep. 14, 2006
We're getting homeschool uniforms!

I feel kinda left out seeing everyone in town buying school clothes. So I have decided every September we will buy new PJs and houseshoes/slippers. PJs end up being our homeschool uniforms anyway. We all got new houseshoes the other day , only Pedro, our dog, will not stop chasing my feet when I have them on. We are going to get new PJs this weekend.

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• Sep. 12, 2006

I'm so thankful we did not have a problem getting back into the groove of school after being off a week. Actually I think our house runs better when we do school.

 

Dakota got most of his work done before we left for the college and took history with him. Elijah is in the speech clinic at the college. He goes twice a week and he is really loving it.

 

We ran through Target to pick up Jody's prescriptions on the way home and I found some really cute reading glasses in the dollar section. I got 5 pair!

 

Finsihed up school when we got home and got some house work done and dinner cooked. Then we took off  for the library and choir.

After choir we drug ourselves through Wal-Mart and bought groceries and didn't get home until after 9.

 

It has been a long day!!! I'm so ready for bed, but I still have to put groceries away and make formula. Shoot everyone still has to get baths around here. I'll be up at least another hour.

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• Sep. 11, 2006
Back To School!

Back to school for Bristle Ridge Academy today! Last week we had a nice time off with Dad. He headed back to work this morning so we got busy with school.

 

I took some pictures throughout the day. The pictures did not post in the order they were taken. I haven't figured all that out just yet. I'm still new at this.

 

 

Dakota at his desk in the school room getting started for the day. Doesn't he look excited!

Video time! This was actually taken in the afternoon. The guys are watching a video from the library on Leonardo daVinci. Elijah looks excited because he probably isn't paying attention. Pedro looks like he's ready for a nap and Dakota is probably asleep with his eyes open.

 

Elijah is very good at math. It amazes me at the problems he can figure out when I have not even went over the lesson with him.  If you look around on his desk you can see pictures of his 2 girls!

Dakota now at the dinning table reading science.

Elijah in the playroom working in a little phonics workbook. The bags in the desk are pillowcases with snakes in them. He has venomous in one bag and nonvenomous in another bag. It cracked me up when he showed that.

Elijah caught a fish!

Elijah is sight word fishing. He loves playing this. When he catches a fish he has to read the word.

For science we have been making a creation book. Elijah is collecting soil that God made to go in his book.

I lost Dakota, but found him in his room reading. This kid loves to read!

Elijah is doing leaf rubbings for his creation book.

Dakota is on the laptop doing French. We were offered Rosetta Stone French I & II at an unbelievable price. This may be his favorite part of school.

 

 

I'd say we had a pretty good day of school! I hope the rest of the week goes this well.

 

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• Sep. 10, 2006
My little Tiger Scout!

 

Elijah is now a Tiger Scout. He joined scouts last week and is already selling popcorn. Yesterday we sat with other moms and cub scouts outside of  Books A Million and sold popcorn. Elijah sold nearly $100 worth.

 

He is so excited about scouts and going camping at Mom & Me.

 

I ended up being the Tiger group leader. I've been planning some activities for meetings. I think we will have a lot of fun!

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• Sep. 10, 2006
Let the party begin!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jody's 38th birthday is coming up next week, so we threw him a little party yesterday. ONLY we planned a 40th birthday. It was too funny. We hung up 40 signs and made

Lordy, Lordy

Big Jody's

40

posters.

 

We decorated with smiley faces and yellow and black streamers.

It was a nice evening of sitting around a fire with hot dogs and roating marshmellows.

The best part was the gag gifts. Too funny!

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• Sep. 4, 2006
I lost a month!

Where did August go? We have been busy with school, trying to find what works and what doesn't. At first I had to much work for Dakota, then too little, but I think we have found the right amount now.

 

With 4 and 1/2 weeks of school behind us now we are taking a week off. Daddy is off on vacation this week. Our van is in no shape to leave town so we are hanging out here enjoying home town. I hope we get to do a few things this week.

 

Today Jody and Elijah went dove hunting. Dakota and I stayed home and piddled doing nothing of importance.

 

Both of the boys had some spending money so we printed out 40% off coupons for Hobby Lobby and headed to town. Elijah got a snap circuit set. He loves it. He has already did an alarm, made a light bulb come on, and some motor thingy with a spinning thing on top. It is so easy for him to use. Dakota got an eseal and a big canvas. I don't know what he is going to paint, but I can't wait to see it.

 

This evening we went out to eat with my mom, Cody and Amber. Then we went back to Mom's to hang out and visit.

 

It was a nice first day of vacation.

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• Jul. 22, 2006
No time for a lazy day!

I had to have Dakota and Cody down at the church by 9am so they could practice their songs for Homescoming service which is next Sunday morning.

 

Tonight we are having a scavenger hunt. Team 1 is Dakota, Cody and Amber. Team 2 is Me, Jody and Elijah. Each team made up clues for the other team and will place them around town today. Tonight each team will set out with video camera in hand and let the recording begin. When we reach our 10th place we will all come home and watch the videos while we eat Frito Pie. I 'm going to make sure I use my nebulizer before it all starts and probably before I watch the videos too!

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• Jul. 22, 2006
Getting excited about the school year.

God has blessed my children and our homeschool. He loves us so much!

 

Elijah is in a great little FIAR/KONOS/UNIT STUDY co-op group.

There are 3 families and 4 children. We meet every Friday evening 1 - 3PM.

We love our little co-op group!

 

I've been praying about something for Dakota and just yesterday that started coming together. He is going to be able to get with some friends and do some

fun school stuff. Thank you Jesus for answering my prayers!

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