Oct. 16, 2008 - New Blog

I have moved and started a new blog called Vintage Homegrown Family.  Please come visit me over there.  It has more options that I like:)

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Oct. 6, 2008 - I love Fall!

Fall has arrived here in the Pacific NW and I love it! I love this time of year...the cool crisp air, fall colors, sweaters, fire in the fireplace.... I've decorated too and it looks like fall puked all over my house:)

We went to the fall home and garden show this weekend and had a good time.  The kids got to paint pumpkins, get their faces painted and go through a hay maze.  They also helped daddy collect business cards for work (he's in internet advertising).  They are good little helpers and collected 170 business cards!

So I'm hoping to have a good week and stay on task!  The kids started their classes at Camas River Home Link last week and love them.  Micah and Kaylee are taking a piano class, Science class and Ice skating! It's so Fun!  We are still trying to get Sage registered for his Science class...hopefully that will go through soon:)

I am working on staying balanced and focused on my priorities. I find myself distracted by things that are unnessisary and time consuming. I know it's the Devil trying to keep me from what's really important in-life!  I heard a homeschool seminar by Cindy Rushton (who I LOVE by the way!) about not missing the little things! It really hit home!  I may be home with the kids but I"m not always present...I get too busy with other things and I miss the little things! No wonder we are all so grouchy all the time.  I don't want to miss it because before I know it they will be grown...time flies so fast!

I am in prayer about all this and want to change! 

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Sep. 19, 2008 - Excited about this year!

I'm really excited about this school year:)  I feel like we have a lot of neat stuff going on!  Sometimes I feel like we are in the house ALL the time and I worry about the kids' exposure to good opportunities.  Well this year I have a regular play date scheduled that I'm really excited about, the kids are taking some enrichment classes (ice skating, piano, and a fun science class)...This is what I want for them.  The opportunity to explore their interests and the time to do those special things that other kids don't get to do!

Now if I could just have a little more energy and get over this cold:) Blech!

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Sep. 17, 2008 - Some of our homeschool Videos:)

This week has been going fabulous!  Kaylee finished her first preschool workbook, a week and a half into this school year! She loves it and wants to do like 5 pages a day!  She knows way more then I thought she did!

Micah is blasting through his Word Mastery Phonics program and reading about 5 chapters a day in his Dick and Jane book.  He also is doing really well in his math book and will probably finish his CIMT Yr1  math book before Christmas.  Then we'll get started on Yr. 2.  I'm very happy with their progress and excitement.

Here are a few videos of the kids doin what they do best:) 

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Sep. 10, 2008 - First week of School

Well the first week of school is going pretty well.  We still haven't received Sage's School books yet but  we will hopefully by the end of the week. 

We went and picked blackberries this morning and got about 16cups or so...so we are going to make some blackberry freezer jam...yumm!!!!

The kids are responding well to school work and cruising a long...though my oldest is already pouting about having to write and read...etc. grrrrr:)

I'll have to take pics of them soon if I can find my camera and post them:)

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Sep. 4, 2008 - You know your a homeschool mom when...

uggg I got such a late start today... I so want to get up at 5am with lots of energy and feel bright and cheery...instead I'm dragging myself out of bed at 9am and slowly getting stuff done....it's 11:45am and I just got out of the shower.  Though to my own credit...I did unpack a large box of books in my pjs and filled my kids school tubs with supplies:)

A friend sent me this and I thought it was so cute and true:) Enjoy:

You Know You're A Homeschool Mom When...
You get to change more than diapers, you get to change their minds.

When a child busts a lip, and after seeing she's okay, you round up some scotch tape to capture some blood and look at it under the microscope!

You find dead animals and actually consider saving them to dissect later.

Your children never ever leave the "why?" stage.

When your teenager decides to take one community college course, and comes home and asks you why the teacher wrote "At" on his paper. (A+)

You ask for, and get, a copier instead of a diamond tennis bracelet for your wedding anniversary.

Your kids think reading history is best accomplished while lying on the floor with their head resting on the side of their patient dog.

Your husband can walk in at the end of a long day and tell how the science experiment went just by looking at the house.

You never have to drive your child's forgotten lunch to school.

Your child will never suffer the embarrassment of group showers after PE.

The only debate about the school lunch program is whose turn it is to cook.

You never have to face the dilemna of whether to take your child's side or the teacher's side in a dispute at school.

If your child get's drugs at school, it's probably Tylenol.

Your neighbors think you are insane.


Your formal dining room now has a computer, copy machine, and many book shelves and there are educational posters and maps all over the walls.

You have meal worms growing in a container... .on purpose.

If you get caught talking to yourself, you can claim you're having a PTA meeting.

Talking out loud to yourself is a parent/teacher conference.

You take off for a teacher in-service day because the principal needs clean underwear.

You can't make it through a movie without pointing out the historical inaccuracies.

You step on math manipulatives on your pre-dawn stumble to the bathroom.

The teacher gets to kiss the principal in the faculty lounge and no one gossips.

Your honor student can actually read the bumper sticker that you have put on your car.

If your child claims that the dog ate his homework, you can ask the dog.

Some day your children will consider you to be a miracle-working expert and will turn to you for advice.

Your kids refer to the neighbor kids as "government school inmates."

You can't make it through the grocery produce department without asking your preschooler the name and color of every vegetable.

You can't put your produce in your cart without asking your older student to estimate it's weight and verify accuracy.

You live in a one-house schoolroom.

You try to (quickly) capture the huge bee that was knocked unconscious as it accidentally flew into your car window, so the kids can classify and inspect it.

Your bank statement reflects the fact that you spend more at Books-A-Million than at fancy clothing stores.

You've got more books and bookcases than anyone you know.

You DREAM of a room (or even a whole house!) with wall to wall, ceiling to floor bookshelves.

The walls of your dining room are decorated with posters of the US Presidents, Periodic Table of Elements, Map of the Moon, Spanish Conjugation Chart and a copy of the Declaration of Independence, not to mention a poster of the Ten Commandments since no one can tell you not to!

You have children draped all over the furniture... .and they're reading...for the FUN of it!

Your children actually enjoy spending time with their family, even their siblings!

Your children aren't embarrassed to be seen playing with someone younger than they are!

You are on a first name basis with the majority of local librarians.

You've laughed out loud when someone asked you "What about socialization? "
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Oh yesterday I found this really neat website (yearbookyourself.com) where you can put up your photo and make yourself look like a yearbook pic from the 1950's - 2000. I wasted so much fun time messing with it yesterday.  Here are a few of my favorites from each of my children, my husband and myself:)

I'm off to fold more laundry and make myself a Grande Iced Triple Black Forest Mocha..mmmmm!

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Aug. 25, 2008 - I'm so excited!!!

In our area we have a local alternative school specifically for homeschoolers.  It is supported by the school district and basically it gives us homeschoolers the opportunity to sign our kids up for really fun classes and excellerated learning classes.  And for the most part it's free!!!!  The whole family participates in the classes so there is no opportunity for peer pressure or a bad influence.

So I am registering Sage, our oldest, for a fun science class called Lego Physics where he gets to build simple machines and robots using the Educational lego sets.

Micah is registering for Primary Adventures (a Science class for K-3), Ice Skating, and Intro to Piano.  Kaylee can't register because she is too young (you have to be 5) but she gets to participate in everything like she is one of the students.

So I'm just really excited about the opportunities that this offers my kids!  And these are things I can't teach...so I get to learn too:)

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Aug. 21, 2008 - New Schoolyear

I finally set a date for starting school...Sept. 1st for Micah and Kaylee.  Sage starts through WAVA on Sept 8.  We are finally moved into our new house and I got our educational room all done.  Here's some pics:

Micah is doing some Kindergarten and some 1st grade this year.  We are continuing his CIMT year 1 Math and will start on year 2 when he is finished.  He is starting Copywork this year and reading in Dick and Jane.  I'm also looking into signing him and Kaylee up for Enrichment Classes at Camas Home River Link.  They have some really neat classes for only $5 per class:)  It will be something neat to break up their day:)

I didn't realise how much I needed to get organized before they start but it's coming along:)  We are having a birthday barbeque this weekend for Kaylee and My birthdays...I'm looking forward to that:)

Well that's all for now...got lots to do:)

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Aug. 4, 2008 - Where has the Time gone?

Summer has been so busy!  Hubby left for Training for 3 weeks in July for his new job.  That was a long time:)  Thankfully he is back and is on his 2nd week of his new job.  While he was gone, the kids and I missed him terribly but we had Campmeeting to break it up a little.  That was really fun.  The kids got to go to their classes and sing songs, make crafts and learn more about Jesus.  We camped with my parents in their trailer...it was a blast.

Micah got his first job...well actually he got hired for 2 jobs, watering the neighbors flowers.  He is so proud of himself.  I'm proud of his responsibilty...for a 5yr old he is very responsible.  In 3 weeks he will earn himself $40.  When asked what he would do with it...he said he wants to save it up to buy a Wii:)  He also has found a new sport in rollerskating.  I found him a really nice pair at a garage sale and for weeks he practiced and practiced in the house (cause mommy won't let him ride them outside until he gets better on our hardwood floors).  Every day he had those things on....he wore rollerskates while eating, unloading the dishwasher, watching movies, putting away laundry...etc.  He must have fallen down at least 50 times but would get right back up and go again.  He wanted so bad to get really good on them so he could show his daddy when he got home from training.

Sage got to go to Summer camp for a week and had so much fun. He chose Geocaching and enjoyed it but would like to do Archery next year.  I was very happy that he didn't come back so filthy this year but he's a boy so what can you expect.

Kaylee...well she's  just been a little pickle lately...going through an "I'm not going to listen to you and whine all day phase"...actually she's been down with a cold off and on.  I love her to death though.  She also got a pair of rollerskates that go over her shoes but has not been as determined with them as her brother:)

I got a job while hubby was gone also watering a neighbors plants and made a very nice $150 for 9 days of watering:)  My Birthday was on the 30th of this month...I turned 29...aaaah:)  Hubby took me out for dinner the weekend before and we had a good time.

This week is going to be so busy...we are moving:)  We should get the keys today for our new rental house...our house is still in the process of being sold but the banks are taking FOREVER..so I don't know what is going to happen.  I'm going to be doing most of the packing and moving because of dh's work schedule but he has some guys to help move the big stuff on Sunday and my mom is coming over on Wednesday to help me.  We need to get the carpets shampooed in the new house so hopefully we will get the keys today so we can get them shampooed tomorrow.  I"m eager to start moving stuff over but will miss this house.  Luckily we aren't moving very far...just across the street...literally.

Oh my dear little almost 4yr old pickle is crying upstairs...doesn't want to get dressed like mommy told her too...gotta go:)

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Jun. 2, 2008 - God works in mysterious ways!!!

It is interesting how God works sometimes.  I was in church last Sabbath writing my prayer requests on a card. I had just finished requesting prayer for the sale of our home when hubby's cell rang...he grabbed it and ran out of the sanctuary.  It was our realtor calling to let us know that a family had just made an offer on our house only $9,000 less then our asking price.  I was in tears.  We have only had our house on the market for  not quite 3 weeks!

Also we found a house to rent...right across the street from our current house.  God is good...it is a 2900sqft house (ours is 2192) and is going to cost us $2500 less then what our current mortgage is! God is good all the time!  It will only be for 1 year as our friends will be moving back then...but enough time to get back on our feet!

Now we are just waiting to see what kind of Job God has for dh!

We are having a Garage sale this weekend again...it is at the same time as our two neighborhoods are having their garage sales.  They are having theirs on Saturday and we are doing it Friday and Sunday but I hope we will have just as much business!  I've decided to can some strawberry jam and try to sell it also!

Micah is still reading away...he's doing so well at Dick and Jane!  Sage should be done with his schoolwork either this week or the first part of next week!  If so he will be done almost 3wks early!  I'm really proud of his hard work and determination!

So that's the update on us...we will be moving the first week in August so I have lots to do:)

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May. 14, 2008 - Running on Empty!

Oh I'm so bad about keeping up with my blog! So many things are going on! We have had a lot of stress lately financially. My hubby hasn't gotten a regular paycheck in 3mo and now we are having to shortsale our house and sell off practically everything just to stay affloat. Dh has applied to every job under the sun with no luck...he is a mortgage broker...and well everyone knows how the market is going.  Some days it's all I can do not to just curl up under the covers and cry.  I'm a fixer....and I just can't fix this.  I can't go get a job because I would just be bringing in money to pay for our child care. I refuse to have someone else raise my child.  It's hard to really let go and give this to God.

So with trying to sell our house, get ready for a garage sale and help dh find another job....I have put away formal schooling for the rest of the year for my younger two (5 & 3)...I don't feel too bad though cause they are young enough that they don't need a ton of formal stuff yet.  Sage is doing so well finishing up his schoolwork early for the year. I'm so proud of him.  He is down to 2 subjects for the rest of the school year and is doing so well.

We are planning on having a garage sale on Friday and Sunday so I'm hoping to work in some fun and learning on those days.  Micah and Kaylee are going to be running a lemonaid and cookie stand and hopefully I can get Sage to help be the cashier.  Anyways I'm hoping it will be fun and we will make some good money to help pay for bills!

I have my alarm set for 4am tomorrow morning but of course it's 11:57pm and I can't get to sleep.  It always seems to work out that way.  I have big plans for the next day and my brain won't shut off.  It is supposed to be nice for the next 3 days...in the 80's and 90's...which will be a nice switch from the rain and cold weather we've been having.  So I am planning to get up early and spend some time in my Bible, take the dog for a walk and do some weight training before the kids wake up.  Then while it's still cool in the morning I need to get the Garage cleaned out and all the stuff organized and priced for the sale.  The kids and I also have cookies to bake and I'm debating about making some homemade pies to sell too...I'm not sure yet.  I know that I'm gonna need a good strong dose of esspresso though to kick my booty into high gear tomorrow.

Sage has plans to finish his literature class tomorrow...he has 1 final to take and he's done...so all he'll have left is to catch up on spelling and write one more report for his composition class.  Micah has been reading Dick and Jane lately.  He was getting bored with the Mcguffey Readers and starting to say he didn't like reading.  So I decided to try Dick and Jane and he just took off.  He will read like 5 chapters at a time.  I think the repetiveness helps build his confidence.  Kaylee is the puzzle maniac...she will pull out 5 floor puzzels...dump them all out...mix all the pieces and then put them all together...all in a matter of 20min or so...it is amazing...she just loves it.  For as rambunctious and wiggly of a 3yr old...it is cool to see her sit down quietly and work on these puzzles.  It's so sweet cause she just sings to herself and of course they are her own adorable made up songs that don't really have any real words to them.  I once secretly recorded her on my phone while she was playing...it was so cute.  She also has started becoming a prayer warrior...and does these super long indepth..pray for everything including the trashcan prayers.  Very moving!

I learned how to can this last week...oh my gosh it is so amazing and not as difficult as I thought! My friend and I made canned strawberry jam and freezer jam....I never knew Jam could taste so good.  So I've started a food storage of basics and things we use a lot of.  Prices are going up on staples...like rice for example...it's gone up 100%.  All the stores run out as soon as they get it in...even Costco is rationing it!  So I have 30lbs of rice, 40lbs of beans, 50lbs of Flour and 50lbs of sugar.  I also have 5 gallons of drinking water, 3 gal of White Vinegar, 10lbs of baking soda, 5lbs of baking powder, 4gal of Vegitable oil and extra cans, jars and bottles of some of the things we use alot of.  I think that's a good start...it's also helping us save money on our groceries.

God is still doing a work in me...I am amazed at how many times I royally screw up and have such a hard time forgiving myself...and yet he's still there...he doesn't leave me...he doesn't stop loving me and calling to me and reminding me of what he's put me here for.  What an awesome savior He is when I don't even deserve it.

Now that I've rambled on long enough...hopefully my brain will let me sleep now.

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Mar. 25, 2008 - Easter Fun!

We had a very blessed Easter this year!  On Sabbath we had a communion service, which we don't normally stay for because...eeks...the service is usually too long (hangs head in shame)...but we went this time.  Partly because Justin and I both had some sort of participation in the church service.  Anyways we involved the kids in the foot washing part of the service and it was so special to see them wash each other's feet and be excited to do it.  Then Justin gathered us together and prayed...I had a hard time keeping the tears from falling!  We were very blessed indeed!

Then on Easter Sunday we had my parents and sister's famiy over for lunch and to celebrate my little sister's birthday!   We had so much fun and so did the kids!  I'm so glad for family and for the ways that God continues to bless us!

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Mar. 25, 2008 - Trying New Things...

I must have spring cleaning fever...not wih my house....but with our homeschool!  First I have fallen in love with my 60gig IPOD dh got me for christmas and have subscribed to a bunch of Homeschooling feeds...including Talk-A-Latte and Mom-to-Mom Radio show.  I had a ton of homeschooling audios that I had purchased or downloaded on my computer from 2 of my favorite speakers and homeschool mommies...Lorrie Flem and Cindy Rushton....and uploaded them on my IPOD.  Now I feel like such a smart mommy!  I have been multi-tasking...which means when I am at the gym, cleaning the house, at the grocery store...etc, I am connected to my beloved IPOD and learning so much!

So one of the new things I am learning about is the wonderful world of Notebooking....we started that today! I made a 1" 3-ring notebook for my 2 youngest and started filling them with there best creations and schoolwork from this past year.  During storytime today they are going to design their notebook covers.  You should have seen their faces light up when they were looking through there work.  Micah was saying things like "Mommy I have seen this in like forever!!!!"  "I remember doing this!".  I think they feel like I think there stuff is really important and they are excited to show others!

The other new thing is I've downloaded Homeschool Tracker!  Oh wow that is sooooo cool!  I feel so organized.  So What I had been doing before was writing down the stuff we were doing each day or planning out the whole week.  Then saving those papers and at the end of the year I was having to re-type it and put in in a folder...ugg.  But this software creates the reports for you!  So I put in our resources and I'm still writing down what we are doing but at the end of the day I just enter it in along with their attendance and I"m all set....so easy!

I also picked out a preschool curriculum for Kayee that is free!  Its through Letter of the week.  We did the first two lessons today and they had a lot of fun!  So I feel like I will even be more organized for next year.  Now if only I could keep the school supply monster under control....that is for another day:)

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Mar. 11, 2008 - Spring has sprung:)

Finally I think spring is arriving. We have had a couple of sunny 60 degree days and the trees are blooming pink flowers in our front yard! I am so ready for warmer weather!

The kids are doing well with school.  Sage is doing schoolwork with his mom on Monday's and Tuesdays which works perfect because he get's some extra time with her and those are the two days during the week that I have 3 extra kids at the house,  Micah is moving along in reading and math and enjoying it.  Kaylee is learning her letters and numbers and all 3 really like to play football right now:)

We started a new Science and History curriculum that I really like.  For Science we are doing Sam's Science Adventures and are doing the Space kit right now. That's pretty fun. For history we started "The Story of the World".  I really like the Classical aspect of it and it has lots of hands on Activity's.

Daddy is working out of the house now which is really nice cause he gets to see all that the kids are doing and has lunch with us. It's fun!

I am still working out and am down 9 lbs and 25 inches.  It sure is moving slow though and that drives me nuts. I just have to really work hard on the eating part!  I get tempted at night and then I will binge a little...not very good but I am building muscle and so that is helping:)

So that's all the updates for us. We are so busy around here. I need to remember to take some more pictures:)

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Feb. 4, 2008 - Oh it's been too long since my last blog....

We are plugging away on our schoolwork!  Sage is doing well with his internet academy...though we have dropped Science, History and Art through K12 and are doing it through Old Fashioned Education.  We like it much better:)  Right now he is reading "My Side of the Mountain" and we are enjoying it!  I think the more challenging literature is definately improving his reading skills!

Micah is moving right along in learning to read!  He is very excited about it and I'm pleased with his progress. We have Hooked on Phonics Kindergarten and found that it had a CD-rom in the kid with games that go along with the lessons! Oh wow how much he LOVE'S that!  It's very cool!  He is also learning to add and subtract his 5's in math and speeding right along!

Kaylee is learning her letter's right now.  We are putting together a letter book.  We take construction paper and put a letter of the alphabet at the top. Then we go through and find pictures that start with that letter, cut them out and paste them on.  When we finish the book we will laminate it and make a cute little cover and then she can have it to look over when ever she wants:)

Our newest exciting thing is our Crosley 4-in-1 Music System.  It has a record player, cd player, tape player, AM/FM Radio and ipod hook up! The kids are VERY into records right now!  I was very lucky to get the whole Bible in Living Sound record set for free! Also they have a couple books with the mini records in the back and my parents are giving me the kid's records that I had when I was little! It's just so neat to be able to share something from my past with them.  What is neat about the Crosley is that it has that vintage 1950's look! Very cool!

I have started thinking about our garden this year and hope to get and earlier start on it then I did last year...it just depends how long this cold weather lasts!  I am so ready for summer and everything that we can do in the warmer weather.

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Dec. 4, 2007 - Patience is a virtue!

Oh how many times do I hear myself saying this to the kids!  Patience is a Virtue!  What does that mean though...I mean I Know what it means but do I apply it to myself?  What a struggle I have some days being patient! It is definately something I haven't done lately.  This last week I've learned something about myself that needs a lot of work and a lot of help from God!  I'm not very patient sometimes and I scream when I'm angry!  Two not very good qualities or examples for mom to display!  Sigh!

Schoolwork has been exaughsting today!  I hate making up schoolwork. Sometimes we get it done quickly but today was not one of those days.  I am learning things about myself and about the kids.  I am seeing things that were not taught in school...skipped over, not learned....that we now have to back track on.  Sage is learning about nouns right now (common, Proper, Singular Possessive and Plural Possessive).  It looks like he never learned those and they are confusing to him.  I'm gonna make him some file folder games to practice with and also see if I can find some computer games online that help him get them down but make it fun!  I see we are going to cover Verbs next so it's good to be prepared.

On a good note...he is still breezing through math...In fact I think it's too easy for him.  I might talk to his teacher soon and see if maybe they can send him a higher level.  That's encouraging.  He is also doing well with spelling! I'm very proud of him!

Micah finished his Word Mastery book! I'm very proud of him! We will have to figure out a treat for him for finishing it.  I think his next thing is to continue reading HOP and Bob books.  We will also move to McGuffy readers...Yay I love the classics:)

Kaylee is just toodling along:) Learning her letters, colors, counting, playing:)  Fun stuff.

Well I have the rest of school to do, about 8 loads of laundry and hopefully have time to make Gingerbread cookies with the kids:) That's the fun stuff!

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Nov. 29, 2007 - Special Moments in Homeschooling

So the last couple of days have been considered, "One of those days"!  One thing that helps me when I'm feeling irritable, burned out, frustrated, etc. with homeschooling, I try to find a quiet spot (not very easy with 3 kids running around!) and think about some special, funny or just good moments that have happened recently.  So after some contemplation, which really didn't take very long, here are a few:

Sage(10):  "I just love homeschooling", "I'm so happy now!", "I'm doing so much better now...just look at my spelling words! They're so much harder!"

I'm on the computer in the office and Sage comes running into the room with a salad bowl on his head, a pillow as a shield, and a white plastic sword:

Sage: "I'm here to protect you!"

Mom: "Are you going to be my night in shining armour?"

Sage: "Yes, I'm going to protect you from the Samsonator!" (our dog's nickname)

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Micah(5): "Yay I did it! I read book number 5!", "2+2 is 4!", "I want to write a report like Sage! My report will be about Overlord and the minions!"

His dad and I are in a heated discussion (really I'm screaming and throwing a temper tantrum and dh is listening...I know baaaaad mommy).  Micah turns on our snowglobe that plays jingle bells:

Micah: "You know why I put on the music?"

Mom: "Why"

Micah:  "To calm you guys down! Christmas makes me happy so you guys aren't like...AAARRRRGGGG!"

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Kaylee(3): "Look at my letters mama!", "F is for flying!", "Here Micah, I got you some water!", "Mommy your a princess!"

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These moments make it all better:)

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Nov. 19, 2007 - Thanksgiving week!

Wow what a busy week we have ahead of us!  We are doubling up on school today so we have time for cooking and cleaning!  Our menu for thanksgiving this year is very ambitious!  The kids and I are pretty excited though...since it will be at our house this year.

School is still going well, we are getting the system down pretty well so that's good!  Well that's about it for today just real busy. I'll try to take some pics of our cooking and decorating to post later!

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Nov. 14, 2007 - School is going great!!!!

Whew it's been a while since I last posted!  We finally got all of Sage's schoolbooks and are getting the system down.  We are going through Washington Virtual Academy and are using the K12 curriculum! It's a lot of work but we are getting a system down and it's going well.  Sage is so happy to be home and we are actually staying on track.  I purchased a little table and 4 chairs in primary colors, the kids like to sit at it to do their school work.  Sage also thinks it's just wonderful to be able to do his work either curled up on the couch or laying on his tummy on the floor! 

It's nice cause we are finishing core work by 11:45am and have the afternoon for storytime, art, science, history, fun projects...etc. It's so nice having all the kids home!  I feel so lucky and blessed to be able to homeschool them!  Especially with all the things going on in public schools and even private schools.  I know my children are safe and are learning things of quality and character.  I'm so glad I have time to teach them things that are important to a good life later on and I know they are getting solid Bible knowledge!

In my last post I had talked about getting a part-time job as an insurance agent.  I've abandoned that realizing that my priorities lie here in the home! This is my calling and my absolute passion!  To raise my children, keep my home and cherish and support my husband.  I don't want anything else but this.  I am so passionate about all things domestic including learning all the vintage domestic arts and passing that knowledge down to my children!

So praise God for his blessings!  I couldn't be more content!!!!

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Oct. 12, 2007 - Praise God!!!

Wow it's been a long time since I have blogged! We have been so busy with so many things!  Micah is moving along with reading and adding in math.  Kaylee is starting to learn letter sounds and counting.  They both have memorized 3 bible verses and the pledge of allegience!

I have started school for my insurance licenses.  I got hired on at Farmers Insurance.  I'm pretty excited cause I can work out of the house so I can still homeschool the kids and stick with my homekeeping priorities. I wouldn't have even taken on a job if that weren't possible but Dh needs help financially and things are working out:)

My sister is due with her baby anyday now...could go by this weekend! I'm so excited!!!! I'm gonna be an aunt again!!!!

But the biggest news is that my stepson Sage is coming home!  We are pulling him from public school and are going to homeschool him!  I'm so happy! His mom and I have wanted to do this for awhile but dh has not been for it.  Well since a series of event (bad ones) have happened with him over the past 2 weeks and dh has seen it first hand....he changed his mind!  Praise God!!!

We will have challenges but it will be so much better of a situation! I'm so happy!

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