At Home With Jesus! - Father's Day weekend

At Home With Jesus!

Monday, June 16, 2008

Father's Day weekend

We had a lovely weekend!

Saturday, Paul and I got to go on sort-of a 'date.'
Our local homeschool group had a used-book sale, and they requested that no small children attend, so we got a sitter. ( Hmmmm....time alone with my hubby and curriculum shopping....what more could a girl ask for!)

I found lots of great deals, too!

I got the Five In A Row holiday book, some Cusenaire rods, Pearables character stories, a Writing Strands workbook for both Julie and Joseph, Power Glide Spanish (Latin didn't work so well for us...we'll see if Spanish is a better fit,) and Rod and Staff English ( I'm not sure this will be a good fit for us after reviewing it further - but we'll see...). we also got some 'fun books' to read including the Elsie Dinsmore series.

The thing that I was most excited about though, was a copy of Little Hands to Heaven by Heart of Dakota. It is a Christian preschool curriculum for ages 2-5, and so I am hoping that maybe it is something fun I can do with Annabelle, (and perhaps some of the activities would even work well for Kindergarten for Katie, too!) I have heard such great things about it!

On Saturday afternoon, a BIG event happened here in our home......
Our little girl is no longer sleeping in a crib!
(Well...okay - technically it IS still her crib, but we converted it to 'toddler bed mode.' )

She was SO excited - (although she has fallen out of bed both nights since then.)

In other 'big girl news' - she now prefers this bike to her tricycle:

My 'baby' is growing up....sigh!

And Sunday was Father's Day!!!

Paul enjoyed his gifts: a digital photo keychain (so he always can have lots of pictures of the kids with him,) and an "Empty 3" player (as Annabelle calls an MP3.)
We went for a nice long bike ride along a local bike trail,
and later we had a picnic lunch at the park.

It was a beautiful day, and a beautiful way to celebrate the wonderful man that God has chosen to be the father of my children! He's such a GREAT daddy!!!

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Monday, June 16, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Daisy

You need to pile some pillows or blankets on her floor by her bed. My son would roll off his toddler bed and just keep sleeping on the pile of "fluff". LOL.

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Monday, June 16, 2008 - Mom #1 http://twomomshomeschool.blogspot.com/

Posted by Anonymous

Ooohhh the love of your life, no kids around, and lot's of sale-priced curriculum - - - PRICELESS!

Sounds like you have a great Father's Day weekend, too.

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Monday, June 16, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

What a great weekend! I'm impressed that you got your dh to go to a used curriculum sale w/ you. What a great guy. Looks like you got a lot of good deals.

Congrats to Annabelle for sleeping in a big girl bed! I know how you feel, my baby is going to be 4 in August. They grow up so fast. Have a great week!

Gina

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by jenn4him

I'd say it was the perfect weekend! Look at those kids! They are growing as quickly as mine. (boo, hoo)
Jenn

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Tara

Shoot...if you could have thrown some car seat shopping/browsing in there...THAT would have been one heck of a date girlfriend teehee

Glad you found some things you wanted/needed. :)

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Hello....I'm Michelle! I am a Christian wife, a homemaker, and a homeschooling mother of 4 wonderful children! This is the journal of our adventures in homeschooling! Homeschooling is not just our method of education....it has become our way of life.