Life in General!

I had posted earlier that we were going to do a project on the days of Creation.  I had posted an idea that I saw on  Pinterest .    I showed the idea to Sarah, and we came up with a book.  We did our activity a little differently than the one I had seen.  She and I talked about the days. I wrote down what she said, and she copied it.  She drew the numbers above the sentences.  We looked together through magazines for pictures that would go with what was created on that day.  Sarah then took her pictures and made kind of like a collage on the number. It was fun and not too hard - except for the extra help from our 3 year-old!  LOL!  I would love to do something like that again.  It was a good first experience with notebooking.  I think I will even try this with my older daughter with some of her studies! As usual I try to find a little song to go along with the post.  This is a cute little song that I came acros...

  A typical Valentine's for most is to go out for dinner, a movie and have some flowers and candy.  Ours had the dinner and candy, but after that we went to our friends' house and practiced for a singing that we would have at our church.  It was late when we got home.  As we went up our hill, we came upon a bunch of emergency vehicles, fire and smoke.   The first thing I thought was, "Oh Lord!  Our home is on fire!  Bear is in the bathroom!  Our things are gone!"  When we got over the hill, we were so glad to see that we were not losing our home.  Due to the high winds that had been blowing that day, a power line had come down and caused a brush fire.  That fire burned 6 acres!    We safely got into the house and began to find candles and flashlights.  We had to settle everyone in as best as we could - remember we have 5 children and that night had a friend spending the night :0).  We were too excited to ge...

  Well, another Valentine's Day is approaching.  Some people see it as a conspiracy of the candy, card, flower industries.  I never have looked into what the history is behind this special day.  All I know is that from the moment I realized that I got candy and cards, I LOVED that day.   I just read a little on the subject.  The pagan side of it is just gross - I definitely don't like the information there!  The saint side of it is interesting.  There were two thoughts on this - one that the person was trying to free Christians.  This story also mentioned that the Saint Valentine may have fallen in love with one of the people he rescued.  The second story was one where the Saint helped people get married even though Emperor Claudius II said that young men were not to marry - made it a law!  Very interesting!   I didn't know about the ideas behind Valentine's Day.  My thoughts on it are ones of love toward my family and f...

  I have 5 children - we love them and are so thankful for them.  That said, they can drive me BANANAS!!  LOL!  Did I say that out loud?  I am currently in this age group with these precious kiddos -- Savannah 12 1/2, Siler 10, Sarah 7 1/2, Sully 5, and Seth 3. Now that is a spread.   On a typical day Siler and Sully are up around 6:45 am to go to school.  Sully attends a local public school for special needs.  Siler is attending my in-laws church school. Currently, they have 4 boys.  Siler really has begun to make some wonderful progress!!  The girls get up around 8.  Seth gets up whenever.  We get our breakfast and then school and math tutoring begins.  In addition to teaching the girls, I take care of all of Seth's needs.  If you have ever homeschooled while having a toddler, well, I liken it to herding cats -- that  is going to be a post all by itself!  Anyway, the girls are trying to do school with Set...

This is an old post that I started some time ago, but I believe LIFE interrupted me, and therefore, I was unable to finish.  Seth is asleep!  I shout a quiet "Yahoo!" to myself :0) So, I am now finishing this since I have the opportunity!!!       I was in Powdersville today with Sully for his therapy.  It was a trip like any other.  I stepped in to talk to his wonderful group of therapists - he has been with these therapists since he was 6 months old!  And they are AWESOME!!!!!   In any case I mentioned that I had been working with getting some of our clothes out of storage for the cooler weather.  I get stopped up when I am around dust and mold - I think I talk more about my allergies and stress with children in this blog than anything else  :0)  Anyway, I mentioned to them that I have what I like to call the "Nasal Voice" from my allergies.  I laughed and said that I wish I had what I call the "Sexy, Raspy Voice!...

Greetings on this rather cloudy Thursday afternoon.  I was looking on Pinterest - one of my favorite sites! - and came across this neat idea.  I am going to do this Monday! We are all off from school on Monday, so I will have a few extra minutes.  I am going to clean out the fridge really well.  I like using pine sol and warm water.  It makes a really hard job not quite as hard. The question I have is will my place mats stay in place?  I am going to buy my mats from the Dollar Tree, so if this doesn't work, I won't be out a bunch of money!   I will post a before and after picture so that you can see my results.  Here is the place where I got the idea and a picture ~~  I just LOVE her comment about her dirty shelf!  I am not going to post a picture of my messy fridge, though!  I just can't do it :0) Fridge Mats from $2 Placemats - 2 Little Supeheroes2 Little Supeheroes Here is a happy song that I love!  I hope that it ...

Sarah has studied the days of Creation this first semester.  I came across this idea, so we are going to do a book incorporating this idea.  When we start on it this week, I will take pictures along the way and post!   Here is the link in case you are interested in doing this with your student :0)   http://domanmom.com/2009/06/days-of-creation-craft/ I hope you have a wonderful day!  I will leave you with a quick song --  The Creation Song - Kids Learn the Days of Creation In This Short Song - The Sciencesaurs - YouTube Blessings and {{hugs}}, Chandra