Still Life, Tulips by Emil Nolde

Today in school, we had a little art lesson. The boys try to make their on version of the painting below entitled

Still Life, Tulips by Emil Nolde

Below is just a few pictures of the process! Aaron wasn't too concerned with the colors! But he did want to do what his big brother was doing!!

Below is Michael's picture! I think he did a pretty good job for a 7 year old!! He was so excited!

And finally Aaron with his picture! He actually threw me a smile!!! I love it!

Hope you are having a great morning!! It looks to be another lovely day!!!



It's HERE!!!!!!!!!!

Was outside with my hubby and two kiddos this morning cutting down a tree (yes cutting down a tree on our anniversary) and a glorious messenger arrived with gleaming gifts for me! Actually, the FedX guy came with three boxes for M's homeschooling adventure! WOW! That's all I can say!!! The products and books we received are beyond average!! I will have to take a picture of all the things and post them, once I figure out how to take pictures of my camera!!!!!! I feel like it's Christmas for ME! M is super excited as well!! He wanted to start today!! I'm ssssooooooooo excited to do this with him! I even planned activities for little A to do! It should be super fun!!!

Hope you had a glorious day! Thanks for stopping by!!

Getting ready!!

Today I decided to start making a schedule for little A's tot school. I know that while I'm helping M with his school work that little A is going to need to be busy. So I decided to search the web and found some awesome sights that I got encouragement from!! I want little A to get a head start and learn as M does. He's a smart little boy and I want him to get ahead a little bit. I found worksheets and book ideas and calendar time ideas and I'm pleased with all of it!! So very excited!! I am becoming more and more comfortable with the decision we made to homeschool :) A mother I know is trying to search around for an affordable preschool and she is struggling! I don't have to worry about that! I'm so excited to be doing it at home! I'm grateful to the wonderful mom's out there who are willing to share their ideas with others! Amazing job!!

Some of the sites I looked at are :

http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/
http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/
http://www.totallytots.blogspot.com/


Check them out for your little ones whether you are homeschooling or not! Amazing stuff for kiddos!! Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you had a wonderful day!

A very Happy Birthday to my mother-in-law!!!

Trying to finish our basement!!

Completely embarassed I admit that we have been living in our new house for about 4 months and there are still boxes in my basement that need unpacking! I am trying to organize and have everything ready for when M starts homeschooling. So finishing unpacking is definitely on my list of things to get done! Plus I want to do a tot school with little A. I have to get those things organized as well. Oh the things to do! I try not to get as frustrated as I used to when I have a ton of things to do and my kiddos are saying "mom" every three seconds! I know there will be a day that comes when there will be no more "mom" and I will be sad!!

Awesome news as well: My brother and sister-in-law found out today that they are having IDENTICAL twin GIRLS! Yeah Joe and Katie and big A!!!! We are excited for ya! We were hoping that my brother would get a boy in the mix but are just as happy with the girls. Now my mom will have 4 grandsons and 4 granddaughters!!!

Ho hum hot day!

Well, I did something Saturday that I haven't done in a while! I went swimming at a PUBLIC pool and got a killer sunburn!!! I'm still feeling it today!!! Everytime I go outside, the sun feels like it's burning a hole through my shirt! My poor boys looked at me like I was CRAZY!! Anyways, I'm getting wicked excited for my days of teaching at home with my kiddos! I know it's not for everyone and that's OK! I'm just getting myself to the point where I am confident in our decision and that's that!!!

I got a new calling working with the kiddos in Primary!! I was scared silly at first, but I think that it will help prepare me for my at home teaching duties! It's a blessing in disguise!!

Thank you to anyone who may stumble upon this and read! I tend to ramble and say nonsense things but that's me!!! Have a beautiful day!!!

Trying things out!!!

Today I decided to bust out some of my lapbooks that I made for the boys and see how they worked! It was AMAZING and so much fun! M did some older kids stuff and little A did some matching! It was fun and they liked it! I made a calendar and we had calendar time. Sang the days of the weeks song that M likes singing to and little A likes to clap! It was fun! I was a little skeptical about how it would fly but I loved it and so did they!!!

Homeschooling excitement!

I have been really buckling down and getting ready for the venture of homeschooling and I'm excitedly terrified...if that makes sense! What curriculum to use? Am I doing the right thing? Will M do well? Will little A let me help M when he needs it? All these crazy questions are running through my head CONSTANTLY!!! Then I start doubting myself. Then I become almost sad!!! Then I realize WHY I wanted to do this in the first place. I want my children to be incredibly intelligent. I want them to have one on one time and learn things they couldn't at school because of time constraints. I know that what I have taught M and little A are already sticking! Besides all these things, I know that it is right for US. It is what I've prayed about and felt is the best for us. I didn't always think I would homeschool. But the closer it got to M going to Kindergarten, the more I didn't feel right putting him in school. I pushed the feelings aside and thought that going to school was the best for M and the bad feelings got stronger! So here I go, diving head first into a venture that will change the lives of me and my boys forever! Pray for me!! I need it so very much!! Thanks for listening to my ramblings!!!