A Job Well Done

Matt whipped up a doozy of a breakfast.  Popovers and Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Tortilla Wraps.  Yummy!  That man can really cook.  The popovers were light and fluffly, just perfect with a touch of syrup.  The tortillas were nice and gooey with cheese.  Well Done my dear, well done.  After such a hearty feast I decided I better earn my keep.  I swept the main floor and moved all the furniture and mopped.  I love it when the wooden floor is all nice and shiny clean and then the sun comes streaming in the front window and makes it looks absolutely glorious.  I don’t usually take quite so much joy in housework but…I love this darn floor.  The rugs are are all in the wash so I suppose I might as well do the entryway as long as I have the mop warmed up.  I’m so glad the Pecan takes such great naps.  It makes it a bit easier to get these Saturday housekeeping projects done.

In other news the Almond has been wearing underwear all week (a different pair every day, not the same ones!).  He has successfully mastered #1 on the toilet, but #2 is a no go so far.  EEEWWWW how I detest changing #2 undies.  Ah well, it will all be worth it come mid October when Matt takes the Walnut AND the Almond on the train to Seattle.

Happy Saturday!

 

Back to Homeschool

Our first “official” day went well.  Here is a scrapbook page I did.  It is really 4 pages that I put together to use as my computer background.

 

1st Story

The Walnut read his first “story” today.  I’m teaching him to read using the same book that we used with the Peanut.  Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons is a really great book.  We just finished Lesson 13 this morning and the story was “See me eat.”  Then after you read the story there is a picture for you to discuss.  It is so much fun to watch my children enjoy reading.   The Walnut was pleased as could be and then since Daddy was still home the Walnut read the story to him too.  Delightful!

I’m in the process of getting the rest of their stuff ordered for this school year.  I can hardly believe the Walnut is a Kindergartner and the Peanut is a 4th grader.  Where does the time go?  We purchased quite a few things at the Used Curriculum fair at the MACHE conference in April and now I’ve ordered a few things from other Sonlighter’s.  Now I just need to complete my order for all the new things but I save that until last just in case I can get anything else used.  Since a lot of our curriculum is regular books it is pretty easy to find stuff used at less than 1/2 the new price.  I do so love a bargain.

 

ERGH! Computers

I had a nice post typed about a bad night of working from home and a baby that is not sleeping but IE all of a sudden stopped working and I lost it so instead, enjoy this.

 

The World is In Front of You

Matt took The Walnut & The Almond on a little trip yesterday.  They visisted The Depot and Children’s Museum in Duluth and the drove to Gooseberry Falls to take in the sights.  They had a fantastic time and he arrived home with some great pics for me to scrapbook.  This pic was pretty poignant for me.

He’s only 5 and he has the whole world before him.  What choices will he make?  What path will he follow?  My heart aches for my children to make all the right decisions even though I know that isn’t humanly possible.   What’s on the horizon of your life?  What choices are you making today to affect your future in a positive way?  Just some things for you to think about…

 

It Was Bound to Happen at Some Point

I’ve got 3 boys so it was bound to happen sooner or later. 

This is what happens when you try to mess with the Farm Combine.

 

Time to find a New Wife

Last night I told Matt to find a New Wife.  My only requirement would be that she likes to scrapbook.  I asked Matt to find such a fab gal because I was fairly certain that I was going to die before morning.  Well, it is morning and here I am, not dead.  I’ve had a monster of a cold/sinus thing that started to creep it’s way into my senses last Wednesday.  The wanting to die part was mostly due to a cough that will not let me fall asleep.  I’ve taken massive doses of cough medicine only to keep on hacking away.  It is not a productive cough, it is a dry hacking cough.  My back muscles hurt so badly that yesterday I actually compared the pain to being in labor.  Scary, I know.  And, since I’ve been in labor 4 times I have certain muscles that don’t respond well to strong coughing.  I have one word for this problem -Depends-  I am actually feeling a bit better this morning now that I’ve infused my body with 2 large cups of coffee.  So, I guess Matt’s search can be called off for now and the Old Wife will have to do her best to keep on scrapbookin’.

 

Who Needs Training Wheels?

On the cusp of turning 5, the Walnut has done it. 

Who needs these clunky things?

Look at him go!

 

Fantastic is not Quite Enough

I’ve been having a blast of a Staycation.  Lots of good hard work and time spent with those I love.  The Peanut spent the afternoon with Grandma M working on a sewing project and I spent part of the evening sitting at the table drawing cars with the Walnut and Almond.  The kids have absolutely eaten up all this time with their mom.  It has been fantastic and an absolute blessing.  Here’s a pic of the Peanut’s sewing project.  It was a dress for her AG doll, Felicity.

Here’s one of the Walnut concentrating hard on his car drawing.

 

Trendy Home Girl

I’ve been trendy this week.  I’m on a Staycation.  I’ve pretty much stayed home.  I’ve got a project list a mile long and I’ve been making some steady progress.  I’m making a scrapbook of my week and I’ll show it off when I’m done.  My sister came to visit today so it was nice to have help while I worked.  We also took a nice little walk.

We made it almost to the end before the babies started fussing.  Thankfully we had graham crackers for just such an emergency.