Thursday, November 29, 2007

What we've been up to...

Building huts, making the Nile River (and flooding it once a week), creating personalized cuneiform tablets out of clay, painting our very own coat of many colors...

...and that's just history!

Bible, Math, English, Map Skills, Reading, (our current favorite we're reading is Elsie Dinsmore).

Plus add in the daily activities, try-to-be-weekly field trips/playgroup & various other things. And we've been filling our weekends with friends, food, games, and laughter.

Unfortunately that leaves little time to blog although I do keep a running list of things to blog about. LOL

I think this year is our busiest yet but so far it's been the most rewarding, it just feels right ya know?

Hugs,
Jess

Monday, November 12, 2007

Pair-a-bullish

The other day I watched my newly 8 year old (!) daughter rummaging through the cabinets. I asked her what she was looking for and she said, "Mom, do you have any non-pairabullish food I can donate to Harvest for 4-H?".

"pera----what?" I asked, perplexed.

"You know, non-pairabullish, they have to store it for 2 weeks and so it can't go bad".

I tried so hard not to laugh in her face, she's old enough to get her feelings hurt so I explained that it was perishable, not pairabullish and we had a good laugh together.

I love that 8 is not too late for the cute things they say catagory. ;-)

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Still the One... 10 years later...


You're Still The One by Shania Twain
(When I first saw you, I saw love.
And the first time you touched me, I felt love.
And after
all this time, you're still the one I love.)
Looks like we made it
Look how far we've come my baby
We mighta took the long way
We knew we'd get there someday

They said, "I bet they'll never make it"
But just look at us holding on
We're still together still going strong

(You're still the one)
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're still the one I want for life
(You're still the one)
You're still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night





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"Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate." ~Barnett R. Brickner



"More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse." ~Doug Larson



Happy 10th Anniversary to DH and I! WooHoo!!

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

From baby to big boy...

It's amazing how much a pair of scissors can transform...

From my little curly mopped baby:




To our little man:







*sniff, sniff* but at least now they'll KNOW he's a boy!

Monday, November 5, 2007

Homeschoolopoly!

HOMESCHOOLOPOLY® plays like any other "Monopoly®" type game so most already know how to play it. The theme of the game of course is homeschooling! HSLDA is in the game so even if the Truant Officer sends you to Court, you can use your Get Out of Court HSLDA Member card. The properties are real homeschool companies (like Rosetta Stone, Sonlight Curriculum, Rainbow Resources, etc.) with information about the company on the back of the property card. Stacks of books (houses) are purchased for your properties with the ultimate goal of acquiring "Keys to Knowledge" (hotels). The most popular forms of Homeschool transportation make up the "railroads": Big Family Bus, Cool As Can Be SUV, Many-Van (get it?) and Wee Little Wagon. The money in the pot goes to "Field Trip!". Be careful or you might land on and have to pay the $200 Public School Tax where dad is shown shedding a few tears. The Grace and Mercy cards (Chance/Community Chest) are homeschool themed and very funny! You can see a few of them here along with some other pictures.

THE PLAYER WITH THE MOST TREASURE WINS!
Treasure – this word originates from the Greek word thesaurus
where the literal meaning is "a treasure of words".

HOMESCHOOLOPOLY® would also make a great gift for any of your homeschooling friends or a thank you gift for your homeschool support group leader or homeschool library contribution! And we've even included a bonus eight-page color Q&A informational brochure about homeschooling that is perfect to keep or give away to someone who is new to, or interested in homeschooling.