Ron Paul on Homeschooling

Someone running for office, much less the presidential race, saying this stuff OUT LOUD is refreshing!

BTW, I'm still undecided between him and Huckabee, anyone want to help me decide? lol

Santa Baby....

OK - I debated whether or not to post this because it's a "santa spoiler" so to speak but if you're reading this you're probably either a) An adult or b) A child who typed in google/yahoo "is Santa real". Either way, you can probably handle the following. ;-)

If you are a "Pere Noel" believer you may not want to read any further, consider yourself warned. ;-)

Alright so most of y'all know I have an 8yo brother. Let's call him Ed. So my mom was curious if Ed still believed in Santa. She hints around about him until Ed says, "Mom, I haven't believed in Santa since I was 1 years old!" Cute right? You don't know Ed. He has these snappy 1 liners that make me laugh SO darn hard while at the same time glad it's not my kid saying it. LOL Eds father says "Well, who do you think the man at the mall is then?"

Eds reply was, "Some guy with a crappy job!"

Oh my that child is full of stuff like that. Like I said HYSTERICAL 'cause he's not mine. hehehe

Oh and check this out - who says all the fun in pumpkin pie is eating it? (sorry it's so blurry but you get the idea)

Some people have ants on the counter, some people have cats on the counter, I have an epidemic of diaper clad children on my counter. ;-)

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

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. ;-)

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!!

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!

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.