December Birthday Girl

My three girls celebrating M's 6th birthday.

Finding God at Sea World

1. Enjoying beautiful weather

2. Watching parents take care of their kids at the Happy Harbour

3. Seeing the leafy sea dragon

4. The Shamu show( If you changed the words Mother Nature to God)

5.The Shamu show (if you changed the idea of believing in yourself to believing in God)

6. My healthy two year old sleeping soundly in her stroller

Language is her playground.

Six year old M has always loved words. Rhyming words, rhythmic expressions, colorful word pictures all seem to just flow from her mouth. I've always said that she has no greater joy than to carry on a conversation.

So I was not surprised when...

In her kindergarten curriculum, she was supposed to read a list of words every lesson. As she read a word, I made a sentence with it. Well, she took over and started making sentences for the words as she read them. Then the sentences turned into pararaphs. The paragraphs turned into stories that incorporated more than one word in her list. The stories were usually funny or emotional.

At first, I was trying to hurry her to get through the list, but then I just sat back and let her enjoy herself. I ended up enjoying myself listening to her.

And guess what, we made it through the list in what seemed like no time. Time flies when your having fun!!!

Our favorite Christmas gifts

L- ( Besides the silly string in his stocking) The month subscription to Toontown that he bought with some Christmas money

G- Dream Life( a t. v.plug in game)

M- an art set


O- The toy shopping cart and the "pink" baby

Me- being the mom of kids that are content with what they got

You know you are a homeschool family when...

Your 2 year old looks at a picture of a sphinx and a pyramid and says, " That is from Egypt. And we didn't talk about that when we played that game last night."

She was right. We had played the Amazing Race the night before and Egypt was not one of the destinations.

I'm not sure how she knows about Egypt. We studied it a little last year. I'm guessing it must have been in a book we read recently. I'm not sure.


Life in a homeschool family. I guess next my six year old will be a surgeon!!

Victory Today

My oldest has always struggled with brushing her teeth. This simple task has been complicated by her sensory integration disfunction. I have done everything I know to do to help her learn, but felt like she was destined to have false teeth. The past six months, she wouldn't let me brush for her. I think because she knew a 12 y/o should be brushing her own teeth.
So, today, she had a cleaning. I was prepared to get the talk from the dentist about how her teeth were not getting cleaned. After the dentist dicussed some orthodontic issues, I asked the hygenist what areas of her teeth did G need to pay special attention. I was shocked to hear, "None. She has been doing a good job."

This is a day to celebrate. Right up there with the first day that she was able to write an "s" between the lines.

Touring the house where my Grandma was born, married, and had her first child.

Today, I had the privilege of visiting the one of the oldest houses in C. It was built in 1915 and my Grandma was born there in 1917. It was restored in 2003 and my dad's cousin M lives there now.

What a treasure it was to hear all the stories and look at old pictures. My Grandma went with us and chimed in when she could add to the story or tell her own.

I would love to document what I learned today, maybe a scrapbook. I did get video and a few pictures. M said she would send me any pictures I need, either past or present.


G really enjoyed herself. She loves to read American girl stories and I think it reminded her of some that she may have read.

L, M, and O were more entertained by M's dog. L did perk up when we toured M's small garden. Also, when she showed us her worm farm. And they liked pushing phone books down the stairs. (It looked like a slinky.)

What a treat today was!!!! Some days are just special and today was one of them.