I would love to go see this.

Happy Birthday Jacob #11

Lego king, master of all animals, and a walking encyclopedia!
His day includes no school, or chores. I am sure he will be playing Xbox or computer today when he has so much leisure time:)

His meals are:
B: oatmeal
L:velveeta shells and cheese
D:Spaghetti
D:Chocolate cake

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDY!!!

Piece of tidbit for you

On the way home from Bible study tonight, Jocelyn asked if the stars look bigger when you are in outer space? Well I didn't know the exact answer so I looked it up and this is what I found.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/space/sts7/interview.htm
An interwiew with Sally Ride~ the first American Woman in space
What do the stars look like from space? Are they bigger?
The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter. When you're on Earth, if you go to the top of a mountain, the stars look much brighter than they do at sea level. And because the space shuttle is above Earth's atmosphere, it's like being on a very, very high mountain. So they look brighter, but not bigger.

So there you go, in case any 6 year old asks that question you now have an answer:)

BIRTHDAY GIRL!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOCELYN!!! #6

With no chores and no school today what is a girl to do??? Computer? Movies? What will it be?? Maybe both??? Happy Birthday my sweet girl~you make us laugh!!!

Her choice of meals today include:
B:Oatmeal with blueberries
L:Crab(don't ask, I personally blame grandpa for this one:))
D:spaghetti garlic bread and a salad
dessert? What else, but a kitty cat cake and chocolate mint ice cream

Journal Covers

Last year we covered the kids composition books with scrapbook paper, but they didn't turn out so well. This year we tried again and they turned out much better!
I got the idea from Kelli .
Grab your supplies: paper for front and back, stickers, and letters for the name.

Wrap books front and back,tape them, decorate and add name and year.

Front



Back

The kids had a great time decorating their books, Jordan is my girlie girl so she picked flowers. Jocelyn picked spaghetti because she was hungry and Bday balloons because her Bday was coming up. Jacob picked a water scene and Sponge Bob. I personally think he picked sponge Bob to annoy me but it was his book so I put on my best smile:)

We also did the same with their nature journals.

They're finally home!

After almost a year from when my friend gave me a goat for my birthday, she and two others came home. I was sick over the weekend so I wasn't able to get some pictures when they came home. So today, after school when my handsome hubby took the kiddos to go pick blackberries and prunes, I headed out to the pasture with my camara. They are so darn cute and friendly as can be!!!





"Victory"



"Praise"



"Mimi" Praises Daughter


"All three"

School and menu

We finally started school today and it went better than I had expected. We were done by 1pm and chores got done too!

Jacob's school:
Bible: Reading from the Bible~currently in Mark/Kay arthur inductive study for kids~James
History~Mystery of History
Science~Apologia elementary
Math~Saxon 6/5
Spelling~BJU 5
English~BJU 5
Reading~Currently Huckleberry Finn

Jordan's School:
Bible: Reading from the Bible~currently in Mark/Kay arthur inductive study for kids~James
History~Mystery of History
Science~Apologia elementary
Math~Horizon 3
Spelling~BJU 3
English~BJU 3
Reading~Currently~The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
Writing~reviewing print and will start cursive

Jocelyn's School:
Bible: Reading from the Bible~currently in Mark/Kay Arthur inductive study for kids~James
History~Mystery of History
Science~Apologia elementary
Math~Horizon 1
Spelling~BJU 1
Writing~letters and numbers printing

Jordan and Jocelyn want to learn Piano so we will start on Thursday at home. Jacob is showing an interest in guitar but we need to fix it first:)

Something I have added this year is the kids are on a rotational day schedule to help in the kitchen. The whole day is theirs to help. This makes it easier on everyone. They all love to help but the fights were getting a little ridiculous:) Here is our menu for the week:

Monday:B~oatmeal,L~nuggets,D~Hamburgers
Tuesday:B~pancakes,L~sandwiches,D~Chicken
Wednesday:B~Muffins,L~Sandwiches,D~Steaks
Thursday:B~oatmeal,L~shrimp,D~Spaghetti~~Jocelyn's Bday her choice of meals:)
Friday:B~Waffles,L~sandwiches,D~potato feed
Saturday:B~Eggs,toast,bacon or sausage,L~Mac and cheese,D~Pork
Sunday:B~some type of bread and fruit,L~Sandwich,D~roast

I think we are all glad to be back on a schedule, the kids aren't fighting as much as they were before, which makes this mama very happy:)

Happy September Birthday's

Happy September and a happy birthday to all those in this month:
Dad~1
Marcia~2
Karen~4
Jocelyn~11
Jacob~22
Gianna~30

Sorry for missing Augaust Birthday's:
Bob M~2
Reen~20
Tim~20
Dan~20
Matt~22
Shirley~26

A Happy Birthday to All!!!