Day 5 Pinterest...

Pinterest. It is an overwhelming source of ideas and information on just about any topic you can think of. It is a great tool to use to find extra activities to reinforce what I'm teaching, different teaching styles, lots of printables and so much more. My homeschool Pinterest board has 462 pins. Now, have I used all 462 pins? Nope. Am I? Probably not.

Day 4 The Daily Struggle

Homeschooling is hard. Maybe not so much the actual teaching that is involved, but the whole balancing of school and life. The everyday chores of cleaning, cooking, laundry, errands. It all has to get done. Some days we get everything done and other days I consider it a success if we get just one thing done.

Last night at my Tastefully Simple party, I shared with my guests that I'm a stay at home mom of four kids. "Wow, you have 4 kids." was the response. When I continued to share that I homeschool my children, a woman commented "You're a Proverbs 31 woman!" I told her that my desire is to be a Proverbs 31 woman, but it is a daily struggle. I continue to pray that God will mold me to be a woman after his heart, a Proverbs 31 woman/wife/mom.

Day 3 Impromptu Days Off

Days like today are never planned.

Today's errands took all day instead of just a few hours like I had thought. So, can we count today as a school day? We sure can. But what about the lessons already writen in the planner? They still need to get done and will be added to tomorrow. 

So how can today be a school day if we were out all day? Todays lessons included home economics, reading and real world applications. Home ec included house cleaning and grocery shopping. Reading took place while driving in the car. Real world applications was going to get car inspected and registered. 

Day 2 A Love for books, or lack thereof

This school year I have planned for the boys to read more. It is certainly not their favorite thing to do and they usually can't wait for their time to be up. Everyday they are supposed to read for 1 hour. Trevor has struggled when he reads, while it is easier for Patrick. I've never really thought about the difference between them until recently.

When Trevor reads, he has trouble sounding out words phonetically. I didn't know that some kids just can't figure that out. Patrick trys and can usually sound out words. It's not too often that he aks what a word is. 

I am really hoping that this year we will find the book. You know what I mean; the book that you can't seem to put down and before you know it, you have either finished it or read over half of it. 

31 Days 2013

It's that time of year again, the 31 day blog challenge.  I'm not postive where it originated from but lots of blogs I follow are doing it. Last year I attemped this challenge and didn't make the 31 days; so I'm going to try again this year. The challenge is to pick a topic and blog about it for 31 days.

This year I am going to blog about our homeschool journey. The highs and lows, good and bad. I hope to share what we learn, how we do what we do, and everything in between.

Seven Months

I'm really far behind this time with Annabelle's monthly update. Moving and unpacking has taken up most of my time, but that will all be share in the next post. So excited to share about that.

Back to Annabelle...

She is still a big girl. I haven't weighed her recently but she is now in size 4 diapers. 

She has mastered sitting up all by herself, which makes tummy time very unenjoyable. She prefers to sit up and watch everything that is going on.

Annabelle prefers oatmeal and multi grain cereal. She likes to eat puffs and dried yogurt snacks. She has gotten better about picking up her own snacks and feeding herself. 

Super Six

Why does it seem like the months are flying by? Annabelle is 6 months, how is that even possible?!

She is still such a joy to be around and continues to light up the room and my life. She has gotten to be a big girl, a whopping 19 pounds! She has definitely master rolling over from her back to her stomach. Tummy time lasts a little longer now but she still doesn't like it very much. 

We are working on sitting up. She still sits in her bumbo seat. We have a foot stool in the living room that is the perfect height for her when she sits in her seat. She can sit and play with toys on the table.