Happy 4th!

Well I hope everyone had a great Independance Day! The kids of course had a blast. Buster loved the firworks and didn't want them to end. Sweetpea enjoyed them with her ears covered the entire time. She can't stand loud noises. The little one was just in awe of them and only got scared during the end when they got really loud.

Homeschool info.

I just got Buster's curriculum in the mail today :) I'm really excited about it. The curriculum is called Horizons, and I purchased the K math and phonics. Here is a link to Alpha Omega Publications:http://www.aop.com/home/

We will also be doing FIAR:http://www.fiarhq.com/ I found one of the volumes used so we will start with that. This is a fun program where you use childrens books as a unit study. I can find most of the books at the library, and the rest I can hopefully purchase used.

I found a science book for Buster from Christian Liberty Press for 40% off. It is a a fun introduction to science with a creation theme. My hubby will be doing science with him, and I'm sure they will have fun.

For sweetpea the Dollar Tree is my great resource. I have purchased a stack of great preschool workbooks to keep her busy.

For the rest of the subjects I plan on just using a literature based approach. We will be going to the library regularly.

Some Homeschool resources:
I started subscribing to The Old School House Magazine: www.thehomeschoolmagazine.com/
This is a great resource for homeschoolers and I really enjoyed the first issue I recieved.

This is a blog by a homeschool mom that I thought was interesting: http://myblessedhome.googlepages.com/
http://myblessedhome.googlepages.com/myfavoritethings

As always I still love this site for reading games:http://www.starfall.com/

My kids also enjoy the Leapfrog letter factory dvd. Buster learned all his letter sounds quickly with this and sweetpea already knows quite a few from viewing it. I plan to check out some of their other selections.

The main speaker at the convention we attended was Dr. Voddie Bauchman, and he was a really great speaker. Here is a link to his site:http://www.voddiebaucham.org/

Homeschool convention and loose tooth!

Well my husband and I had a great time at the homeschool convention/conference that we attended in Portland this weekend. It was very encouraging and it was also great to be able to check out some curriculum. They had 72 vendors which was a little overwhelming. We ended up ordering Horizons math and phonis for Buster and I can't wait to get it in the mail. They also had a used curriculum area and I found a few things there too.

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
6 "And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Deut 6:4-7 (NKJV)

After we got home Buster lost his first tooth :( He is just growing up way too fast. He is riding his bike like a champ, and is starting to dog paddle in swim class. I can't believe he is almost 5.

Strawberries!

My sister and I went strawberry picking last Friday. The strawberries this year were really good. We got excited about them and ended up picking 54 pounds together ;) so we made freezer jam, and froze a bunch of berries for later. They were so delicious! Here are a few pics of the kids.

Buster took this pic himself

June Already!

Buster's art work :)

Our sweet girl is 4 months old now:

Lounging

Buddy's

More drawings

Yum!

Sweetpea's new bike

She hasn't figured out how to peddle it yet!

Sweetpea's favorite song!

Here is a link to a video of "We need each other" by Sanctus real. It is sweetpea's favorite song. She always sings along when she hears it on the radio. It is pretty cute. Daddy and her love singing it to each other. Check it out.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ki4V0UAAs&feature=related

Wow Summer!!!! No wait it's spring!

Summer hit us this weekend with a bang! Starting with 105 degrees on Friday. We bought the kids a sprinkler on Friday, and they really loved it. On Saturday we went to the beach, and it was a glorious day there. I will post pic of that next. Then finally on Sunday we took the kids to the school playground and buster learned to ride his bike without training wheels! Unfortunately I forgot to bring the camera :( so no pics of that.

She loves to swing

All three

Carseat toys

Taking a drink
The girls
Wow!
New swimsuit! I got it at the dollar tree!

Survey for Tiff

Four things I was doing 10 years ago (1998)

Dancing
Homeschooling
Spent a week at Highschool camp and then the next week in Canada
Was a bridesmaid for my cousin


Four things I was doing 5 years ago (2003)

celebrated my first anniversary
Feeling hot and uncomfortable pregnant with my first child
Giving birth to buster/ that was amazing
My favorite cat died


Four things I did yesterday.

Got up at 6:00am with my baby
Drove to the beach with the fam
Played in the sand and waves
pushed sweetpea in the swing

Four TV shows I watch:

LOST
CSI
Law & Order: SVU
American Idol sometimes

Mother's Day

I hope you all had a good mother's day :) Half-pint rolled over for the first time last Friday. She is getting so big. We took the kids to the park on Saturday and they helped me plant some flower pots for their grandma's. Here are some pics of them it was really fun.

cute pics!

Our sweet girl!

What a big girl.

I love my new cloth diapers
Tummy Time
Nice Pose :)
Sleeping hard

3 months!

Well our little half pint is three months now! I can't believe how time has gone by. As you can see she is a very happy baby. I started using cloth diapers part time now. My sis is making them for me. I think they are super cute. The ones in the pics are getting small, but I will get some bigger ones soon. If you are interested in cloth check out my sister and sister in-laws blog http://www.seamssewneat.blogspot.com/

Info.

We are finally all feeling better from our nasty flu. I can't wait for it to stay warm. We have had some really wacky weather. One weekend it was about 85 degrees the next we had hail and snow. Buster finished up his Taekwondo session. Unfortunatly it ended up that it was going to be much more expensive than I thought, and he wanted to do some other things. He will be doing swimming lessons instead for now.
I will be refering to our youngest as half-pint for now just so you know. She is doing really well. Half-pint it such a sweet little bundle of joy. She started sleeping through the night, and is generally so mellow. At her 2 month check she was around 13lbs and 25.5 in (another tall girl).