Wednesday, March 3, 2010

homeschoolers are...

Wierd.

I have been quite busy getting settled in here at the new house and keeping up with daily life. I am pleased that we have gotten back into a regular schedule with school (after taking 2 weeks off). Annabelle is doing sight words, lots of directional learning (not sure what you call it - I just made that up) and Abby is diligently working through her language arts and is making some neat things in her art class. For extra-curriculars, Annabelle still does dance class (though her blankie stays near her face the whole time and I've contemplated having it sewn into her costume for the recital in May) and Abby will soon be learning sewing from a super awesome friend named Anna who mentions me here. She does beautiful work and I am humbled that she wanted Abby to come hang out and do projects with her. I am afraid that my poor little homeschooler has gotten bored so this will be great for her! I am learning to be diligent to housework and packing my schedule with playdates (for sanity!). We attend MOPS where Abby is helping with Will's age group. We also added a few new pets to our family. They don't really have names but that's okay. One did not live long enough to get one. My sister gave the kids this tank and took the girls to pick out a fish for each of the three kids. Unfortunately, Abby's bit the dust (we tried to return it in a sandwich baggie but they wouldn't take it back). Annabelle's is the white one and Will's is the multi colored darting towards the bottom the the tank. :-) Will is fascinated by them.
Wes will get his cap and gown Saturday and also we'll buy his class ring and graduation announcements. I can hardly contain my enthusiasm!

This post was all over the place, sorry. Drop me a line (or a blog-comment) some time.

7 comments:

  1. I still refuse to accept the tag "weird"! :) You know Abby is going to really resent you publishing that picture at some point...

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  2. Maybe at some point...however it was her idea to do it and take a picture for the blog. :-P

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  3. I want to be apart of the play date action. :( And what MOPS do you go to? I was thinking about joining one. Man I feel like I haven't talked to you in forever.

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  4. Great update. Wow, that is really nice of Anna to help Abby like that! I know she will learn a lot and have fun too. And I totally love Abby's pic. I laughed out loud. Snorkel + bike + houseshoes...need I say more. Just call it, um, "Creative Genius!" Anyway, I am glad you are starting to get back into your groove...can you give me tips please?! I need help working mine out. I need help with motivation too, but I guess coffee can do that. :)

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  5. Nichole- I bet there is one near you! Look it up online.

    Kim - Can you come clean my house? You are so good... Way better than I could dream of being.

    That day she and Annabelle were happily playing together ( *gasp*, I know) and were playing underwater-something-er-another. Note that you see a tiny little swimmy shoe on the side of the picture. That's Annabelle. :-)

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  6. Love the look!!! I am glad you are getting your nest in order!Just Me

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  7. Happy Birthday Amy!!! Hope it is a good one! Just Me

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