Week 4: Bob Book Mastery!

Logan has mastered her first Bob Book- Mat!
She is so very proud of herself as am I !!!

I am late with my Picture of the Week. To be honest its sitting right on my camera I just need to upload it but I am procrastinating!!!
We have gotten a lot of school work done this week and its been surprisingly painless. Some weeks its painful!
I had been slacking on Science with them. They do a lot of exploration and life sciences so I was not very concerned but I found a few books I bought a while ago so thought I would introduce them. They were interested!!!
I also grabbed a few books with in home experiments from the library. I think even little Logan will have some fun with them!
I need to get an email out to a few friends about a "Cooking Club" for the kids. We want to do dinner once a month- they cook it at home and everyone meets up to share. I think it will be a way to get our group of friends cooking and together on a social level- not just a schooling environment!
We used to do a "Game Night" but the kids would rather hang out and chat as would the adults. I thought cooking and eating was a great way to do this!
Okay I am off to get my camera and figure out which pic of the series I took I want to use..... separate post for Pic of the Week coming up shortly!

Well today was Co-op day but we didn't make it. :( I had 2 sick kids and was afraid I was getting it as well. I really look forward to Co-op, I get to get together with my Catholic girlfriends and teach our kids the wonderful faith we have!
The kids really enjoy it and we bummed to miss out on cooking and Catechism today!

We are spending a quiet morning here. Tristan is done with schoolwork for the week so he did a little Rocket Research on the Nasa Kids website. What a great resource!
Brynn is up doing her schoolwork in her room and my little one is playing Mario Cart with my sister, she's in Illinois and we are here in NH!!!
I have made some calls today WOO HOO for me LOL!
I broke my ankle in December of 2008 and it still hasn't completely healed. My Docotr wants me to see a specialist but the specialist is out of network so I have to jump thru hoops to get it approved. Argghhhhh Military insurance stinks if you live away from a base!

I have a few to do things today and last time I listed them here I managed to get them done so I am going to list them again!

Laundry: was, dry, put away
Kitchen: counters
Dining room: table & floor
Bathroom: toilets and mirrors

I'll comment what I accomplish!!!

Project 52 Week 3: Let it Snow!

Well my Project 52 is a bit late this week but Better late than never!

We were expecting 2-5 inches of snow and wound up with at leat 11 inches. The news reported that our town "hit the jackpot" for the State! GREAT LOL more to shovel!!!!

The girls were thrilled, Tristan was bummed there's no fun in snow when your in a cast!

So without further typing here's my pic of the week!

Oh tonight is a good night in our house. The premiere if 24!!!
I have been waiting for Jack since last year! This year we have a new TV, when our old TV died we were gifted one from a neighbor and while it was very much appreciated the picture was so dark we had trouble watching our favorite shows!
Santa brought us a brand new TV for Christmas and now I will finally be able to SEE the picture!!!!
YAY!
Signing off for my 2 hours of 24!!! Have a great night all!!

Organization

Ugh Organization should be a four-letter word :(

Try as I might I always seem to fall short. One Step Forward Eighty Steps Back!

I am determined to get things done this year though.

Today I am posting my to do list for the day and hoping I get to most of it!

Maybe if I put it out there I will be accountable to it!

so here goes :

Laundry- wash, dry, fold, put away!

Dishes -wash, dry, put away

Kitchen- counters and floors

Living room- general clean-up and vaccum!

Get kids school work organized - correct last week and schedule next week!

I think thats enough! If I list too much I will fall short then feel like a loser!!

Now I am going to add a picture just because!

maybe if I get my list done I will treat myself tonight!!!

Tonight Haiti is weighing heavy on my mind. I am so saddened for the losses suffered and for those who are stll missing. I am sad for the people here who are left wondering about loved ones. I am grateful that the missionaries I know, who frequently are in Haiti, were not. They are scheduled to go February 4th and all are praying it will be allowed. They need to get to their Haitian families and offer comfort, prayer and aid.
I will continue to pray and hope that the death toll is not as high as feared. I am praying for the missing and hoping they are found alive and well.
If you are so inclined please pray with me!

I absolutely loved this set of pictures , just had to share them

Conversations With a Cat

Week 2 of My 52!
Logan loves to write on the Dry Erase Board! It makes getting her to do some schoolwork and learning much easier for me!
Logan sounded out, read and wrote each word after I did. Similar sounds are the easy way to learn!
This was a lot of fun to do, we will be doing a lot of this to improve reading and writing skills!

Project 52

I am "borrowing" this idea! My friend over at http://www.scrappingthemagic.com/

suggested it last year and I really didn't have (or didn't THINK I had) the time to do it.
This year using her alternate suggestion I am going to do a Photo Project.
1 Photo each week for a year. (She was trying 1 photo each day and that is too much for me!)

So this weeks photo is of what happens when you don't have all the right equipment to snowboard. If your children or husband or you or anyone you know snowboards- please tell them to invest in some wrist guards!

My son got a brandy new Snowboard for Christmas and was so excited- he had been wanting ot snowboard for 2 years ! So this year Santa pulled it out and got him a whole set up and we went snowboarding & skiing Monday for the first time. 3 hours later we were on the way to the ER with a broken wrist, the most common injury in snowboarding! He's done for the season! If he had been wearing wrist guards this wouldn't have happened!