What Mary is Thankful for

I am thankful for Spock because he is cute.

I play with Spock on the trampling.

He is nice and he also smilse.

What Ruth is Thankful for

I am thankful for my,pets ,art class,books,games,and moives.I am thankful for my pets beacaus I can play with  them.I am thankful for my art class beacaus I can learn art. I am thankful for books beacaes there entertaning and   intresting.I am thankful for games so we can have fun as a faimaly .And I am thankful for moives so I don’t have to read books all the time.

Water Fun in November

November in Texas.  Bathing suits and sprinklers!

Making pies

Matt is so good about spending quality time with the girls.  Last night they made a pecan pie!

Angel Tree

For the girls tithe we decided to buy gifts for two children via Angel Tree.
The girls went shopping yesterday to get the items on the list and we spend some time wrapping the gifts.

Japanese Walking Gardens

We had great weather yesterday and went to the Japanese Walking Gardens.
The grounds are beautiful and we had a really fun time walking around and eating a picnic lunch outdoors.

Fredericksburg

 Arriving at the living history farm.

 A very large pig and a very silly Ruth.

 Ruth's new friend the cow.

Best find of the day, chicken and turkey feathers.

Introducing

Tiny Mercury (we studied the Romans and their gods this week in history).

He and Spock are now getting along famously and having a great time being boys.  Lots of wrestling going on over here at our house.  So much fun!

Daddy's helper

We cleaned the shed and garage yesterday.  Matt and Mary are out there today hanging bars to hold the tools.  They are two peas in a pod, they'll have the job done in no time.

What are you looking at?

 Sunday is flying by in a blur.  Here is why.  Spockie, what are you looking at?

"Tiny".  The puppy we found in the neighborhood when we were driving home from church.  He is small enough we can keep him kenneled in the garage until Tuesday.  Someone dropped him in the vacant field last night after dark fleas and all to fend for himself.  Makes me sick and mad.  We have fed and watered him, gave him a flea bath (20 bugs and more filth than should be allowed) and he is good to go until we can take him to the shelter.

Falling in Love

Our house is now ready for Fall and Halloween!

What is cleaned out of the girls rooms

Gets stored in the garage.  Yikes!  So blessed to be in Texas where home school opportunities abound and I no longer feel the need to buy stuff for the kids.

Room Clean Out (again)

 Mary's cleaned out room.

 Went through the closet.  Much more space in here now!

 Ruth's room looks so large.

All toys are now in the closet.  Woo Hoo!

Nap time

Someone takes great naps!

One night

One night, two teeth, $10 bucks.
Mary lost a tooth and so did Ruth.

Nails

Called around and to get the pig's nails cut was going to cost me $14 and I had to make an appointment at the vet clinic.  So not going to happen.  $3.00 small dog nail clippers and a lot of guts got the job done.

Volcanoes in a box

Almost ready for tomorrows presentation.  This will blow the kids away!  Ha ha.  Waiting for to add the natural food dye in the morning (we don't have the real stuff and decided on this as our presentation on the way home from church) and we are ready for school tomorrow.

This might be why

My Sunday evening.  Making dinner and cleaning up the mess.  Cutting Matt's hair and cleaning up the mess.  Making volcanoes in a box for the girls science presentation tomorrow, and cleaning up the mess. Sweep and mop the floors, clean the kitchen, walk the dog.  Packing Matt for his man's overnight trip to Dallas tomorrow for the football game.  Thank you caffeine for getting me through the day.

It's going to be explosive

For tomorrow's presentation the girls are going to speak about making volcanoes in our ABQ back yard.  Our visual aid will be a volcanoe.  Should be fun.

Another Saturday morning

Busy Saturday around here.
The girls and Matt (Spock will be "helping" as well) will be vacuuming Matt's car, mowing the lawns, edging the front yard with our new hand held grass trimmer, and washing my car.
Then this afternoon is errands and Ruth has a birthday party to attend.
Tonight is our first monthly Bible Study.
Busy, full and fun day.

Homework

I think this is why I am feeling we can get nothing done during the week.  This is our first year of homework and we are all getting used to the extra work it brings our home school days.  On the agenda for me to figure out, lesson planning, how to better schedule our week to get home work done, more breaks for Mary (she is feeling overwhelmed with her hearing and processing specialness) and some me time so I can keep up the feverish pace 4th and 5th grade brings.

Oh what a day today will be

I was awoken at 4:30am this morning to Ruth being sick.

(Spock wants to play with Ruth)

Yesterday was rough (still not sure exactly why) and today is kicking my butt.
I am trying so hard to have a good week like last week, it is just not going to happen.
Home schooling is not for the faint of heart and mothering is not for the weak of stomach.
Hoping we can make it through the day!

Stinker girl

Someone grew an inch or two over night.

Rough morning update

After cleaning up the kitchen I let the kids play in the sprinkler in our back yard.
Looks like fun, maybe I made the right choice.

Rough morning

Advise needed please.  I need help getting the kids motivated to daily take care of their chores.  This is something I have heard every home school Mom struggle with, myself included.  Wednesday we seem to loose all energy and it is hard to get our work and school done.  I came home from my walk with the dog 10 minutes after we were suppose to be ready for school and this is how my kitchen looked.  To add to that, the girls wanted to play in the sprinkler with their bathing suits.

What to do?  They are doing so well in school.  With extra curricular activities breaking up the day Monday through Thursday we school 8am-5pm and most of the day Friday.  They do not have neighborhood kids to play with in the afternoon or evenings and everyone needs to have some fun.

Maybe I am being lazy, maybe I need a break during the day.  What should I do?

Last night

After a morning of school, an afternoon of co-op where I watched babies for three hours and then cleaned the church for nearly another hour, we came home with a friend of Ruth's and jumped into making dinner for seven and a baby.  It was great fun and I was left with a great mess.  Spock had his first look at a real baby and was in love, Mary got to mother said baby and was in love, Ruth got to play with her dearest TX friend and was happy, and Matt and I got to host a fun family at our house, something we have always wanted to do more of.
The girls and I are adjusting more this week to our new schedule, I feel less tired than last week and that is a blessing.
Another blessing was that my sweet hubby got me coffee and banana bread from Starbucks early this morning before he left for work.  It was just the pick me up I needed.  Thanks babe, I love you!

Home school homework

This is how as a home school family we get home work done.
This year has brought tremendous blessing and work to our school lives.
The girls now have daily homework for Classical Conversations  Spanish and  Bible Quizzing.
Whatever it takes to get it done I am good with.

Love is spelled S-P-O-C-K

I realized I have been light on the posts since getting text service on my phone last week.
I'll work on getting everyone up to date on our school happenings soon.
Until then here is yet another picture of Spock.
Matt loves this dog so much, and when he is home Spock has eyes for no one else but him.

Tired Mom

If the one word you would use to describe yourself is exhausted you could be a home school Mom.
We had the best school week ever last week and I was beat all weekend.
Well worth it though, the girls are doing great!

Lost tooth

Ruth's loose teeth normally come out easily.  This one gave us fits for two days and Matt had to pull it out while Ruth was screaming in the shower because it was bent back and she could not move it forward.  I'm out $5.00, good deal!

For the most beautiful

We made Zeus's golden apple this weekend.  Spray paint would have worked better, but it was fun to paint them with metallic acrylic paint instead.  Matt's going to write "For the most beautiful" on them and they are ready to go.

Abstract Art

Ruth's abstract art from Classical Conversations last week.

Greek God Family Tree

Here is our project from Friday, a lesson on the Greek God's.