Project 2008 January Project

January Project

Our project this month is to move, dh has been commuting about 3 hours per day to work. We are lucky in that we rent, we figured out that with gas alone we are spending $360 per month and than add in $5 per day(he works 5 and half days per week) in toll his commuting costs us $480 per month. Plus the time away from us, ohhh yeah and we pay more in rent for living out here. So our rent is up in Jan. and we will be a movin' on out. So this month we are packing and sorting and getting rid of junk. That is our project this month I know it is not glamorous or fun or life shattering, although it is money saving and right now that help a lot!

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Family Goals
1. to get a move under our belt so we can lower our bills
2. get our finances under control(with dh being unemployed we need to get back in shape)
3. start to pay back debt

Personal Goals
1. start reading more for me instead of prereading stuff
2. start to walk (with the kids for P.E. would be the easiest)
3. drink at least 5 c. of water per day

My to do list for Thursday 12/27 through 12/31

Well the move is getting closer and closer and we must now get serious about packing we are 36 days from the move.

This weeks to do are:
-take down Christmas stuff and get it packed up
got it half down
-work on co-op class (literature)
-email literature students their assignments
-pack up 2 boxes per day 2 boxes done today
12/27 got 2 boxes done today
12/28 packed up 3 small boxes and 1 large
12/29 packed up 2 boxes
12/30 packed 2 boxes
-school planning for Jan.(we will only do basics until we move)
-start looking for a new rental and hopefully an equally as wonderful landlord as we have had for the last year

Menu:
Thursday- sausage and potatoes
Friday- breakfast
Saturday-sandwiches and salad
Sunday-grilled chicken
Monday- tacos

Secret Sister

thanks secret sis, we love baking cookies and we love to read. I do love the bookmarks and wonder where you got them. thanks again.




Well my post office is the slowest I am positive now! This was priority mailed on the 17th of December and is just now showing up at our door today the 27th.

Merry Christmas Picture

The Queen to Be getting a cd she has been wanting, I believe it is the Carrie Underwood Cd.


The Chef also loves cupstacking, and it is real good at it. he took a co-op class in it and wanted a set for at home


Wacky Prince has been wanting a fan to sleep with, he has to have the white noise or he wakes up a lot. Do you know how hard it is to find a fan in winter?


The groupu picture on Christmas Eve, can you tell one prince did not want to do this activity?

All in all they had a great Christmas, we were able to get them a PS2 (we have a Gamecube but they are no longer making games for it) and they were excited. Momoo got them a gift card to gamestop we went yesterday and they had there games buy 2 get one free on there used games!!! Queen to be got a card to Claires and bought a bunch of cute teen products(earrings, makeup and hair things).

Sleep over memories

Well dd has a sleep over, it is her first in a long time, and I will share why. Some of you who have known for a long time know our story....but for the rest of you, it is a warning.

I was reminded of this horrible sleepover that we had to endure a year ago on the Teaching Mom board and felt the need to write a public service announcement to warn you That not all sleepovers are good, and if you are just getting to the sleepover age this might scare or even frighten you but you need to know the truth



It all started when our little friend K moved away, she took dance with my dd. She was a sweet looking little girl and a couple of years younger than dd(I did not know until the night of the sleepover) but dd is small and she was the same size who knew So little K moved away and I thought well that is the end of that poor dd she lost a friend. Well about 2 months after they left K's parents called and said they were coming into town and was wondering if my dd would like to get together with K. I thought great it would be fun Well overnight that "get together " turned into a K spending the night. O.K. I thought fine she can spend the night no big deal (this is where the scary music should be playing to tell of the foreshadowing you should be feeling).



So the day of the fun sleepover arrives and they call because the are traveling in from a nearby state. They will be here in about 2 hours great I have time to run to the store and do and come back to find 3 more messages on the machine saying it was more like 30 min before they got there I called them back and told them I had a meeting at the dance studio could they just meet me there fine! K wanted to see her old dance teacher they were then wondering if my dd could go with them to see there old house. great I thought I can stop by Target to pick up a couple more things I need.



Well I return home to find dh with the 2 girls looking-- not well I asked what is wrong little dude? well K came over and has shrieked everytime she has seen the dog or cat (shrieking is not allowed) she has than proclaimed to be bored 5 times. How long has she been here? 20 min. OHHHH NOOOO



So I call dd in my room and tell her she has the guest and it is part of being the hostess to entertain her. Which she did a great job until little K found the most annoying toy ever made which we had hidden on the top shelf behind the comforter because grandma gave it to her when she was 5. IT is a cute Little Mermaid phone that will not shut off to save its life and she plays with it for the next 3 hours(did I tell you it is really loud too) Ariel needs to be glad she was under the sea that day.



So we ate dinner all the time she complained she wanted McD's I ignored her for fear it would slip that she was a br*t. Finally my favorite time comes you will love this--------BEDTIME. The appropiate amount of giggling occured and finally off to sleep. WE awoke in the morning and took the dear to church with us and meet up with her parents and gave little K back to them We get home and my dd calls me to her room to tell me little K wet all over the sleeping bag and comforters on the floor.



AHHH why did you not tell me before we left? K asked me not to, it had soaked through a sleeping bad 2 heavy comforters onto the carpet K really had to go. We cleaned all of it up, my washer was having serous issues already and after 3 loads of heavy laundry it broke it for good. So we had to go a couple of weeks without a washing machine (until payday) and treated the carpet stain. For the next month everytime dd left her door open to her room the cat and dog would go and mark that spot- this went on for about six months until we got it professional dry cleaned and banished the animals from her room for 2 months.



I know you think this tale is coming to an end but ohh no there is more. Little K calls again in another 3 months and says she is coming into town can she spend the night? I thought yeah right hold your breath little sweetie. Well she calls and calls and calls. My dh and I went on a vacation and returned 7 days later to have 81 messages on our machine. 79 was from K and her family 79!!!!!! The just called and begged and begged and lots of heavy breathing for K followed by uhh's uhh's! We finally called and told them we would be out of town, and there reply was well I think we could come a day earlier so K can come with you Two months later the phone starts ringing again, my dh finally picks it up and tells them he has been transferred to California and that if they are ever in LA to look us up



Come to find out when we were on vacation they called our dance teacher to ask for our phone number(to make sure they had the right number) and reversed the number and called the police to check on us the were "worried!!!" The police ran into our pet sitter who told them, these people were a little extreme and on the scary side. So if you live in Arkansas and know a sweet little girl K with 2 brothers and a sister DON'T TAKE THE CHANCE!!! This could be you!

Logan the Sky Angel Cowboy

This is precious and what a reminder of God's love for us and a reminder of the gift God gave us at Christmas

The Birthday Boys

My dh's birthday was the 12th and ds turned 11 on the 13th, so they celebrate together :)

To Do list for Thursday- Sunday

- pack at least 3 boxes onThursday and Friday

-Birthday party for friend on Saturday unless it snows

-sweep laundry room and pantry area

-return library books

-call TOG for replacement cd

-email landlord and give 45 day notice

-clean master bath

-vacuum living room

-get some more tape, running low!

Wordless Wednesday

Going to call this one Winter Wonderland Wishes

Blogger Friend #11

Please pray for us to find a new rental house, that will be at a fair price and an easy commute for dh. Pray that the move will releave our $$$ trouble. Pray for the stress that packing up brings out in me with dh working 5.5 days a week it is all on my shoulders.
thanks

My to do list for Monday and Tuesday

I am trying to get some things done, we have a move looming on the horizon. So I need to get my act together so I can pull Christmas/December and packing off!

-wash kids sheets- now to get them put it on their beds:)
-plan week 11 of school got week 12 planned too
-pack 4 boxes got 3 big boxes and 2 little boxes and repacked something
-vacuum living room
-wash towels
sweep kitchen

Monday
Leftover spaghetti

Tuesday
leftover fajitas

Menu Plan Monday

Monday
Leftover Spaghetti
Salad
garlic bread out of frozen hamburger buns

Tuesday
leftover chicken Fajitas
rice
ranch style beans

Wednesday
enchilida lasagna (dh's favorite)
DH's Birthday

Thursday
hot dogs with chili (the chef's favorite)
THE CHEF's birthday

Friday
tomato soup and grill cheese

Saturday
bean and cheese enchilidas

Week 19 and 20 Review

Well our Christmas break is now here, and boy are we all happy! So the last two week we have been finishing up for the year and we focused on current events. I don't know how we did it but we finished up our history two weeks early. Wow have no idea how that happened.

The Queen to be
She is doing really well with her math now that we are in the Zeta book. In fact last week she took the next lesson exam accidently got a hundred so we skipped that week, totally different math child! She is doing really well keeping up with her health and received her science score from co-op, she received a 100%. So she should receive a A for her first transcipt grade and in science what are the odds! She turned in her CQLA essay and her writing is quite great.

The Wacky Prince
He is buzzing through his math book and should hit the dreaded fraction book this spring.UGH not another go through! He received his science co-op score and received a B, it is the test that keep tripping him up, they are using Abeka. And he always blows it with matching he thinks every answer has to be used and that is not the case and forget that some are used twice. He does love that class and has learned a lot! He is still doing handwriting, I am not sure it is doing any good but he is still doing it. For logic he is loving the sudoku and we are using Word Winks from Mindware (right now we are doing the samples on CBD).

The Chef
He is working well in his math and has finally hit a good pace. He is really wanting to be a chef now it is all he seems to talk abou. He got a good write up with his co-op science class, they do not give grades for his age. He does not really love the class, I think the class is too full and loud and his very gentle and not into chaos (or what he believes is chaos). He is working through the Building Thinking skills and hopefully will be done with that by years end.

This is a busy week for us, we have two birthdays! I will start packing for the move that is coming up at the end of January, YEAH! We are looking forward to dad not having to commute 3+ hours per day. The money saved in gas, tolls and rent will be a huge help. Hope you have a great week!

Easy Recipes

Quick Lemon Pasta With Chicken
(I have not tried this but plan on it soon! IT looks good and simple)

8 oz. linguini, cooked according to package directions
3 tbsp. unmelted butter
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp lemon-pepper seasoning
1 lb. cooked, cubed chicken (from freezer)
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Cook pasta according to package directions. In a separate saucepan, combine next 5 ingredients and simmer until butter is melted. Add cooked chicken and stir until coated and chicken has been reheated. Add drained pasta and toss to coat. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Serve immediately

A couple of Freezer Meals

I am going to try and prep a couple of these for our Co-op Fridays, it is so hard to go to co-op and be gone all day and not order pizza that night. Here are a couple of recipes I have found.

ORIENTAL SESAME CHICKEN STRIPS
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup orange juice
2 T. soy sauce
1 envelope Good Seasons Oriental Sesame Dressing Mix
1 1/4 lb chicken strip pieces
Mix honey, juice, soy sauce and dressing mix in large bowl until blended. Place chicken strips in freezer bag. Pour marinade over chicken. Freeze.
Cooking Day: Thaw. Thread chicken on skewers. Broil 4 inches from heat or grill over medium coals 8-10 minutes

AND

Cranberry Chicken
4 deboned chicken breasts
8 oz. Catalina Dressing
1 package dry onion soup mix
16 oz. can whole berry cranberry sauce
Cooking day: Mix together dressing, soup mix and cranberry sauce. Place chicken breasts along with sauce mixture in a freezer bag. Lay bag flat in freezer until needed.
Serving day: Thaw completely. Place chicken with cranberry sauce in greased baking dish and bake uncovered at 350 degrees for one hour.

Co-op Registration

Well yesterday was co-op registration day and the kids were so excited, we were lucky enough to get all the classes we wanted. Two of my 1st-3rd grade classes filled up and my older kid class came very close to filling up. This semester since we are moving at the very beginning of the semester I let them pick all but the one science class I need them to take.
MY 13yo dd's classes:
Whose Line is IT?
Dancing with the Stars
Einstein's Lab(Rainbow Science curriculum)
Shake it Up Shakespeare
Mythbusters (we forced her to take it last semester and she loved it)

My 12yo ds's classes:
General Science
Billards
Rollar Hockey
Chess
Mythbusters

My 10yo ds's classes:
Real Science 4 Kids Physics
Taste of Texas
Let the Games Begin (cup stacking class his favorite class)
Chess
Archery

My weather class and U.S. Geography classes filled up and my 4th-6th grade Renaissance Literature Class was just a couple from filling up. So all in all the kids were excited.

Wordless Wednesday

We call this one, " I didn't do it I swear!" By the way this is the dumbest cat ever, so if anyone asks you have now seen her. She is part feral, and will actually try and fetch a ball when you throw it. She is quite strange. ENJOY!

Our Catch up Week

Well this week was suppose to be our projects finish up week for co-op and our TOG catch up week. Well the kids only had a project to work on from home because they were all caught up :) So we basically had the week to work on projects for co-op-only two of the kids had those so here they are and one of our 1920's project.


This is my 10yo book report on Babe Ruth



This is my 12yo bug collection for his general science class, he did not want any help from me that is why his looked so unique compared to everyone elses.



This is my 10yo project for his CSI class. He did it on lip prints :)

Our anniversary

Well me and dh have celebrated 17years together this month. I wanted to share our wedding song that we used, I absolutely love this song. The version we used was the one with Céline Dion and Andrea Bocelli but this one has Josh Groban.



Here are the words and what they mean:

I pray you'll be our eyes, and watch us where we go.
And help us to be wise in times when we don't know
Let this be our prayer, when we lose our way
Lead us to the place, guide us with your grace
To a place where we'll be safe

La luce che tu hai
I pray we'll find your light
nel cuore resterà
and hold it in our hearts.
a ricordarci che
When stars go out each night,
eterna stella sei


The light you have
I pray we'll find your light
will be in the heart
and hold it in our hearts.
to remember us that
When stars go out each night,
you are eternal star
Nella mia preghiera
Let this be our prayer
quanta fede c'è
when shadows fill our day


How much faith there's
Let this be our prayer
in my prayer
when shadows fill our day
Lead us to a place, guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we'll be safe

Sognamo un mondo senza più violenza
un mondo di giustizia e di speranza
Ognuno dia la mano al suo vicino
Simbolo di pace, di fraternità


We dream a world without violence
a world of justice and faith.
Everyone gives the hand to his neighbours
Symbol of peace, of fraternity
La forza che ci dà
We ask that life be kind
è il desiderio che
and watch us from above
ognuno trovi amor
We hope each soul will find
intorno e dentro sé
another soul to love


The force his gives us
We ask that life be kind
is wish that
and watch us from above
everyone finds love
We hope each soul will find
around and inside
another soul to love
Let this be our prayer
Let this be our prayer, just like every child

Need to find a place, guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we'll be safe
Need to find a place, guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we'll be safe

È la fede che
hai acceso in noi,
sento che ci salverà


It's the faith
you light in us
I feel it will save us

"I am signed up for the Homeschool Moms Secret Sister Session #3!"

Wordless Wednesday

We are going to call these sleeping like a baby (DOG)

What Christmas ornament are you?

You Are a Snowflake

You live for the winter - blizzards, cold nights, snowball fights! The holidays are just a bonus!

What Christmas Ornament Are You?

The Bitter Homeschooler's Wish List

By Deborah Markus, from Secular Homeschooling Magazine, Issue #1, Fall 2007

1 Please stop asking us if it's legal. If it is — and it is — it's insulting to imply that we're criminals. And if we were criminals, would we admit it?

2 Learn what the words "socialize" and "socialization" mean, and use the one you really mean instead of mixing them up the way you do now. Socializing means hanging out with other people for fun. Socialization means having acquired the skills necessary to do so successfully and pleasantly. If you're talking to me and my kids, that means that we do in fact go outside now and then to visit the other human beings on the planet, and you can safely assume that we've got a decent grasp of both concepts.

3 Quit interrupting my kid at her dance lesson, scout meeting, choir practice, baseball game, art class, field trip, park day, music class, 4H club, or soccer lesson to ask her if as a homeschooler she ever gets to socialize.

4 Don't assume that every homeschooler you meet is homeschooling for the same reasons and in the same way as that one homeschooler you know.

5 If that homeschooler you know is actually someone you saw on TV, either on the news or on a "reality" show, the above goes double.

6 Please stop telling us horror stories about the homeschoolers you know, know of, or think you might know who ruined their lives by homeschooling. You're probably the same little bluebird of happiness whose hobby is running up to pregnant women and inducing premature labor by telling them every ghastly birth story you've ever heard. We all hate you, so please go away.

7 We don't look horrified and start quizzing your kids when we hear they're in public school. Please stop drilling our children like potential oil fields to see if we're doing what you consider an adequate job of homeschooling.

8 Stop assuming all homeschoolers are religious.

9 Stop assuming that if we're religious, we must be homeschooling for religious reasons.

10 We didn't go through all the reading, learning, thinking, weighing of options, experimenting, and worrying that goes into homeschooling just to annoy you. Really. This was a deeply personal decision, tailored to the specifics of our family. Stop taking the bare fact of our being homeschoolers as either an affront or a judgment about your own educational decisions.

11 Please stop questioning my competency and demanding to see my credentials. I didn't have to complete a course in catering to successfully cook dinner for my family; I don't need a degree in teaching to educate my children. If spending at least twelve years in the kind of chew-it-up-and-spit-it-out educational facility we call public school left me with so little information in my memory banks that I can't teach the basics of an elementary education to my nearest and dearest, maybe there's a reason I'm so reluctant to send my child to school.

12 If my kid's only six and you ask me with a straight face how I can possibly teach him what he'd learn in school, please understand that you're calling me an idiot. Don't act shocked if I decide to respond in kind.

13 Stop assuming that because the word "home" is right there in "homeschool," we never leave the house. We're the ones who go to the amusement parks, museums, and zoos in the middle of the week and in the off-season and laugh at you because you have to go on weekends and holidays when it's crowded and icky.

14 Stop assuming that because the word "school" is right there in homeschool, we must sit around at a desk for six or eight hours every day, just like your kid does. Even if we're into the "school" side of education — and many of us prefer a more organic approach — we can burn through a lot of material a lot more efficiently, because we don't have to gear our lessons to the lowest common denominator.

15 Stop asking, "But what about the Prom?" Even if the idea that my kid might not be able to indulge in a night of over-hyped, over-priced revelry was enough to break my heart, plenty of kids who do go to school don't get to go to the Prom. For all you know, I'm one of them. I might still be bitter about it. So go be shallow somewhere else.

16 Don't ask my kid if she wouldn't rather go to school unless you don't mind if I ask your kid if he wouldn't rather stay home and get some sleep now and then.

17 Stop saying, "Oh, I could never homeschool!" Even if you think it's some kind of compliment, it sounds more like you're horrified. One of these days, I won't bother disagreeing with you any more.

18 If you can remember anything from chemistry or calculus class, you're allowed to ask how we'll teach these subjects to our kids. If you can't, thank you for the reassurance that we couldn't possibly do a worse job than your teachers did, and might even do a better one.

19 Stop asking about how hard it must be to be my child's teacher as well as her parent. I don't see much difference between bossing my kid around academically and bossing him around the way I do about everything else.

20 Stop saying that my kid is shy, outgoing, aggressive, anxious, quiet, boisterous, argumentative, pouty, fidgety, chatty, whiny, or loud because he's homeschooled. It's not fair that all the kids who go to school can be as annoying as they want to without being branded as representative of anything but childhood.

21 Quit assuming that my kid must be some kind of prodigy because she's homeschooled.

22 Quit assuming that I must be some kind of prodigy because I homeschool my kids.

23 Quit assuming that I must be some kind of saint because I homeschool my kids.

24 Stop talking about all the great childhood memories my kids won't get because they don't go to school, unless you want me to start asking about all the not-so-great childhood memories you have because you went to school.

25 Here's a thought: If you can't say something nice about homeschooling, shut up!

Week 17 and 18th Week in Review

Well we finished up our last week of school work until after Thanksgiving I did this because co-op ends next Friday and we always have a lot of projects to do. The kids do have to finish up a CQLA unit this week but that should not take them much time to do and a 1920's project (the older are doing a biography and the youngest is doing a book report on a Babe Ruth biography). We have treats to cook for our co-op celebration and for their last class. We are so blessed to have our co-op it is a huge group of girls and we love it, our co-op has over 100 families that go.

With history the last two week we have studied the roaring 20's and the fall into the depression. Here are some of the books we read, the only other book not included in the picture that I remember is Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry.


Here are some of the history notebook pages we did, each kid did probably 3-4 pages total for the two weeks. I just don't show everything that we do. We just show samples

My 13yo is pluggin away in the Zeta book and is doing really well know that we have moved out of fractions. It is still not her favorite or most gifted subject but she is learning :)

Here is her health that she is using, we are using Total Health by Boe. I like it but I wish it was a little more in depth "health" wise, it does go very in depth with mental and spirtual issues. I just would like something more "health" she might end up doing Abeka health for her high school credit but this has been a good beginner type course
My oldest son is flying through the Delta book and will probably be in the dreaded fraction book by March. UGH didn't we just finish that book with another kid?
here are his current test:

and
(don't you love the extra drawing always included in his work?)

This is a sampling of our other work. I just grabbed the best sampling of the work they have done in the last 2 weeks. My report next week will be shorter, it will also include pictures of some of their projects for co-op. I am so glad I thought to have this has a week off so we can get our act together for the end of semester program. So this will be a two week break, even though they are finishing up some odds and ends for our homeschooling

Wordless Wednesday

This is named, Are you sure you need these kids?

Blogger Friend School #8

Part A
Well our dirty laundry is kept in everyones closet (unless it is on the floor :( and I have not caught it there yet)My kids are old enough to do all the sorting, right know we do not dry it on a clothes line although I would love to return to this. Our HOA does not allow this (they don't allow basketball hoops either aren't HOA great) but when our lease is up we will move and we can hopefully go back to this. We do an average of at least a load a day, although this is an average. We are lucky enough to have our own washer and dryer, no more laundrymat we use to have to do this when our kids where babies.

Part B
I think I am working on contentment. It is something I struggle with and sometime need some reminding that we are where God wants us. It is has been a huge struggle for both dh and I as he has gone back to work for an old employer. He really thought it was going to be just like it use to be but God put us there and it has changed so much, for the better! It is about being content with where God has us.

IF you loved the William Tell mom you will love this

week 15 and 16

Well we have finished WWI (yeah) and have moved into the roaring 20's. I am focusing on the history notebook pages because I haved some questions on how we do our notebook pages. So here are some samples


This is done by my 12yo son who really enjoys studying the icons of each era, especially any cartoons or political cartoons of the time. Geez no wonder he will end up one day being the cartoon artist I am fully convinced.

This is a graph of how many people died during WWI compared to how many died of the 1918 Flu Epidemic. IT was the first time any of them did so they got lots of help.
This is my 12yo notebook sheet by notebookpages.com.


This is my 13yo dd notebook on fads of the 20's she loves doing this kind of thing following the fashions of each era. It is a girl thing.


This is my dd's page on 2 of the 1920's presidents that we have studied we have not gotten to Hoover yet but will this week.

This is my 10yo same fashions of the 1920's notebook page, can you tell it is a boy?

This is his page on icons of the 1920's Felix the Cat



Our other work, I have been focusing on showing our history work because I have been getting so many questions lately about how we do our TOG work. But we do other work and here is a couple of samples.




This is my 13yo dd's math she really struggled with fractions but since moving onto decimals and percents she is doing great! I pray that it has finally started to click with her because she really struggled.



My 12yo geography notebook page it is on Mobile Alabama we are using Trail Guide to American Geography and I really like it, they don't care for the work but what kid does!



This is my 10yo notebook page on Florida, notice the drawings on the bottom, thanks to our cable company (East Pudunk Cable)our service is not realiable and he had to draw instead of printing out pictures.

Look what is living in our garage!

This little bugger was in our garage this morning and was still there this afternoon when we got back from co-op. The thing moved and flung my dh in front of me, it is very huge and scary as spiders go!

Silly Sunday

My stepson is honored today in our Silly Sunday picture of the week. Isn't he precious?

Menu Plan Monday

Monday-Spaghetti
Tuesday-leftover spaghetti(my dh loves this, it is his favorite meal!so because of his crazy work schedule we make what he wants when he is off)
Wednesday- fajitas
Thursday- sloppy joes
Friday- tv dinner/pizza night (it is co-op day so we take it easy mom is too tired to cook)
Saturday- tomato soup and grilled cheese

Week 14 in Review

Hawaii project were due this week each kid had to find out some information(varied with the age of the kid) and they all made a travel brochure. Here are some pictures:

Here is our History, we are learning about World War I and had a great discussion today. I am learning a lot. Let's just hope by the time they graduate from highschool they will know more than I did about WWI, honestly would not be hard they already know all I knew before I started studying it this year.

This is the rest of the stuff. I introduced Sudoku to my oldest two for logic and they are loving it. We also started doing geography notebook pages in addition to our daily drills. Math is coming along great, oldest is doing great in ZETA. We also have some science experiment for co-op we are working on it is our break week. For some reason I posted very little of my youngest work this week, he was here and had great week I don't know why I took only a couple pictures of his week.

And finally a picture of our safety officer/crossing gaurd/keeper of the evil cat, she is enjoying her chewy and only had it for a couple of minutes before the other dog stole it from her, his favorite thing to do. She is our little ole lady in a dauschund body, she takes nothing from no one! She likes to make sure we stay quiet and work or she will howl,its her way of saying,"shut up you noise family!"