One week down...

I think the first week was quite successful, even with the new "no t.v." rule. We weren't able to do the science experiment that I had planned because I fell and fractured my wrist and ankle so we put it off until next week.

Friday night, the kids asked several times if there was a restriction on t.v. for Saturday morning, and since I'm not that cruel of a mother, I told them to have at it. Well here is what we saw when we came in the playroom Saturday morning:

(you would think the t.v. was 3 inches big with how close they are but it's not. It's actually a 20 inch t.v..)


















Is this a picture of deprived children who have never ever watched t.v.? They were sure acting like it!!

Paper panties

Josie reminded me of a funny thing she did several months ago and I never sat down to blog it so here it is. I hope you get a little chuckle!

Several months ago, I was slacking on the laundry and the girls ran out of clean panties. I hurry and put some in the washer and told the girls that they would have to wait to change out of their pj's until the clean panties were ready. Well, this was not the answer that Josie wanted to hear. She decided that she was going to make her own panties.......out of PAPER! I didn't know what she was making at first so when she came and asked me for scissors, tape and paper I gave them to her and was pleased that she was going to do some kind of art project. After some time I heard Josie getting upset in the other room so I went to check on her. Here she was butt naked trying to put her feet into some paper concoction and was getting mad because it was tearing. Here's how the conversation went:

Me: "Josie, what are you doing?"
Josie: "Trying to put my panties on that I made!"
Me: "You made some panties?"
Josie: "Yeah, and they aren't working. I didn't want to wait to change my clothes and decided to make my own panties but they're not working!!" (she starts to really cry!)
Me: "Oh Josie, I'm so sorry that I didn't have clean panties for you this morning. But you know what, I don't think panties made out of paper are going to work."

That sweet girl! She was so determined to have clean panties even it she was going to get a massive amount of paper cuts!

So, the other day I was sewing/making some panties for the girls from a pattern I found on the internet. Josie came over to see what I was making and when I told her she said, "Mama, remember when I tried to make my own panties? Well, it didn't work so maybe you should not make any either. I don't want you to be sad."

She was thrilled when she saw the panties I made and even said they were very comfortable to wear. Fabric panties > paper panties!

School time!

Wow, this summer RAN on by without even waving at us. Completely uncalled for and unacceptable!! The new school year creep up on me and I was in a frenzy this last weekend to try and accomplish all I wanted to do before the first day of school arrived. Our first day of school was quite successful. The kids were excited and dove right into their new books. It warmed my heart to see them so excited to do school work. When you homeschool, you don't get the "first day of school" photos that you would normally. My kids stayed in their pj's until lunch time so my pictures wouldn't have been that pretty (especially with some of the hairdo's that they woke up with!).

Last night, for Family Night, we talked about the school schedules and what was expected of each of them. We even put a new rule in place. Most of you that know me, know that I have never put a limit (time limit) of TV watching in our house. I know, I know.......blah blah blah. I don't want any lectures or mean comments! Well, Thayne and I decided that we would make a new rule about TV watching. There would be NO t.v. watching during normal school hours (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.), even if they finished all of their schoolwork before noon (which they almost always do). We feel like they need to be more active and sprawling out on the floor to watch t.v. wasn't our idea of a being active.



At Family Night, they all were fine with the new rule which was a shock to us. Well, when the rule had to be enforced.......well.....let's just say the pouting, crying and begging began. It was like they were begging for their drug they were addicted to. I do have to say that if Thayne wasn't here I think I would have gave in. They were missing their favorite shows, there was nothing to do, life sucks....etc. etc.. They were all counting down the minutes until 3 p.m.. I think after a week of this new rule, things will calm down and it will just be apart of the schedule. I'll let you know how it's going!

Belated Kindergarten Graduation

I was going through my pictures and realized that I didn't post any pictures of Indi graduating from Kindergarten. She had a great year and we all loved her teacher, Mrs. Lane. She was the perfect teacher for Indi. Mrs. Lane is the main reason I left Indi in public school. I think that Mrs. Lane was sad that she wouldn't see Indi next year around the school because she sure had a sad face when I told her that we were going to homeschool Indi next year along with her siblings.

The class learned a song that they performed for the parents. It was so cute and you could hear Indi over all of the other Kindergartners.


















Here's Indi with ALL of her work she did all year. I think it was suppose to be kind of like a portfolio but it was HUGE.
























Here's Indi with Mrs. Lane. School wasn't even out three days and Indi was in tears saying how much she missed Mrs. Lane. I have some big shoes to fill next year as her teacher!