He is so gosh darn handsome!!
Friday, August 17, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Children...
are amazing!! After 2 days of rain, a portion of our yard literally looked like a pond! While I was freaking out about all of the water, the kids were also freaking out ~ "LOOK AT ALL OF THE WATER!!" :)
At one point P said "Ma, we need to build a wooden boat!"
These pictures were taken on Friday. By Sunday, our yard was dry and hubby mowed the grass :) Thankfully our home sits high enough on a "hill" that it remained dry! Phew...
At one point P said "Ma, we need to build a wooden boat!"
These pictures were taken on Friday. By Sunday, our yard was dry and hubby mowed the grass :) Thankfully our home sits high enough on a "hill" that it remained dry! Phew...
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Contemplating...
...a new name for this blog :)
We are in our new home, and mostly unpacked. Everything needed for daily living is unpacked and put away. Life has resumed. Of course there are still some boxes here and there, and alot of boxes in the upstairs toy room, that need to be unpacked and organized. But, for the most part we are done.
This blog has been about our home on the hill from the start. Hence, the title ;) We no longer live on the hill, so it's time for a new name ;)
Thinking, thinking, thinking...
Monday, May 21, 2012
Home Sweet Home...
We finally found it! For over 5 years we have searched for a home near hubby's family. We had actually given up, and were making plans to renovate the house we are in. Then, one afternoon, I was searching on-line for something completely different and decided to check the listings. This house had just been put on the market 2 days prior! I showed it to hubby, he said to call the realtor. We went and looked at it that Saturday (about 4 days later). One week later the realtor called and said there were 2 offerings going in the next morning, and if we were interested, the listing realtor would submit ours with the other 2. Hubby was very interested :) So, the next morning was spent scanning and signing the many pages of the offer. Then, it was time to wait.
Around supper time the call came in from our realtor. The seller's had accepted our offer!! More scanning and signing followed. We are so excited!!
The fun here at this house has already started. Purging and packing for a family this size takes a while, so I started early :) I'm glad I did! I don't feel rushed, I can pack up all but the bare necessities, clean, fix any thing that needs to be taken care of, etc., on my time schedule. It's a great plan!!
I already have some things packed and stored. I've decided to focus my attention on one room at a time until it's completed. I've gone through the main floor rooms with the eyes of a buyer and made a list of things that need to be done. Today, I have my list for the main floor bathroom. I'm starting there... after some gluten free, molasses banana bread :)
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Happy Birthday, Daddy...
The yummy cake K made...
Daddy and M laughing at P's grand finale of Happy Birthday...
S's grand finale :)
Daddy opening all of his amazing homemade gifts!
Monday, March 26, 2012
Monday...
No morning meeting.
Looked up "the big one" for P. He wanted to see a picture of the biggest wave ever!
Lots of Davy Jones and Black Beard playing,
J spent some time on-line independently searching pictures of Lego Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Black Pearl,
P built a ship,
problem solving,
Making wedding clothes for duck and donkey,
P ~ "Mama, why did the captain of the Titanic turn this way towards the iceberg, instead of turning that way? Maybe this way was a shortcut, and he didn't know the iceberg was there.",
Wild Kratts (earthworms),
lots and lots of "WHY?" questions ~ Why are sails and flags made out of that kind of material? Why are boats made out of wood? Why does metal sink? Does plastic float? Why is it lighter than water? Why does this rubber duckie float if rubber sinks? So... this all led to a little experiment:
Does it sink or does it float? Everyone got involved! A few of the things they tried were ~ plastic sucker paper, plastic dish, leaf, rubber duckie, screw, crayon, wood, rubber band and tape, just to name a few :)
Then, while peeling potatoes for supper tonight, I came across this potato:
Hahah.... too funny! The kids all got a kick out of the potato fish! It even had an "eye" on the other side :)
The day wrapped up with K going to a Little Women meeting. S went with us this time, and played with her friend from Little Flowers! It's been a wonderful day, and I'm looking forward to tomorrows adventures!
Looked up "the big one" for P. He wanted to see a picture of the biggest wave ever!
Lots of Davy Jones and Black Beard playing,
J spent some time on-line independently searching pictures of Lego Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Black Pearl,
P built a ship,
problem solving,
Making wedding clothes for duck and donkey,
P ~ "Mama, why did the captain of the Titanic turn this way towards the iceberg, instead of turning that way? Maybe this way was a shortcut, and he didn't know the iceberg was there.",
Wild Kratts (earthworms),
lots and lots of "WHY?" questions ~ Why are sails and flags made out of that kind of material? Why are boats made out of wood? Why does metal sink? Does plastic float? Why is it lighter than water? Why does this rubber duckie float if rubber sinks? So... this all led to a little experiment:
Does it sink or does it float? Everyone got involved! A few of the things they tried were ~ plastic sucker paper, plastic dish, leaf, rubber duckie, screw, crayon, wood, rubber band and tape, just to name a few :)
Then, while peeling potatoes for supper tonight, I came across this potato:
Hahah.... too funny! The kids all got a kick out of the potato fish! It even had an "eye" on the other side :)
The day wrapped up with K going to a Little Women meeting. S went with us this time, and played with her friend from Little Flowers! It's been a wonderful day, and I'm looking forward to tomorrows adventures!
Sunday...
My favorite day of the week ~ the Sabbath! Lots of fun, relaxing going on :)
Started our day with Mass (of course),
lots of drawing,
"Mom, I need to know how to spell...
stacking,
counting broccoli sprouts,
Mario,
Dora,
The Wizard of Oz,
drawing tornado pictures,
watching tornado videos,
Making Music, Praying Twice,
Signing Time music,
singing and dancing...
See what I mean? Fun & Relaxation!
Friday...
Morning meeting ~
Emma and I were the only two at morning meeting this morning. Katie slept in. She went to see The Hunger Games last night, and didn't get home until early this morning :) We started with a continued lesson from The Catechism of the Catholic Church on sin, and another chapter from our current read aloud.
Emma drew another picture of "Vadeeya"
(I got her permission to post it here :)
She also worked on her Friendly Defender Cards (Church and Papacy); completed math lesson 43; editing lesson 29; sketched "Darkitect"; completed lesson 113 in her grammar book; scanned her pic into the computer; looked up "stuff" on Lego Universe. Her goals for today are to read from Famous Men of Rome, complete spelling lesson 12A, and "basically everything else".
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Thursday's Thankful To Do List...
L slept in this morning! This allowed M and me some one on one time. We rocked and read this morning, while everyone slept. It was a great way to start the day...
Now, our Thankful To Do List!
~Morning meeting with K and E... Our morning meetings consist of the girls sharing what they did the day before, learning, or playing, or just being. Their activities and learning are all self directed. They set their own schedule and learn what they want. I micro manage nothing in their day. However, I do request they meet me in the mornings and discuss the previous days activities, it works for us :) So, here is how this morning went:
E read All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor (this is usually a read aloud in the morning, but she slept in yesterday morning and wasn't at morning meeting). Practiced her Friendly Defender Cards on Church and Papacy. Read from Famous Men of Rome. She has recently drawn a new character "Vadeeya", and she chose the colors for her. Later in the day she digitally drew and colored her on Paint Tool SAI. Watched Lego Ninjago. Her goals for today are to basically do much of the same, write about the people she's reading about in Famous Men of Rome, a grammar lesson, work on her digital picture of Vadeeya, and attempt drawing a sketch of a person and then putting a word that best describes them in the background.
K ~Home Ec: cooking and recipes, she is creating her own breakfast and lunch menus for the week. We supply the food/ingredients and she prepares those 2 meals for herself. She read a chapter on celery in Knife Skills Illustrated: A User's Manuel by Peter Hertzmann. She is really enjoying this book; so much so, that we bought her a copy of it. She looked up more sign language, made flash cards for them, and demonstrated them for us: dishwasher, clean-up, Canadian, Canada, Michigan, from, cheat, like, win, and because. She has also been increasing her vocabulary. Yesterday she look up these new words: hemoglobin, homogeneous, hubris, and hypotenuse. She shared the definitions with us. She spent the rest of her day yesterday reading The Hunger Games, in preparation for the premiere of the movie tonight. Her goal today was to finish this book. Her and A are going to see the movie tonight.
We continued to read All of-a-Kind Family as a read aloud this morning. Learned a few new things. The story is about a Jewish family living in New York in 1912. It is actually pretty good. Today we read about Purim Day, traditional Jewish foods eaten on the celebration of Purim, and the fact that Jewish women and children only go to the synagogue on special holidays (I'm not sure if this still holds true).
~Breakfast
~Lunch
~Get supper started in the crock pot this morning supper started but not in the crock pot. The day got away from me :)
~Clean main kitchen window ~ Only got half done :) Such is life in our home....
~“Gluten – Friend or Foe” class at 6:30 pm decided not to go
~Laundry washed and hung on the line
~Diapers washed and hung on the line
~Make beds
~Quick pick-up in all rooms
~Strip E's sheets, wash and hang on line to dry
I believe that's all...
~ The little's all had a great day. They looked through a family photo album,
drew, watched Wild Kratts, helped me hang clothes on the line, played hoola hoop,
practiced writing letters,
played on the swings,
and just enjoyed being together,
Not everything got done today, never does. But, we're good with that. Tomorrow, I'll share the "mud fun" pictures. Time to help M put our favorite lovee's to bed :)
Now, our Thankful To Do List!
~Morning meeting with K and E... Our morning meetings consist of the girls sharing what they did the day before, learning, or playing, or just being. Their activities and learning are all self directed. They set their own schedule and learn what they want. I micro manage nothing in their day. However, I do request they meet me in the mornings and discuss the previous days activities, it works for us :) So, here is how this morning went:
E read All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor (this is usually a read aloud in the morning, but she slept in yesterday morning and wasn't at morning meeting). Practiced her Friendly Defender Cards on Church and Papacy. Read from Famous Men of Rome. She has recently drawn a new character "Vadeeya", and she chose the colors for her. Later in the day she digitally drew and colored her on Paint Tool SAI. Watched Lego Ninjago. Her goals for today are to basically do much of the same, write about the people she's reading about in Famous Men of Rome, a grammar lesson, work on her digital picture of Vadeeya, and attempt drawing a sketch of a person and then putting a word that best describes them in the background.
K ~Home Ec: cooking and recipes, she is creating her own breakfast and lunch menus for the week. We supply the food/ingredients and she prepares those 2 meals for herself. She read a chapter on celery in Knife Skills Illustrated: A User's Manuel by Peter Hertzmann. She is really enjoying this book; so much so, that we bought her a copy of it. She looked up more sign language, made flash cards for them, and demonstrated them for us: dishwasher, clean-up, Canadian, Canada, Michigan, from, cheat, like, win, and because. She has also been increasing her vocabulary. Yesterday she look up these new words: hemoglobin, homogeneous, hubris, and hypotenuse. She shared the definitions with us. She spent the rest of her day yesterday reading The Hunger Games, in preparation for the premiere of the movie tonight. Her goal today was to finish this book. Her and A are going to see the movie tonight.
We continued to read All of-a-Kind Family as a read aloud this morning. Learned a few new things. The story is about a Jewish family living in New York in 1912. It is actually pretty good. Today we read about Purim Day, traditional Jewish foods eaten on the celebration of Purim, and the fact that Jewish women and children only go to the synagogue on special holidays (I'm not sure if this still holds true).
~Breakfast
~Lunch
~Get supper started in the crock pot this morning supper started but not in the crock pot. The day got away from me :)
~Clean main kitchen window ~ Only got half done :) Such is life in our home....
~“Gluten – Friend or Foe” class at 6:30 pm decided not to go
~Laundry washed and hung on the line
~Diapers washed and hung on the line
~Make beds
~Quick pick-up in all rooms
~Strip E's sheets, wash and hang on line to dry
I believe that's all...
~ The little's all had a great day. They looked through a family photo album,
drew, watched Wild Kratts, helped me hang clothes on the line, played hoola hoop,
practiced writing letters,
played on the swings,
and just enjoyed being together,
Not everything got done today, never does. But, we're good with that. Tomorrow, I'll share the "mud fun" pictures. Time to help M put our favorite lovee's to bed :)
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