We finally made our history timeline.  We are using Mystery of History and some kind person posted that there is a yahoo group for MoH.  So, I joined that group and in the "files" section there are all the figures I need for my timeline!!!   That has been the hold-up on the whole project...where am I going to find all of these clip art things??  I know you can buy them somewhere but I never got around to that either.  The whole project just seemed very overwhleming to me.  So, I was more than excited  to find all the figures I needed to get this thing going.  I printed the figures and my son colored them.  I laminated them and put velcro on the back of them.  I bought a "project display board" at Staples for about $10 which was waaaaay easier than attempting to make one myself.  I put velcro lines across the display board and my son stuck the figures on.  It took about 2 hours or less and it looks really really nice.  I am so thrilled because I have been meaning to do this forever.

We also have our flowers growing in our flower garden.   When we moved to this house we planted bulbs hoping to see some flowers in the srping. It worked!  It's funny to see the flowers now; I remember how pregnant and horrible I felt trying to explain to two boys how to dig holes and how to put the bulbs in.  Seems like a long time ago.  Now we have nice flowers and a beautiful healthy  who is two months old now!

Speaking of my little baby, I forgot to post that at exactly 2 months of age, she found her thumb and has been happily sucking it ever since!  She is a "boo-hoo" baby and spends most of her day crying...particularly after 3pm or when I'm really trying to clean something or cook something.    (The crying is getting better each week but she still is a high need baby).  So, the idea of her actually being able to soothe herself is a very good thing! My oldest son sucked his thumb and my daughter (3) still sucks her thumb.  Some times I find the baby and my daughter (3) sucking their thumbs together on the bed! 

My son (7) bought himself a bike with the money he earned from a few months of chores (it was an inexpensive bike and I pay well for mopping/cleaning the bathrooms!).  He completely outgrew his old bike and now my other son (5) has a new bike to practice on.  Anyway, my son (7) still cannot ride a two wheeler but that is OK.  He takes his time with those "athletic" types of things and then does fine when he is ready. I've learned to give him his space and let him do things at his own pace.   He is so tall that the size bike he needs does not come with training wheels...we had to buy them separately and put them on.  So, my son (7) got his first lesson in working, earning money and being able to buy something that you really love!

Have a blessed day!

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Posted by MarlaMom

My daughter, age 7 1/2, just learned to ride a bike herself this past week. She had training wheels on it last summer (it was her first bike), but we never got around to weaning her of them. Finally, the snow melted and we decided to take those things off. She's one of those kids who can be brave about some things, but with other things she can get it in her mind that she "just can't do it!" Anyway, I took her out on to the road and held on to her bike and told her, "By the end of the week, you'll be riding your bike!" (After she just told me she could't do it). She said, "I will?!" I told her yes, and, sure enough, the next day she learned to ride her bike by herself. Our neighbor, age 9, held on to it and ran with her (something I can't do very well) and then let go and she was able to do it on her own. I was so glad. She kept saying, "Mom! You were right!" My second oldest just turned six. I think I'm going to skip the training wheels with her. For my oldest one it ended up being too easy for my husband and I not to take the initiative to teach her.

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