OK, so it's after one a.m. and here I sit.  Well, I was trying to fix my template!  I think it's a partial victory!!!  Say "YEAH!" for the unschooling Mama!

I got it fixed for the most part, but if you were to scroll down the sidebar you might find that it goes on, and on, and kind of repeats itself a bit.  *sigh*  I still haven't figured that out yet, BUT I DID figure out quite a bit of it all by myself.  It feels good to know that you actually CAN teach an old dog new tricks!!!

Hey, have you been over to the blog awards yet to do your voting???  I believe the voting is only for this week, so get over there and vote for your favorite blogs!  Thank you kindly for the nomination, what an honor!  I still haven't discovered all the unschooling/eclectic blogs out there (of course not!) but have enjoyed seeing those on the nominee list.  I still have to get back over there and finish up with all the categories!  It is so hard to choose isn't it?

My kids and I had an interesting day here.  Since they are "getting older" I feel that they need a little more of my concentrated efforts.  Unfortunately, most of the time I am unable to concentrate on a whole lot

but we keep pluggin away! 

Let me just give you a quick run down on my kids and what they are doing lately.  Oldest daughter made me an Easter dress!  I might have to hang it up and take a pretty photo for you.  She also made one for herself, a lovely long "puritan" looking dress with an apron.  Next, my oldest son has taken up furniture refurbishing.  He has painted and stenciled and re-upholstered a couple of my dining room chairs and I am very impressed!  Next down, my daughter in the middle is learning calligraphy and doing that quite nicely.  She has been singing quite a bit lately and I pray that I can find an outlet for her singing talent.  Baby boy, "8" still loves to cook and he could keep me busy with that venture 24/7.

My oldest daughter has been doing a word study on "Water" in the Bible and is working her way through the Old Testament right now.  She also was invited to a Passover Seder last week and thoroughly enjoyed it.  I started a impromptu unit study on "the Eye" this week with my younger children and they seem to be enjoying it for short periods of time.  They would rather be pretending to solve mysteries instead.  Hmmmm maybe I could come up with an "eye" mystery for them....any ideas?

We had snow, ice and rain here this week and everything was encased in ice for over 24 hours!  All the plants are intact though.  Even our tomatoes, which were already out in the garden did great!  They were safe and snug in their "wall'o'waters."  Although that information might have been saved for my homestead blog.  :)

Enjoy the rest of your week everyone!

Blessings!

Homeschooling Is Life!

Nancy

p.s. don't forget to vote!!!!