I do not want to be neglecting this blog as I have been, but I have a little Facebook addiction that is getting in the way of regular blogging.  If you are on Facebook and can't stand having to wait for my sporadic updates, then by all means, look me up! 

First, a huge Happy Birthday to my Pumpkinhead!

She turned 6 on Saturday.  Such a big girl!  We had cupcakes at the park, and a birthday dinner at Friendly's.  Yesterday, we celebrated her and my mother-in-law's birthday with a joint family dinner.  My sister-in-law Heather's birthday was also this past weekend.  So happy birthday to everyone!  April is a good month for a birthday... no snow!  (Well, most of the time.)

Secondly, we are observing TV Turn-Off Week.  It's only Monday morning, and we typically don't turn on the TV until lunchtime or so, so it's not a problem at all right now.  J is running around with a Darth Vader costume on, and R is currently supposed to be making her bed, but I hear a lot of singing and giggling going on in her room.  Today is supposed to rain, so we'll be dragging out some art supplies this afternoon!  If you'd like to do TV Turn-off Week, here's an article I wrote with some tips for surviving it.

One other thing that's going on is that we're starting our KONOS curriculum that I found at a used curriculum fair.  The first unit is about attentiveness and hearing.  We'll be reading The Miracle Worker by Annie Sullivan (Helen Keller's teacher), acting out the story in the Bible about Samuel and his excellent hearing (and doing), playing some memory and concentration games, learning some sign language, learning about how the ear works... oh yes, this is going to be fun!

I didn't do my whole menu plan yet... tonight we're having sausage and broccoli over pasta, and tomorrow we're having pork chops, but that's as far as I've gotten.  I'll work on it more later.

Here is a pic of the kids on Easter morning.  We had a nice Easter... church in the morning, an egg hunt and dinner with my in-laws, and relaxation in the afternoon.

Oh, I'm reading the Twilight books!  I wasn't eager to jump on the bandwagon, but John's aunt talked about how good the books were... anyway, I have one or two chapters left in the last book!  They're very good.  The vampires in the book are "vegetarians," so as far as vampires go, they're very mild.  There are some good messages in the books.  I don't want to give too much away, but I do recommend them!

I think those are the highlights of the past few days and this week.  I'll try to rip myself away from Facebook and update more often. Have a good week!