Homeschooling a Houseful

Spread the word...

A parent’s right to raise their children as they see fit is a time-honored American tradition, but today it is being threatened. The Supreme Court’s Troxel v. Granville decision in 2000 undermined a 75-year heritage of Constitutionally-protected, fundamental parental rights, which 8 of the 9 justices abandoned. At the same time, a growing body of international law fuels activist judges to legislate foreign standards from the American bench, while treaties such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child would subject parental decisions to government oversight and international review.

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (MI-2) has proposed HJR-42, the Parental Rights Amendment, to stop the erosion of parental rights in American courts while simultaneously defending our laws from international invasion. Please, visit parentalrights.org to learn more about the Amendment, and to join their email network by signing the petition to protect parental rights.

Graduation

Voddie Baucham

Thursday

Word for the week...injuries

A not normal day...which actually happens more often than not

Weekend in Review

Wow, this day ended with a bang

Allergies

Tator Tot Casserole

Thursday...a bit busier than the rest of this week

Today is Wednesday....I am loosing steam.

I like Mondays. It is a new beginning, I am not behind on anything, ready to tackle the week...by Wednesday I feel like I am loosing some of that momentum.

4:00 up and having my quiet time.
5:00 time for ministry again. I really gotta get ready for the board meeting. I am gonna have to carve out some extra time to do that. But not today, cuz I really want to scrap so
5:45 I continue working on my power layouts while watching Dancing with the Stars....wow, what a suprise that was. Oh, I start a load of a laundry of course. You may wonder why on earth I start my laundry so early in the morning. I hate having laundry take all day. It is the one thing I just haven't been able to get over. I have learned how to slow my day down in so many other ways, laundry, I just haven't gotten there yet. Plus, my teens know that the machine is always available for them to use in the afternoon.
6:30 Clean up my room, and head upstairs to get all my littles out of their beds.
6:55 The kids have their breakfast and I am out the door to the gym. We are members of the YMCA and it is less than 10 minutes from our house. Oh, Heide works there too, in the child watch center.
8:45 Back home to get Heide and take her to work, Hilarie goes along for the ride. The price of gas is sure creeping up again. What is up with that? Had to put gas in the car after dropping off Heide.
9:15 Shower, and get going on school with the boys. They add did good with their independent work again, so today we spend extra time on some weak areas they have. Quite a few interruptions this morning with the littlest of my littles. That is always to be expected and the children at the table know that they are to keep working while I handle training and retraining. :)
11:00 History and Bible with the children. We have been learning some simple catechism questions and I am always surprised at how much they remember, even Hilarie, age 3, remembers some of them.
11:30 Joshua makes lunch and we do our clean-up before we eat. I like the house tidied up whenever possible before we sit down to a meal. So, before every meal we all work together and tidy the dining room, living room, hallway, Hilarie's, room and then the boys room. Takes all of 10 minutes usually and actually stays clean about 30...because everyone is at the table eating.
12:30 After lunch chores are getting done and today this includes emptying every garbage can in the house. Tomorrow is garbage day so we also take the cans and recycling bins to the street.
1:00 I go to the bread store and get 10 loaves of bread on my way to get Heide from work.
1:30 School time with James and Hilarie. They are just too cute. 
2:30 Tator tot casserole for dinner tonight. Hilarie puts the tator tots in the pan while Jonathan is browning the hambuger.  It takes about 30 minutes to put it together with my helpers ( I could do it in 5). I find that if I do the prep early then it is a pleasure to have little hands helping.  While we are in the kitchen Joshua and Jacob play on the Wii. It has been cold and damp and we have had several days where the children haven't gone outside...so today I had to turn the Wii on. Each boy will get about a 30 minute turn.

Another Day..pretty much the same as the day before

My day today

This is so important...Parental Rights

What My Mother Taught Me

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE "If you're going to
kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."

2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

3 My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of
next week!"

4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
" Because I said so, that's why."

5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC
"If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to
the store with me."

6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

7. My mother taught me IRONY
"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."

8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper."

9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
"Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"

10 My mother taught me about STAMINA.
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
"This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."

12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
"If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"

13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
"Stop acting like your father!"

15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't
have wonderful parents like you do."

16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait until we get home."

17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING.
"You are going to get it when you get home!"

18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that
way."

19. My mother taught me ESP.
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"

20. My mother taught me HUMOR.
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
"You're just like your father."

23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
"Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"

24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand."

25. And my favorite: My mother taught me about JUSTICE "One day you'll
have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!"

Let's all remember to tell our mothers that we love them.

Crayons

Happy Birthday Heather!!!