Homeschooling a Houseful

5:21 AM, May. 28, 2009 .. 1 comments .. Link

I haven't had time to blog the last couple weeks. The weather is getting warmer and that means things get a little more difficult for Hilarie. Yesterday she woke up and she looked great. By the end of the day her legs were pretty bad, but her face is so soft. I started up with the steroid ointment and that is really helping. The problem will be when I stop, her skin will get worse. It is a vicious cycle because if I use the steroid cream all the time it also stops begin as effective. We have many different prescription creams and I switch them as needed. I really don't like using all the prescriptions, but at this point haven't found an alternative...and I have tried many, many different things.

Because her skin was so much better today with almost no open spots I let her play in the dirt. She loves the dirt and I think dirt is good for children. I am careful with Hilarie and dirt because of her skin. Here is a picture of a delightfully dirty and happy Hilarie:

I had a birthday last week, turned 46. We had a great day. My girls made Taco Soup for me and brownies. Heather and Dan and Hollie and Carter all came over to have dinner with us. Dinner is always fun when everyone is over. Lots of laughter and silliness. Newlyweds are so funny.

Hollie is getting married in less than a month. I still have some shopping to do to get my family dressed for the wedding, but I have my outfit...whew, that is the toughest part for me.

Heide picked up some extra shifts at work this week so I have been driving...and driving. Today and tomorrow will be lots of driving. I am glad everything is close, but it still really interrupts the day when I have to leave for 15 minutes every couple hours..it feels like every couple hours.

I will be heading to the gym this morning, gotta find a book. I just finished book 6 of the Mitford Series and I don't have the next book. I am reading Home School Heroes by Christopher Klicka. This is an excellent book about the battles that have been fought in order to gain our freedom to homeschool. Every home schooler should read this book.

Well, I need to get moving, I still haven't started a load of laundry, great, behind already. :-)
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Love the dirty Hilarie

4:49 PM, Jun. 2, 2009 .. Posted by nowimscrappin
My daughter Emma, who is 4 now, hasn't met a dirt pile she didn't love. She can spend HOURS digging in a dirt pile to the point it takes many wipes to find the skin under a fingertip!

Happy to see you're blogging again and congrats on wedding #2!

~Nancy

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