Baby will be here any day now and we still don't have a good boy's name! Please leave a comment with your baby boy name suggestion if you can...we are taking everything into consideration!

School has been great this week - we are trying to get lots in before the baby gets here. We are finishing our 6th week of study on the African grasslands and its animals. It's been a fun study and the kids have learned a lot. Today we also got to make Bison masks, and we will be making an African diorama later this week. Riley's handwriting is improving and she is enjoying it more as well! PTL! Quinn wrote his name (legibly!) for the first time today too!  I really like our new curriculum this year; everything ties together and flows well. For example, while we are studying the grasslands, our readers, science, read-alouds, language arts, crafts, Bible, etc. all correlate. The only additional things I need to add are handwriting and math.

The kids also had their weekly co-op today and it is going so well! This week was "book club" and they studied Johnny Appleseed. They each got to make lots of apple crafts, puppets, a tree and more. It's a fun co-op and the kids really enjoy it.

I snuck in some late afternoon "me" time with a run to Auntie Anne's while I was out running errands by myself....yum!! Oh - need I mention that Auntie Anne's was nowhere near where I was running errands??  Ahhh....the simple pleasure of some time alone! I love their garlic pretzels and their yummy lemonade!

The kids started Awana tonight and seemed to like it. It is not at our church, but we do know some families in this Awana program already. Quinn is old enough to attend now and he was very excited! He seemed a bit timid at first, but was quite happy when we picked him up.   They each got their own book and will get their own vests soon, as well. Brad and I spent some time together on a quick date while we could! We had about an hour before we had to pick up the kids so we ran to the mall and went out for dessert...it was just a nice day!

Off to sleep peacefully while I can before the baby gets here!