Today
we girls are going to get our hair trimmed. The lady who trims it knows
how we feel about ladies and long hair and she does a very good
job. I am excited to get out a bit and to also have the dry ends
snipped. It doesn't ever look different but certainly does feel
different!
School is going quite swimmingly. I am glad to be
getting into the groove again and so we can get on with the year. It's
hard to get up to speed after taking a break. I really need to sit down
with the record book and write in all of our doings for the week. We
did so many things and I want to make sure that I don't forget anything
and get it all recorded. I have done much better this year than in past
years with being diligent in keeping it up to date. Another new thing
I've done this year is I keep everything recorded in the same book for
all three students. I have a colored pen for each child(ex. Brittany is
pink, Dalton is green, Samuel is orange). For the shared projects, I
record it in black and put a dot for the color of the child who
participated. For instance, we played Scrabble Monday evening and so
when I record it in the book, I will write Scrabble under
spelling/vocab in black and then a pink dot for Britt and a green dot
for Dalton. This new system keeps my sanity instead of keeping up with
three record books. I may keep three students- max per book and when
adding more students start a second record book.
Today I enforced a rule to the two older children that if they speak harshly
toward a sibling that they will have to serve that sibling by doing one
of their chores. I may just let that offended sibling pick which chore
they want to hand over. This was enforced this morning and so far, so
good! Although, I know it's coming! I just know it! I will be tested
and I shall prevail! I really think it's a nasty bad habit that I allowed to go too far.It's
all mine and James' fault but we will fix the matter. You know,
our children have really good hearts---I can see that and this is just
a bump in the road that we have to smooth away.
Tonight I
think I'll make pizza. Everyone here loves homemade pizza. I may stop
at the store on the way home and pick up some pepperoni. The guys all
love it here. Oh, and I need to fix a salad as well. Yummmm!
Hi Susan,
Always good to read your blog and your "Homestead" post. I hope your hubby will feel all the way better with his headache...thinking of you all.
Your hair is so pretty....I am in the process of letting my hair grow out. After reading the book..."Created to be His Help Meet", I see this is God's desire for us...our crowning glory. I love that. My hubby is excited about this also.
I wish you all a beautiful fall day...take care and blessings..
Cathy
Yummy, the thought of home made pizza is making me hungry, hope you all enjoyed it. I have really enjoyed reading your blog this evening, its fascinating to read of the similarities and differences between all of our lives. I'll definitely be back to read more.
Well done for getting the shadow man thing sorted, I haven't gotten that far yet in my blog.
I am the wife to one, James, and the mother of six here on earth and one in the presence of the Lord, with another due Sept./08'. We are in our tenth year of homeschooling. We are conservative Christians striving to walk closer to Him daily.
toward a sibling that they will have to serve that sibling by doing one
of their chores. I may just let that offended sibling pick which chore
they want to hand over. This was enforced this morning and so far, so
good! Although, I know it's coming! I just know it! I will be tested
and I shall prevail!
I really think it's a nasty bad habit that I allowed to go too far.
It's
all mine and James' fault but we will fix the matter. You know,
our children have really good hearts---I can see that and this is just
a bump in the road that we have to smooth away. 
This thought by 
Always good to read your blog and your "Homestead" post. I hope your hubby will feel all the way better with his headache...thinking of you all.
Your hair is so pretty....I am in the process of letting my hair grow out. After reading the book..."Created to be His Help Meet", I see this is God's desire for us...our crowning glory. I love that. My hubby is excited about this also.
I wish you all a beautiful fall day...take care and blessings..
Cathy