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May. 31, 2007
Fast Forward
The Tuesday after Mother's day was our Awana awards night. Alyssa got her first book award for T&T and earned her Silver emblem. Brendan finished Sparks this year and received his Sparky Award plaque. Chase, who has been in Cubbies with me since he was a year old, ended up cramming 2 years of Cubbies into 4 years and is now done having finished 3 books.
Memorial Day weekend John took Thurs through Tues off and we had what has become our local vacation tradition. I really like vacationing here in Sacramento as we get to sleep in our own beds each night which is a big plus.
Thursday we had baseball games so we stayed close to home and did yard work, etc.
Friday we headed to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and had a wonderful day. It was our first time there and I think it was actually better for us than Disneyland.
John took the big kids on the rides they like and the little ones and I did kiddie rides and saw the animals and shows.
We saw a dolphin show, sea lion show, whale show and a Looney Tunes show.
Emily was invited up on the stage at the end of the Looney Tunes show to dance with the characters.
Oddly enough, everyone's favorite attraction was Jack-o the Walrus from the movie "50 First Dates." This walrus actually loves to interact with people. We stopped by to see him 3 different times and he was right there at the glass each time, entertaining the kids. He would tap on he glass just to get you to tap back.
We ended the day on the one ride we could all go on together - the water ride - and ended up getting completely soaked for the ride home.
Saturday John took each of the kids out individually for some one on one time.
Sunday after church we packed a picnic and headed back to our favorite park across town.
Monday, we took the kids to visit the veterans section of the local cemetery and then we headed over to see Shrek the Third. Not a great movie but one the older two wanted to see and it was quite an event as it was the first time we've had the whole family in the movie theater. Even the oldest kids had only been in the theater 3 other times so it is rare enough that it is seen as a special event.
Tuesday launched Tournament Week for baseball. Brendan and Alyssa are both undefeated so far in the Tournament. All 3 of the kids have games tonight (Thursday) and then Alyssa has 2 more games tomorrow and the boys both have games on Saturday (assuming everyone keeps winning). Brendan's team is definitely favored to win the tournament having lost only 1 game all season. Alyssa's team is likely to come in first or second, which either way, means we have to play every game.
Saturday is Alyssa's closing day festivities which is a day long event but we will miss much if not all of it as we have the boys games in the morning. My dad is entering his second Legend's Car race on Saturday as well. If we can, we will try to make it out to the race track in the afternoon to watch him. It is a 2 hour drive so it may not work out.
All in all, I'm very glad that the schedule will change dramatically after this weekend. We will have our evenings at home and our Saturdays to ourselves for awhile. Soccer starts the first of August but we have lots of summer fun to get to between now and then.
We are done with school with the exception of Brendan's math. He only has 2 chapters (10 days) to go but if we don't quite make it, oh well.
Emily is fully potty trained (except during the night). I am still pinching myself at how easily she trained. It was so painless, it almost doesn't seem real.
Well, that catches things up on the blog. Now that things have slowed down, hopefully future posts will be in real time. |
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My name is Tiffany. I am a 39 year old mother of 4. My husband, John, and I planned to homeschool even before we married 17 years ago but it would be several years before our oldest would be ready to start on this journey. We had our children in alphabetical order, quite by accident at first, but once we got started, we figured we had to keep it going. They are Alyssa 10, Brendan 8, Chase 6, and Emily 3. Our 4th baby, D, miscarried at 13 weeks. We have no intention of making it to Z.
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K4
Sing, Spell, Read & Write K
Saxon Math K
AWANA Cubbies
Ballet
Tap
K5
Sing, Spell, Read & Write 1
Horizons Math K
AWANA Sparks
Gymnastics
Soccer
1st Grade
ACE/SOT -All Subjects
AWANA Sparks
AWANA Grand Prix
Piano
Soccer
2nd Grade
Pathway Readers 2
Bob Jones Math 3
ACE English/Word Building
Beautiful Feet History
Apologia Astronomy
AWANA Sparks
AWANA Grand Prix
Sparks-A-Rama
Brownie Scouts
Piano
Soccer
Softball
3rd Grade
Pathway Readers 3
Saxon Math 54
Abeka Language 3
Spelling Power
Beautiful Feet History
Apologia Astronomy/Botany
AWANA T&T
Brownie Scouts
Piano
Soccer
Softball
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K4
100 Easy Lessons Reading
Saxon Math K
AWANA Cubbies
Floor Gymnastics
T-ball
K5
Sing, Spell, Read & Write K
Alpha Omega Math K
AWANA Sparks
AWANA Grand Prix
Soccer
T-ball
1st Grade
Sing, Spell, Read & Write 1
Pathway Readers 1
Bob Jones Math 1
ACE English/Word Building
Beautiful Feet History
Apologia Astronomy
AWANA Sparks
AWANA Grand Prix
Sparks-A-Rama
Soccer
Baseball - Silver Medal Team
2nd Grade
Pathway Readers 2
Bob Jones Math 2
Abeka Language 2
Spelling Power
Beautiful Feet History
Apologia Astronomy/Botany
AWANA Sparks
Soccer
Baseball
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K4
100 Easy Lessons Reading
Sing, Spell, Read & Write K
Saxon Math K
Beautiful Feet History
Apologia Astronomy/Botany
AWANA Cubbies
Soccer
T-ball
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