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Dec. 5, 2009
THANK GOD IT'S SATURDAY
Posted By Ms. Phyllis
Got up at about 2 this morning. Did schoolwork that included posting to Discussion Forums and answering questions online. Talked on the phone to my best friend who lives in Ohio. My boy made his own breakfast while I took a short nap around 10:30. It's early afternoon and I'm about to make lunch.
Yesterday, my son attended a kid's fitness class. Only he and one other girl showed up, so the instructor let the two moms who were there use the equipment too. My legs were hurting a bit afterwards, but I felt highly energized. Starting in January, I'm going to start some kind of exercise program--probably conditioning and power walking. Okay, when am I going to fit that in?
This homeschooling, training for work, going to school is a lot, but you know, it's kind of energizing too.
I know where there's a will, God will make the way!
Ms. Phyllis |
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Dec. 5, 2009
Two parties and snowflakes!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! We had our first Christmas party of the season Friday morning. We hosted a FIAR party for our support group. We had only 7 kids but the group is slowly growing. Our FIAR book this month was Warm As Wool. The kids all brought a warm item of clothing to the party so that we could send it to Covenant House, a home for homeless teens in New York City. We then did a few crafts, ate lots of great food and played for a few hours. Because all the children at the party were special needs, we had to do lots of balancing of what everyone needed to be comfortable. However, it all went well with minimal tears. In fact, all the tears were at the very end when all the sensory children had had enough.
The dog was a very big hit.
After the party we had to rest and prepare for Round Two. Friday night, we were invited to our huge Family Support Network party for special needs kids. It covers five counties, and there were a few hundred kids present. Of course, I forgot my camera!! Unfortunately, Goldilocks was not able to attend because of her behavior. Often she can only handle one event a day or even every few days. She just could not pull herself back together after party one and was being very rude. Grandma saved the day and babysat her so that the rest of us could still go.
The lady who painted faces did a great job. Here are two of my children. Tom Sawyer is about to fall asleep standing there lol.
Tom Sawyer won a gingerbread house for coming in close in an estimation game. I guess all that work we are doing in estimation is paying off.
Today, we are getting some snowflakes! They will probably not amount to much, but it is nice and Christmassy anyway.
Blessings,
Dawn |
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Dec. 4, 2009
High's and low's from our trip - "What I learned from my vacation"
Posted By WannabeVirtuous in Family
Remember back in elementary school, each new school year would prompt the infamous "What I did on my summer vacation" type of writing assignment? Well, here it is..all grown up, blogger style.
High: Phoenix is still absolutely gorgeous. I'd totally forgotten how much I love that place.
Low: The water is still as hard as ever, and my entire family's skin and hair are paying to price for it now. Hello eczema and dandruff 
High: My Grandma's nightmares of not having enough food were completely unfounded. We had WAY more than we could have imagined.
Low: Apparently people aren't as in to leftovers as we are, and people were literally tossing out food by the pounds! What kinda thankfulness is that?! My hubby and I were begging family members to take home the food, freeze it to have throughout the year, anything! No such luck. People would take a tiny plate of food, wrap it up and turn their nose up at the HUGE army size helpings of food that were left. It really hurt our hearts to just toss the food (we were in a hotel and couldn't take it - though we took as much as out little fridge could handle!) .  My hubby just had to walk away he was so upset...
High: There was SO much family there, some I hadn't seen in maybe 8-10 yrs.
Low: The main family we were going to see didn't make it (my parents, bro, and sisters). Also my aunt (that was coordinating the whole thing) from Cali, and her fam didn't make it either...
Low: I..your faithful "make-everything-down-to-my-family's-seasonings-from-scratch" wannabe...are you ready for this?..made a cake......... from a box mix   ...OH THE HORROR!!!! Anyone who knows me, knows that this is not an exaggeration of my feelings, lol. I haven't made a box cake, brownie, etc, anything in years! However, I was also cooking for people I hadn't seen in years, and this is what they wanted...*sigh* Gotta give the people what they want, right? I couldn't bring myself to actually eat the thing, on Thanksgiving though. It just sat there taunting me as people kept complimenting me on how "good" my cake was...Yeah, whatever, thank Betty, not me....
High: We vegged out watching TV Land, Animal Planet, & History Channel w/AJ, and he actually enjoyed all the oldy type shows, like Bonanza, Sanford & Son, Andy Griffith, etc... Since we don't have TV this was truly a treat for him, and with it being narrowed down to those being the "acceptable channels" he even felt like he had a bit of a choice in what to watch, and he enjoyed "choosing" to watch some very educational shows.
Low: It was confirmed to us that even w/unlimited TV watching being available, one will never be satisfied. He would stay glued to that thing for hours and still have a touch of aggravation w/us when asked to turn it off. Oh well, it was good while it lasted...
Low: My aunt who is known for her Black Friday, doorbuster, shop-til-u-drop, sun up to sun down extravaganza's, and doesn't take no for an answer, recruited me this year as her shopping companion.
High: She decided to go at midnight this year since the local malls were opening then, and also declared that she was only looking for a particular thing and didn't want to be out forever. She was true to her word! We even took the kids w/us (her daughter and my son) and were back home by 2:30am. It really wasn't bad, and I actually enjoyed spending the time w/her.
High: I finally got to meet my brother's girlfriend, and I really like her (we actually even look alike, lol)!
Low: I wish he'd come to his senses and marry the woman!
High: I did all my laundry at the hotel, so that I wasn't overwhelmed when we got back home.
Low: Unpacking still stinks, no matter how you slice it.
High: My SIL offered to keep our dog for us the entire time we were gone (a little over a week)
Low: She secretly despises the dog, and called us daily asking when we were coming to get her. And she (the dog) was infested with fleas when we finally did pick her up.
High: We also had a neighborhood boy watch our chickens for us while away.
Low: They appeared to be starving when we got back, like no one had checked on them in days, and they haven't laid an egg since we've been home...(7 hens, no eggs in the last 2 days)
High: We caught a red eye flight home (1am-9am), so that we were able to enjoy every last minute of our trip, and sleep on the plane.
Low: The sleep thing never happened, a poor lady had her screaming baby 1 row in front of us. I felt more sorry for the mom, and how embarrassed she seemed, than I was for myself not getting any sleep. (BTW remind me if I ever have a baby, DO NOT FLY, lol) . Sooo, we got home about 11am and slept til 5-6pm....
Well, that just about sums it up. We had a great time, and truly enjoyed seeing so much family. It was kinda sad leaving again after being able to spend so much time w/my brother, especially. But, I'm praying I'll get to go back again soon for his wedding (*fingers crossed*). I'll just leave you all w/a pic my hubby took from my bro's apartment of the brightest rainbow, ever.
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Dec. 5, 2009
I'm Still Living
Life has been very busy around our house. So I thought I'd drop a note. I'm teaching full time at the Christian School and still leading Master's Club on Weds. nights. Were getting ready to do some major changes in our children's ministry. I'm very excited about it. I did coach our girls volleyball team for a while but I had to give that up. It became too much. The kids are doing great. I can hardly believe I don't have any preschoolers anymore. In 2 years I'll have one graduating. It just don't seem possible.
I think this will be my last year teaching at the school. I may sub but teaching fulltime is proving to be a little to hard on the old body. Maybe when the kids are older I'll give it another shot but right now with dh going to school and working fulltime, and with what I'm doing it's getting pretty crazy around here. Though it has been helpful with my oldest boy getting his license. I just wish we had a car for him to drive. Oh well someday.
The 2 oldest boys both got speaking parts in the Christmas play, so we've been busy with that also. It's hard to believe its almost Christmas again. I'm so not ready for it. Usually I'm almost done with everything but this year I've barely begun. I don't even have the tree up yet. LOL I wish life would slow down a little so I could catch up.
Wishing you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS! |
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Dec. 5, 2009
Family Advent Activity 5- McDonald's
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About Me
I am a continual work in progress who also happens to be, with much grace from God, a wife and a mom, a homeschool teacher, a college instructor, a business owner and writer, and a servant for the Most High. I pray that you'll be blessed as you share in the chronicles of our homeschool journey.
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