Happily married for 12 years. Rog is a fulltime FireFighter, as well as the training officer for the volunteer department in our community. Firefighting is not just a job, it is a way of life - for the firefighter, as well as the family of one. It is an adjustment, an attitude you have to have. You have to be ready to let him go at a moments notice, without knowing when to expect him back home. You have to let go of your 'what-if' fears and stand proud of who he is.
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Greater love hath no man than this, a man that lay his life down for his friends. John 15:13
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as a homeschool mom...
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Being a homeschooling mom to 9 year old girl/boy twins is not much easier than being the wife of a Firefighter, but God placed me here for some reason, so I might as well enjoy the ride! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Well, we got a CD in the mail from Maestro Classics and I showed it to the kiddos and it disappeared! I *thought* for some reason it was Peter and the Wolf, but when I look at the website, it may have been The Tortoise and The Hare. I haven't seen the thing since I opened it. I have had a rule that the items for review needed to be returned to 'the spot' once they were finished with it, until after the review and we found a new home for it ~ well, they haven't finished this one yet! They have it going when they are playing, they have it going when they are reading, they turn it on at night to go to sleep with it.... I hear it down the hall at various times.
Just confirmed ~ it was Tortoise and the Hare that we have ~ and since I brought it up, they went and turned it on. And they asked if they could listen to in the car when we go run errands!
Go check out the website ~ there are a few classic choices and I think they are running a pretty good deal right now!! I guess I am off to listen to the Tortoise and the Hare again while we do math!
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I know my reviews haven't seemed all that positive lately, but for some reason, the things just haven't interested my kiddos. That changed with this one!!
We were provided with a 45 day access to Mathletics. They were nice enough to provide us with a user name and password for each of my kiddos and they really had a great time with it. When they signed in, they were put on a 'team'. My kiddos thought Team USA was really cool! They had access to all different levels and they played on several of them. Even though they are 4th grade, they had fun going to the 2nd grade level and playing the shape games and then going to the 7th grade level and trying things there.
We have reviewed a few math items this year, mostly just drill type items, and this was by far their favorite.
As a side note, Mathletics is also home of World Math Day. Which I had never heard of until this trial period.
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Samantha had her very first, in front of tons of people, piano recital today! She was very nervous - she learned a new word some where - stage fright - and she had used it a time or two! She was dressed and ready to go and I was very proud that she didn't seem nervous about it. When got to the nursing home and she was number 8 on the list. She stood by waiting patiently! One younger girl before her messed up (scared the little girl) so I told Samantha that if she messes up, just pick up where she knows where she is and keep going. She watched her teacher and when it was her turn, she marched right up there and put her book up and started playing! She only missed 1 note, but had some issues with her book staying in place, so she had to adjust it a time or two. She did wonderful. When she was finished, she grabbed her book, walked back over where we were, found me and STARTED BAWLING!!!!! Her nerves must have gotten the best of her ~ she said that she was crying because she was glad it was over and she made it through! I did tell her once good thing was that she had made it through her 'first' and she would never have another one, so there should be no more stage fright issues - she said that she was going to be 'not so nervous' at the spring recital.
As part of The Crew, we received a trial membership to Tektoma, which is a website for game tutorials for kids. I checked out the site, I had a little trouble with the downloading (but I think most of that issue was my computer) made sure that I approved of all on there, then showed it to the kiddos. Samantha played on it for just a minute or two, but wasn't interested and I never could get her re-interested in it. Riley got on there and spent about 30 minutes, and told me he didn't care for it.
I guess they are not really the gaming type?
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