Nov. 15, 2009 - The Pecking Order
We have our own hens out in our coop that give us the best eggs
. We have had them now for a year and a half and have decided to add to our flock. I was not aware or new much about the Pecking Order (Only in Human terms LOL) so i am having lesson 101 on the whole matter, it can get very violent when adding new ones . 
I wrote about this situation on my Facebook page today and had a little giggle after reading what one of my friends said. She said " someone once told me that the Pecking order is like kids that attend school" 
.. I love when I get yet another confirmation on why my kids are much better off learning at home and out in the world. YES there is pecking order in all things, but I will prepare them with their heads held high and that they won't let others push them around or push others back. 3 Cheers for Self Esteem 
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Nov. 14, 2009 - November and at the beach
The weather in Ontario Canada this past summer was nothing to write home about. September was not to bad, and then October Brrrrrr cold again;o( So we just thought that winter was right around the next corner and we would be ice skating & building snowmen before you new it. To our surprise this past week has been amazing weather. We have been to the beach 3 times, not to swim of course but beachcombing has been loads of fun, and rock collecting a great teaching tool indeedy.
I couldn't help to think this week well enjoying the sunshine and awesome beach time with my kids, that the kids in the public system must have been feeling cramped up. Yes they would have had recess and they may have had a really nice teacher that would take them outdoors, but you know what i'm saying??? Right???:o) Just not the same.
Love that nice weather brings people out of the wood work, and to think in just over a month we will be sipping hot cocoa around the Christmas Tree.
Every moment is a time to learn about somthing new ;o)
The BIG beach chairs never get old for the kids;o)
CHEESE;o)
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Aug. 17, 2009 - Summer is keeping us busy
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May. 2, 2009 - April Showers bring May Flowers
April Showers....Bring May Flowers
April was a fantastic month of learning new and exciting things, I mean really, what gets better that Gods handy work??? Nothing in my opinion.
We spent many moments watching the signs of spring, from birds returning to our feeders, to buds poking out on the trees, perennials peeking through the soil after a long winters nap.
Isn't God our best teacher in all areas not just what He shows us in scripture.......LOOK what he shows us everyday around us, I saw the face of the almighty in the sunset last night, and in the bumble bee hovering that tulip today.
Awesome Teacher indeed I say.... If you are worried of what to teach your children or are they learning enough??? God is looking after it isn't He... I still at the age of 30 learn something new everyday that God just needed me to know at that very moment....
Thankyou father for setting the stars in the sky and the fluffy clouds, each of these things with a blanket on the ground become wonderful teaching tools..
Since You came into my life, dear Jesus, I am filled with a fascinating joy. You have given me a new song, and I find myself singing it at the most unusual times.
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God.
ISAIAH
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Apr. 21, 2009 - Reading to our children
With Spring upon us and more days of outside education time, I take full advantage of a comfy blanket a good book and little ones ear to take in a world of imagination. This week we are off in the world of Anne Shirley, Marilla, Matthew....and everyone else related to Green Gables. What a timeless storie and great that the authur Lucy Maud Montgomery is Canadian.. So many things can be added into this reading time that teaches on so many different levels. I write this blog to remind each of us how wonderful it isto read to our children, and that we must not stop when we think they are getting to old for that. I have great memories of times when someone else was reading the story......... pick out a Beloved favorite and get reading
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Apr. 16, 2009 - Moving Right Along
I have really enjoyed the time I am spending on teaching myself before teaching my kids, because being a homeschool rookie can be a little scary
.. I am loving how much stuff the world wide web can offer, even when it is so large and so full and what do you spend time on. I have just in the last week joined a homeschool group that has 18 families within it ..COOL.. Very neat to sit and chat with other Moms that are on the same path in life. Sometimes you can feel like the odd one out.. To carry on in our journey I took the girls to the Public Library and Chloe has her very own card
.. she is so happy about the whole thing... The very cool thing about this library is that all the ones in our county which make about 18 different branches.. if one place doesn't have the book they will find it at another one.. I can do it all online and tell them what Library I want to pick them up at, and they will be waiting for me when I get there.. this is very helpful when you are going with kids and end up not getting to look around yourself.. Anyways.. Things are MOVING RIGHT ALONG.. and we are embracing every moment we can.. Just keep stepping forward.. 
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Mar. 5, 2009 - March
This is an old barn foundation on our land... beautiful place
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Mar. 5, 2009 - Spring is in the Air
Things are busy around our house the last while, spring is coming and lots to be ready for. I love when a new season starts in nature and in life itself, God is so awsome to give us new beginnings. We have started spring cleaning around our house, because if it doesn't get done now the sun calls us outdoors and the indoors get put on the back burner. Everything must get done
. better to put a hold on schooling for a couple weeks, so that we can regroup and do tons of learning outside
..We have our gardens on the brain now and are looking forward to sowing our seeds and watching and learning. We are also building a hoop greenhouse this spring so plans of that are getting on there way tooo.. We still have snow on the ground here in Ontario Canada and the ***** willows are already popping open...Yahooeee SPRING IS A SPRINGING FORTH...
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Feb. 17, 2009 - The Plan
Well with all the stuff happening around our home I need to get more organized( don't we all right)
. Before I was a Mom I was a trained chef and enjoyed that life very much, but life never stays put does it? I am now taking what I know and putting pen to paper and trying to make a meal plan that is changing monthly or even every couple months.. This way I already have a list ready for the store and i'm not tossing things in just because they look good or are a deal. I am hoping that this not only helps us get organized but helps save some money too. I jumped into this today and WOW what a big job to lay it all out and gather meal ideas.. this is going to take longer than a day thats forsure.. Wish me luck..
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Feb. 11, 2009 - God Speaks to the Speers Family
This has never been talked about with anyone, except my husband & God.. For sometime know both my husband and I have felt God place upon our hearts that we are to adopt a baby???? We also believe that this baby is in China???? At this point we wonder how we would have the funds to do this ( the average cost to adopt from China is $24,000..YIKES) But God has spoke again and has told us if we
just start making the first steps that He will provide the rest. I write this blog in attempt to get imput from anyone who has adpoted from another country.. And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. ISAIAH 30:21
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Feb. 8, 2009 - A Sick Mommy
So this last week has almost killed me, I mean really how long can one person be sick for? I have had a cold, flu,lost my voice,another cold, flu and sinis infection, all since before Christmas.YUCK..... I was getting by okay until this week when I just wanted to cry, crawl under a rock and die
. My husband had enough and called his Mom, that would be my mother inlaw and she came to help. She came in took over with the kids, did all my laundry ( this was a blessing all in it self..I hate laundry more then anything in the whole world) I made myself a cup of tea, went to my room did a little reading and fell into a deep sleep for about 3 hours... Is this what I needed? It felt like Christmas all over again. I have now decided that every now and then thats what I need to do, just rest. Not get out of the house shopping for the day, or lunch out with a girlfriend..JUST GIVE ME TIME ALONE AND REST.. This is very important for me to remember in the years to come being a homeschooler,every now and then give yourself me time.:) To end my blog today, is there anything other moms do to help on the sick mommy days? Would love a tip or Two. oh ..P.S.. God blessed me with an amazing Mother Inlaw..
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Feb. 4, 2009 - everyday concerns
It's easy to get bogged down in the responsibilities, to-do lists, and schedules of everyday life. As a result, prayer is often one area of the Christian life that suffers fron neglect. But God gives us each day to live in deep communion and fellowship with Him. Take time from your busy life to share your everyday concerns and praises with God.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.PROVERBS3:6
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Feb. 2, 2009 - GroundHog Day
Today is Groundhog Day, and we woke up this monday morning to sunshine. The trees and anything the frost could lick at in the night was covered in a beautiful blanket, and chloe thought it sparkled like diamonds...breath taking indeed I say. Daddy is home with us today so we had bacon & eggs ( eggs fresh from our hens). Chloe helped me in the kitchen make some banana bread..mmmmmmm the perfect smell on a sunny winters day. When Jorja went down for her afternoon nap Chloe and i sat down & talked about groundhog day and did a couple activities.. The craft we did was our Favorite.. Thats all that is going on with the Speers family today.. HAPPY GROUNDHOG EVERYONE
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Jan. 30, 2009 - Faith
This blog is in response to the WANTED blog I wrote for Chloe to have Pen Pal.
The 3 ladies that wrote all have a Child with the name of FAITH... Strange ...or is it... For the last little while God keeps putting that word/name in my path. For Christmas I recieved 3 different journals that all had Faith on them..with scriptures about Faith. I just laughed at the whole thing UNTIL this blog for Chloe happened..MMMMMMM I thought. Is The Father trying to show me something that I just keep missing??? So I have spent many moments wondering, praying, pondering the Whole FAITH thing.. God hasn't revealed it to me yet, but in HIS time right Thank you ladies for being so nice to want to be involved in Chloes new adventure. The Faith that was chosen was the last girl, due to her age of 4 being the same as Chloe. Thanks again...
P.S. My 18 month old daughter Jorja....her middle name is FAITH....Well and that is a whole other thing on its own of why her middle name is what it is.. God Bless all..
Shelley
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Jan. 29, 2009 - I like my Kids
So even before we planned on homeschooling our kids, I was already a homemaker...And proud of it.... I was so sick of everyone asking.." So when do plan on going back to work?"( My baby only being a couple months old at this point) Is that what has happened in this world, that staying at home loving on your family is considered lazy and not much of a career choice... PLEASE... Am I alone here or is this a common thing.. ?? Is it that strange that I find my identity in who I am in Christ? Hey I went to school I became a Chef, but when I had those little babies everything changed in my world..I LOVE THE CHANGE.. I get to see my kids firsts of everything.....how cool is that..
So the point of the title being I LIKE MY KIDS is... This has happened to me more then once and just has happened again.. One of the guys my husband works with was over for a visit. This man and his wife have a 4 month old boy, who is very cute and is nice to hold when we visit them. So he says to me...." My wife and I had a talk and we have decided that when she goes back to work, we want you to be his care giver" Why is it that because we choose to be home with our kids everyone else thinks..hey Shelley likes kids she loves kids, she can have ours tooo.. . Well I do like kids, but most of all I like my kids.. AGAIN..Is this a common thing? Am I the only one that gets ask?
Thanks for letting me vent.. Would love to hear feed back on this
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Jan. 28, 2009 - New found LOVE
My New found love in life is taking anything and turning it into School:) Chloe has even caught onto the idea, i will be telling her about something and she will stop me and say.." Mom this is homeschooling we are learning right now".. To funny.. On that note we had such a great time yesterday making stuff and doing stuff for daddy's Birthday. Every moment is an opportunity to learn.. 
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Jan. 27, 2009 - Today is Daddy's Birthday
Today is my husbands Birthday and well he is at work we have lots to do to get ready Yesterday afternoon Chloe made daddy some things out of clay, and when they are finished drying we will paint them for a gift. We also need to bake him a Birthday cake & paint him a Birthday banner..lots to do lots to do..And then my in laws are returning my 18 month old ( Who we all miss like crazy. So they will be here for Dinner & Cake.. ON THE MENU.. Daddy requested MAc & Cheese his favorite.. He picked this meal also because he wanted something that Chloe could make too, and to kick it up a notch we bought pasta in mickey mouse shapes..Very fun...
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Jan. 25, 2009 - We did our First Lapbook
Chloe & I after our snowshoe today sat down & put together a lapbook, this way everything was still fresh in her brain. So we created SNOWSHOE FUN.
Looking forward to learning other things and ways to do lapbooks..
We just had to start this very cool tool for learning & awesome that I can file it under W
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Jan. 25, 2009 - Winter Snowshoe
Well Chloe & I did our nature snowshoe, and we had a blast The weather was perfect with the snow coming down oh so light, and the sun shining ta boot. Lucky Us..Thank you Father God for a beautiful day.
Chloe did such a great job on her snowshoes.
Our Big Saint bernard BEN came along for the walk..
We found lots of Tracks and it was fun trying to guess what may have left it
We learned a lot today, but most of all just loved doing it together.
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Jan. 25, 2009 - Todays Winter Adventure
We spent yesterday in Barrie, Ontario with my Husbands side of the family..Our God daughter Piper turned 3 so we did the whole Birthday thing.. We returned home with one less child:( Our 18 month old daughter Jorja went home with the Grandparents.. Jorja hasn't been away from us this long before, but she will be gone until tuesday..Yikes..will I make it that long? When you are used to having life a certain way things just seem different and weird.
Anyways Chloe & I are going to do all the thing we can't do with Jorja with us.. TODAY is a big adventure day.. Daddy is taking us by snow mobile to the back woods and dropping us off with our snowshoes, camera, pad of paper and hot chocolate to keep us warm.. I will post pictures later and show how things turned out..TTFN
