|
Weapons Seminar
|
Fish Trap 
|
    |
|
I seriously need to get moving on this blog. We have had such a wonderful school year so far, The children are getting more into it, I think because I am finally starting to figure out who we are homeschool wise, we started out trying to do a structured curriculum and well that flopped, I am not structured at all and my children well they were bored most of the time, so now after testing we have to to find ourselves very ecclectic, we mix up alot and love it. My dear wonderful friend Nichole introduced us to lapbooks and let me tell you we are hooked, I love them, and so do my children, we are going to be doing nature journals this year too, I wanted to start them sooner, but it was waaaay too hot outside, now being beautiful, and much cooler, Autumn, we will be heading out doors a bit more. I can't wait til my children create their drawings. Right now we are doing a lap book on Kenya, Africa and Southeastern Indians, I will post them when we are done..Recently we have gone on 2 field trips, one to Fern Bank Museum and the other to the Etowah Indian Mounds, then next week we are heading back to Etowah ( just the family this time) to an Indian Festival, so I will have to post on that later, It's going to ba so much fun, the children are going to love it.then Oh we are also going back to Carlton Farms again this year, I can't wait. Then in November we plan to go down to Trenton, Ga. to the Agrirama, that is going to be an awesome trip, but it's not official yet, so we will see. Yes Homeschoolers are busy, but we have so much fun. :c) |
|
This is an online Homeschool group, You don't have to live in the State of Georgia to join. |
We went on a field trip to Carlton Farm, and it was so much fun, we plan to go again in the fall when they have alot more going on. the Dairy tour is great and the children loved the petting zoo. If you live in Georgia, you really should visit this place.    |
|
Wow, I really need to get on the ball with this blog huh,lol. but like I said in the blog before this one, we are busy and getting busier by the day. last post I also stated we were using MFW again , and we will be , nut right now we are using Prairie Primer, and we love it , I think we are having more fun this year than we did last year. we have been going to the library alot, which is nice because I love books, and so do my children. we also borrow movies sometimes, but I am very particular at what I let them watch, we don't do TV , we only use the monitor for videos. but this Prairie Primer is nice, it actually belongs to the library, I can recheck it out everytime I need too. and we love little house on the prairie, but then who doesn't . right now we are learning about Louis Pasteur and memorizing Psalm 91, we are also reading Everyday Graces ,which is a book on children's manners , and it is a beautiful book , I really like it , I tried out Miss Manners book on rearing up perfect children, but it didn't keep our interest as much. and we are studing many different animals and learning about our bodies inside and out. we can make wonderful pioneer crafts and meals like ma, we are still doing the nature journals and starting to make crafts from nature, theres so much hands on and reading ,very little notebook work, which I do think penmanship is a must so we do writing time, and math is seperate too, but they enjoy it. I still want to do Latin and other things, but I may wait a year to do that . now onto our lives outside of schooling, we finally sent Flat Stanley home. we coulddn't get alot of pictures of him and the ones we had we didn't get on a cd , but I will post some of what we have here, also we had another birthday, my little Hannah turns 3 on Easter day , so she had an early party for her friends. we did the theme Lamb of GOD , and it turned out nice. I will post some pictures later. well I need to be going , I have to get to my chores. :c) |
|
Well, It's been awhile since I have posted, but as you all may know , a moms work is never done, so life tends to get very busy. I hope all is well in everyone elses world :c) . First off we decided to stick with the My Fathers World Curriculum , due to the price being agreeable and it is a fun hands on learning curriculum, we will add a few extras in there though, I'm praying this year we will be able to join a co-op too, I am really looking for something with etiquette and manners, some Christian Drama, sign language, Spanish , Art , Music, Hands on Science exploration, Field Trips, Keepers at home club , Contenders for the faith club, etc. lol , yeah I want to do alot with them, I think it is good for them to be involved in so much. At home activities would be play dates with friends of course , I want to get the Kinderbach program for them to learn piano, other instruments may come later, nature science , starting on nature journals, sewing, classical music studies, building , most importantly building there character , turning them into Godly people, and ofcourse manners and etiquette are part of that , etc. I could go on and on , but I'm sure you get the picture that we are busy and will soon be busier. just like all homeschool moms and dads . well I do hope and pray all is well with everyone and that Jesus is walking with you eveywhere you go and in everything you do. well I'm off for now, ttyl. :c) |
Ok , I have spoken about Nichole , but I haven't posted any pics so here she is, the lovely Nichole with her beautiful daughter, Princess Myah.  and here are pics of my best friend Laurie and her family   my husband Lewis with Lauries husband Steven ( A very GODly man)     Now there's my friend Esther in Canada , I only have a digital pic of her children  then there's Amanda's kids and again I only have the pics of the children  Here's my daughter Hannah with Amanda's lil man   And here's a pic of some of our church friends  |
|
These specific prayer requests came from women who attended the Conference on the Holy Heart in From Katie Beth Searls, missionary to How can you pray for us here in Pray for souls to be saved, that Hungarians would choose to follow Jesus, that He will give us opportunities and courage to take them and wisdom and language to be able to share HIM, invite, and encourage the ones that He is bringing into our lives. There is a lot of spiritual warfare right now, which must mean that He is doing some new things—but please pray for protection from the enemy and for God’s hand to be on us, keep us clean, and lead us forward anyway!!! Pray for our youth in our youth club that Dan and I will know how to introduce them to Jesus and encourage them In HIM. Pray for our Home English Club student and for hungry hearts. Pray for physical health and protection for us for our girls. Pray for our girls in school (Annie, Susannah, Sadie and Abby) that Jesus would protect them and keep them and make them a blessing and that they would feel His presence and pleasure in their lives. THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!! I hope we can report that Jesus has worked and that some Hungarians are finding Him and following Him and that our little church is growing rooted and established IN HIM!!! From Meg Gettinger, missionary to Could you please pray for Hungarian hearts to be hungry to know more of God, and receptive to His work in their lives? Would you pray for us Christians living and serving in From Diane Dickerson, missionary to Hungary with OMS, teaches English in the local High School OMS is making big changes to how they start churches and generally do ministry. I do think this is a good thing, but please pray that we can all understand it and that we would never stop being obedient to God in all that we do. Abby is newly married and a teacher in a Willy is a sophomore at From Tricia Fraser, missionary to Hungary with OMS We are headed home for six months of deputation on Feb. 2nd. We covet your prayers for us over the next few weeks as we scramble to get everything done before our departure for the States. There are a million little details to take care of, along with some very big stuff. One of the most important things we still need to do is to register Hannah for first grade next year. But first, we need to find a school! There is a dual-language Montessori school that's looking very good to us right now, and we hope to meet with the teachers next week (week of Jan. 15). Please pray that if this is the place for Hannah, that God would provide a wide-open door. We're also praying for someone to stay in our apartment while we're gone, but we haven't found anybody yet. Paying full rent while we're traveling in the Our OMS secretary, Eva Rupp, is expecting her second child in March. Her husband Rupi is the pastor of our Remember all the ministry here while we'll be away. It's still unclear how some of our responsibilities will be divided among the remainder of our team. Pray our church will keep making progress in reaching Hungarians for Christ! And as Feb. 2 approaches, please pray for us as we travel. The kids are very excited, but it will be a big adjustment and we already have LOTS of travel planned. Pray for safety in the air and on the road and for extra grace for all of us. Maybe we'll be able to visit some of you while we're in From Jenni Duncan, military wife in I would like prayer that God would shine on others through me.... this includes that I am walking closely and listening and obeying.... Praying Scripture Jeremiah 29:11-13 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.” NKJ
|
|
Today we finished up our basic learning school book, and now we are going to be getting into the classical /Charlotte Mason side of things. I have my eye on a few curriculums. I do need advice on the making of lesson plans though , so any pointers of schedules and planning are welcome. ;c) The children are doing good with there time skills and surprisingly well with there cursive writing. math is good ,Kelaiah seems to pick it up real quick ,which is nice. I hope to be getting into latina prima soon, I am really excited about that , and can't wait to do all the fun hands on science projects , and I am considering using beautiful feet history for primers. also I pray this year will be filled with more field trips , last year wasn't too productive and I was bummed about that. I am also going to be getting each of the children nature journals , they can start off with drawing what is seen and then get into simple writing ,then go from there. I know this year is going to be different and a HUGE Blessing. I am so pumped up about it all. well I am going to go for now, GOD BLESS you all. :c)
|
|
Here is an email sent to me by Nichole: Have you ever wondered why there are certain shops that are more appealing to you than others? Take a look at the elements that go into drawing in the customer. The place is well-lighted by something called indirect lighting. This means that small lamps and lights behind soft lampshades are coming from corners and places that do not hit you directly in the face or overhead. They seem soft and natural. Secondly, everything is orderly. The shops have the same things where the same things belong. Thirdly, they are clean. You rarely find gum wrappers or used tissues and soiled clothing among the merchandise. Thirdly, everything is beautiful, and even things that are not aesthetically appealing will be displayed neatly and attractively. Fourthly, you want to visit again because there was nothing unpleasant to confront you, and that what you see there is appealing. This is the sort of thing that needs to translate into our homes to make them places of comfort. Home living can be creative and even exciting to you. It takes a lot of study and intelligence to design the shops I am describing, and it takes a lot of thought and effort to make a home a place you want to stay in. I have found some shops online that you might be able to get some ideas from. And, speaking of woman working, and shops, let me say that every woman at home has a home business. If you clean your house and find things to discard, putting them in a box for a summer yard sale, you are in business. If you shop for bargains so that your husband's provision can stretch, you have a home business. If you are guarding your husband's income and investing some of it, you have a business.There is nothing wrong with women earning money. A good wife uses thrift and economic opportunity. The problem comes when she begins to put her family aside, when she has to rush a half hearted dinner, or run through the housework doing a less than perfect job, in order to accommodate her business. If she puts earning money first, her home and family will suffer. I know several women who have never had to work or earn their own money because they took such good care of their husband's money that they now have extra income. Not all women will desire to have a shop or sell things. Some of them are in different stages of life. When my children were teenagers, I wanted them to understand enterprise, so I turned my back porch into a garage sale shop. There, we put discarded but usuable items, with price tags, and some hand crafted things. One of my children made beautiful grape vine wreaths that he sold. Women who make things, often make more than they need, and sell to their friends. That is enterprise. The Proverbs 31 woman gave her garments to the merchant to sell. She did not sit in a shop all day while her home was negelected. Even if your house is clean and you are organzied to the hilt, if you leave it empty day after day, it will not be the same. There is not the same atmosphere there when a woman is absent, as there is when she is home during the day. Her husband can testifiy to this by comparing the days when she has to be away at her mother's house, or when she is not home, and he comes home to an empty house. The atmosphere of home is just not there as much as when she is home all day to put all the finishing touches on everything. You can see the difference yourself when you come in after having to be out shopping or on errands. It takes several hours after that to get a feeling of "home" back into the house. Men whose mothers stayed home, know this. That is why they like to go home for special celebrations. Their mothers somehow put a feeling there that modern homes do not have. That feeling was very simply the presence of the woman. Even if she is not well and has to lay on a couch or recliner, that home feels more like a home than one that is abandoned all day. There is a reason that the Bible says women should guard the home, and guide it. One is to keep others from breaking in and stealing things, and another is to create a sense of ownership and personality in it. This is not to imply that women have to be home every single minute--indeed, that would be impossible, and it is a real treat to go somewhere else and see what is new and what other people are doing, to get refreshed and gather some new ideas for your own dear home. Now let us go on to the shops I was speaking of. I have found many women who have shops at home, and why notT? Little children love the idea of shops. When I was young, we never tired of playing store during the cold winter days when we had to be confined. Instead of waiting for a yard sale to get rid of their old things that they don't have room for, many people are setting up shops online, on ebay, or other places.The beauty of such shops is that they can monitor how big or little they will be. If there is only one product to sell, one time, the housewife will be done with it after the sale, until she decides to sell another product. She can close her store when she wants to. She doesn't have to be a slave to it. |
|
Well we had a good weekend over here . My husband left to go to a mens retreat Friday morning , and didnt get back til Staurday evening . We let Friday be a free day and that night we went over to a friends house for awhile to play and I brought home a nice movie to watch when the children went to sleep. then we slept in Saturday ,which is rare here, we had breakfast and started on chores . I had a good time with the children this weekend , they learned some good behaviors too ,which is always a plus. when my hubby got home the house was in descent order and everybody was cheery. Sunday we actually missed church ,hubby was tired and didn't feel to well ,so we spent the day in rest. I opened up my email box last night and I saw I had 20 emails , I said wow , someone must like me, lol. It was my dear sweet sister in Christ , Nichole ,she sent me some lovely pics and this blog link > http://homeliving.blogspot.com/ , It's a lovely link ,full of wonderful and much needed topics. I will post some of the topics she emailed to me too . well I need to go finish up some things around here , I pray you ladies have a beautiful and blessed day . :c) |
|
Today is a lazy day,cold and rainy.We did school this morning and it took a bit longer than usual, maybe because we all just want to relax, I don't know, but we got it done.chores on the other hand are not really getting anywhere today.My hubby is home today, right now he's napping. He's leaving in the morning to go on a men's retreat in South Georgia for the weekend,We may go to a friends house down the road and have a little spend the night party,but that's not for sure yet.Today is such an unproductive day, I can't really think of anything to do to make it swing by better, What do you ladies do on days like these? Oh yeah ,I forgot to mention ,We recieved a Flat Stanley in the mail recently, he came to us from Indiana , We really enjoy his company, right now he's at a friends house,they took him to the Ga. aquarium, I thought that he might like that,but he will be back with us on Sunday , I will post pics of our progress with him,I have some in my photoalbum now. BTW, can any of you see my pics on the blog page of Kelaiah's face scrub? for some reason there not coming up for me. Well I need to go I hope all of you ladies are having a more productive day than I am.I hope to hear from some of you soon too. GOD BLESS! |
|
Me Scrubbing Kelaiah's Face.  washed up and pretty ( nothing new ) |
very messy 
|
Ok Tonight I did a face scrub on my 4 year old Kelaiah , she wanted to be like mommy . It's all natural so I didnt have to worry about her getting a rash from some chemicals or anything like that. I actually got this recipe from No Greater Joy magazine by the Pearl family. You just use the below ingredients. 1&1/2tspn.Cornmeal - 1/2tspn.Water - 1 tspn. Honey.... Allow mixture to thicken for 1 minute. Massage into face and throat . Relax , leave on for 10 - 15 minutes. Rinse with warm water . good for all types of skin except sensitive skin. Honey is an astringent and is soothing, the cornmeal is a very mild abrasive ,for more abrasive try the grits, I use both mixed. they help massage away the dead skin, dirt, and if you wear makeup, that too . This is great to use 3 times a week. For more natural beauty recipes go to http://www.shoshannagardens.com/pamper . I really love that site . well I hope you all have sweet dreams tonight , I pray that GOD is in your hearts and your homes too. |
|
After breakfast and devotional , school is done , since the children are not state registered til September we are doing only 2 hour School days , but we will soon jump to the legal 4 hours to get use to it. We started off with cursive hand writing today , and then memorization , they are learning how to read a clock too, then we did math problems , puzzles and the Bible . For literature we are reading Jonathan Edwards Biography , The children love Biographies. we also do a health book for hygene and physical ed. , and then some history and science. After school we do chores ,which would be home economics. We will soon finish with this curriculum ,which is just a basic curriculum and start getting into a more classical approach mixed with a little Charlotte Mason ,maybe a little P.A too. I really love the idea of the classical approach because it actually puts knowledge into a childs brain , they get to open there mind and really get tested and I like that alot. A little challenge for the brain is good, especially for children. |