We have had a busy week at my parent's house canning food. Of course I had to bring the team with me so it wasn't as productive as it could have been. We had to wait for some very stubborn pears to ripen. We were able to can 24 quarts of peaches, 18 pints of corn, 6 half pints of peach jelly, 12 half pints of salsa, 36 quarts of pears and 8 jars of pear jelly.
We were also able to take in the Hillmar Cheese Factory while we were in Central California. Unfortunately you can't tour the actual cheese factory because of those darn health codes. We got to watch a video and then then kids got to do and interactive ice cream activity. They got to shake jars of rock salt and ice with baggies of cream and sugar in them until it froze. I had to drink mine because I let sweet baby help and well, he didn't shake very well. It was still tasty though.
The team was happy at Nana and Papa's because they have a pool. They spent quite a bit of time in the water. Sweet baby couldn't wait to get in, but his idea of getting in the pool is just to walk off the side into the water. Needless to say it was exhausting to watch him in the pool. We tried to keep him inside most of them time and just let him go in the water once a day. Usually before bed as it was hot in his room and that helped cool him down.
Everyone is happy to be home again. It was so nice to come down the mountain into our beautiful valley. Sweet Baby yelled "Daddy" when we hit the driveway. He knows where he lives and who is there. He was so excited to be back in his house. The team was excited to be with daddy again. He wasn't with us this week as he had dragons to slay. They do love their daddy though. So after lots of kisses and tickles and loves everyone was off to bed and slept soundly in their own beds.
So we are back home and back to school planning. My goal was to have my lesson planned for the whole year before school started. At this point I will be happy to have the first month planned. If I only had one grade level to plan it was be easy, but with 3 to plan it is slow going trying to coordinate what everyone is learning. But school is scheduled to start 1 week from today, so I have to go get ink and finish printed and putting together lapbooks as well as going through all the curriculum books and writing my lesson plans.
For right now I am just happy to have a few moments to jump in a shower and put on some clean clothes.
Ta-Ta For Now.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Another Blog?
So I have several other blogs that I mostly don't write in. I have a homeschool blog that I think I blogged in once. I have a blog that I started when I was in the hospital waiting for Sweet Baby and his subsequent stay in the NICU. It seems weird to write in that one because it was started in the hospital so I blog in there when the kids are sick. Then I have one I started to post crafts that I complete, but let's face it I am raising the team and I don't get much time for crafts. I might post my new school room on both that blog and the homeschool blog though. I thought a new blog where I can just blog about our lives and daily living would be better than a topic specific blog.
So I will start this blog with a little info about me and my family. I am a stay at home/homeschooling mom. My hubby has a great job he loves in law enforcement and we are raising four boys.
We have the D-man who is 8 and starting 3rd grade. He is very tall he comes up to my shoulder (of course I am only 5'4") so people think he is older than he is. He is my big hearted boy, he wants to do all things that help people and animals. Of course I can't get him to help around the house?
Then we have Crab Man he is 5 and we will be starting kindergarten this year. He is Crab Man because he is just crabby, since he was born. Everything in his life is drama and if there isn't any drama going on he creates it. Especially when it means he can make Arnold scream.
Next we have Arnold he is 4 and will be doing Pre-K work this year. We call him Arnold because he has this perfect little body and makes us think of a young non-body building Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is the very sweetest of little boys well until he started showing the terrible twos at almost 4. Before if you said no or things didn't go his way he would say "ohhhh" in his very sweet voice. Now if he hears no or things don't go his way he hits the floor kicking and screaming. Not so cute, but he is still very lovable most of the time.
Lastly we have Sweet Baby, who is probably upstairs as I type, screaming and crying for someone to come get him out of bed. He is our precious miracle, he was born 12 weeks early after a very difficult pregnancy. If you want to read about that drama you can start here. He spent 66 days in the NICU and came home on oxygen. Now he is 19 months old and he is walking, exploring, climbing and playing with his brothers. He is very sweet and lovable, we really don't want him to grow any bigger than he is.
So that is the team, we are not planning on more as I don't want 5 boys. We have friends who have 4 boys and their 5th is a girl. My mother's new favorite line is "You could be like the Poole's" but I have hoped they would all be girls and I don't want 5 boys. So unless God has other plans we are sticking with the team we have.
Holly
So I will start this blog with a little info about me and my family. I am a stay at home/homeschooling mom. My hubby has a great job he loves in law enforcement and we are raising four boys.
We have the D-man who is 8 and starting 3rd grade. He is very tall he comes up to my shoulder (of course I am only 5'4") so people think he is older than he is. He is my big hearted boy, he wants to do all things that help people and animals. Of course I can't get him to help around the house?
Then we have Crab Man he is 5 and we will be starting kindergarten this year. He is Crab Man because he is just crabby, since he was born. Everything in his life is drama and if there isn't any drama going on he creates it. Especially when it means he can make Arnold scream.
Next we have Arnold he is 4 and will be doing Pre-K work this year. We call him Arnold because he has this perfect little body and makes us think of a young non-body building Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is the very sweetest of little boys well until he started showing the terrible twos at almost 4. Before if you said no or things didn't go his way he would say "ohhhh" in his very sweet voice. Now if he hears no or things don't go his way he hits the floor kicking and screaming. Not so cute, but he is still very lovable most of the time.
Lastly we have Sweet Baby, who is probably upstairs as I type, screaming and crying for someone to come get him out of bed. He is our precious miracle, he was born 12 weeks early after a very difficult pregnancy. If you want to read about that drama you can start here. He spent 66 days in the NICU and came home on oxygen. Now he is 19 months old and he is walking, exploring, climbing and playing with his brothers. He is very sweet and lovable, we really don't want him to grow any bigger than he is.
So that is the team, we are not planning on more as I don't want 5 boys. We have friends who have 4 boys and their 5th is a girl. My mother's new favorite line is "You could be like the Poole's" but I have hoped they would all be girls and I don't want 5 boys. So unless God has other plans we are sticking with the team we have.
Holly
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