Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Homemaking, Homeschool and ?Exterior Design?...


This was quite an interesting month!!  We are working on diligence, perseverance and can someone say o-b-e-d-i-e-n-c-e!  If I'm not careful these kids can go wild on me!!


There are days, I will admit, where we are in our "pj's" all day long!!  Sigh.... May God help us! :)
.... but you know, the work gets done, we may not be orthodox, but hey, we are pressing on!! :)

This month we had a smiling visitor!  My nephew, Elijah came to have home life with us for 1 week, or at least every day until his daddy came for him at 4pm.



It didn't take him long to see who ran things around here, he buddied up with the other three and brought down the house! (hehe)  You know, kids rule here!  ;)


Aside from the hussel and bussel of ALL that makes up our world, we have embarked upon the next step of finishing our home.  Now this is a HUGE decision!  What color should we paint the house!!

 
Your eyes do not deceive you! YES! That is a blue in there! Hence, my concern! lol, but afraid! You all I'm sure can appreciate the seriousness of this matter, and so I need help! All ideas welcomed. :)

So this is the house:


The idea here is that the entire "stucco/siding" be ALL one color and the trim another. (Those vertical lines are part of the siding)  FYI: The garage doors (when we get to that part) will be the color of the siding and that concrete floor you see there, it is going to be stained a darkish brown.  The front door does have cedar and cedar will be added for looks on key areas of the home.  Sooner or later the concrete driveway will be extended to the front steps. (There behind the car)


In my opinion, these were safe colors.  (Above)

But a decision has to be made!!

So whats it going to be..............

Well, I still don't know...

But was thinking something along these lines....


What do YOOOOU think????
:)

Friday, August 17, 2012

Join us as we adventure through the school year!!!

HERE WE GO!!!!!!!!

Introducing Joshua (Josh), Anna, and Victoria.  They make life interesting!!  Josh is my "keep me busy child", Anna is my "be sweet and I'll stay sweet child" and Victoria is my "wow child".
Let's start with Victoria!  She is every teacher's dream student! :)  Victoria is a diligent worker and learns with ease.  She began Pre-K at age 4 and now at age 7, entered into 2nd grade.  She loves reading, writing, music and listening to Bible stories.  Her favorite place to do her daily lessons is in our living room, go figure.
When Josh was born I gave him the nick name "Nobel".  He is a sweet heart.  Josh is motivated by accomplishment and with words of affirmation.  Here, he is writing in his 1st grade writing tablet.  He wasn't always a lover of writing, but since the start of the school year, he has been determined to get it write. :)

Our Pre-K student is Anna!!  She is a sweet bowlful of energy.  She inspires me to look for creative ways to meet her learning desires.  Anna is proof that a consistent routine with variation in teaching methods works best for fun learning.  She keeps me on my toes and on task, what a teacher and mommy helper!!

It's not "all school and no play"....      We have sports...


Baseball.....
Swimming...
Nature walks....

unexpected nature findings....


and plain oh fun times!!



Join us as we learn, live and love life together!!!