My favorite gift.

The day after Christmas my best friend Kristy, her husband Greg and their two boys Luke and Peter came to stay with us.  The visit was a little crazy, good crazy, but how could it not have been, we had 10 people staying in our one and a half bedroom, one bathroom, 1000sq ft house.  There were people sleeping everywhere.  I will do anything to spend time with the Campbell’s and would have them back in a second.

Kristy and I have amazingly odd connections.  (We think they are normal, they are odd to other people, hehe.)  She lives four hours from me, yet I know what she does each day of the week and if she isn’t home I can most likely tell you where she is.  We talk daily and not just once or twice, I would say an average of five to seven times a day.  Usually they are not long talks, but quick check-ins, had a minute in the car, I just had to tell you something, calls.  Anyway, moving on.  I was so excited to give Kristy her Christmas gift, it was so perfect for her, I had bought it atleast a month prior to Christmas and had even considered buying it for myself it was so perfect.  So they were here and it was time to exchange gifts, I handed her the gift and she handed me mine.  I held mine, it felt, well oddly familiar.  I began to open, she began to open, we started laughing, almost to the point of crying.  We had gotten eachother the same gift.

I am having so much fun cooking and baking things out of this cookbook.  We are very healthy eaters, but this cookbook allows you to make foods even healthier with added fruits and vegetables (the greatest part the kids don’t even know it).  Applesauce Muffins w/Butternut Squash, Pancakes w/Sweet Potatoes, Mac and Cheese w/ Cauliflower and many, ,many more.

6 weeks down…

 

how many to go?

Homeschooling is going great. We are falling into a good routine. Aidan is loving school, Coda and Téadora are loving their version of school. I am as excited about the curriculum as the day I picked it out. Let me tell you there is so much out there, do not, do not let it overwhelm you. Easier said than done, I know.

We have been using Sing, Spell, Read and Write for our Phonics/Language Arts and Saxon Homeschool for Math. Each day we do SSR&W and Saxon, along with our Calendar, Daily Bible Lesson (usually something in their AWANA books) and reading time. Most days we also find time for a craft and an outside activity.

 

 

Relate?

“Sometimes I secrectly let the milk run out so that I have to make late-night grocery run — all by myself.  I drive slowly, put the windows down, and enjoy a tin ypiece of solitude.”

——-from I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids: Reinventing Modern Motherhood, by Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile