Christmas Recap

Well, another Christmas quickly surpassed. Unfortunately, Albus spent most of it in his room. Not because he was in trouble, but because he was sick! Pokemon King (formerly Pokemon Master: he'd rather be known as king instead!) had it on Sunday and Monday. He had the worst headache. He even asked to be taken to the doctor! You know when your child asks you to take him to the doctor, there must be something wrong! I was getting ready to take him, but Rocket (who went home from church Sunday with a fever!) fell asleep on me, so Bond ended up taking him. Pokemon King just had a virus, so he got some medicine to stop the pain and we got him some Delsym to take for his cough. Fortunately, Bond didn't get it. I have a bit of a cough, but I'm doing my best to not cough!

The boys got some wonderful gifts this year.

Albus got an mp3 player, a Harry Potter collector's pen, some clothes, and a few other things.
Pokemon King got some legos, Pokemon and some other things.
Dinodude got Star Wars figures, Spiderman figures, Nightmare Before Christmas figures, and some other things.
Rocket got the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Mickey Mouse & Little Einstein figures, clothes, and some other things.

Bond got some pajama pants and Spiderman 3. He actually had to return Spiderman 3, since unbeknownst to us, the boys had already gotten him Spiderman 3 on blue-ray! I was wondering why they were pushing for me to get him Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer! Next time, I'll know better!
I got a nice church dress, Pirates of the Caribbean chocolate bar (which surprisingly is still wrapped!) and Bond sent me on a treasure hunt! He had recently taken Pokemon King to see National Treasure 2, so I'm sure that was his inspiration! It was very creative and quite difficult! I did need a few hints, but it was fun. At the end, the treasure was an Olive Garden gift card, a home fragrance thing, some candles, and a bunch of balloons with tiny pieces of paper in them. On the papers were written things like: 1 week no bathrooms; 1 week no laundry; 1 week no sweeping and mopping; 1 week no cooking, etc. How awesome is he! What an amazing man I'm married to! Although I did have to ask him if he's going to do them, or if I'm just allowed to let the chores go for a week, in which case, they would all pile up! Come to think of it, he never really answered me! ;)

4 More Days

Our shopping is done, the wrapping is almost done, the decorations have been done for weeks, school is out (although today is the last day for Albus). Christmas is rapidly approaching.

Rocket was up early this morning: 5:45. Lately, he's been sleeping until 6:15-6:30. He watched Blue's Clues-Blue's Big Holiday and A Snowy Day about 3 times each! For a while he was only watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Little Einsteins, but now he's branched off to Blue's Clues and Toy Story!

As I went upstairs to his room to get him some clean clothes, I walked past Pokemon Master & Dinodude's room. I happened to notice a sign on the door that said:

Poke-diaper-dino-wizards club meeting-DO NOT DISTURB!!!

I don't know what they were meeting about, but it must've been very important! Then they moved their meeting to the basement. What are those sneaky boys up to???

So, here's my to do list for today:

• Go to JoAnn's for some supplies
• laundry (as usual)
• finish candy molds
• make the cutout cookies
• drop off 11 bags....yup 11 bags....of donatable (is that a word?) stuff
• file school papers
  

We went through the toys and the boys' clothes. They were very charitable this year. We got rid of quite a bit of toys and clothes. So, the day isn't too jam packed. I'm sure there's lots of other things that need to get done, but we'll stick with that for now!

Christmas Countdown

Christmas is only a week away! It seems like only yesterday it was Thanksgiving! Time sure does fly! Well, we're trying to get through this week. We did well yesterday. We did our English and Math. Today, Albus spent the morning getting braces. What fun! Not according to him! While he was there, I took Pokemon Master, Dinodude and Rocket shopping for Bond's Christmas presents. I can't tell you where I went since Bond reads these blogs. But I can tell you that 8:00 in the morning is the BEST time to shop. Even a week before Christmas. There was hardly anyone out. Didn't have to wait in a long line. It was awesome! And since Rocket struggles in the cart nowadays, it was a blessing! So, what else are we doing today? Here's what the boys are doing:

Make a Flake

Here's my list:

• grade papers
  
• clean up schoolroom (we put another computer in here, so I need to reoganize!)
• laundry (isn't this always on my lists?)
• file Pokemon Master's & Dinodude's papers
• clean off my desk (although it's actually not too bad)
• finish gifts
• wrap gifts
• laundry
• go through Rocket's toys
• go through Pokemon Master's & Dinodude's clothes
• take stuff to goodwill
• bake some cookies
• make cookie dough for Albus (he's going caroling to someone's house tonight)
• did I mention laundry?

Ok, that about wraps it up for now. I don't think I'll accomplish it all today, so hopefully I can get it done by the end of the week. I did finally finish the basement. I have 6 bags of things to get rid of and 1 huge bag of trash. Not bad I must admit!

Christmas Crazy

Anyone else having troubles concentrating? We were going to be schooling into next week, but we are all just too antsy to even accomplish things this week! So, next week we'll just be doing English/Language Arts and Math. I figure that's an accomplish all in itself! In addition we'll try to read, bake and do some Christmas activities, hopefully! I also want to work on simplifying. We have too many toys...too many clothes...too many everything! We need to go through and get rid of things that are not being used or are broken. I might have to send the boys away otherwise nothing will be tossed. Even Bond and I have too many clothes that don't get worn. The problem is, I keep telling myself "I'll wear that again...someday!" But, in reality that rarely happens.

I also need to revamp our school. Pokemon Master just has way too much time on his hands after school. I've been way too lenient on him the past few months. Once the new year starts, he's going to be buckling down a bit more. Not sure how's he's going to take that, but we shall see.

Christmas Decorating

Oh my! I haven't posted in almost a week! What is wrong with me?

I keep saying I'll do a weekly report and I never do. It's not like we aren't doing any school. We are! I think I just get tired of scanning everything in. I think I'll just lay things out and take pictures. That'd be a lot easier!

So, until then, here's a pictureless report:

POKEMON MASTER:
MATH: Still prodding through Saxon Math 65. Each day he seems to be getting done sooner. Even better, he's not missing a lot of problems. The ones he does miss, he misses because of a silly mistake: reading the problem wrong, writing the problem down wrong, rushing so he can't read his handwriting, etc.
ENGLISH: We use Rod and Staff. We do the oral section...well...orally, of course! The written section gets done only if there is no worksheet. He would much rather do the worksheet over the book!
SPELLING: Spelling Workout. Nothing fancy here. Pretest, one page a day, test, done. Rarely does his miss alot.
READING: Pathway Readers. He enjoys these. I have him do the workbooks, but only the side that asks about the story.
HANDWRITING: A Reason for Handwriting. He does well here. Only problem we face is the way he holds his pencil. I've been trying to get him to hold it better. The way he holds it now is going to cause problems in the future.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: We're using Rosetta Stone German. I'm actually learning as well. I have to do the lessons first to check for all the clowns! Pokemon Master hates clowns!

DINODUDE:
MATH: Saxon 2. He's very good in math and picks things up very quickly. We do the time tests, then one side of the page. If he's struggling with something, we'll do the other side, but that rarely happens.
ENGLISH: LLATL-The Red Book. Very easy, laid out plans. One lesson a week.
SPELLING: Spelling Workout. Again, nothing fancy.
READING: Pathway Readers. Nothing fancy here. Read the book, do the worksheet. His reading skills are quickly improving and we love these stories!
HANDWRITING: A Reason for Handwriting. He likes to rush these. One of these days, I really am going to make him redo some!

POKEMON MASTER & DINODUDE:
SCIENCE: Apologia-Botany. It's actually kind of boring, but there are some sections that catch our attention. Most of it we just talk about, although they do a notebook page here and there.
HISTORY: This is our struggle. We were using SOTW 4, but it just seemed way over their heads. So, we use the Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of World History. We read the section, narrate or outline, then do a map if there is one.
TYPING: Spongebob Typing. They absolutely love this! In fact, I love it as well! Of course, being the master typer I am, I just whiz right through!
MUSIC & ART: These are more a hit or miss. I schedule them on Fridays, but some Fridays I'm just burnt out from the week, we're lucky if we can do them. We are trying to study the Impressionists. We did Monet and Pisarro and next week I'm hoping to do Degas.

ROCKET:
He just complete the Letter of the Week Curriculum for 2 year olds. We just started the 3 year old one today. He's about 4 weeks shy of being 3, but he's so bright, I thought we'd go ahead and start! (Proud Mom Alert!) We talked about the letter A, and a few words that start with A. We read a poem called The Apple Tree, which has hand movements. We actually read it 5 times because he loves it so much. We also talked about Adam and Eve and we read How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World. I don't think he liked that as much as I did. I told him how they had a recipe for Apple Pie in the back. He says to me, "We tan mate apple pie in titchen?" (Translation: We can make apple pie in the kitchen?) I told him we could, but not until later in the week!

Ok, so there's our weekly report. Not much of a weekly report, but very long reading! My apologies! Hopefully as Christmas unfolds some more, we'll have some projects and activities I can actually post. Until then, it's the same ol', same ol'!

Photo Sharing

Today, I'm going to share some photos. Our house is all decked out for Christmas! So, here's some pics of my decorations, along with some Christmas photos.

Here's our family photo. Bond's eye really stands out, doesn't out?


Here's a funny picture we decided to do:


Our tree:


My little Christmas village I painted:


My snowman collection:


The banister:


We're ready for Christmas! All we need are some presents under the tree!

What a Weekend

Had a wonderful Thanksgiving at my parents' house. The turkey was awesome! We had mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, cranberry sauce, stuffing, pecan pie, cherry pie, and pumpkin pie. Yum, Yum, Yum! Of course I didn't eat the cranberry sauce, stuffing or the pumpkin pie, but everything else was yummy!

The only downfall to Thanksgiving was that Bond fractured his eye socket in the Turkey Bowl! His brother accidentally elbowed him in the eye, so Bond and I spent a few hours in the ER. It really wasn't that busy, but we did have to wait for the doctor to come in. Fortunately, we made it back just in time to eat. We dropped the boys off at my parents' first, just in case we didn't make it back for dinner. That way, they wouldn't have to be home alone for too long, or risk missing out on some turkey. I don't think Bond will need surgery, though. It'll probably just heal on its own. His eye doesn't seem to be affected. Everyone asks me if I did that to him. I proudly respond with a yes, but then I give in and tell them the truth!

Last night we had a bonfire at my aunt and uncle's house. Unfortunately, we got rained out. So, we moved the party inside. We played Guesstures. I never played that before. It was really fun. I might have to get that game. Albus, Pokemon Master, and Dinodude even enjoyed it. Bond was a little drowsy from his pain medicine, so he didn't play. He just relaxed, which is good for him.

Today is going to be an interesting day. Rocket went to bed around 9:45 last night, but woke up at 5:30! So, he's a bit crabby. Right now he's yelling in my ear because he wants to stand on the autoharp, but I won't let him. One more hour and he'll go down for a nap. Think he'll make it? Let's hope. Plus, we got a late start with school, so we'll be working late today!

I'm Back

Wow! It's amazing how reliant one can be on the internet! I think I went crazy not being able to check my email and read everyone's blogs!

Thanksgiving's in two days. I can't wait to eat some yummy turkey! On Friday, it's our tradition to put up the Christmas decorations. We do that instead of shopping like everyone else. I do not like leaving the house the day after Thanksgiving. No sale is worth that mess!

We're having a light school week. We're only doing Math, English, Handwriting, Scripture Reading, Read-Aloud and tomorrow we'll be adding some Thanksgiving activities. Oddly, I'm in a baking mood, but I just don't have the energy to do it! Probably from my lack of sleep. Hubby's been getting up really early every morning, so of course that means I wake up early, too. My duties today include major house clean up! I want to make it spotless before we decorate on Friday. Well, as spotless as possible, anyway!

Here's my to do list:

• Load/Unload Dishwasher
• Clean clutter off Kitchen counters
• Clean Kitchen counters
• Sweep Kitchen
• Mop Kitchen
• Sweep Foyer
• Mop Foyer
• Clean Bathroom
• Clean Den
  
• Dust Living/Bonus/Dining/Den Rooms
• Vacuum Living/Bonus/Dining/Den Rooms
• Laundry (never-ending!!!)

Hmmm. Think I can get that all done?

So, let's do any update on the kiddies:
Albus is working hard at school. He hates getting up so early for seminary, but it's good for him and I think he enjoys it. (Not the getting up early part!) I think he's finally realizing it's better to go to bed early than it is to stay up late! Although, he might want to get to bed early to avoid doing his chores!

Pokemon Master is whizzing by with his school lately! I think he might be ready to do all the math problems instead of just the evens or odds. He's just getting done way too early! Come January, I think we might have some reorganizing to do!

Dinodude has developed a slight attitude that is rubbing off on Rocket. We are trying desperately to nip that in the bud! I took Rocket and him to the store yesterday. I was worn out just listening and watching Dinodude! Where does he get all that energy? More importantly, how can I get some?

Rocket is just so much fun. The way he talks, the way he plays. I could sit all day and just watch him. He's singing songs all day long and just happy! Until he doesn't get his way. Then he pulls a Dinodude!

I've decided to call hubby, Bond, since he is a James Bond fan. He's started a new job, in which he's able to do a lot of things at home. It's pretty weird having him home, though. The biggest problem is keeping Rocket away from him. Rocket always wants to play "Big Tower" with Bond. They use the alphabet blocks and build towers just to knock them down. Rocket doesn't understand that Bond has work to do, so Bond might just have to lock himself in a room somewhere! Secretly, I think Bond enjoys having Rocket climb all over him!

Gone For a While

Just to let you all know, our internet will be down for a while. I probably won't be able to post until the 21st or 22nd, unless I use my wonderful mil's computer like I am right now!

I don't know how I'm going to live without the internet. I'm so dependent on it, especially for school. I guess it'll be a test at how well I can survive! Wish me luck!

That's Enough

Ok, I've been fiddling with blogger most of the morning. Shame on me! But, at least the boys' schooling is mostly done. So, no harm done. I even got laundry started this morning, so I'm actually in pretty good shape! They're taking a quick break before we start science. I'm hoping to get through before lunch starts. Surprisingly, it's looking quite like we'll finish! It helped quite a bit that while I was getting Rocket changed for the day and I ate breakfast, Pokemon Master went ahead and started on some of his school. He's done that for the past 2 days! Woohoo! I hope he can keep it up. Dinodude doesn't like to start his work early, but then he complains that Pokemon Master is going to get done first. Maybe one day he'll realize!

I've been looking around for other templates. I found a Thanksgiving one. I hope you all like it! Of course that means, when December rolls around I'll have to find a Christmas one. That's just too bad, huh. There are so many cool computer people out there that can do all these neat things. I wish I knew how to do all of that. I give double Kudos to all those people!

Uh-oh. Rocket sounds a bit too quiet. I'd better see what he's getting into!

I'm sitting here trying to get things ready for when the wolf/bear scouts get here. I'm the den leader. Woohoo! We're discussing tall tales today. I'm trying to brainstorm ideas for something fun to do. So, while I'm doing that, I decided to do a little blogging. I've come to the conclusion that I'm tired of calling my kids 14 year old, 9 year old, 6 year old, and 2 year old. NO MORE! They will now have nicknames that describe their personalities/interests.

Introducing:

14 year old is now Albus! He is my Harry Potter fan.

9 year old is now Pokemon Master! He is my Pokemon fan.

6 year old is now Dinodude! He loves dinosaurs.

2 year old is now Rocket! He likes the Little Einsteins.

So, there you have my boys. Eventually, I'll name hubby and myself, but for now just enjoy these precious kiddies! Okay! Back to the scout planning. They'll be here in 6 minutes! EEK!

Weekend Update

I haven't worked on a weekly report yet, so I'll try to do that today. If not, I'll combine it with this week!

14 year old had his play this weekend. We attended on Friday. 2 year old stayed home with Grandma, but 9 & 6 year olds came with us. It was an awesome performance! He only had one line, but he was on stage for quite a while. He did a great job! He looked so at home on stage. I'm going to check into the local theatre places and see about signing him up. He's looking forward to that. Maybe by his senior year, he'll have a lead! Here's some pics of him in his outfit. Isn't he handsome?

2 year old went pee in the potty for the first time this weekend. I was preparing to give the kids baths/showers and asked if he wanted to try. I usually ask and he tries, but nothing happens. He usually pees as soon as he gets in the tub. Well, nothing happened. He didn't pee in the tub either, so when he was done I dried him off and asked if he wanted to try again. He said he did and low and behold, he went! Woohoo!!! I'm so proud of him. On Sunday, he went in the morning around 9:30am. We went to church, got back home at 2:45. There was nothing in his diaper! He held it the entire time! So, he went again. I hope he sticks with it!

Now, onto something totally creepy! Time changed on Saturday, so I kept 2 year old up later in the evening. His normal bedtime is 9:00. I let him stay up until 10:45, which after the time change would actually be 9:45. I figured he'd sleep in at least a little. He wakes up at 3:30! So, I decide to let him cry a few minutes to see if he'd go back to sleep. So, I'm sitting outside his door, very sad because I don't like to hear him crying. While he's crying, I hear what sounds like another child asking him what's wrong. Then I hear 2 year old say "I twyin" (I'm crying). I don't know what that was, but it really freaked me out! So, I went ahead and got him and he fell back asleep in my arms. I guess I just need some more sleep!

Happy Halloween!!!

We had a great time trick or treating last night. The boys got more candy than they need, of course. 2 year old walked almost the entire time! He always wanted to 'push the button' or ring the doorbell. Even at the house where someone was already sitting on the porch! A few of the houses were a bit scary, but that didn't phase 2 year old. 9 year old, however, decided one house was just too scary for him, so he stayed at the end of the driveway. After we were done, we went to hubby's parents' house. Had a few treats, went to McDonald's with them, then headed home. All in all, it was a great time!

Here's some pictures of us in our costumes: Hubby and I are sports fans, 9 year old is an alien, 6 year old is Superman, and 2 year old is a pumpkin. Actually, he's super-pumpkin. Once he saw 6 year old as a superhero, he wanted to be a superhero, too! 14 year old was unable to join us because he was in the school play. They did a performance for the senior citizens.

Weekly Report

We didn't do a lot this week, but surprisingly we got some work done. So, here's a weekly report for all three boys. It's condensed into one show, but they're separated a bit. Plus, you should be able to tell the difference.

Almost Over

I went to the Urgent Care on Sunday just to confirm that I did indeed have bronchitis! Yuck! Never had it. I figured something must be wrong with me, considering I couldn't speak for 4 days! Still have a bit of a cough, sore throat mostly gone, and my voice is almost back. I do sound a lot worse than I feel, so that's good. I got 3 different kinds of medicine. One is to kill the bacteria, one to dry up my sinuses, and the other is a cough syrup that is supposed to help me sleep. Well, the cough syrup, which cost $40, doesn't do diddly-squat! It doesn't stop the cough and it doesn't help me sleep. I do feel it kind of relaxing my body, but it doesn't make me a bit drowsy. I'm only supposed to use it as needed, but I told hubby that I'm going to use it all up, since we paid so much for it!

We got back down to school on Wednesday. It was rough, not just for me, but for the boys. They've had so much time off it was hard to get back on schedule. Today we're doing much better. 9 year old is actually doing his work without complaining, 6 year old is intent on making as much noise as possible, and 2 year old is building a tower out of my supply boxes. I did manage to make 4 loaves of bread this morning. For once, I think they actually rose quite a bit, too! I just hope I didn't burn the bottoms! I even got a roast in the crockpot! I did forget to add the potatoes, so I might just have to make mashed potatoes instead. I love my crockpot! I just need to use it more. The problem is that 9 year old doesn't like anything from the crockpot. In actuality, he doesn't like any food I make! I'm hoping he'll grow out of that very soon!

Just the Basics Today and Last Week's Report

Since Mom is sick today, the homeschooled boys are doing just the bare minimum. We had Monday off because I wasn't feeling well. Tuesday we did everything but Science. Today, I feel worse, but I really don't want to take another day off, so I decided we'll just do some basics. We're working on English, Math, Spelling, Handwriting, Journal and that's all. I tried to load the weekly report, but I'm guessing it's too big. I'll have to do it another time.

Getting Older

I laughed at my mom when she told me turning 30 was harder than turning 40. What did I know? Apparently nothing! In all actuality turning 30 was fine. But, when I turned 31....whoah!!! Suddenly I felt tired, depressed, and nervous. Sleeping got harder, which is worse since I haven't slept well in ages! My eyes have a hard time staying open past 9pm! All of a sudden, my knees don't want to bend anymore. I look at my children and my jaw drops. How could they be this old already?! Where has the time gone? Why does it have to go quickly?

Is this feeling going to go away? Possibly.

Will it go away soon? Doubtful

Will I ever have a good night's sleep? Definitely not!

So, onto the bright side. I have an amazing husband who works hard every day to provide for us. He takes time out to be with us. Even better...he enjoys being with us. I have four awesome boys. They make me smile everyday. I'm able to homeschool them, so I get more time with them. I have a house over my head, food to eat, clothes to wear, family and friends. The world is at my fingertips. Literally! You can find anything on the computer! I have a pie in the oven. Cherry pie. Mmmmm. Can't wait to munch on that! I can walk. I can see. I can hear. I can talk. I've got blessings coming out of my ears! So, when I'm feeling down or depressed, I do what that wonderful church hymn says to do. "Count your blessings; Name them one by one. Count your blessings; See what God hath done."

If you're having a rough day, go ahead! Count your blessings!

Weekly Report

Here's a weekly report from 9 year old:





Here's a weekly report from 6 year old:

Sharing 2 Year Old's Picture

Here's what my 2 year old did today. I put the glue down and he put everything else down. He absolutely loved it!

Kid Funny

We have thunderstorms moving into the area. 6 year old runs up to see if they're coming our way. I tell him yes. He runs back downstairs and yells, "Get prepared people! It's coming this way!"

Back From Fall Break

We are back from our fall break. Surprisingly, school went quite well. Not much of a fuss from any of the boys.

I'm in the process of changing 9 year old's history. Story of the World 4 is just a little too much for him. Or so I thought. When I told him about our new plans, he asked if we could still read Story of the World for fun. So, I think we will try to do that. He said he likes the stories, but he doesn't like the other work that goes along with it! Which is a little crazy because the same type of work is included in the new plan! But, the readings are shorter in the new plan.

What is the new plan, you might ask? Well, we do history on Mondays, Wednesdays, and sometimes Fridays. On Monday, we'll read 2 pages from the Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, do an outline together, and do a map that coordinates with the study. On Wednesday, we'll read 2 pages from the KHE, he'll do a narrative (probably on the computer, since that boy hates to write!), and do a map. So, he's still doing an outline, narrative and map, but the readings are shorter, so I think that will please him. He'll still have a book to read that somewhat correlates with the time period. On Fridays, we'll do activities from the SOTW guide. So, we're still using SOTW, just in a different way. We'll start this next week. This week he's just doing a little theme unit packet from school express on the Civil War. It's the same thing that 6 year old is doing, so in a way, he's got it easy this week!

Next year will probably be more fun, since we go back to studying the Ancients. I love studying the Ancients. I've already got tons of websites bookmarked and ideas running through my head. I just hope the boys will be as excited as me!

14 Year Old's Lego Movie

My 14 year old is into making lego movies. Thought I'd share. This is his first completed one. He started one a few months ago, but it got deleted somehow. So, this is his current one. He plans to do more.

An End to Blog-Hopping

I've decided to stick with this blog. It's easy to navigate. Simple to work. And, I'm tired of looking. The homeschooled boys are on a fall break this week. I can't believe it's already Thursday! I had so much I wanted to accomplish, but didn't get to. Oh well. Isn't that the way life is?

Monday, 14 year old had off from school, too. I'm sure he needed a break! Tuesday, I took the homeschooled boys to the Art Museum. They behaved so well! I don't know how impressed they were, but there was a neat section for kids where they could actually touch things and draw. They even had an area they could even try on some old-fashioned clothes. It was pretty neat. I'd like to go again when they open up the Monet section. I really like Monet's work.

Not much else is going on, other than soccer for me, hubby, nine year old, and six year old. Nine year old is getting his wolf badge for scouts, too. He really earned it in May, but this is the first chance we've had for the pack meeting. They don't really do too much in the summer.

I'm going to try to put a video in. I don't know how well it'll do, but it's worth a shot! It's a video nine year old got of two year old running.

Up and Running

Is there a limit to how many blogs you can have? I'm trying out several to see which ones I like the best. I guess you could say I'm 'blog-hopping'. Is that a word? If not, I take credit for it! We temporarily shut down our iweb account. It's a lot of money right now, so maybe in a few months we'll get it back up and running.

So, here's a brief intro. I am married to an amazing man! We have four awesome boys: 14, 9, 6, and 2. Our oldest attends public school. I homeschool the other three boys. I enjoy playing the piano, scrapbooking, and reading. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of time to myself, so my hobbies tend to hover on the backburner. I also like to attempt to write music. I say attempt, because I don't think what I've written is very good. But, that's normal right?

So far, I'm liking this blog. It took my picture without saying it was too large. I can even move the picture. This one might be a keeper! Well, I'm off for more 'blog-hopping'!