Tuesday's Ten

Ten Things I Love About Christmas...

1. Although Christ wasn't actually born on Christmas, I love being able to celebrate his wonderful birth!
2. Wally comes home from BYU!
3. Giving gifts.
4. Baking and decorating cookies.
5. Giving away alot of the cookies we baked and decorated.
6. Eating the rest of the cookies we baked and decorated.
7. The smell of Christmas. Not sure what that means, but sometimes there's an apple/cinnamon smell, a pine smell, or mulberry smell that reminds me of Christmas.
8. Watching my boys open their presents.
9. Watching Christmas movies.
10. Spending time with family.

Tuesday's Ten

Top Ten Reasons to Homeschool....

I know there are tons more reasons to homeschool, but here are a few that I'd like to share:

1. We can take breaks whenever we need them. Doesn't matter if it's a few minutes or a few days. If we need it, we can take it!
2. We don't have to sit up straight at a desk for long periods of time. Who in there right mind can even do that?! Even adults need to get up and move around.
3. Along with #2, we are not confined to one room. We can do our school in the schoolroom, on the couch, on our bed, in the hallway, in the basement, in the bathroom (Pokemon King, LOL!) or anywhere else that we can think of. I have a picture of one of the boys sitting in a storage box reading. The possibilities are endless!
4. We can read scriptures, say prayers, and say the Pledge of Allegiance in its entirety and not worry about offending anyone!
5. Two words: Sleeping In!
6. If something is interesting we can learn more about it during school and not have to wait to do it on our time.
7. We can finish our math problems in class and not have to take them home for homework! This goes for anything. If we are in the middle of something interesting, we don't have to stop it just because the bell rang. We can keep going until WE are finished or ready to move on.
8. We don't have to wait for the rest of the class to finish before moving on. Since we don't have to do this, we won't constantly get into trouble because we can't sit still at a chair doing absolutely nothing. (This happened to Wally when he was in elementary school. He completed his test or assignment and kept making noises and shuffling his feet because he had a hard time sitting still. The teacher would not let him get up or even get a book out to read. He had to sit there and wait for the rest of the class. Seriously???? That is just plain ridiculous! What child, especially a boy, can just sit in a chair and do nothing?!)
9. We can move at a faster or slower pace.
10. One word: PAJAMAS!!!

Wordless Wednesday (with a caption, just so you know what it is!)

This year we are using Apologia's Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology. We had just completed the chapter on digestion. One of the activities was to make a theme park of what we learned. Here is what Dinodude came up with:

From left to right, you have Saliva Out, Lung Drop and Urine Urout!

Black Friday

I know you are all wondering how I spend my Black Friday! Or not!

Well....I don't do the shopping thing. Yes, I know I can save tons of money. But, sometimes, it's just not worth it. Now, I might do the online thing. I will not go out and wait in line with a bunch of crazy people and fight over a good deal. That is just not me. If I want to fight, I will just call my sister up! Just kidding!

Black Friday is our day to put up our Christmas decorations. Sadly, Bond has to work this year, so we will have to wait until he gets home to start. Which isn't all that bad anyway. He leaves early in the morning so he can be hom by 4:30. That's still plenty of time to decorate. So, today, I am taking down the Thanksgiving/Fall decorations and getting the house cleaned and ready to go!

It's almost lunchtime, too. I am debating on whether to eat leftover Thanksgiving goodies or my Ruby Tuesday leftover from Wednesday. It is a really hard decision and I know it shouldn't be. Hmmmm....maybe I'll just eat both. It is the holiday season, right? That's the time to eat whatever you want and worry about how it affects you later, right? OK...problem solved!!! I'm eating them both! LOL!

Wordless Wednesday-Fun with the DS

Tuesday's Ten

In honor of Thanksgiving this week, my Tuesday's Ten is a list of things I am thankful for, in no particular order!

1. My Heavenly Father-he knows me so well and what's in my heart. He has given me such wonderful blessings in my life.
2. My Savior, Jesus Christ-he gave up his life so that we might live.
3. The Holy Spirit-I try to keep him with me at all times. He lets me know what's true and right.
4. My husband, Bond-A truly amazing man who I am thankful for every minute of my life. He puts up with all my weirdness and is always there for me.
5. My wonderful children-They all have their own personalities. They also love to try my patience, but in reality, I would be lost without them.
6. My parents-They did a fantastic job raising me, because I am just awesome! They are always there if I need them, especially for those pesky 'you have a house, so you're going to have something wrong' kind of problems!
7. My Mother and Father-in law-They are always there for me as well. Always checking in on us to see how we're doing, or at least how the guinea pig is doing! LOL!
8. My sister-We are four years apart, which when we were younger wasn't such a good thing! But, now that we are older and more mature (at least, I am!) we get along much better!
9. My husband's brothers/wives-We don't see too much of each other because we are all so busy, but they are all wonderful and we would love to get together with them more often.
10. My nieces/nephews-I have 3 nieces & 7 nephews. They all have their own personalities, too. Each one is special and I love to see their smiling faces.

Monday's About Me

My favorite outfit is _______________ because...

I absolutely love wearing pajama pants! They are super comfortable. I have even been known to wear them out in public. Surprisingly, it doesn't seem to bother my kids. I've never been big into fashion, but for the longest time whenever I went out in public I had to wear normal, matching clothes. These days, I almost don't care anymore. Guess that means I'm finally growing up? Or it could be that styles these days are all over the place. I remember making fun of my mom when she went out wearing something.....weird. I will say that I will never be one of those Walmartians!