Sci-Works was pretty fun this morning! We met Sam before going in and she was a tremendous help with the kids. We toured the entire place and made it outside to check out the otters, which the kids refer to as otteruses (cross between otter and walrus). Everyone got plenty of exercise and we even headed to Chick-Fil-A for lunch where they played some more. Cohen walked all over Sci-Works saying he was ready to go to "Chicken Leg" instead of Chick-Fil-A, so we all got a good kick out of that!
We are heading to the Spa La-Di-Da in the morning for some manis and pedis for Piper and Sam! I am looking forward to it just because I know how much Piper loves to go!
Right now I think I am ready for some rest and relaxation, after cleaning the kitchen and bathing everyone of course!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Off days
Seems like we are having a lot of off days in our current homeschool set-up. I am either not making school "fun" or I am trying at the wrong time of day. Not sure how much I should push because I want school to be a good experience, not something dreaded.
Once I can get Piper into the groove she does so well and seems really intrigued by our activities but it is getting her attention and ditching the bad attitude that I am struggling with. Today we did the usual Saxon Math lesson, one lesson in 100 Easy Lessons and a couple worksheets. Overall I am pleased with her performance, I just wish I didn't have to poke and prod so much getting through each lesson.
Tomorrow should be fun though, we are heading to SciWorks with MOPS and lunch with several other mothers. Then Piper has soccer practice at 5:15pm. Fred is meeting us at SciWorks to drop off his daughter Sam who will spend the day with us. She is really quite helpful with my kids since she is quite a bit older.
It's been a busy week, but I am thankful for busy sometimes!
Once I can get Piper into the groove she does so well and seems really intrigued by our activities but it is getting her attention and ditching the bad attitude that I am struggling with. Today we did the usual Saxon Math lesson, one lesson in 100 Easy Lessons and a couple worksheets. Overall I am pleased with her performance, I just wish I didn't have to poke and prod so much getting through each lesson.
Tomorrow should be fun though, we are heading to SciWorks with MOPS and lunch with several other mothers. Then Piper has soccer practice at 5:15pm. Fred is meeting us at SciWorks to drop off his daughter Sam who will spend the day with us. She is really quite helpful with my kids since she is quite a bit older.
It's been a busy week, but I am thankful for busy sometimes!
Monday, March 24, 2008
First time...
I am thinking about blogging to keep up with our days spent busily doing nothing! It will be cool to look back 5 years from now at pictures and recaps from our days home pre-schooling.
Nothing too exciting to blog about... I worked at Cannon all weekend which will make for a nice paycheck although I missed a lot of Easter Sunday that could have been spent with my children and family. Chad took the kids to his mom's for lunch after church. By the time I got there it was time for dinner and the kids had already decided that Cohen would spend the night at Grandmommie's and Isaiah would spend the night with us. Piper enjoyed having her cousin over to play, maybe a little too much, since I had to force them into bed at 11pm!
The kids slept in this morning so I was able to do the final preparations for my meeting with our tax accountant this afternoon. I really like our accountant and it feels good to have all the bookkeeping up to date, at least though 12/31/07!
Piper and I have completed half of her math lesson this morning and the plan is to complete her math and do our "Letter I" lesson with Cohen this afternoon before dinner. Hopefully things will go as planned, we'll see!
Off to drop the kids at Grandmommie's!
Nothing too exciting to blog about... I worked at Cannon all weekend which will make for a nice paycheck although I missed a lot of Easter Sunday that could have been spent with my children and family. Chad took the kids to his mom's for lunch after church. By the time I got there it was time for dinner and the kids had already decided that Cohen would spend the night at Grandmommie's and Isaiah would spend the night with us. Piper enjoyed having her cousin over to play, maybe a little too much, since I had to force them into bed at 11pm!
The kids slept in this morning so I was able to do the final preparations for my meeting with our tax accountant this afternoon. I really like our accountant and it feels good to have all the bookkeeping up to date, at least though 12/31/07!
Piper and I have completed half of her math lesson this morning and the plan is to complete her math and do our "Letter I" lesson with Cohen this afternoon before dinner. Hopefully things will go as planned, we'll see!
Off to drop the kids at Grandmommie's!
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