Memory Verse - Week 7

Sorry we missed last week, I was sick battling a migraine! I hope everyone has a blessed week!




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"Not" back to school, growing up, birthdays, and visitors

We are well into September and it's still HOT!! Fall, I'm waiting on you, where are you?? I am so ready for cool weather, hot chocolate, and all of the other stuff listed on every fall Facebook meme there is! 

Public school has started, and for us homeschoolers it means, the libraries and parks are EMPTY. Well, not just the libraries and parks, pretty much anywhere you go is empty. We love that. Yes, it's the little things in life. It makes field trips much easier to take when it's just a small amount of people.  Public school started on August 24th this year, so we had our annual "NOT back to school day" party.  We love to celebrate the fact that we homeschool, so this is a tradition we started last year.

Since we school year round, we took the day off to have some fun! I let them sleep in as late as they wanted, which of course was a win for me too!  They wanted Costco pizza for lunch (another CHEAP win for me), and snocones from our most favorite snocone place, Bahama Bucks.

Enjoying their snocones!

These are seriously the BEST snocones I have every had. It's something to do with their ice. It's like the fluffiest snow ever.

Costco pizza. I believe this lunch cost me about $5 for both of them to eat. It's really like 2 slices of the best pizza! They can never finish it!

We also found this awesome set at Costco for around $11! A DVD and a shark encyclopedia!!

Really the only other thing we did was go to the library and get some books and movies, and just relax most of the day. It was a great day to celebrate NOT going back to school!

We've also had some birthdays! On August 28th Edyn turned 14. Where did my baby go? She was just in my arms...yesterday!!  Her special day was on a Friday, so I told her we could go to lunch, and I had a surprise for her. We got dressed, and headed out for the day! We were in a great mood and so excited. She decided to wear her crazy galaxy cat dress because she wanted to stand out! Love it!

She was hungry so she decided that she wanted Cheddars for lunch. I was all for it! We went in and ordered, and she told me that she wasn't feeling good, that her stomach was hurting. I honestly kind of brushed it off because I knew that she hadn't eaten.

She got her food, and started eating it, but was really picking through it. Throughout the lunch she started feeling worse, and wanted to leave. Her brother and I were done, so I paid, and was ready to go. I turned around and she was gone! We made our way outside and there she stood near the grass crying because she was afraid she was about to "throw up." I felt TERRIBLE!! It's her special day that she has been waiting all year for and now it's ruined!! We got into the car where she continued to cry and we sat in Cheddar's parking lot for a good 20 to 30 minutes. She was afraid that it would make here even more sick to drive. We finally started our journey home, and she was ok. I told her to go in and lie down and rest. She wanted me to lay with her so we both climbed into my bed and watched t.v. for about 2 hours. It was the strangest thing. She was completely fine after that.  I was so sad that we didn't get to do her surprise which was going to Colorclay and painting her own pottery. We decided that even though she felt better that wasn't the place she should go in case the fumes didn't agree with her. Don't worry, we are still going to plan a trip! It will just be late! She had wanted to make a Minion cake but it was getting late, and little did she know she had ANOTHER surprise coming later, so we decided to go to Costo and pick something out. She didn't find anything there she wanted, so we went to HEB and we got cupcakes!  She wanted pizza for dinner, so we had pizza and cupcakes.  About 10 pm there was a knock at the door, and guess who was here for a surprise...Mammaw and Pappaw....and they also surprised us with Baylie and Mila!  I was so glad that she was feeling better because they rented a room so the kids could all go swimming! On Saturday, they took us to ride go karts and play mini golf...it was a great weekend!!

Mammaw and Pappaw

Aunt Ray Ray and little bear

Loving the indoor pool

We really needed that fun weekend and break from reality! We can't wait to do it again!

A week later we celebrated my birthday! My hubby and kids made this such a special birthday! I got to sleep in, and then we decided we were going to Panda Express for lunch. It's our favorite lol. I got treated to a day spa before we went, and Edyn did my makeup...she did so good!!! This has been such a great "unschooling" lesson for her. This girl can do makeup better than a lot of women I know!  She amazes me! After we had lunch, we had to stay out because the boys were decorating for my "surprise" party! I had no clue! It was just us, but I was so surprised. They had decorated, got me a cake, and some wonderful gifts. I was so excited and so blessed by my beautiful family!!

We also hit another milestone recently. Gavin got his first phone!  It was earlier than we originally anticipated, but it just worked out, We had planned on getting him a phone next year for his birthday, but my husband had to get a phone for work.  He did NOT like carrying 2 phones around, and we didn't want to lose his number that we had for about 10 years. We talked about it, and decided that we would just go ahead and give it to Gavin now.  Look at this excited face!

All in all it's been a crazy, busy, but wonderful couple of weeks! Now...if we could just get that fall weather to stay for awhile!

Memory Verse...Week 6

After a week off, we are back at it!  Have a blessed week everyone!

Wordless Wednesday....Flower by Edyn

Flower by Edyn

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Weekly Memory Verse - Week 5

Better late than never ha! Sorry guys, it was a crazy weekend! I hope everyone has a blessed week!

Weekly Memory Verse - week 4

Learning to crochet, child labor, and pulling your own teeth

It's been a kind of slow week around here. Drake is healing well, but we are still not really going out and about. He got the last of his stitches out on Wednesday, so the Dr. said he should be good to go in another week. Yay! I know he's ready to get some normalcy back and to move back into his own room.

I have to tell the truth. We are stir crazy. I have been so blah all week, because Mama needs out of this house! I hate the heat. I can't wait for cooler weather so that we can go outside and not have to worry about heatstroke!! Bring on Fall!!! Can I get an amen??? Fall always seems to bring a bit of coziness to the house mixed with a bit excitement. The colors, the smells, all of it just makes me so happy. For us Fall is like our Summer. Since, we school year round, we try to really take time in the fall to enjoy the cooler, more enjoyable weather. In Texas the fall just means you can go outside. It's not cold. It's comfortable.  The kids are ready to load up their schoolwork and a picnic lunch and head to the park, and I am so with them on that!

So while we've been kind of stuck at home we've had to try and find things to do, so that we aren't just sitting in front of the t.v. all day after school. I taught myself to crochet about a year ago (thanks Youtube), and it is one of the best things I could have done for myself. My grandmother, who I was extremely close too crocheted pretty much everyday. She tried many times to teach me, but with me being left handed and her being right handed, it was just too frustrating for me, and I never did pick it up.  Edyn decided over the weekend that she wanted to learn.

   
She's doing great, but gets frustrated because her hand starts cramping. I get it! It's terrible in the beginning. I just try to encourage her to push through and strengthen her hands. If you can get past that the first week or so, you will be good to go. She wants to make things and sell them to save up for her new camera.  I love my little future entrepreneur!

So, I have a schedule to clean my house. It's a daily thing I made to try and help keep me on task. If I don't do my daily chores, it becomes a disaster real quick. While cleaning on Tuesday, which is floor day, I had some help. Gavin said that there was no way he was going to sit there and watch me mop all of those floors with no help. Oh I love this little sweetheart!

I welcomed this help especially since all of our downstairs is tile! I know carpet is terrible, but I would honestly rather vacuum everyday over sweeping and mopping!

We have been continuing our state study this week. We are studying New Jersey, the third state to join the union.  My kids have decided after studying all of these northern states that it's time to move. Being from Texas, they have never really seen snow, and that's what they want more than anything!

While not studying about New Jersey, math, or reading, we apparently have a class in opening the door with our feet. Gav has proven to be a pro. Here's a little pic for you of him and his new found talent.

Also last but not least, someone pulled their own tooth. I am not the person you want around if you need a tooth pulled. It grosses me out. My husband is the tooth puller around here. Well guess what happens when your husband is at work and you have a kid that's almost in tears because the tooth needs to come out? You suck it up and help him pull it. I pulled and it was coming out, but he made me stop. He took the paper towel wrapped it around his tooth and yanked it out. He was so proud of himself!  Such a manly man at 10 years old!

That's about it for this week's fun. Hoping to have some more interesting weeks coming up in the near future with some field trips and just getting outside! Come on cooler weather, we are waiting for you!