Funny Videos

My friend Lauren forwarded me a link to the following website. Check out "A Homeschool Family" and "Cletus Take the Reel". They are pretty funny.

Caught

I thought it was Lily playing the "unroll the toilet paper" game (again), but it was the baby--she's a pretty good player.

New Blog

I have been putting pressure on my sister Kristen to start writing a blog for a while now...I think that she has finally agreed that we all should be able to see more pictures of fat-baby-James. She is currently accepting suggestions for a blog title.

Since the titles of our blogs have to live up to the clever-genius of Susan's "Susan's Pendulum" and Jane's "Indiana Jane", she is requesting only "good" suggestions.

My vote goes for "I-Kan-Blog"...look for a link in the coming weeks!

Lots of Blue Fleece

Matching blue, scottie dog pajamas...a thoughtful gift from grandma and papa! Thank you!

Rose Period

I am currently in homeschooling bliss. I am fully expecting to hit a reality "wall" in the upcoming weeks...but for now, we are having the grandest time.

This morning included snuggling on the couch reading books...reading book lesson...a little cleaning...packing away Christmas decorations...a math lesson...and a Picasso project! So fun.

***Just for clarification: It's a necklace, NOT a gruesome neck injury.

Spinach Fettuccine

I made Claire's favorite dish yesterday when Jeannette and Dave and all the cousins were visiting. It's too complicated to make everyday but it is worth the extra effort! FYI: I love Cooking Light magazine...but I rarely use the "light" products they recommend and use the plain old, high fat and high calorie stuff instead.

Homeschool Stuff

Wondering minds have asked me what I am planning to do everyday with Claire. Here's my tentative-lets-see-where-it-takes-us-plan:

(1) Reading - Finish the book Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. (We are on lesson 53.)

(2) Math - My sister-in-law Jeannette suggested Singapore Math instead of Saxon. She brought her curriculum for me to look at yesterday. It is just as substantive, but visual and LOTS LESS EXPENSIVE than Saxon. I have to look at their website and "test" Claire to see which textbook I need to buy (rainbowresource.com).

I also ran into the website Math Fact Cafe which is a pretty neat resource.

I will probably also buy the The Story of the World series by Susan Wise Bauer to read to the girls. I've heard great things about them from so many people.

Other than that I plan on doing many trips to the library and reading a plentiful and eclectic assortment of books to the girls. We'll see where that takes us!