KALEE

Yep, another post about my oldest. She just turned 8 and she is already falling apart on me! LOL!! I took her the week before to the doc for her check-up and she did NOT do well on her eye exam and COMPLETELY failed her hearing test. So of course I start to worry. I went home and made appts for the ENT and the Eye doctor. Our first appt was the ENT and they basically told me nothing was wrong and she could hear just fine......can we say that she has a case of "SELECTIVE HEARING??" I believe so. Ok so on the eye doc. She told everything was blurry and man was she getting ALL the letters and numbers wrong! No wonder she's been having issues with school! So yesterday we went to pick up her glasses and she looks so cute and so grown up!! Where did my baby go????? Ugh!!! I will post a pic later when I upload my pics.

GIRL SCOUT COOKIE TIME!!!!

Kalee has about a week left to sell Girl Scout Cookies so if you are interested please let me know!! Kalee is VERY close to her goal!! Here is the website to go see the cookies that we have! They are $3.50 a piece. We are also participating in the Troop to Troop program and will be sending Cookies to our troops overseas so let me know if you would like to donate some boxes!

Thanks!!

The past two weeks.....

have been crazy! About 2 weeks ago Kalee got really sick with a what I thought was a cold....I finally took her to the doctor and it had developed into a sinus infection...I also took Gracee at the same time cause she was sick with fevers of 103for two days! Gracee had a virus. She finally got better and Avree got sick! FINALLY get Avree better and *I* get sick!!!! All of this while I was painting and reorganizing the girls rooms...it was crazy! But I think we are all better, I am on the mend..I was pretty miserable! Hopefully daddy escapes it, we will see though!!

I hate the sick season but it's here and in full swing! I hope everyone gets through this season without getting too sick!!!!

Halloween 2008

My girls had a blast!!

Lily from Hannah Montana
Gracee the Little Mermaid
and a Little Lady Bug

Family Pictures!

So we got our family pictures done and they turned out really good!! Take a look here:


http://heatherfamilyphotos.com/sessions/100403/

Homeschool and Field Trips

We've have been super busy with our work and field trips the past two weeks.

Kalee is doing very well homeschooling and she loves it. We've been working on fractions a little bit but mostly addition and subtraction facts. We are working on Addition and Subtraction Lapbooks to help her out.

I finally found something Gracee enjoys. She has been a bit of a challenge. She is so eager to learn and wants to do everything big sister does so she gets to do some of it with us. But we started on an Alpha bugs lapbook. I will have to take pictures to post on here. They both LOVE doing lapbooks. So far we have done "A" for Ants and we learned all about the different kinds of ants. We did the Butterfly for the letter "B" and loved looking at our butterfly books and all the beautiful butterflys out there. She is really enjoying it! This week we are going to start on Cricket for the letter "C" She is excited about that. We are also starting on a Halloween Lapbook for both girls! So we are busy busy busy!!

In September we went to the Arboertum to the Mommy and Me day! The girls got to pet some animals, see a pumpkin patch, do a craft and sing and play. We missed out on getting our faces painted because of not so great adverstising. But we made it up to them with ice cream and they seemed happy about that! :)

Last week we went to the Ft. Worth Zoo for "Homeschool Day" and we got to see some baby lions and tigers...they were so cute!!!! Here are lots of pictures from both trips!

Arboretum:

























Ft. Worth Zoo:

Homeschool Memoirs 2 Homeschooling Agenda

This week’s theme is about sharing your 2008-09 homeschool agendas and plans. You’ve been preparing your plans for sometime and you’re ready to go. Or you’re still in the planning-stage and need some inspiration or tips on what to use. Because many use different curriculum and methods there is always something new to be gleaned from other homeschoolers. It’s always fun and interesting to see what other’s are using and the WWWWH as Robin Sampson suggests. So this week I hope you will share what you’re doing this year for your homeschool agenda. Share the different curriculum you’re using. You can also include what age/grade you’re using it for, how long you’ve been using it, and why you like it.

Please share a Bible verse that has encouraged you or inspired you during this planning-process, and how.





Agenda? We're supposed to have an agenda? LOL!! Well, this is my first year and while searching for the perfect curriculum and asking my fellow homeschooling mommy friends lots of questions I decided to go with the 2nd Grade Abeka Curriculm. I am liking it ok so far. My husband who was also homeschooled really wants me to look into Saxon Math, she loves Math and so does he....I HATED MATH in school! So sometime soon I am going to look into getting the Saxon Math for 2nd grade, until then I will be using Abeka.

With Gracee, (she's 4) I am kinda making up my own stuff. I used to teach Pre-K so I am going to use some of the stuff from that. We started with letters. She knows that her name is Gracee and it's spelled G R A C E E but she doesn't recognized those letters. So that is what we are working on right now. Recognizing her letters and numbers. We are also reviewing colors and shapes and patterns. And of course learning how to write those letters and numbers.

Other than this I don't really have any agendas or plans. I am kinda just learning my way around and figuring out what works for us best. I did join a homeschooling support group and I am excited about that.

It's been a challenge with my 20 month old. But we are learning and so is she. If anyone has any pointers on what to do with younger siblings I'd love them! :)

Day In The Life Of Three Princesses

This was actually last night because they always wake up before me!




None of Avree sleeping!

Good Morning Gracee who is usually the first up!


Good Morning Kalee (mom why are you taking pictures?)


I don't usually take pictures of Avree while she is asleep cause she ALWAYS wakes up, but I got one this morning!!


Right after


Avree watching Kalee clean her room while I make breakfast!


Gracee cleaning her room while I make breakfast!


Good Morning Snowee!


Avree getting kisses from Daddy!!


Giving love to the kitty!


Breakfast!! Muffins yummy and Avree drinking out of her big girl cup!!





Bye Daddy!! What a good sport!



All three


Then we played on our rocking horse and she actually let me take some pictures of her!!


Time to let Mikko out to the potty but she doesn't want to go, I don't blame her it's hot, she will come back in when she's all done!


This is what I find when I get out of my shower!




Gracee was pottying so no pics of her!



While I was uploading earlier I fixed Avree's hair and took a couple of pictures!


Kalee was trying to keep Avree occupied while I uploaded pics!


Kalee teaching Avree how to make a silly face...


Avree's attempt...


Time for teeth brushing before we head out...




Lunch before swimming!




My nephew being silly!


My mom showing the kids Halloween Costumes...oh dear!!


Avree giving Nana some love


Avree and I


The kids getting into the pool!


Kalee in the pool!



Hayden in the pool...


My mom's pool is shaded so the pool water actually stays cool even during the HOT HOT days!!


Gracee with her floatie (she can swim she is just too scared too, she will get it!)


Don't know what Avree's pointing at, but she's cute!


Kids on the Flower Float!


Drying off in the sun....


Drying off in the sun and eating some fruit snacks


Waking up from nap....sorry no before nap pics!


Some fruit for another snack!



Here is the rest of our day....kinda borning around here in the evenings. We just try to relaz and take it easy! The girls were playing so GOOD together tonight too, I was happy to get some great pictures of them!!!

Avree is NOT happy and has been fussy this evening...


Gracee cuddling up with daddy watching tv while mommy is cooking dinner!


Dinner is FINALLY ready, I think they all asked me like 10 times....we ate at our normal time too!! We had yummy roast, carrots, potatoes and some bread...


After dinner the girls went to play in Gracee's room...barbies and my little pony...FUN!!!


Daddy cutting up our snack...WATERMELON...YUMM!!!!


Avree mad again....she wanted some watermelon but didn't want to wait on daddy to cut it! Poor baby!


Watermelon...YUMMM!!


Night Night kisses from Daddy!


Night Night kisses from my sisters! (I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!)


Night Night Avree...


More playing....they stayed in there for like two hours playing...I kept going back to check on them and snap some pics! LOL!!


They just couldn't get enough of each other so they asked....ok BEGGED to be able to sleep together....which reminds me I need to check on them and make sure they aren't in there playing! LOL!!



Good Night and Thanks for Sharing our day with us!!! Hope you enjoyed it!