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2 wks in 1 post!

i found this card,i guess you need to address her cards "dear" joey. haha  she is quite the unique kid....ni went to grab groceris and found this little gal giving nate and i a good bye dance. SO funny! 
she flipped her hat off and
swung her shirt. nate and i laughed so hard. joey is always trying to make ppl laugh
mon night i had a meeting and i found this when i tucked her in.  at first she made "i love dad" then went to bed and changed it to "mom" i won! hahahaha it was a great way to end a busy day
these poor pigs put up with so much from the girls. i let joey play with them while i did ellies school. i found them like this
can you feel the dislike from brownie? hahaha
poor things
i set a record last week, i was home for 4 out of 5 suppers and i made all of them from scratch!  after i put supper on the table i looked over and saw this.  how am i going to get into my seat?  jump?  haha
the girls like to help me, and i enjoy their help.  just a warning that some of the veggies or what not are cut up in different sizes....but what ever!  it all tastes the same!
we are wrapping our school up and im THRILLED to announce we finished our science!  it took 4 months longer than planned....the girls enjoy sitting down and going over what they learned
i managed to take the girls to their favorite park, its 20 mins from my house, after spending about 15 mins FREEZING my butt off i went back to the van to sit and read! the girls are big enough for me to watch from afar!  LOVE it!
i started this baby! im loving it! and bonus, its based on a true story!!!!  i got about 60 pages read before my bladder kicked in and it was time to hit up tims for a bathroom and treats.  we were at the park for over 2 HOURS! i cant wait to finish it this wkend...i hope
im still working on the pic, i only spent a few mins on it because i was too into the book...i hate it, so ill make some big changes this wend...if i get a chance
my joey reading me a book
what a GREAT story Joey girl!
haha no its make up.  joey loves all things girl! she likes to pick my clothes from my closet to wear, and my shoes, belts/hair stuff etc... such a little girl!
nates new cadet uniform came in!  my man child!
my crew
we have been doing a lot more family time, almost every night.  i was getting bored of the sing along and story time so i threw out lets play a board game! after everyone got up from passing out hahaha we played. it was quite enjoyable. even chris had a good time!
nate read the 2 love languages for kids. then went on the assignment to find out each of our love languages and speak it.  after finding out joey's is acts of service/quality time nate decided on his own!  (so proud!) to spend time with joey one on one to make a craft with her.  i found him a craft and he spent 20 mins with her making unicorns.  i mean hello! can i be any prouder! 
there are lots of pics of joey because she is ALWAYS with me. what ever room im in, shes there. often playing quietly by herself...this morning i was finishing up getting ready and i found her like this
"sewing"
and i am THRILLED to say we are DONE SCHOOL for 2020!!!!!  i am VERY excited to say im actually on par with my goals!  see cry! this is the YEAR, we WILL get school done....im excited to plan some new classes for the winter 2021...with the girls and with nate...im prepping for his high school and will start his transcripts in jan...i figure take jan-june to get a feel to the layout and the habit of marking and record keeping, something im NOT strong in...then be great for next year! HIGH SCHOOL!

its funny, most ppl are scared to take on high school but im actually feeling quite calm about it.  the only thing that really scares me about it is the cost of the books! YIKES! 

so happy christmas break to me! and the kids but really i mean ME!  i am so sleeping in tomorrow! haha! 

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dec already!

last wed chris took ellie out for her date. i took joey for a bike ride. joey says to me "i like it when ellie goes on a date with dad" i ased her "why?" and she says "because i get you to myself and i get another date" awe....my little joey bird! you make me smile!
i gave her a tree to decorate and put in her room.  she decorated it with make up, hair bows, necklaces and sparkly things...then she went to bed and kicked it over 2 times...and slept like this
thurs i took the kids to the cabin, we stopped for pizza on the way. i ran into the dollar store and when i came out the pizza was gone.  ellie says "here mom, i saved you some" and passes me a napkin covered, no toppings left...pizza end
i ate it. its a mom thing!
i could hear the river from base camp so i went to investigate....it was much bigger than our photo shoot time!  this is the spot we stood to have our picture taken! 
awhile back i found this adorable, old, german! art book!  i brought it to the cabin for the girls and i to try.  they really enjoyed it, we did 5 pages so far
it tells a story as you learn different painting techniques
fri was school in the loft.  we had coffee while we worked. ok hot chocolate for the girls coffee for me
then we moved on to stick art. joey was spelling the sticks because they smelt SO good!
more painting
and more
blowing with straws...i was impressed with ellie's willingness to try something out of her comfort zone
joey's tree
we ended up hanging them in the cabin, the girls also made wooden garland
and big brother nate played games with ellie

 

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pt 2

blogger wont let me post pics in order....grrrr anyways. last wk a friend of mine sent me the above pic and asked if i could paint it for her, i could not find a tutorial to do so but i figured i could try it....stay tuned...
someone is a selfie taker. i found these on my phone!





i painted the back ground...
sat we had our Christmas Bags!  SO fun!  we love this tradition!  thanks nana plumps for making it happen every year for us!
1/2 way finished...ill finish it next time i go to the cabin
i brought the kids home and left chris as the cabin...he needed some more alone time. haha i looked over and found this
they put BOWS on the guinea pigs.  those poor pigs!
piggy jail!

 we are home for another few days, then i think we will head back to the cabin...the days are FLYING by! and i cant wait for christmas!  the break that is!  

have a wonderful week everyone!

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