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ellie date

 last tues was ellies date night.  i took her to see paddington bear. she enjoyed it.  my favorite part? was the last 1/2 hr when ellie curled into my lap.  love her. love our date nights
 she rode a few rides after the movie.  it was a storm day, the FIRST of the year!  i thought the theater would be PACKED.  wrong.  there was 8 ppl!!  crazy. 

chris was home last week with shingles!  so i was able to take ellie to the early movie and pick up a few supplies for a project im working on...
 nate is out with chris tonight, on his date night.  they also went to a movie.  star wars!  thanks, but ill stay home with 2 sick girls and have a semi quiet evening to myself...
the cold bug hit our house on the weekend. i was quite sick yesterday, i slept until 10, nate watched the girls while i slept. he is the BEST kid.  then brought me my coffee.  i enjoy our morning chats.  i some how got through school to go back to bed to sleep for another 30 mins.  then when chris came home i went back to bed for another hour!  i woke up this morning feeling much better and was able to get though the day with out a nap. ha

ellie and joey both have it now.  poor girls!  im hoping to grab the chance to update the blog!  finish my book before the boys get home! 

i even had the energy to cook a proper supper.  the girls even ate their veggies and ellie now likes broccoli! 

hows that for random, all over the place facts. ha....on to the week.... 0 comments

crafts!

 saturday i spent almost the whole day making decorations for the up coming home school valentine party that a few of us awesome moms are putting on for the kids.  joey stayed and "helped" me....she also made a few of her own pieces of art. joey LOVES to make, create, color, cut, and glue. she gets lost in it. it also keeps her busy. i gave her a shelf in the school cart to use...why? because after running out of pictures to make sun morning (while chris and i slept) ellie helped her get new pics...for the ORIGINAL CURRIC!  that i photocopy from.  good thing joeys the last kid, bu still i was upset to see that she colored and cut up the originals...now the girls know better and we had a lesson on DO NOT TOUCH MOMS DESK!
 joey helping. me. i cant imagine this position was comfy for her....

one of the displays we are doing for the party
 another
 she is sweet
 and another
 waving, cause shes a ham
 i have a few more decorations to make and ill be done.  decorations cost=10.00!

i have NEVER in all my years on the east coast have EVER seen a winter like this.  this is JANUARY!!!!  where is the snow????? hello!

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love!

 ellie crafted me this.  it says "i love you mom. you are the best in the world. i love mom" she did it all by herself!
 one of the reasons that i LOVE home schooling is the mornings.  we wake up, when ever.  we eat. we drink coffee, we talk, we play...we enjoy....i spent fri last week enjoying my paper and coffee with a girl on each side playing.  life is good
 the kids got some mail!  thanks quinn!
 and these 2 cuties are selling lemonade!  they set it all up themselves.  you can have your own fresh glass for .5cents.  what a deal!
 fri we hit up the library.  joey took a little nap. i enjoyed the cuddles
she is growing up way too fast.  love her.  0 comments

sunday

 check out her stance.  my little joey
 sisters!  all ready for church
 ellies friends didnt recognize her when they saw her with her new hair cut!  too cute i hear her say "lindsay, its me ellie!"
my kid crew! 0 comments

school

 i thought i would take my phone with me today to try to remember to take more pics. it was a snow day here in n.b and with 3 sick kids i wasnt expecting to get much done...i did get school in....in a much more relaxed pace....i started my morning with my FAV tea!
then a glass of oj, with  nate!
 see snow!
 then in to the school room. i use oils every day...today i used
 well-being.....cause i could use some
 ellie got right down to work. in her p.j's
 i know shes holding her marker wrong.  oh well
 joey got to work on her school.  joey joins us for ellies lessons. im impressed by how much she is picking up on
 making a Z
 gluing in her princess dress that she chose
 hot, flushed little mess
 pinning up her work.  she made all of these. in 2 wks. she LOVES to do art!  this is her new board, i was going to use if for all the kids buy she is so busy making pictures that i gave it to her!  i LOVE that we home school and she is able to work at her own pace, im amazed by how much shes doing on her own! 

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pt 2

 for ellies school i do work sheets, reading and math with her daily.  we end up doing math on the floor most days bec joey is on my other side and its easier for me
 LOVE home school! 
we finished ellie's k school lessons that i bought, so now im just kinda winging the rest of the yr with her. i want to work on her penmanship and spelling more but shes at a gr 1 level, so im not concerned
 reading is ALWAYS done in my bed, the same way i taught nate to read.  i love it.  ellies on the last reader for all about reading level 1
 i read this reader to both girls, joey cuddles on ,y right while i do reading with ellie. joey has learned to be quiet and still if she wants to be there for reading. i dont mind having her there!  most days the girls join me for nates science reading as well
 reading snuggles
 JOEY!
 after reading today, joey wanted to print. i snapped the pic then told her to go to her desk and not write in my bed anymore. ha
 after ellies school is done we always take a lunch break together.  then i put a show on for the girls and nate and i bust out the books...i forgot to take pics with nate today :( other than these....im using the projector daily now with the geography lessons. i LOVE it.  ellie usually comes in to listen
 see...
 nates been using my computer a lot this month. im gonna shut that down because he is so MESSY! and leaves a mess for me to clean up. ha

i enjoy my time with nate, we catch up, do school and talk. its weird how big hes getting.  he usually takes off when his friends get home from school and i dont see him until close to bed time. i cant imagine having him in school. when would i see him????
 joey was brushing her puppy's hair and singing "oh where is my hair brush"
 then nate asked her to do his reading for some coins. she said yes and took his money and sat down to read his work for him. i told him no go! haha
and with that, its been another week!  i hope we all wake up feeling better tomorrow!  0 comments

selfies!

 i had to laugh when i found this on my phone.  ellie taking a selfie with her baby
love her!
 i went to the mche meeting last fri, after not attending for over a yr and 1/2.  the plan was for aralee to pick me up around 6:30, but i sent her a SOS text at 4ish and she picked me up at 4:45! ha we went for coffee and a chat before the meeting. the meeting was great. it was refreshing to meet up with ppl you havent seen in awhile and chat.  im only posting this book on the blog so i know where to find it when i go to order books next yr. haha

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