silly times!

 a new way to sook on your sookie when watching bookaboo!

ive been teaching ellie some new silly moves. she can now, high 5, low 5, praise the lord, peek a boo and give sloppy kisses!

this is praise the lord!

 peek a boo!

 silly girl

 i sat her on my lap yesterday and straightened her hair while i did mine. it looks like a bob. so cute! but we've both decided we like her curly, curls best

 my kids this morning

 praise the lord!

 so we all did!

 me, self shot this am. i've decided a hair cut is in order. it's been a yr you know. haha

 the playroom dvd broke, so the boys took it a part....they then hauled the electronic keyboard out to play with the wires....sigh. my little scholars!

and the wkend is almost over. sigh.  1 comments

Posted by mel at 5:14 PM

our little drummer gal!

 this is ellie's 2nd time on the drums. i think we may have a drummer on our hands! 0 comments

Posted by mel at 12:49 PM

painting the beat. haha

 yesterday am, we spent some time discovering how many colors you could create from just using the primary colors.

 he also painted some pictures with the colors. i think he enjoyed this artsy project. normally, he loathes craft anything

 ellie sat with us and played with her markers. i love color wonder markers

 and sang away

 then got bored and threw them on the floor. which i then put her down and she spent another 15 minutes throwing them around the floor. haha

lunch time! my baby is growing so fast. she wants to feed herself now!

 and goes a great job at it

 silly, monkey girl!

 her table pose. foot up. no sock. haha

 i busted out the lego for nate so save my sanity until chris got home....

 ellie shoe!

 i love her!

 the boys and their new hobby
yes, they are electric, yes there is a headset

 little drummer boy

hehehe

and it's off to another day!


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Posted by mel at 8:58 AM

longgggg weekend!

 i bought nate his own yogurt. he made sure we knew it was his. haha

my ellie belly. p.j's, jacket and grabbing the fridge to let me know she's hungry

 yesterday we went for a family trip.  ellie was quite taken with this whole tv in the van concept

 riding in style!

mom and dad came up for the long weekend.  and once again i went on picture taking strike.  i didn't take one pic of them!  sorry!  we were busy!  sat chris spent the day in the shop working on a project for mom and i didn't take a picture of it!  i did go out and sand it for him thou. ha.  sun was taken up with church and a family outting to the mall...yesterday we took our family trip and i was able to spend the afternoon cleaning the house. i like starting the week with a clean house. makes me feel some what in control. ha.  that was our long weekend!

i can not get over how fast the days are flying by,  ellie is growing up so fast, right before my eyes. i don't regret for one minute taking it slow and spending oodles of time with her.  speaking of her, she just gave me a gift in her diaper. hahahahaha off to receive it. ha

happy tuesday but feels like monday, day! 2 comments

Posted by mel at 8:55 AM

school days

 sigh
do you ever feel like this?
ha

personally, i dont care where or how nate does his work, as long as he gets er done
yesterday he took upon himself to stand on his make shift desk to his flashcards

 then went and worked at his desk

 focused and never noticed i took a picture

and he got another color yesterday.  he's a great kid!

yesterday i had a few errands to run, when i came back nate asked if i would walk around the block with him. so i did.  so fun.  he chatted the whole way, sharing with me the secrets of his heart. i love this boy.  he's creative, kind and so loving to his sister.  he said the other day that he is so glad we had ellie because he loves her so much.

blessed am i! 1 comments

Posted by mel at 9:05 AM

art!

 how did the truck get on top of the jumpoline? hahaha
they made the hill twice the size and hydro seeded it the other day...yeah for privacy and green grass!

yesterday morning i sat down with the kids to go some art. we were studying the romans while reading the tree house books. anyways. we discovered that the romans were behind the mosaic tiles/art so we decided to make our own

 ellie joined us with a box of markers

 she sang with her foot on the table. what a ham!

 i gave nate cookie cutters to help form the shape. this worked like magic!  he was kept busy and focused for an hour on this!

 done! tada!  he did a great job!

throw the  baby out with the basket. oh my!?! haha

i put ellie in the hamper to carry her up the stairs. she loved it

just a peek into our day.  how is yours? 1 comments

Posted by mel at 9:00 AM

pd day!

 friday was our annual pd day for the home educators.  this yr it was held out side freddy.  nate was up to hang with me until my ride arrived. 

my groupies. haha

 we took an afternoon workshop from the local art college, she taught us how to use water colors. it was so much fun!

 lo painting her master piece

 mine.  i pained the flower and played with the colors to create a sheet of colors. i am so going to intro this into our school day!

the day was fun, educational and filled with great food!  can't wait till next yr!

 i peeked out the window and saw this this afternoon.  i wonder what they are talking about?  too cute

and i came home on friday to a clean house!  chris mopped the floors, went grocery shopping, made dessert (we had company fri night) and got me roses.  this is why i don't do hallmark holidays. it means so much more to me when chris does these things simply because he wants to.  the roses are beautiful. i love them.  thanks chris for taking the day off work, running the kids to their classes, taking great care of the house and making my day more special.  i love you 1 comments

Posted by mel at 3:13 PM