it's all fun and games

field trip!

we discovered a local green house in aulac, ok kinda local! its owned and operated by this great dutch/homeschool family who moved from ont (about 1/4 of our group is peeps from ont!) and started a green house called Holmstead Farms...i had a blast! i really enjoyed the information shared...i think the parents enjoyed it more than the kids!

making our plants

holding the baby chicks

olga and ellie

the sassy ducks. i now want a set of ducks. they are so mouthy!

all the plants!

they went through the whole process from heat/temp/kinds of water to soil and nutrients to the choices of seeds...it was very informative

the moms were totally into it

chickens! i mean can you even be a home schooler if you dont have them? haha it was nice to get out there and meet them, i ended up spending 2 hrs after the tour talking to the owners. it was a great day! then we hit up the local park to play while i read.

this totally cracked me up and reminded me of chris

joey left this note for chris

she left her dog stuffy at the cabin and asked chris to bring it home for her...she even drew the picture. love her!

the start of gutting the play/school room.....so......much work. this room needed a lot of work, it was used the most over the yrs and it showed! i cant imagine how many hours ive spent in there.....

waking up to this. is perfect. a coffee and note from chris

its thursday! my 3rd child is here! ha...judah has spent so many nights with us :)

we did earth day with the group. a video/share, then out door scavenger hunt, a craft and planted a sun flower....and amanda is FOREVER banned from all crafty supplies....she gave the kids GLITTER! what a mess!

caleb, he's the best!

moi!

meeka asking for a snack "me eat too?"

she is truly a mountain dog. i found her laying on the very last patch of snow...choosing to lay on it instead of the grass! winter is her season

one monday NONE of us were feeling school so we all ditched it (last minute!) and met up at the park for the day! so! fun! all it takes is 1 person to say..."im not feeling school today....." and bam! we are at the park!

my 3! ha

caught this happening! awe nate!

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Posted by mel at 4:30 PM

easter!

amanda and i threw a homeschool easter party! we did it faith themed "Jesus is Risen" was the name...it ruffled a few feathers, raised some eyes and caused me to roll my eyes in dismay. anyways! due to large turn outs we cap parties at 40....over 50 showed! it was a lot of fun. amanda and i tag team. i do my activity she preps for hers then we flip...

we started with those adorable little sheeps, then moved on to bingo and a game while my friends helped me prep for the flower pots. i could NOT have pulled this off with out their help! thanks you guys!

some of the sheep/lambs that the kids made

so cute!

"jesus is risen" flower pots

i scavenged the cabin for foliage to use, they turned out super cute

some of the kids working away

joey!

my activities

then we played games/ decorated cupcakes/ate more sugar and went home...ha

how can this even be comfortable?????

joey! wearing chris's old glasses and nates hat

my BEAUTIFUL sister came up for easter! so thankful for her!

while cry and i hung out the men worked on building chris's shop./ quinn organized my books...too bad ive added about 100 more to this and have to re do it!

cry and i arrived back (with bad attitudes but we changed them) and did a fire in the garage (it was raining) it turned out to be a lot of fun! im SORRY chris for my bad attitude!

Easter was spent having....crepts! mom and dad couldnt make it so my bro/copper/sis and her crew did a simple dinner together

joey at the kid table. haha

easter sunday was VERY simple this yr. voila!

meeka was over it! she was still recovering from her surgery

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Posted by mel at 3:31 PM

the start of CRAZY!

we have been in the process for months now of getting the house ready to list/sell/move. we bit this process off in pieces, much easier to live with...but it drags on....and on.... we took the beds a part for the girls and for a few wks they slept like this. i love how they make their beds and get their things ready for bed....mental note to take pics of the AFTER. they are SOOO messy!

ellie's bed on top

joey's in the floor

joey's must haves. her pile of special blankets with sleep mask

and endless supply of stuffies....and more stuffies....that ALL have a name and are SO special to her!

SPRING is here! know what that means???? ZOO CAMP! i was able to get spots for them for all 6 wks! they cut the amount of kids to 8 per class, this is their fav home school activity and with covid their normal school activities have been cut. but yea for zoo camp!

off they go!

meeka, sweet meeka. she cracks me up. she got "stuck" in the cord of the vacuum and stood there until i set her free....all she needed to do way walk out of it. but no. she just stayed there until i came and i rescued her...

oh baby!

poor baby! hahaha

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Posted by mel at 3:17 PM

my girls!

meeka...tired and resting her head on the door. haha

joey getting her craft on

one afternoon we made "signs of spring" books. we went and found some signs and made a book of it. a super easy activity to do while im busy packing...and packing.....haha

i wrote out a quick grocery list....and found this

joey cut out pictures of stuffies she wanted and GLUED it to my list. ha

they didnt have any, i def would have picked her up one for her creativeness. haha

joey selfie!

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Posted by mel at 5:36 PM

joey colored her band aid so it would be pretty

meeka with her wkly chew

we were blessed with a visit from muetti and vati. i didnt take many pics, we were busy at the cabin for most of the visit! but we did get some time to chat and catch up