We usually do a homeschool field trip on Fridays that follows along with our lesson plan. I had a rare Saturday off work so we moved our field trip to the weekend so Jase could tag along. Our theme this week was airplanes and the kids all agreed it was the most fun week so far. Our “field trip” was a simple one, we loaded up all the things in our house that fly and took off to the park with some homeschool friends. It was a perfect blustery day for it too. Kites, frisbies, balsa wood planes, gliders followed by a picnic dinner, it was a blast!

He doesn’t get much screen time but since we started school he’s fallen in love with Storybots. Today, he found Jude’s old listening program headphones and was *thrilled* when I plugged them in so he could watch Storybots.

We love their apps and find something applicable with our preschool lesson plans every single week. http://www.storybots.com/videos

Building paper airplane launchers with daddy. Free, fun, project for the kids to wrap up airplane week for homeschool.

I was off witnessing and photographing the miracle of birth today.  Ty held down the fort, handled homeschool and nap time and snacks and all that comes with the chaos of this house.  It can be hard to come home, pick up my camera and find inspiration after witnessing so many beautiful moments all day long and using up my creative tap.  Thankfully, these two yahoos above made it easy to quickly grab my photo of the day when I made it home just in time for dinner, bath and bed.

So.  This is happening.  Slightly against my will.  Last night after baths Jonah was running around without clothes on as usual.  He stopped Jude and told him he needed to go potty.  Jude said “ok, come on, let’s go…” and took him.  A minute later I hear cheering from the bathroom.  That’s the first time he’s ever told someone and the first success!  My first thought is that Jude just landed himself a JOB!  Ha!  I was hoping to wait until it warmed up a bit when it’ll be easier to have him running around with less clothing on.  Plus, we just aren’t in a rush.  But if he’s feeling ready we […]

Our view at dinner. The dogs under the table while we eat drive us all crazy so out they go. This little old lady will be 18 soon. She’s fading fast and we won’t have much longer with her. I can’t wrap my mind around that. Not even a little bit.