Snowmaggedon 15

We had snow, snow, snow and more snow. We were in freezing temps, and below freezing temps. But we played in the snow and we built snowmen. Which was a lot of fun. However I am glad that spring is right around the corner. I am done with the snow. Here are some pics of our fun adventure in the snow.

Week 19

Well we are back in the seeing of things again. School got back with a bit of attitude problems resulting in my oldest being grounded. I think she was still suffering on being on our 2 week break.
We also suffered from snowmaggedon '15 this week. We got 6" of snow. Which is quite a bit for us. The tempos were in the negative degrees and we were housebound for a few days. Not fun.
For our break we went to Wilderness at the Smokies. We played, swam, and had an awesome time.
Next week is week 20. I'm praying that this week goes much smoother then last week. Well I didn't take any pictures of week 19 so I'm gonna leave you with pictures from our break and the snow.
Last Tuesday was Jr Bugs birthday. We had so much fun celebrating his birthday. Next week I will be starting him in school. We are going to only do 2 days a week of school. I'm hoping that we will have a good time. Stay tuned for updates of this adventure.

Goodbye 2014 Hello 2015

So its week 13 here. We've had a busy week of learning how to care for environment. At the end of the week we took a field trip to our local recycling plant and practiced recycling and sorting. The kids had a lot of fun at the plant and really mastered learning about recycling. We also finished our calendar for the 2014 year. We brought in the new year. So new learning and new smiles.

This has been a long and crazy week, complete with temper tantrums and groundings. Here's to hoping 2015 will bring new cheer. 

Happy New Year to you all!!

Throwing away trash. 

 Tater finally reading her assignment by herself!

Recycling paper

Taters caring for the environment poster. 

Recycling plastic.

We have finished the 2014 year. Goodbye 2014. 

Christmas Week

So for Christmas we discussed why we as a family celebrate Christmas. We talkies about the birth of our Savior. We talked about how God loved us so much that He brought Jesus to us. We discussed the important players of the Christmas story... Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, the Wise Men, the angels, and of course Jesus. We discussed how they are important and what role they played in the most important story known to man.
We also discussed the candy cane. Tater and Jr Bug both get candy canes for Christmas. We talked about how the candy canes can point us to Christ. How the cane is shaped like a J for Jesus. How the red symbolizes His blood shed for us, and the white symbolizes His purity. We also discussed how the the cane looks like a shepherds staff and how Christ is our Shepherd.
Well that's it for this week. See you next week for week 13.
Merry Christmas to all.

Week 12

So week 12 has seen us busy with reading and with learning about the food pyramid. Tater spent most of this week learning about the major food groups and diagramming the foods we ate. Tater also began reading her first chapter book. We ended the week learning about zoology. As a craft we made a lion. A male lion ad evidenced by its mane.

We've been learning a new Bible Scripture this week. Titus 2:11-15. Both kiddos are learning to recite this Scripture.

Stay tuned for our Christmas week. We are only doing 3 days of school. We are going to take a 2 day break and enjoy family time.

See you next week.

We are back and in full swing

Well hello, its been weeks since I've blogged. I am so sorry about that. Life has been crazy. Good but sad. Happy but trying. But like Paul said...I have learned to be content in all things.
Let's see when I last blogged I told you I was having a hand amputated. And I have had that done. And we are still moving forward. God has been gracious to us. He has allowed us to move steadily on. Teaching is going great. Life is returning to normal and we are still praising God.
Albeit we have moments in which life is not always so sweet. We have had to drop Jr Bug from schooling for a time. While he still learns from educational shows, from life, from reading, and playing games, he is not being taught from me. I've refocused my efforts, but for now, he is still learning and I've learned to be OK with that.
Tater is still schooling. She is also learning about patience and how to press on even when the odds are against you. She has become my champion, and often when its me who should be teaching her, its her who teaches me. I'm blessed beyond measure to have her as my child.
All right so school is back in session. Get ready, get set, let's learn...

Changes

We have had a lot of changes this past few weeks. My service dog was hit and killed. We have had to deal with this loss to our family.
Then we moved to a new home and we are now in a 3 bedroom home and so while we've been moving school has been on hold.
Then last Friday I got sick and had to have an amputation of my hand and wrist. So school is on an indefinite hold until we get settled.
With all that's going on, I'm thankful for the ability to homeschool. There's no place where I can be comfortable saying that we can stop school and just be at home and learn how to readjust to life. But here's the thing... we are still going to learn, we are still going to read, we are going to school, but school may just be learning how to live with each other and how to adjust to mommas needs.

So life will be continued in schooling in a while. Just keep being patient with us in the meantime.