Sunday...forty-eight...

Sunday...forty-seven

Just a lot of random...

The kids had to go and play in the ice one morning. 

The kids found instructions to make a shadow show in a science book. So of course we had to do it. 

Oak drew a picture of Merida. 

This boy got all his chores done without any problems one morning and did more than was asked of him. After he was done I picked him up and sat down with him on the couch and just squeezed and snuggled him. Then we had this conversation...Mac: I love this. Me: I do too, can we just snuggle like this forever? Mac: We could, but I really want to eat. Lol Then I just sat and listened to him talk my ear off for 20 minutes.

We were having a discussion at family scriptures reading about Christ being at the gate of heaven and then she drew this afterwards. 

So we finally had this discussion with the kids. It breaks my heart that we have to be so on top of this, but I know it is so important. This is an awesome book by the way. We are only part way through it but it is so great to use to talk to kids about this awful epidemic. 

Just enjoying the view from our family room window. Love the cows being out there during the winter. 

Mac decided he wanted to do his spelling lesson with his feet. 

Hubs made this coffee table for my mom for Christmas. We gave it to her early since she will be in Utah for the whole month of December. 

We had an unfortunate event of a young doe trying to jump our fence and getting its leg caught and dying. We didn't even realize until our neighbor came over to tell us because they could see it from their yard. Poor thing. 

We love doing Cosmic Kids Yoga. They had a new one that was Harry Potter themed and Mac had to get all dressed up like HP. 

On Thursday when I babysit some other homeschool kids, we try to do some fun crafts. We made these fun craft stick catapults. 

And I made this out of some twigs from our backyard. 

The kids wanted to do the "dishes" or just get wet. 

And Mac finished level 1 of his spelling program. He was more excited about the certificate than actually finishing it. 

I was sick, lots of books, unplanned homeschooling,

I wasn't feeling well most of the week so we didn't do a ton. 

Sunday night I ended up with half my face in so much pain and it felt like someone had hit me up side the head with a bat. I am thinking it was maybe a sinus infection. I took a few Sinex and was feeling better by the next day. The kids always want to make me breakfast in bed when I am sick. 

Mac said he would go easy on my since I was sick. Well he didn't.

We finally got our book order in from the homeschool center. LOTS of books! So excited! I was bummed that they wouldn't let me order the history curriculum I wanted. 

I got Mac a beginner Chess book and he got right to work. 

We were trying to get some school work done and the kids ran outside to play in the ice, without shoes. I at least made them come back inside and put some on. 

We got a bunch of books telling about the childhood of famous people. Oak wanted me to read her the Pocahontas one to her. When ever you read a book to her she conjures up so many craft ideas, so we ended up making the indian headbands. The kids loved it.  

She had to dress like an indian the whole day. Best we could do. 

My cute little indians reading some of our new books. I got a ton of math based story books. They are so much fun. 

Then we had to build an indian longhouse to eat lunch in. They take their roles as indians very serious. We actually learned a bit about the different kinds of houses indians lived in. 

On veterans day we learned a little bit about why we celebrate it and then this is what the kids did after. I thought it was hilarious the gender differences they had in their reactions to learning about Veterans day. Mac got all of our military books, got out his arm guys and his wooden Navy ships that Grandpa Dick made him. 

Oak wanted to make another hat, (Mac did not). 

Mac made these cute little dogs with his legos. I loved them. 

We watched Book of Life last week and I was impressed with how much detail Oak remembered from the characters. 

We found these cool feathers in our yard. 

Having fun playing outside in the nice weather. The next day its snowed :(

She wanted to keep it in the house. I had to say no. She was not happy. When she gets an idea and she can't follow through she gets so upset. 

Sunday Gratitude...forty-six...

I am grateful...

...for the primary program. It is always a special Sunday.

...for when it is NOT snowing. I hate messy, unsafe roads. Unfortunately we live in a place that makes this happen all winter. 

...to have a warm, safe place to be with my family when its cold and snowy,

...to realized that saying NO the first time Hubs asked me to marry him was wrong and then ended up telling him yes a couple weeks later, 15 years ago on the 17th. 

...that Hubs waited for me to be comfortable with getting married and that he never pressured me or got frustrated with me over saying no to him. 

...for the start of a new week, although this one is going to be crazy!

...to be teaching in primary. I am shocked that I am saying that, because I cried when they called me. I was really hoping to get a calling where I could still go to Relief Society. I have been in Primary for about 13 of the almost 15 years we have been married. 

...for the new adventure in teaching Senior Primary, which I have never taught in all my years in Primary. 

service, school pictures, dressing up and cleaning...

I taught Mac some ways to use a abacus this week.  

Oak trying to figure out the time. 

This is what our floor looks like most days after we get our homeschooling done. The family room floor is our favorite place to homeschool. 

Since the homeschool center program is through the school district the kids are able to get school pictures. I could not get Mac to give an open mouth smile. 

And this girl is only in Kindergarten. 

One day our friends invited us to go and do some yard work for an older couple who can't do it. It was so much fun to do service with so many friends. 

We brought some pumpkin bread and another friend brought hot chocolate. 

These two girls are too cute.

Mac had a winter hat on and when we took it off after a couple of hours his hair looked all sorts of crazy. 

We decided we needed to cut up and cook this pumpkin/squash that Oak had picked out at the pumpkin patch. She was not happy about it as you can see. She gets very attached to things. 

Dinner one night. I hadn't made these in a couple of years and boy were they yummy. Even Mac loved them. 

We did a graphing activity one day. 

Thought this was cute. 

He fell asleep during quiet time. Cutie!

I thought this was hilarious. Cowboy hats, spiderman go fish and almonds. Plus now that Mac can eat almonds my kids are obsessed.

Just being silly.

This girl literally spent most of her week dressing up. 

We went to Young Hearts on Friday which is a program a homeschool mom has put together to visit different senior centers to do crafts and play games with the seniors. 

The clutter had been piling up in the kitchen and I finally was able to get it cleaned up really good. I had to send a picture to hubby before I cooked dinner. 

Saturday was work day. I helped both the kids clean their rooms thoroughly. It is NOT fun. But it feels so nice once it is done. It is frustrating to help them though. Oak spends most of the time changing her clothes, dressing up her dolls and shoving things in places they do not belong. But once we were done she was so excited and said how much she loved her clean room and that it felt like a Temple. 

So just as we were moving into our house, we drove by a rummage sale and saw two old ladders. I have been wanting one for a long time. So we stopped and asked how much they were. She said one was already sold and they were $5 and I could pick which one I wanted. YES!! It was a ten foot ladder so it needed to be cut down to fit in the space I wanted it. We finally got around to getting it cut. And I love it! 

The other part I put in Oaks room. 

Hubs and I did some rearranging in the garage to be able to fit my dads tools in it. While we worked, the kids played...

and played...

...and played.