So proud of you.

I think I am going to start a blog series called, "So proud of you." I have felt like I have been missing the blessing of having children. So in an effort to be more aware of them I will notice something they do and blog about it.

Tonight my oldest son didn't want cereal for dinner. Imagine! LOL! Yes, we were having cereal cause we are out of groceries (I am heading out to Walmart late tonight). He didn't complain but found bread, tomato paste, a few pepperoni and some Parmesan cheese and made sandwiches, on his own for himself and his oldest sister in the electric sandwich maker. Later when I asked all four kids to come empty the dishwasher, Graham stayed after and rinsed and put all the dirty dishes from the sink into the dishwasher, without me ever asking. I am so proud of him!

What I am Thankful for...

Today I am home with some sick kids so there will be no family gatherings for us this year. This is of course NOT what I am thankful for. I am thankful though for the homeschooling freedoms I have in the Great Lakes State of Michigan. I know many are having to move away from this great state, that jobs are almost nonexistent, but I am rooting for Michigan! I am holding out hope that we will come back...I am hopeful that my husband will still have a job in 2009. For today though I am very thankful for my right to home school our children in anyway that I can to meet their individual needs. I am thankful that testing isn't mandated or turning in my curriculum or assignments. Not that I am opposed to doing these things, not that I don't do these things or do the things that will meet these requirements. I am just glad that today, in Michigan, I have many homeschooling freedoms. I am also thankful that the homeschooling voices that are heard on our state Capitol's door steps are one of the loudest and strongest in Michigan. Thank you God for these freedoms. I don't want to take for granted what they mean to me, my family and our children.
Happy Thanksgiving!

New File Folder Games Website!

Here is a great website for free File Folder Fun and Games! They are also having give-aways too! So click on over and find out more about them!

I've been trying to add their link and can't get it to work! So just click on their webaddress below. I'll keep trying to add the link.
www.folderfun.ning.com

Halloween Story Starters

I found great story starters for Halloween and thought I'd share a few. I did not do any with my oldest as he is deer hunting with Grandpa but I did with my neice who spent the last few nights here and my oldest daughter. They seemed to have fun and I would ask a question to get them thinking about their next sentence. I don't have them ready to share but here are some of the story starters....
*It was a dark and stormy night when...
*My friends and I were trick-or-treating and knocked on the door...
*Meow! The black cat was scared...
*The silliest Halloween ever started when...
*A yellow glow was coming from the jack-o-lantern, only...
*I was counting all my candy when all of a sudden...
*You won't believe this story, but it is true...
*The whirling winds of that October evening sent chills down my spine...

a bit of the mind of a four year old

My youngest son just turned 4 at the end of September. A few mornings ago he came downstairs...


Mom: "Gee Boo, you look all dressed and ready to go for the day!"


Boo: "Yea, I guess that is why I turned four."

The Homeschooling Song

You've got to see this homeschooling video song...it's great!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCu5ojNlpi0

Another Flood?

Yesterday our four children put on their bathing suits and went out to experience all this rain and the puddles it was leaving in it's wake. They had a blast and came in really wet and really cold. It was a nite for those warm jammies! Hours later my four year old son came down the hall and stated with excitement and volume, "GOD IS GOING TO FLOOD THE EARTH AGAIN!!!"

How cute it that? I did remind him of God's promise and the rainbow!