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from the pic a day link-up prompt: day 8. at night. ginger follows me from room to room every night while tucking in the kids. she just plants herself on the floor until I go to the next room.

day 9. something you do most weekends. church. I love our church and all of it’s traditional-ness. wooden pews, hymnals, stained glass…

day 10. black and white. this is in the book ‘betsy-tacy’, which I love. if you never read this series as a kid, you NEED to read it now. so awesome. at any rate, something inspired me to re-read these books about 5 years ago and I remember being flabbergasted when I turned this page and saw this picture! you see, this little house is pretty much identical to the house we lived in on stevenson street in ohio! I loved the turn of the century look of that house, and while it wasn’t a great house, the romantic in me wanted to take that house and turn it into the classic beauty it wanted to be. at any rate, it just made me love these books even more, knowing that betsy lived in the same kind of house I did.

a picture of my calendar for the week. freaking out, just a little.

bread crumbs. I HATE bread crumbs. with the fire of hell…

micah is on a tic-tac-toe kick… he is, um… creative about the rules of tic-tac-toe, and somehow, he always winds up winning. maybe it’s because I don’t understand the rules…

day 11. hero. self-explanatory.

latest fruit into the dehydrator: kiwi. OMG, SO good!

day 12. together. (ignore the double chin.)

first time at the eye doctor. he was playing with this gumball counting sticker set until the dilating drops kicked in. he got to 9 and lost interest…

day 13. table. it always drives me nuts how cluttered everything gets, but this picture is kind of a good snapshot of our family. cut apart word cards that layla was working on for school, a cloth napkin, a jar of nuts, a pencil box full of someone’s crayons, my abandoned knitting bag underneath, a book, and my husband’s feet, relaxing at the end of the day.

9 days into the school year and we already have one down for the count.

day 14. favorite. these pears are almost ripe. yummy!

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first day of school

so, we started school today. this is a big deal because it is OUR first day of official homeschooling. you know, here. at home. most everyone reading this is already aware of the fact that shane has been homeschooled since first grade, but that he has spent the majority of that ‘school’ time, with my mother as his ‘teacher’. this was a fine arrangement, she was willing and more than qualified, and he was learning. but for a variety of reasons, not the least of which being my mother’s current cancer issues, it had become clear that it was time for me to take over. AND,with layla being 4 now, i really wanted to do a little bit more preschool stuff with her. being a little bit of a chicken flake, i (with much urging from my loving husband) decided the best route to go would be with a packaged curriculum. i figured it would be the most time-effective way to cover what we needed to cover, and be somewhat dummy-proof, but at the same time, having the option to supplement with as much

i have "done something"

about shane's room. if you notice over there on my BIG FAT TO DO LIST, for ages now, i've had "do something about shane's room" on the list. and it has sat there on the list, doing nothing. well yesterday, we "did something". i couldn't put "clean shane's room". that wouldn't really cover it. i wasn't sure exactly how to phrase what is was that needed to be done in there, mainly because i don't really know the proper grammatical term for "set off 4 sticks of dynamite followed by much jackhammering and industrial vacuuming". needless to say, it was a pit! every saturday, one of his chores is to clean his room. but at this point, that was just putting clothes in the basket, books on the shelf, toys in bins, etc. anything else was WAY too big of an undertaking for a 9 year old boy on his way out the door. sadly, i didn't think to take a 'before' picture, so i didn't bother with an '

project life 2014 week 3

monday: every time I get out of the shower, this cat is waiting for me, so he can get in and lick up the water off the floor of the shower. it’s his favorite way to get a drink. cats are weird. tuesday: this cracked me up. had micah at the grocery store with me and he spots the produce scale. so of course, he wanted to weigh something. he went for his little donkey kong lego toy that he had with him. tuesday: this is my parents’ cat, beatrice. she is small and feisty, and has the prettiest eyes ever. she’s not so fond of it when I come over to make up beds, and usually finds herself made into one because she refuses to move. wednesday: layla has been very interested in all things domestic lately, and really wants to learn how to cook. so I told her she could start helping me make dinner. this night, it was homemade, cheesy mac & cheese with ham and peas & carrots. she did almost all of it herself. from boiling the noodles, to cutting the cheese (yes, I did just say that), mi

Micah’s Birthday

This kid had the audacity to turn 13 yesterday… As was expected, I was a bit of a hot mess about the whole affair. Here’s his “last day to be 12” photo. He ran out of fingers a couple years ago, so taking a page out of Shane’s book, he borrowed a couple of feet from the cat to make 12. But, not too old to choose Lucky Charms for his birthday breakfast. He got his happy birthday facetime call first thing and got to open his gift from Gramma and Skip while they watched… He’s had a boom box on his list this year. You might remember that 2 years ago, it was a Walkman. The obsession with 80s audio continues. Gramma found this one and it seems to fit the bill. Looks totally retro, plays and records tapes but also has radio AND a USB port so he could use some modern tech with it, as well. So, he spent the morning taking advantage of the birthday allowances of not having to do his weekend chores and lifted time limits on video games… all while listening to the radio or one

project life–week 18

the three amigos… this trio of the neighbors’ poultry is always in my parents’ yard. and spark way too many “why did the chicken cross the road” jokes. these are the two lilacs I gave my mom for mother’s day two years ago. last year, only one bloomed. looks like this year, both will have some nice flowers! when I get to the bottom of a bag of chips and they’re too small to effectively scoop up salsa, I just dump them in a bowl, pour salsa over them, and eat the whole delicious mess with a spoon. not ashamed. dave got himself a new set of bike tools. everyone had to check it out. first grade music concert. micah had a solo! saturday baseball fun. pitching, homerun derby, bouncy houses, dunk the coach… and of course, eating kettle corn and horsing around.

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