I Will Survive...for homeschool Moms

I just have to post the link to this song!  It is "I will Survive" for homeschoolers and it is great.  It is on YouTube.  I had read the words before, but seeing pictures to go with it is great, and just what I needed this morning!

I Will Survive

 Here's another one:

A Homeschool Family

 

Back to school!

We started school on Aug. 11.  Though we kept our afternoons free for things like friends and swimming.  Afterall, it is still in the 90's, so summer is still here. It just makes life a little busier.  I have a fun post of our summer adventures coming up, but I have been busy with planning the school year, and watching the olympics, and going here and there to keep cool.  And today we are going camping at the beach where it will be in 60's!  Not exactly swimming weather, but it will be so nice to get out of the heat for a few days.  We will come back on Sunday, and hit the books full force on Monday.  The Olympics will be over, so I will have more time to read the great books I am trying to finish, and post pictures on my blog.

Life is full. :)

Nicknames

I have decided to pick  nicknames for all of us, for privacy, and so I don't have to write "13yod" etc.

Kitty, 13:

Lizard (his choice), 12:

Zebra, 10:

Puppy, 8:

 

Tiger, 6:

Dancing Bear & Mama Bear:

Giant Chess Game

My clever sons made this chess game out of a quilt and Duplos:

12 Years Old

My first born son is 12 today!  Here are a few photos over the years:

As a baby

Almost 2

4 years old

6th birthday

8 yrs old

9 yrs old

11 yrs old

My list of things to do, in no particular order

I have so many projects and chores swimming around in my head, I thought I'd post them here.  I don't want to just write a normal to do list, I might get overwhelmed.  But it does help to clear one's mind, at least for a little while, to write it somewhere.

Work on quilts

learn photography

take portraits of boys

haircuts for boys

learn about soil and fix ours

adjust curtain rods

clean van

fix trailer to sell

find  a good Bible study

read Bible

plant more flowers

pull up ugly bushes

organize garage....again

fix bike tire

take more pictures

put picures in photo album which is backlogged from 2003

plan school

buy school supplies and books

buy bookshelves

remove wallpaper from kids' rooms

paint kids' rooms

shampoo carpet

go camping

oil change

laundrysweepmopvacuumdustfridgewindows

organize schoolroom better

file

clean off desk

plan a menu

cook

buy clothes for kids

read to kids

read, and finish, my homeschooling books

play games

paint with kids

teach kids to do their chores better

learn about herbs

eat healthier

go swimming

go bike riding

volunteer for outreach with church

get up earlier!

weed, weed, weed

clear off back patio

dust fans before the fan guy comes to fix them!

Well, time to get started!

Giant Pizza!

We went out for pizza yesterday, after seeing Nim's Island at the movies.  It was huge, 30"!: