Encouraging Their Dreams

One of the best things about home-school is how you can take your child's interests and really study them together. My son is in love with science, so we can go way deeper then the normal second grade science class would. In public school all the children are taught the exact same thing, with no regard to what they really love. If your child has a interest in something its a great opportunity to teach them all you can about that subject.

 

 My daughter is in love with dolphins and has been for some time. She says that when she grows up she wants to be a dolphin trainer. Anything I teach her about dolphins she soaks right up. Right now we are starting to put together a folder about dolphins. If your child is into a certain animal this is a easy and cheap little project to put together. Just start by gathering some of those cheap little three ringed folders. Get on the internet and gather some facts about the animal the depending on the age of your child you can put together little work pages for them, have them draw the animal, maybe print out a coloring page, and put a fact on each page. When they are done they have a fun little notebook about their favorite animal! 

 Her dolphin....

His giraffe...

Number one

Here it is post number one for the year 2013!!
First off I wanted to say that my comment section now is moderated. I have been getting trashy comments that have needed to be deleted, so figured this was would be best.

After a very long Christmas break i am excited to start homeschooling back up today. I pray that I can be just the teacher my children need, that I can help them learn about the things they love (one of the benefits about home-school).  While at the same time teaching them all the things they need to know, like reading, writing, and arithmetic. We have gotten a little behind in the school year, so it is time to really catch up!  This year I want to try and post more home-school posts. So if your interested in homeschooling or just curious, stop by and check them out. Also if you have any questions about homeschool feel free to ask them. I will try my best to answer them. I strongly believe that this is the calling God has given me. Not to be a "career" woman, who is meeting up to all the worlds expectations. But to be a woman that is dedicated to my family and schooling my children.

 Follow us on our journey as i try to post more often about home-school and adoption!  :)

Looking back

I am excited about a new year coming up! Ready to move on ahead into what God has for us. 2012 was an amazing year! God worked in our lives and this year we finally began our adoption journey! Hoping that sometime in 2013 we will have a new member of our family! God has been good to us this year, and has given us so many blessings. I want to say thank you to those who are still following our blog. And thanks for all the encouragement the blogger community gives while adopting! And homeschooling! Looking forward to another year! 

Proverbs 19:21 

Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. 

Pinterest love and Christmas excitement

I tried a recipe off of pinterest for dinner last night and loved it!! It was Pan-Seared Chicken with Balsamic Cream Sauce, Mushrooms and Onions. And I'm also in the process of doing a craft in my basement. :) Yay for ideas off the internet!! I thought I would share the recipe with you guys because it was so yummy. the yummy recipe .

Alex has had a flu for the past five days, so we have been hanging around the house...we did also get to go to a Christmas banquet for our church, and have been having more fun with our elf on the shelf Arthur. This year I am also having a big Christmas Eve dinner for my in-laws. We have gotten tired of going to both sets of parents houses on Christmas day and having no time to actually relax and spend time with the kids at home. So this year it was time for a change. Excited to see how it turns out.

Christmas excitement is kicking in!!!!!

Construction

         This Blog is Under Construction for the next few days.

                             In need of a little updating :)




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Homestudy update, and a Christmas play

Well the agency called back and said that they actually did have the homestudy. And that they are only waiting on a few pieces of paperwork from the social worker. Then they will send it to us to review.

One step closer!!!!

As we wait we are working on school work.....

 

enjoying the Christmas season. Decorating the house, planning our holiday, and our kids were even in a Christmas play this past Sunday.

Cutest Mary and Joseph I have ever seen.

Missing homestudy!!! Anyone seen it????

Our homestudy seems to be missing. That's right. Missing.

I called the agency again a few minutes ago and had to leave yet another voice mail since the worker who has access to the homestudies was not in. But the story is this. Our last home visit was in October. The very end of it. So she was going to be working on it during the first week of November. Our social worker was elected as magistrate at this time to, so I figured it may be a little slow coming. Well here it is December and I still have heard nothing. I called her and asked her where it is..she said she already turned it in and that the agency has it. I called them, and they said that No they dont have it, that she still does and that they will call me when they get it....so i have no idea where it is!

This is proof that adoption goes nothing as planned... we can try and make everything go along smooth sailing. But road bumps still happen. And God is in control.

And for now I'm gonna learn how to be a pro at stalking the agency!! :)

Meet Arthur

On December First a guest arrived at our house. :)

Our elf on the shelf! We named him Arthur.

And then the fun began!

He got into our sugar,

Hung the kids underwear

turned the milk green

made a train through the living room

toilet papered the tree

hung out  in our freezer

was caught reading the elf on the shelf book

hung from our kitchen cabinet

sat on the tree star

and got into the nuts.......

The kids are loving it, and me and hubby are having fun figuring out what to do next. :)