Lunch

I struggle with what to feed my kids for lunch all the time. I am trying to find the balance of healthy, good variety.....

My kids are by no means picky eaters so it should be easy but I am looking for more than just a sandwich. They both have decided that peanut butter is not their favorite anymore which is crazy how can you not like peanut butter? I know this is my fault because peanut butter sandwiches at one time was lunch at least four days a week.

Today was ham, yogurt with fruit and granola, carrots, celery with peanut butter. They loved it and asked for more of course. I guess that is my problem I now have two bottomless pits and I want to make sure good things are going into the pit!

So what do you feed your kids for lunch?

Owl Puke

"Don't forget your bag of bones" I knew there was trouble when the teacher said that as we were leaving Botanical Gardens yesterday.

So I ask Adrienne what is in your bag? She is so excited to tell me that it is rat bones. All evening I get to hear all about how the owl catches the rat but can't digest the fur and bones so it pukes it up. She shows me the skull, teeth, fur......

So now my wonderful daughter has her very own puked up rat bones and fur.

First Pocket Knife

Last weekend Jeremy took Cole to get his first pocket knife. Cole had been learning all about safety with knives in Cub Scouts and Jeremy thought he was ready. I am still waiting for him to do something crazy like jump out of a tree with it open but so far he has been very careful.

Of course now Adrienne wants to know when she can get a pocket knife.......

Family Fest

Good Food

Face Painting

A new favorite



Always a favorite is the slides.



We had a great time at Family Fest! Cole and Adrienne enjoyed spending the afternoon playing with some of their best buds.

Happy Halloween

Fall Fun

Homeschool Questions

I get so annoyed with the crazy questions that come when I tell people I homeschool my kids.

How do they have friends?

Don't they get tired of being home all the time?

Do you test them?

How do you know they are learning what they are supposed to?

You are going to stop after elementary right?

Do they watch a lot of television?

How do you know how to teach because you are not a teacher?

Don't you get tired of your kids?

Is it legal?

Lucky for all the people that ask the questions I am a smile and be polite kind of girl. One day they are going to ask the wrong homeschool mom these questions and they will be ready to climb in a hole.

Of course one of my favorites is not a question just a sad statement. I could never homeschool my kids and I couldn't wait to send them to school. Am I the only one that thinks that statement is so very sad?

I believe with all my heart that God has called my family to homeschool. He has equipped us with everything we need for this journey.

I keep this scripture on our refrigerator as a reminder of why we homeschool.

Deuteronomy 6:5-9
Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates.