WW: His Favorite Toy

Nate has really enjoyed the little turtle toy.... it's cute to see him playing with it. He's just very attracted to toys with faces... but really loves the turtle...

here is their last "playtime" together...





too funny it's one of Anna's old baby toys... I guess I should find something more manly for him to wrestle with ;)

What were the older munchkins up to?

Squirting eachother with the hose... of course :)

Tiny Talk Tuesday - 'real to life'

This week I've been dutifully writing down my kids' crazy conversations... and I've included some of their normal antics... partly to remember and partly to share what I have to "put up with"... LOL!!

Bathing Excuses:
*Chris: "I don't like water!"
*Lydia, standing outside the shower, had not yet been in: "Oh, it's too hot!"
me: "Too hot?"
Lydia: "No, too cold!"

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The kids were talking about NOT going into Daddy's new office upstairs. Lydia (who had just been busted for making a mess in the schoolroom) claimed,"I didn't go into Daddy's office but Anna and Chris did."

Chris pipes up,"Oh, yes you DID. Remember I was in there and I told you to come in there with me?"

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Chris: "There is a movie on my wall!!!!"

He was sooo excited, I was SURE to check it out. And I found him in his room making hand shadows on his wall..... LOL!!

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Chris came running inside one morning this week adament that someone had stolen "it"! So we asked him what was missing.

Chris: "Someone stole all our ice!!"
Brian had gotten some big chucks of ice out of our freezer and I guess Chris was expecting to still find them on the driveway when he went outside the next morning;)

Nice little science lesson there;)

multitude monday

21. simple days of summer
22. cute little dancer (with coordination like her Momma)

23. siblings at play together (with a "new to us" toy from Andrea)

24. giggles coming from the playroom
25. babe small enough to be bathed in the sink

26. sisters that help take pics

27. little hands that help clean

28. quiet moments found
29. another space organized
30. naptime for everyone

James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Student Photo Week

Anna

Chris

Lydia

Even Nate got in on the fun;)

Our "funny" picture.... funny thing is....

... Chris didn't realize his sign was upside-down!! Boy, oh boy do I have my work cut out for me this year!! A class clown with an audience... whoops, I mean sisters:)

This week I have a couple of tasks in mind!

#1 We've really SLACKed on chores this summer... both on the kids doing them AND me checking to see that they've been completed. So tomorrow we are starting from stratch.... I"m giving the kids their new chore "charts" and we'll begin with HOW to do them correctly. And then we'll have this week to practice before we start school next week!

Keeping up with housework was one of the biggest homeschool surprises for me last year.... with my mornings and most naptimes focused on schooling the housework didn't get completed as quickly!! So hopefully having the kids do their few chores, we can keep the house a little better;) HOPEFULLY :)

#2 Getting back to the books!! Throughout the summer we've used some napping-Nate moments to work on history, memorize verses and math, but not on any schedules! So this last summer week, I'm hoping to have the kids doing a little work from their fun workbooks and doing history together like I'd like to happen this school year.

#3 Oh, yes... and play!! We ALL benefit from spending moments playing together with the goal being to spend time and play with eachother;)

We are linked up to the Not Back-to-School Blog Hop at Heart of the Matter! We've enjoyed these link ups and meeting other blogging homeschoolers:) I've already "met" our twin family.... a family with kids that sound JUST like my crew but a few years older!!

I Heart Faces : Sunglasses

Love this pics of Chris, his new sunglasses and a Momma with her camera;)


More sunglasses at i heart faces!