The older two kids attend a special Homeschool “School” one day a week. It is quite a distance from where we live so I’ve been trying to come up with some fun things to do with the younger girls while
Happy Birthday, Hannah!
Hannah turned 7 years old on Tuesday. She had a few days worth of birthday celebrations and just ate up the excitement! Thursday: Our good friend, Bonnie, took Hannah out to paint pottery. They had a blast and were excited
Quilts . . . Completed
This week the girls have taken turns tying their quilts. Emma got frustrated with how long it was taking her so she had me work towards her from the other side. Hannah had me working the needle and she did
A Girls’ Weekend
By default, with the boys gone, we had a girls’ weekend. A lot of time was spent working on quilts, but we did venture out of the house on Saturday to see “Shorts” at the movie theater. I was outvoted
Quilt Update
Nothing can be done in this house without the ‘monkey see, monkey do’ effect. Upon seeing Emma start on her quilt, Hannah decided she would like to try to sew one as well. Once Emma was off handling herself well
Stranger Danger
We’ve done a number of Family Home Evenings on this subject but sometimes we’re reminded that we need to have it again. One of those reasons is that Hannah has forgotten why she can’t answer the door when I’m not
‘Toofer’ Twins
Twins . . . 22 months apart!
A Communion
When Caleb was put on the gymnastics team almost a year ago, we all became fast friends with the other two boys and their families in his level. Both the boys and their families attended Caleb’s baptism in January and
‘Annie’
The girls had a Girl Scout outing last night to see the musical “Annie” at a local private high school. I had the opportunity to go with them and we had a great girls’ night out. The music was great
Baseball Season
Saturday marked the beginning of baseball season in our town. This is always done with a parade for all the teams where they end up at the ball fields for some speeches and then team pictures. Of course, that is