Bad Mommy Day

I have to confess that I have not done my job as a mommie today. I am very excitied about being the VBS director for our church this year. I love the VBS program we are doing. (Operation Space by Answers in Genesis.) I was only going to spend a few hours during the morning to try and figure out a workable schedule, but that turned into a 6 hour thing and then I wanted to email my assistant director some space facts and that turned into a couple of hours... so yes, my children have been running free willy all over the house today. I guess I had better get off this computer and check out the damage. Yes, this was not a day gone as planned, and yes I know that I should have stopped and payed more attentions to the kids... so this is my apology. I feel bad... tomorrow is a new day, and it will be a better day!

Our little classroom

This post is mainly for my sister-in-law in the frozen north who would someday like to homeschool her kids, but you can all peek into our little classroom...

The Northern Family

(there is a new little princess snuggled in Mommy's jacket)

Our classroom: there is another desk that didn't make this picture. On the left, under the pad of paper you will see bins that holds all of our supplies. To right are two desks that holds all of our books and writing utensils. In between the two desks is a bookshelf that houses all of our revelent books to the current theme.

Our daily circle time mainly revolves around the "days of the week" chart on the left, the "calendar" in the middle and the "weather chart" on the right. We then go over a bible lesson or memory verse and then read a few books. I also write a letter to Princess #2 every school day that lets her know what we will be doing that day. She can't read but she has fun when I read it to her during circle time

Then it is to the table to do our activities/worksheets.

Missing Link

Hey everyone! It has been a long few weeks with all the illness we had in our home. I have a lot going on right now and I haven't posted in a while because I keep wanting to catch up. I decided today to just go forward from today and then randomly post the missing weeks as I have time. So if you find a random post here and there you will know why! Luv to all-

Happy Birthday Prince Charming

Yesterday was Prince Charming's birthday. His wish was to go small game hunting so the day dawned bright and clear and off he went bunny hunting. He went with his Dad and my brother. Together they got 4 rabbits. Then in the afternoon he took apart our leaking shower and realized that not only was it leaking but it was also rotting. So it looks like we will be replacing our entire shower! (Fun!!) Then we had a small family dinner with cake/ice cream. All in all it was a quiet get together that was actually quite fun!

Happy Birthday Prince Charming

Reilly helping "daddy" open his gifts

Prince Charming and his little ladies

The Medical Ward

The last two weeks has looked like this for me...

Saturday... Princess #1 starts running a fever
Sunday... Princess #1 feels better but the girls and I stay home from church, just in case. Prince Charming comes home from church and says he doesn't feel well and begins to run a fever
Monday... Prince Charming stays home from work sick with fever and laringitis
Tuesday... I don't feel so well, Prince Charming starting to feel better
Wednesday... yup, I am sick, fever and laringitis. Prince Charming doing good.
Thursday... Princess #2 starts to bark and get horse...classic croup. I am feeling better
Friday... Princess #1 starts to bark and get horse... classic croup. I am doing great.
Saturday... Princess #3 wakes up with a fever and starts to get horse... classic croup. Princess #1 still slightly running fever and Princess #2 is getting better.
Sunday... all three girls are sick! All are barking and horse, but older ones are doing better.
Monday... Princess #1 is feeling better so she goes to school, get a call from the school nurse at 10am, she is coughing and her eyes are pink
Tuesday... Princess #1 home from school...Princess #1 can't open her eyes... to the doctor we go... pink eye in both eyes along with double ear infections. On the upside, Princess #3 and Princess #2 seem to be doing better.
Wednesday... Princess #1 home from school...Princess #3 wakes up with a fever and cranky, Princess #1 starts running a fever again and the cough is still persisting. On the up side, Princess #2 is still doing well and Princess #1's eyes are better.
Thursday... Princess #1 home from school... off to doctor with Princess #3 and Princess #1. Princess #1 has double ear infections and Princess #3's ear are still infected so they move both of them to stage 2 meds for ear infections. On the upside Princess #2 is feeling better and Princess #1's eyes are clear.
Friday... Princess #2 wakes up with a fever and says her ears hurt...off to the doctor again, Princess #2's has double ear infections. The put her to straight stage 2 meds. On the upside Princess #1 is back in school and Princess #3 is doing much better.
Saturday... All girls are feeling great!... Prince Charming just said he is not feeling well and his ears hurt.... so not fair!!

Extended Christmas Gathering

Right after the holidays we got together with my extended family on my Dad's side of the family. It was a small gathering this year as many of the family was sick. My uncle from Colorado was able to join us via computer and webcams. My girls thought that was really cool. It is interesting because alot of the family members live close to us but we do not get to see them except for on Christmas. OK, I am going to attempt a family tree for you through pictures ( I wanted to do that for my mom's family too but that trip to the ER sorta ruined it.)

My grandparents, my dad's parents who have passed away had 4 children...

Son #1: Grandpa (my dad) had four children and Grandma (my mom)

Grandpa's Daughter #1: The Business Man and Morning Dawn and their kids

Grandpa's Daughter #2, Little Birdie

Grandpa's Daughter #3, Domestic Goddess (me) and Prince Charming and our kids (yes the dog too)

Grandpa's Son #1 (and only),Uncle Pastor and Aunt Pharmacist

Daughter #1 (and only): Flute Player (pictured here with Little Birdie) and Truck Driver, who was at work

had two children.... Flute Player's Son #1, Leo and Beautiful Smile and family
Flute Player's Daughter #1, Beautician and Motorcyclist and family
Son #3, Body Guard and Bakery, were sick and not able to make it the party,

but they had four children....

William's Daughter #1, N and her son

Body Guard's son #1 (and only), J and J were sick but these are their kids
Body Guard's Daughter #2, Banker was not able to make the party but these are her kids...
Body Guard's Daughter #3, Manager and Man were working but this is her son...

And finally, Son #3, Gambler had two daughters and he and his wife Dee live in Colorado...
Gambler's Daughter #1, The Quilter and Gambler's Daughter #2, Gypsy

Extended Christmas Party

Going back just a little bit, at the beginning of December we spent some time with my mom's family who live about 4 hours away. We got up early packed the car with all three kids, Princess #2 was still running a low grade fever and coughing so we stopped and filled a prescription for antibiotics we got the doctor the day before. We picked up my brother and sister-in-law and drove up north for about 3 hours. We got there at 12ish. We had some lunch at about 1ish. Princess #1 dropped a 25lb weight on her foot at about 1ish. We rushed to the ER at about 1:30ish. We spent the 2 hours in the ER to find out that all is fine. We got back at about 4ish. We left to come home at about 6ish. Arrived home at about 10ish and went to bed. Here are some pictures that my Aunt  took while we were at the ER and right after we got back...

My grandparents

All the great-grandchildren (except for one)