Happy Easter

We had a busy Easter this year due to Princess #3's birthday falling on Easter Thursday. We did not attend Good Friday service, but instead we had our own abbreviated Seder dinner which I found on the web at Women for Faith and Family. This worked well for our family and the girls really seemed to enjoy it. When asked later, the thing they liked the best was dipping the green herb (parsley) in the salt water and eating it. They also liked drinking all the grape juice blessings. Prince Charming and I really liked this new tradition we started too, I don't think we will always do it on Good Friday but I enjoyed researching the meal and preparing all the little items for each section of the meal. We celebrated Easter Sunday at my parents home with Prince Charming's parents, my brother's family and some friends of theirs. We of course had a "potluck" type of meal with everyone bringing something to add to my parent's ham and scalloped potatoes... I brought some desserts but the Andes Candies cheesecake was a big hit... very yummy. We had a great time and it was nice to just relax after a long weekend.

Princess #3 Princess #2

Princess #1

Our three Easter blessings

Happy 1st Birthday Princess #1

Princess #1 celebrated her 1st birthday on Thursday. Unfortantely she also celebrated with cutting 5 teeth, runny nose, fever, and double ear infections. We basically had a small family dinner with cake and ice cream following. We filled her up with meds and tried our best to keep her happy while we had a "celebration." She did love the frosting on the cake but most everything else about the party Princess #1 & Princess #2 did for her.

What happens in one year

Are we done partying yet Mom? I don't feel good!

Well this frosting isn't so bad, guess I could hang in there for this.

Yeap, I'm done! Let my sisters take over for me!

Movies I Enjoy

Princess #1 recently found the movie The Sound of Music and started watching it. I am loving the fact that she likes this kind of movies 'cause this is one of my favorite kind of movies too. The possiblities are endless, Annie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Heidi, Shirley Temple Movies, The King and I, The Music Man, Newsies (my all time favorite), Oliver Twist, The Parent Trap...

ok maybe I am getting carried away. I am just thrilled at the fact that movie watching maybe fun again.

Princess #1 on our recent family getaway

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.