Memorial Day

Hard to believe it has almost been a year. We miss you Mom Mom

R is for Rainbow

We took some time off during April/May to get outside in the beautiful weather and because of the upheaval our household has been under due to DH losing his job. We have slowly gotten adjusted to having "daddy" home and underfoot and are ready to resume our studies.

DQ is slowly working her way through the alphabet. This weeks lesson was on "R"

Operation Kitten Rescue

Isn't life interestiing! We discovered that a feral cat had 4 kittens under our front porch. So, after doing some research, we decided we needed to catch the kittens before they got to old and afraid of us. Here are some pictures of our adventure.

C is for Caterpillar

This week we worked on the letter "C". I found the ideas for this letter on this website here .


We used the book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle.

As we read the story, DQ laced the food as caterpillar munched his way along

When the caterpillar was done eating, we put him in his "cocoon"

Voila! a Butterfly!!

Also during the week, we did more lacing

And for Math, a graph of how much our caterpillar ate :)

It was a great week!

Busiest week of the year

Another St. Patrick's Day has come and gone for us. It is such a busy time for family activities, dancing, parades, birthdays....I find it hard to just slow down and enjoy the ride. I have lots of pictures to share since it has been so long since I last posted.



The girls participated in the parade again this year. It started off as a beautiful spring day....

After the parade, the city sponsors a festival with food and rides for the kids

After riding some rides, we headed down to the stage for lunch and to get ready to dance.

But just as we got down there, a TREMENDOUS wind started blowing and thunder clapped and the temperature dropped about 20 degrees. They had to postpone the show temporarily and after that we were all freezing!!!

Proud Mama and her girls!!

Later that evening, the girls went to a father/daughter dance with their daddy. Here is a great photo of them getting ready to leave.

They had a lot of fun with daddy at the dance but when they got home they were exhausted and headed straight to bed. It was a great day but next year I think we will all remember to bring jackets. You never know what direction that March wind will blow :)

Erin Go Bragh!!

Letter H is for Hippo

I found a great new blog that has some really terrific ideas for letters of the Alphabet. Here are the activities for the Letter "H". Drama Queen had a great time working through them. Thanks to Confessions of a Homeschooler for the great downloads. They can be found here.

We started with a Bible verse to sort featuring the letter H

Next we did a puzzle "H is for Hippo"

Then we used thumbtacks to outline Letter H. Great for muscle development.

We finished with an art project where we made a Hippo





All in all it was a great day!

5 Years and Counting.....

February 10th is a day that will forever be burned into my memory. It is the day I went to the Dr. thinking I had a breast infection and left knowing that I had breast cancer. This week I had my 5 year anniversary from that day. I am now considered officially cured!!!! Even though my diagnosis was terrifying, cancer brings with it many blessings. It was God's way of saying "Hey, you down there, you need to stop and take a look around sometime". Thankfully, His plan was for me to still be here and carry out His plans for me. My life changed 100% that day and most of it was positive. I have in my life everything I could ever want. I am so thankful.

I want to thank my family, friends, and loved ones who supported me through 2 years of treatments and more. I couldn't have made it without you....... I love each and everyone of you :)

I especially want to thank my husband who probably felt like he had cancer too. We made it through and are still standing together. I love you and Happy Valentine's Day.