A Wrinkle In Time

Elijah finished his newest read, "A Wrinkle In Time", this weekend. I had picked it up from the library and sat it in his reach. He looked at it once and didn't seem to want to read it. One day he was bored and picked it up. He was so into it that he told Matthew, my husband, to leave him alone. He wouldn't allow any of us to talk to him.

He says:

I like that they had to use their family love to save their father.

Now this wouldn't tell you how sweet he is to us, now would it? ;)

Independence Day 2009

We had a blast, I even found a way to muster up some festive feelings in my sour mood of late. I love holidays and I love making them special for the boys. I didn't feel up to it until the last minute, but I got there, thankyou JESUS!

The children and I painted flag rocks after lunch.

The first one is mine, the second one is Eli's, and they third one is Remy's flag rock.

After the painting we made fireworks on black paper with glue and glitter.

This one is mine. It looks so real in the photo!

Elijah's

Remy's.

On the way to buying the boys fireworks Remy ate some fresh basil he grew.

Remy bought this turtle at the stand. :) A firework made just for him! Ha ha.

When we got back home the boys wanted to swim right away. Matthew took this one of Elijah and I and it would have been SWEET *if* Elijah could keep himself from putting bunny ears on his MOTHER!

This is me and my Piper doggie. I have a photo of Reese, my poor girl that passed last July, in a same sort of pose on the 4th of July. *sigh* I still miss that fur baby so much. Piper has made sure she is my new gal. :)

My newest fish, Elijah.

Silly Remy!

The boys started asking for the "magic drink" I made them last year, yesterday. I was sure to buy the 3 magic potions that make up this yummy drink. :)

Remy had the hardest time waiting for the sky to darken enough for him to set off his fireworks. He went a little crazy from the wait!

This is the firework I bought for Elijah.

Elijah pretending to be the "Fire Thrower" from InkHeart.

Remy setting off his turtle!

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to all of my bloggy pals! May God bless us with another year in our GREAT country!

Independence Day Homeschooling Comic

I love this lady's blog! She is so talented. I thought I would share her post from today.

http://jugglingpaynes.blogspot.com/2009/07/home-spun-reprints-242-244-fireworks.html

HAPPY 4th!

I See Them!

I am delighted to say that I have little tiny baby ears of corn in our little school garden. I am BEYOND excited and the kids just can't believe it. I thought at the most the corn would be a learning crop this year and would most likely end without an ear. But we have them, they are small and growing!

We also have the cucumbers making an appearance. They are surely the easiest crop with a fast growing time, and they produce alot of yummy cucumbers for you to eat.

Elijah colored the second bird in our bird study, the Mockingbird.

So far we have been able to find both of the birds we have studied. :)

Tomorrow is the 4th, enjoy the weekend everyone! I know we will!

Watch Out for CSI Louisiana

Because my boys are armed with the know how and the tools to find YOU!

Hee hee...

Today in Science Remy learned about his finger prints and how everyone of them are different. He compared his with his brother's prints. And then I remembered I had this nifty little kit from when Elijah learned about the same thing many years ago.

This is the same kit that Remy found as a little guy and "blues clued" his hand prints all over the downstairs walls. It was a mess! To think how mad I was then! *sigh* He is so big now and he doesn't even remember that story.

I gave each child a finger print card.

I helped with making the messy prints. BUT, I do have to say this, these sorts of projects are getting easier and easier now. Elijah is very particular and careful and Remy has more control over himself now. I think if I ever have a new baby that I will be floored at how different my days will be. My friend Myka is always reminding me of this. But she wants me to have that 3rd baby as soon as possible. :)

After all of that the topic went to lifting prints. Elijah remembered from his own lessons and so we did that, too!

Dusting for prints.

When Matthew heard of our little project he commented that I have the BEST job in the world. Yea, I think I do. :) I love teaching my boys and growing with them.

Now they are running around "catching" each other as potential suspects. Don't you love little boys?

Another Blog Share

One of my bloggy friends posted the hard work her son put forth on his "Monster Book". I think we have another Spiderwick author in the making! I love the talent children have pouring out of them! Wow!

http://buntglas.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/monsterbuch/

I should be back to blogging my own life soon, I have been very sick, but you were able to see some good links. :)

YOU must look at THIS!

This is from a blog I read...and she always seems to find a very fanciful way of putting the most simple things.

She invites you to a little "Wonderland" of a moment. Enjoy.

http://thechildspaper.blogspot.com/2009/06/mad-hatter-tea-party.html

An Old Friends New Blog

I have been friends with Mrs. Sharon since middle school. I love her dearly and wanted to share her new blog! She even announced she will most likely be homeschooling her sweet son! I am so excited. Read along with them:

http://www.poseyhome.com/sharons-blog.html

Sushi Party With Myka and Family

We had the BEST time tonight with Myka and her family. We made our own sushi and it was YUMMY!

Eli with his sushi that he made all on his own. :)

Remy making his sushi!

Remy with his sushi! I had to MAKE him look up from his plate. He was so excited.

Elijah tried the wasabi and says it was HOT.

Alban, Myka's son, eating! Silly nut.

This is Myka's niece, the CUTIE! I asked her to be my daughter. She just stared at me.

My Mattmos eating it up!

Asa, I LOVE YOU!

Myka, I needed today! Thankyou!

GeoCaching Father's Day Weekend

We took our daddy on two days of geocaching fun! Enjoy!

We loved this old red building.

I love this one Matthew took of the dragonfly.

This is a doggie friend that followed us around at one of the caches.

A snake!

Remy with the Micro Cache.

Can you see the micro cache?

Swim Day at Sherrie's House!

Matthew had to be away one day for a while and I have grown so accustomed to having my Mattmos around that he had to have Sherrie babysit me. :) She is such a great sitter! Why didn't I have one that good while I was a child?

Sherrie's pool surely had a workout that day.

This is one of the ONLY photos I have of Elijah because he wouldn't stay above water. He loves the water now.

Remy was very photogenic that day. Matthew got some great photos!

The kids had started out with making water ballons with little water balloons. They were using the jets from the pool filter to fill them up. I have to admit that they were fun and I had a hand in filling some too. Madison had the GREAT idea of using normal sized balloons. It was so funny!

Those balloons were so much fun!

Here is Carter trying to get that balloon tied off. It was hard!

Madison's face in this one...hee hee...cracks me up!

Sherrie and I!

Sherrie grilled hot dogs and they were so good. :)

Here is a photo of the balloon arsenal the kids had saved up.

Look at my sweet Remy! I could eat him up!

Of course there is always some kind of critter to share. Look at this neat caterpillar! What is this? I haven't had the time to sit at the computer to find out!

Shoot 'em Remy! Look at his little tongue in this one. Hee hee...

Matthew did manage to get one photo of them all.

We had so much fun and it made the time pass so fast, too fast! Sherrie, you are one of my favorite peoples!!!!!

Another Swim Day with Renee and Taylor

I have so much to blog. I have really had some set backs emotionally due to money and how much the new job is lacking. We are very thankful to God for this job, but it in no way pays our bills. We are fighting tooth and nail for our home and to dig out of this. Every help that we have thought would come through, hasn't. So just be in prayer for my heart and my husband's stress levels as we walk through this part of the journey.

I just had to reach out to my bloggy friends, again, and ask for those long distance hugs and prayers. It is hard at times.

Taylor and Aunt Renee came over with a sweet friend for a day of swimming. Matthew and I had had a stressful morning and I almost called this day of play off because of the stress. But, we didn't, and I am so glad. Renee always gives me hope and shows me the bright side. Thank you GOD for good friends! My friends have mothered me and helped me through such rough times in my life. They love me even when they don't have to. That is a blessing indeed. :)

This is the sweet friend that they brought over. :) She enjoyed the pool and by the end of the visit she was a little fish just like the rest of them.

Miss Taylor!

All the children that day. Logan was at church camp and we missed his silly antics!

Eli decided to be brave like Alban, his friend, and he stood up on the spinning toy and sloshed around. He is getting really brave in that pool.

It is Taylor, again!

This is "Survivor Remy". Hee hee...

Remy has loved catching the tree frogs that stick to the windows at night. He checks the back door all the time.

Thank you ladies for coming over! I needed it! I enjoy our outdoor meal of veggie burgers and oven baked fries. :)