wain wain...

Whenever it rains, baby boy LOVES it!  He is terrified of thunder, but he absolutely loves the rain, or "wain" as he calls it.  It's so sweet, he insists on us opening the door so he can watch the rain.  

He has been my slowest talker, but watching him blossom has been amazing.  He has started talking so much lately and it's so cute.  You can definitely tell that he's enjoying being able to communicate. He has his own words for some things.  "ca" is his beloved blanket, "bubba" is his teddy bear...I'm blanking on the others. lol  He knows his ABC's and can count to 10.  His oldest sister does great at teaching him.  

Homeschooling has been hard, we're on week 5.  I've been dealing with a lot of tension headaches/migraine which has made it hard to focus.  But we're going through it. It's still amazing to see how my girls learn.  We've been trying to figure out how to do 3rd and K with a toddler running around.  I've def been overwhelmed, but we're discovering what works.  It's been fun and challenging. 

Weekend getaway...

My parents moved to NC recently into a house my dad built, from the ground up.  It's pretty amazing.  This weekend I had the privilege to drive the 8 hours to take my dad and mom there and bring my dad back so that he didn't have to drive alone.  He is still living in both NC and Florida b/c he works here.  Hopefully he won't have to do it much longer.  Anyways, it was my first time seeing their house, It's something that they've been building for the past 6 years or so, I've heard so much about it.  Seeing it for the first time was breathtaking!

The weekend was short and it went by way too fast!  But it was a nice little getaway and I cannot wait to go back!!!!!

August 15th

Monday was a big day for us.  Mommy turned 34.  I seriously hate getting old, I've always struggled with birthdays... But I am learning to be thankful for each year, because each year is a gift and I'm so thankful for it! 

Daddy took us to Bj's for dinner because I absolutely love their pizza.  

We got a half BBQ chicken and half bacon/chicken/ranch pizza.  So good!  And then Nona and Poppy came over with my absolutely favorite cake! If you know me at all you know I LOVE chocolate. :)

On 8/15 we also started our school year.  I can hardly believe that big sis is in 3rd grade.  How did that happen!?  Baby sis started Kindergarten and baby boy is 2.  We have some school books for him, but we haven't started yet.  This week has been about learning our new curriculum.  We started a lot of new books with 3rd grade.  I'm so thankful to be their teacher! :)

We've been using SONlight since we started PreK with big sis 4 years ago.  This year I've changed some things to add to 3rd grade.  I've added sequential spelling instead of SONlight, and we've added IEW grammar and writing.  That's VERY new for us as we've never done writing before.  We also changed our math curriculum, I've always done singapore, but I've grown to hate it.  It never occurred to me to change it until my homeschool mentor introduced me to Teaching TextBooks.  I debated a LONG time over using TTB or not b/c it's all done on the computer.  I'm old school, I love paper and pencil.  But a family at church gave me TTB curriculum for 3-5th grade, and free is great.  So we tried it, and she LOVES it so far.  It's been really good for us.  

busy busy busy

I haven't blogged in a while... I've been busy, 3 kids, homeschooling, blah blah blah... Nothing big has happened in our lives, it's been super boring and perfect :)

The kids are growing like weeds! Big sister is now 7.5 years old and in 2 weeks when we start school, she will start 3rd grade.  I can hardly believe we'll be starting our 5th homeschooling year!!! Baby sister turns 5 tomorrow.  5!!!!  How did that happen?!?!  She will be starting Kindergarten this school year and is super excited.
Baby boy, oh how he has my heart!  He has been 2 for 2 months and looooooves terrorizing his sisters.  He is learning new words super fast and it's so cute to hear him talk.  He LOVES learning the alphabet.  He is obsessed with star wars, or as he calls it, "sta da".  He still likes Elmo and his favorite book is Chika chika boom boom. :)

Daddy is hard at work on Adamsville book 3.  I've been helping him with the coloring and it's a LOT of work.  Due date for completion is sometime in March.  He already has the next project planned, no time to rest.  He's fulfilling his dream and it's super exciting.

Book time

Sweet baby boy has been enjoying sitting on mommy's lap and reading books.  His favorite is Sesame Street.

I love sitting with him, snuggling and reading to him.  He gets so happy when we read this book :)