January 2014 Update
Helloooooooo 2014! Here we are in another year. I think this one might be my best yet. I have a thing for numbers and 14 is my ultimate favorite. I always picked it in high school for my jersey number.…
January 2014 in Pictures
Don’t forget to read our January 2014 Update. Hanging with Yah Yah and Briella in Bham. Celebrating our withdrawal from public school! The moment she turned SEVEN! She saved up to get an iPad Mini. SLIME! “I love my teacher.…
Handwriting Improvements
One of the first things I had hoped to tackle in homeschool is tLG’s handwriting. It was atrocious, as in sloppy and smushed. She had also gotten into a bad habit of writing in all capital letters that wasn’t corrected…
Grumpy Growth Spurt
My girl got off to a dilly dally start this morning. I was kinda with her. Hubby left early for work so I’ve been up early too. Very quickly I realized that this day was not off to a good…
Science-Themed Birthday Party
Our girl turned SEVEN last week and we celebrated with a Super Science Party complete with 7 fun and wacky experiments! Invites were curtesy of Pinterest ideas and my graphically talented bestie. Warm Up Activity: Marshmallows & Toothpicks This allowed…
I Love My Teacher
Today, this little gem showed up on my desk. It melted my heart. I know she loves me, but now she loves me in a new way, as her teacher. As you can see, it was marked “Top Secret.” From…
Our Best Day Yet
To read more homeschool posts, click here. Today was our best so far. I’ve got a new system that I’ve been trying out for the past couple of days that seems to be working perfectly. Instead of expecting her to follow…
Homeschool Birthday
To read more homeschool posts, click here. We didn’t do homeschool today. Why? Because tLG turned SEVEN today. And because we can. 😉 This is quite possibly my favorite perk of homeschool. I have a habit of not making birthdays very…
UnEnrolling From Public School
To read more homeschool posts, click here. So, I did it! I withdrew my child from public school today. I withdrew her from a Montessori speciality school that we can’t get back into. It was a risky move. I can’t send…
I Quit the PTO
To read more homeschool posts, click here. Homeschool took forever today. Part of it was because I had several conference calls and we would basically have to stop in order for those to happen. But we still managed to get…