Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Wordless Wednesday: September 3, 2014 (w/linky)- First Day of Homeschool 2014-2015

We finally started school yesterday and I wanted to share our fun with you. As our first day of school landed on the first day of the month, this is also going to be my First Day post, a fun monthly link up you can find over at Journey to Josie. I will be sharing more about our homeschool during the week, including our curriculum, details of our school room, and our school pictures.

Let me invite you to take a peek into our day.



He was upset because I moved one of the video stand (as we have gotten rid of most of our VCR tapes). I believe those shelves have been in the same spot since we moved in when Tabitha was a baby..




Finding socks in the sock bag.


Still trying to get organized.


Daddy took them for a walk to give me some alone time.


That's better!


Harold stayed with me for breakfast while daddy took the girls out.



I got supplies ready.


And we made our banner.





He really wanted those balloons.


Oh dear, the Homeschool Elf (who we later named Elfie) showed up while I was otherwise occupied and hid all the supplies.


He did leave them clues though.
(The Homeschool Elf was an idea out of the book The First Day of Homeschool by Michelle Fredrickson that I am reviewing.)






Time to find our school supplies.



Elfie joined up for Story Time, which is an unstructured time when we are just going to gather on the living room floor to read and sing songs.



After I get the lessons ready, the children join me at the table for Gathering Time.


Singing "The B-I-B-L-E"


Calendar Time


Finding out the weather...


and recording it on the calendar (done by the leader of the day)


Craft time




Show time




Lunch time


School picture time
I will be sharing the pictures later this week.



Nap time for Harold. I had to share how he climbs into his crib.



While I am upstairs I get some laundry done.


Usually the girls can read a bit. Today, they were just sitting on the couch after cleaning up the dining room.


Workbox Time




Preschool lessons with Hannah.





I didn't realize she was getting so good at cutting.



Poor abandoned Blue!


Computer time for Hannah.


Time to make dinner.


Attacking daddy as he woke up from his "nap."
(He works nights.)


While the children were eating breakfast over at the store Tabitha swears she saw someone steal a bottle of soda. Yes, they did tell the owner her concern and what she saw. However, Tabitha was very bothered by it and the girls spent quite a bit of the evening telling news stories to voice their concern.




Cleaning up the table, cleaning up the table...


Her new way of using the sponge.


Play time with daddy.







Couldn't help sneak in one picture. We didn't get to take our class pictures until night time because I needed daddy's help.


A few quick games before bed.


Tired kidlets.






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Looking forward to seeing your Wordless (or not so wordless) Wednesday posts this week.

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Trinity Slat Rack Giveaway

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I'm thrilled to be able to join in to bring my readers this giveaway. This year I am all about trying to get more organized, and seeing that Trinity offers quality storage and organizational products that make your life more organized, more accessible, and more convenient, it seemed like a great giveaway to bring to you. Are you trying to become more organized as well? With a variety of storage products for your home, your garage, and even your outdoors, Trinity is sure to have something for everyone's organizational needs. 

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Monday, September 1, 2014

Tuesday's Giveaway Link Up- September 1st, 2014

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Welcome to Tuesday's Giveaway Link Up with your hosts Karen @ Tots and Me and Emily @ Emily Reviews

So glad you could join us as we share our giveaways on  Tuesday's Giveaway Link Ups. 

Our co-host this week is Mellissa from Something Like Life.

You may have noticed there is only one co-host again this week. If you would like to co-host with us, we would love for you to fill out the form linked up here.

I ask that co-hosts have family friendly blogs. As co-host, you would be posting the link up every other Monday evening at 7pm EST and sharing about it on your social media. You will be able to share 2-3 of your own giveaways and will have a backlink in the post. 

Now, onto this week's Link Up!

This link up will be posted Monday at 7 PM est. and run all week long! Make sure you stop in as often as you can to list your latest giveaways.

Here is how to use the Giveaway Link Up

1. Post your reviews and/or giveaways, as many as you have, be sure to add the end date (family friendly please)

2. Help spread the word about the giveaway link up by grabbing our button, Tweeting or posting on Facebook. (Not mandatory- but it helps get more exposure to your giveaways as well!)

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Thank you for linking up with Karen @ Tots and Me & Emily @ Emily Reviews along with Mellissa from Something Like Life.

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Scavenger Hunt Sunday: August 31, 2014

Time for some Scavenger Hunt Sunday!

I realize it has been a long time since I have participated (again). I always have plans of doing better it seems. Now that the summer is over and we are starting back up with lessons, maybe I can get back on a schedule with my blog too. For this week, I am going to share my photos for the last two weeks worth of prompts.

Table Setting, Flowers, Children, Running, Photographer's Choice

Table Setting
Don't need a table setting when you are sitting on the ground outside the library during the end-of-summer-reading-program party.

Flowers
The flowers in our flower box by the road.

Children
What says "children" better than little ones eagerly begging for balloons.

Running
Hannah running a race during game time at VBS

Photographer's Choice
One of my favorite photos from VBS, Harold enjoying a Sno-Kone.

Now for this week's prompts.

Back to School, Family, Books, Portrait, Detail

Back to School
You can tell it is back to school time when my table is covered with planners, notebooks, folders and more.

Family
My oldest daughter was with us when we went to the Bills game last week. I was able to convince her to take a picture of us, seeing as she isn't fond of being in the pictures.

Books
 This picture was taken at the end-of-summer-reading-program at our local library (yes, we attend two). It was from this wonderful selection that children could choose their free books.

Portrait
I tried taking a picture of each of the children outside the church today. Tabitha's turned out the best, so I decided to use hers.

Detail


I did not realize the detail I was photographing when I took these pictures of Harold breaking open a peanut. 
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