In Our Life This Week:
Well lately, in this family, it just doesn't seem normal to have a week without someone getting sick.
Wild Thing spent a good part of the week on the couch. He is the one who really seems to catch anything and everything going around. And in the last few months it's been worse. He has asthma already so every cold he gets hits him harder than it does the other kids. But now, since we have finally found out what else is going on, it's looks as though his already weaker immune system may have an even harder time.
Hubby and Little Man have decided that they felt left out so they are now spending the day resting on the couch and being taken care of. My hope is that my daughter Lady Bug and I can keep from catching their cold.
Wish us luck!
Next Up In Our Week:
This coming week we will get to drive (and hour and a half) up to the Children's Hospital to get some more guidance with some of my daughters health issues. I do wish it wasn't such a long drive. Especially since the appointment is so early in the morning. But on the bright side it does mean we will get to visit and spend some time with my dearest friend and her family while we are there.
We met another homeschool family last week, through a friend of ours, who has two daughters Mariah's age. When we all spent the afternoon together the girls really hit it off so we are going to have another "play date" this coming week.
What I Am Thankful For This Week:
I am thankful that, even though we have been trying to deal with not just health issues of one child we are now dealing with health issues of two children, we have family and friends who are being supportive. I am also thankful that we have found some great doctors and counselors to work with.
Being that we have had such an odd schedule for the last few months, I am so thankful we made the choice to homeschool years ago. Never did I imagine that our choice to homeschool would be something so helpful when it came to the kids health. It has been nice knowing that when our schedule of dr appts or errands takes up much of the day, the kids are not falling behind. Why? Because we homeschool on our schedule, not someone else's schedule.
In Our Homeschool This Week:
As I mentioned we do school on our schedule. So this week we took advantage of the that while Wild Thing was not feeling well. Instead of all the "regular" lessons we took it easy and enjoyed making our first set of Lap Books. Little Man enjoyed helping make his Grocery Trip Lap Book. It's a great way to learn about one subject and have something to show or look back to later on.
Wild Thing was very excited to start his Dinosaur Lap Book. He is very interested in dinosaurs right now...again. He even asked me to read, Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton to him. I tried to explain that it's not a kids book and that it may be difficult to understand but he insisted. So far we are 4 or 5 chapters into the book and Wild Thing loves it! Just goes to show what mom knows!
Lady Bug started a Lap Book on The Magician's Nephew, the first book in the Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis. She was not very happy when I suggested the Narnia books be her next set of reading for school, but now that she has started into them, she is really enjoying them.
Projects We Are Working On:
We have started going through the kids' clothes. Lady Bug's clothes are first, because they take the longest! I have been blessed with a few great friends who have handed down their daughters' clothes. It has been often enough that I have not had to buy much in the way of clothes for her. It has also been very helpful that many of the clothes have been various sizes so for years now we have always had a large box or two of clothes waiting for her to fit into.
The boys on the other hand have a good amount of clothing, but nothing ever lasts very long. And now Wild Thing is so rough on his clothes and shoes that at this point there is not much left to hand down to Little Man. But we still end up with Grandparents finding great deals on clothes and I have good luck with the thrift stores.
Snap Shots of our Week:
**ELittle Man, cuddling with Buddy! ** Lady Bug, spending the day resting! ** Daddy, Wild Thing, and Buddy all enjoying cuddle time! ** Lady Bug and Little Man had a sleepover and when I checked on them they were asleep holding hands! So precious!
**Lady Bug working on the cover of her Narnia Lap Book! **Wild Thing's Dinosaur Lap Book Cover. He is so proud of his book so far! **Wild Thing and Daddy started building a model of the Titanic. **Lady Bug's science experience. Salt and water. It made an awesome circular salt crystal. **Wild Thing went bowling for the first time with his cub scout troop. His first turn he bowled a strike.
**Little Man's Grocery Trip Lap Book. Everything opens and shows pictures or holds paper money or game pieces. I even found two old books, that were mine as a child, to read to Little Man. They were perfect for this little unit study for him. My favorite was the last page one book when it said the best part was buying penny candy!
Favorite Quotes For The Week:
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”
**Now, hours later, I am finally posting this!
I started writing hours ago but with kids, lunch, sick hubby, dog and the cat, it has taken all day to get this post written. Sheesh! You'd think a mom could have a few minutes on peace on the computer.
Oh well, in some 15 years or so I may have time to myself. Until then I guess I'll just...absolutely love being mom! (ignore any typo's, I am done!)
Thanks for sharing. These posts have such a wonderful feel to them. I can really get the idea of how fun, busy and interesting your life with the kiddos and the family is.
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