Holidays

We are having a wonderful holiday season. My friend put together a 24 days of Christmas Devotional with songs and stories for each day of December leading up to Christmas. We weren't as faithful in reading them every night as I had hoped, but I did like what we did. That, in addition to reading"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" that we got from cousins, we were able to keep the feeling of Christmas pretty well. On Christmas Eve we were invited to a potluckish dinner at a friend's house. We ate, enjoyed company, and read from Luke chapter 2.

I have been purging lately, so I didn't want to just fill up the house with things this year for Christmas. The kids got a lot of needed clothing and one or two special toys. They have been playing chess on the computer lately so they received a real chess game so that they didn't have to stare at the screen as much. Steven has been asking for a pan flute for months and he finally got one. A family in the ward holds an annual Christmas fireside/concert at their homes. Steven and I decided that next year we will do a Christmas duet so he can perform on his pan flute. He has been practicing every day since he got his flute.

Dad, Sage, and Hyrum came up for Christmas Day. We ate good food, Skyped with family far away, and watched A Christmas Carol. A fun and peaceful day.

Steven is now a Tenderfoot in scouts, he is only one camp out away from becoming a Second Class too.

Uhhh

Sometimes my camera disappears. Then when I find it again...

my education favorites blog

OK, I went and did it. I'll just go with another blog for now. Now I have all my education stuff on the other one What do you think?


Additon: Now it is a real website called Island Schoolhouse

Should I build a Web Site?

I wonder if I should build a website for all of my homeschooling junk. That way I can keep this blog for family and friends. I would like to make my homeschooling resources more public and accessible, not something I really want for a private blog.
Since my family doesn't homeschool, and my homeschooling friends don't visit my blog, (for the most part) sniff, sniff, it doesn't make much sense to have everything here. That and I am reluctant to give out my blog address to just anyone I meet in the store or library. With a web site it would be easier to become a homeschooling consultant.

Hmmm. Oh, but then I would have to learn HTML and CSS and stuff. ARRGG. Not exactly how I was planning on spending my school break.

random news

Before her hair cut

And after



Rebecca went and chopped her hair off. Now it is practically a mullet.

AARRGGGHH!!!!

Isaac made a pretty cool foil boat.

All his own design. I did some minimal help with the rigging.

In other news, Joshua thinks he is big enough to start crawling. He can also push himself from his belly into a sitting position. Now I really have to make sure the legos are off the floor.

For about 9 years I have put the kid's hand prints on a Christmas tree skirt. We finally filled one and have begun on the second. When babies are involved I usually strip them so that they don't get paint on their clothing. I never thought I should have to worry about my clothing though-- Thank you Joshua!! 5 sets of hand prints take up a lot of space. Maybe I should think up a new tradition.

Well, I better get going for now.

Joshua

Well, little man Joshua is 6 months old now.

I am still pumping for him, but it is no longer exclusively. It was until about 4 months, but then my supply went down and I didn't want to put in the work to get it back up again. Now it has dropped again so I am giving him about half of his daily food.

But he is a great little guy. We love having him around. Can you tell he likes to hear his song? He always stops to listen to his song.