mommy24treasures

Sunday Blessings

2009-07-11T19:55:00.000-05:00

Wednesday

2009-07-08T07:43:00.005-05:00

Caitlyn never tires of water fun. She LOVES the water hose. I love to watch her have fun with such simple things.

Chloe has fell in love with the book, Little House in the Big Woods. I am so glad because I have been trying to get this child to love books and the magic of reading for a long time. Listening to the audio book made the book come alive to her. Now she wants to read her "My first Little House books" on her own and she pretends she is Laura in her playtime. So cute to see her pretend to quilt or churn butter:).

One other book that has really filled our Summer is

ABC Bible Verses

We have ALOT of devotional and bible books and this one has really stuck out and been a FAVORITE and one I highly recommend. I think the title might make one think its just a book of memory verses, but that is not the case. Each letter does have a verse but there is a story about two little children, Bill and Missy that gives an example of how to use the verse in everyday life. For example the letter D is the verse Philippians 2:14-15 "Do all things without complaining and disputing" and Missy has the task of putting out the garbage and she is complaining and not happy about it. Her mom tells her about this verse and has a conversation with her about gratefulness and Missy changes her attitude.
The Treasures have looked forward to the story of the day from this book every day and wanted to read many over and over again. All through the day I find myself saying "What would Bill do?" or "What would Missy do?" and it is getting into their little hearts slowly but surely.

Sprinkler Fun

2009-07-04T08:19:00.003-05:00

edited to add: I am in the kitchen making appetizers and snacks for our family as we lounge around the pool today and Caitlyn comes in and says "oh Mommy, Daddy will be SO happy at you for cooking:)" Here is one of the easy yummy appetizers we are having today:a little variation on velveeta cheese and rotel tomatoes dip.Add a lb of cooked crumbled sausage. I use mild rotel and mild sausage and the kids all LOVE it.Happy 4th!

a few snapshots

2009-06-30T22:58:00.002-05:00

A very special visit

2009-06-29T20:26:00.002-05:00

Summer Photos

2009-06-25T08:49:00.002-05:00

I Heart Faces Challenge/boys

2009-06-23T07:05:00.007-05:00

When I saw this weeks theme was boys over at I ♥ Faces, out of the 1000's of photos I have of the Treasures, this photo immediately popped into my mind. This just speaks boy to me:) We were on vacation and in a little ice cream shop. Jacob loves his chocolate ice cream:)

click here to see more entries I ♥ Faces and enter your sweet boy:)

A Father's Love

2009-06-20T08:35:00.002-05:00

My sweet girl

2009-06-18T08:24:00.001-05:00

Sunday Blessings

2009-06-13T23:10:00.000-05:00

Loving Summer

2009-06-10T17:03:00.000-05:00

family time

2009-06-08T13:49:00.001-05:00

Caitlyn tidbit

2009-06-04T08:32:00.003-05:00

It is the little things that make life so special.
Sunday we were at church and they had the communion elements out in front of us to take the Lord's Supper, and when they said it was time to come out of your seat and get them, Caitlyn said to her daddy, " get me some skebi Dadddy" :):) As if it were a buffet and you could get anything you desired. She makes us all laugh each and everyday just being her precious little self.

Sunday Blessings

2009-05-30T19:42:00.004-05:00

I had a few more wild flower pics left that I never had time to post. I have pics from this week as well, just no time to post them! At night I have been so ready for bed the past couple of weeks and have not edited or posted. My favorite time to post is when the house is quiet and everyone is sleeping.

We took the Treasures to a local state park today and they had alot of fun at the beach/lake area. Then we came home and swam in CLEAN water and cooked out with Nana and Papa.

Praying you all have a lovely week.

and this one is a repeat just because I love it...

weekend photos

2009-05-25T18:51:00.002-05:00

in between lots of rain we managed to have a little fun.

Sunday Blessings

2009-05-24T08:04:00.002-05:00

Sunshin-y days

2009-05-20T10:55:00.011-05:00

Here is the curriculum I have decided to use for this upcoming year. Heart of Dakota is the publisher. I am excited about it. I love starting out fresh. Our box arrived and it is full of books I think we are really going to enjoy. I love their book list for reading, very similiar to Sonlight's which we used this year.
Along with the math I have chosen -Teaching Textbooks, which now has a program for young elementary children; and A reason for Handwriting for penmanship; Heart of Dakota is a complete program. It includes reading, spelling, history, sience, and bible. Eveything is laid out perfectly for each day with little preparing on my part.
The Little Hands to Heaven is a darling curric for little ones to begin learning. I am really excited about it and stearing a bit of Caitlyn's boundless energy towards learning! The See with Me Bible, Caitlyn loves. A fellow blogger posted about it and I am so glad. Caitlyn LOVES picture bibles and will look at them for a long time. She loves Jesus. She told the woman that works in the little restaurant at Target all about him dying on the cross this week and the woman teared up, hugged her and asked her to pray for her, which Caitlyn did! (I LOVED IT!:)) The woman continued saying repeatedly, "that baby has made my day", as she wiped her tears. ahhh, for such is the kindgdom of heaven, truly....

wildflowers and blessings

2009-05-16T22:30:00.000-05:00

a few photos

2009-05-13T12:08:00.002-05:00

These two are such wonderful friends. That is one of the positives I love about homeschooling the kids. Their friendship and bond with one another just continues to grow.

this week

2009-05-08T09:25:00.002-05:00

Swimming, swimming and more swimming as well as a little school thrown in. I bought Jacob and Chloe cd players and checked out some audio books at the library and they are loving it. Chloe is listening to Little House in the Big Woods and Jacob is listening to Ralph S Mouse. They think they are so big with their cd players. So cute to go in their room and see them actually being still and quiet, listening!:)

We bought some bird feeders for the garden area around the pool and the kids are also loving watching more and more birds come visit the yard. I purchased a humming bird feeder, I hope to see some, but so far I haven't.

Thank you for your kind comments about the last post. That park is truly such a lovely place. We had a great time a couple of weeks ago when we went there. We just missed all of the azaela blooms but had not had time to go earlier in Spring.

Have a great weekend and lovely Mother's Day.

Sunday Blessings

2009-05-02T20:53:00.002-05:00

My little Treasure

2009-04-28T07:30:00.000-05:00

Sunday Blessings

2009-04-25T21:01:00.000-05:00

the week in pics

2009-04-23T07:08:00.000-05:00

a few pics from our week so far...
Everyday we have been getting our school work completed in the mornings and playing out in the afternoons. I have been getting the pool and gardens in Spring shape. Lots of work...
It is pretty chilly every morning right now. Caitlyn starts begging to go out the minute she wakes. She is loving Spring and being outdoors. This weekend we finally hit the 80's. I have a feeling some little Treasures will be begging to swim.

sweet sisters

2009-04-20T22:36:00.002-05:00