We made Resurrection buns last week. A little late in the game ;) But, as our pastor reminded us…”He is risen, everyday of your life!” Here are a few pictures. Sweets for the sweet!

The kids have been having lots of play outside! Outdoor play is a part of our homeschooling :o ) And no one can tell me any different…hehe. I watched a show last year on education in the state of California. I believe it was teachers who were pushing for funding for, get this….more recess! Play is so good for our kids brain development, motor skills…and just plain ol’ imagination. So, when it’s a beautiful sunny day, or I’ll take a dry day…I try to get at least a few or all of my kids out for a while.

It seems that my 6 year old daughter really likes math. She doesn’t seem to be having that hard of a time jumping into first grade math. Her reading is coming along. I’ve actually started to skip some of my 7 year old’s math lessons. We do Rod and Staff math, but we’ve gotten to the point where it’s kind of like we’re beating a dead horse. So much repetition. It’s even driving me a little bonkers. So, now that he’s mastered some things, I am skipping onto newer things…yay! We’ll finish up this current book, and move onto a new book I already have. I found a new math book in our garage, while I was trading out some books from our house. I love when that happens.

Things are still going better with our oldest daughter. She and I haven’t felt the best. It must’ve been something viral. I am feeling better and she seems to be as well. It stinks when mommy is soooo tired. Our daughter loves our morning routine of prayer, alphabet song, alphabet sounds, ASL alphabet, Bible verses, and then reading from our story Bible. Then she likes me to go thru her own personal homeschooling routine. She likes to talk about herself….a lot. :) Oh, that and her family! I have two preschool books we’re going thru concerning these topics. Also, our daughter LOVES sticker books. She actually tries to put them on the page in right place when I ask her to.

Funny story though! Our oldest daughter was working on touching her siblings when I asked her too. They sat beside her the other day and she did a pretty good job. But, when it came to her 4 year old brother….sigh. Instead of touching him…she elbowed him and made her “irritated” sounds. She just wanted him away from her. Now, I am glad my little boy doesn’t understand at this point. It would probably hurt his feelings…or maybe not. I don’t want to make light of it and just laugh it off. But, ya know…it’s a little bit funny. Our son is constantly loud and making noises. He throws quite a few fits thru out our days. It’s hard to deal with at times. And it just makes our daughter crazy cakes. I pray that maturity on both ends (daughter and son) will help this!

My 7 year old son and and I are reading thru a Christian Liberty Press Nature Reader together. He takes one paragraph…I take another. He seems to enjoy it. He and my 6 year old daughter also liking ‘Billy and Blaze’ books. Today we read thru three books together. My son could’ve gotten thru them just fine…but he likes mommy to read. All of the other children really like the book, ‘Love You Forever.’ I know it will become a favorite. It’s all such a joy!

Baby has now been thru 3 veggies. Carrots, peas and (currently) sweet potatoes. Peas do not go thru her system all that well. Carrots and sweet potatoes…fine. I guess our next veggie will be green beans. I am sure she’ll do fine with squash. I am excited to feed her fruits. She is such a sweetie…I could eat her up.

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