365Project.2015 | Weeks 42-43

Welcome back!  Nothing earth shattering this week ... just the ordinary bits and pieces of life in these parts ... :)

Day 265. Sometimes you're hopeful that a jar of pom-poms will keep the little one occupied ...

And yes ... it does. For a few minutes. Till she decides to taste-test the contents. ;) But she sure is a cutie! :)

Day 266. The fall colors have been absolutely beautiful!! This is just a small bit of the view from our laundry room door ...

Day 267. Cooler temperatures mean we pull out the blankets ... doesn't this look like a comfy way to do school? :)

Day 268. Abby-girl has started consistently signing "please"!! :) Yay! And every. single. diaper change involves a ritual of her asking to "please" hug Hannah's dolls ... all three of them. One at a time. And then when we're done, she cheerfully waves and says "Baaaye! Baaaye!" as we leave the room. #toocute

Day 269. And words are simply exploding for Matthew! Not only is he flying through his reading lessons each day, but he's begging me to stop long enough to let him write sentences. !!! So. exciting!!!

 

Day 270. Guess who discovered the magic of a "walker." :) As of this week, she has been taking a few steps on her own here and there ... but she's not quite walking independently yet.

Day 271. Oh yes. White stuff is coming. And a very little bit arrived just to help us appreciate our remaining days of fall ...

Day 273. Matthew was pretty excited about the space theme he created in his Reading Horizons "club house." :)

Day 274. And, we have "official" school pictures, compliments of our youth pastor who blessed our homeschool group with a photo session. :)

 

 

Day 275. Hannah-bug's school location of choice varies from week to week ... she's claimed the kitchen stool for a little while now ...

Day 276. He's adding periods and lower case letters to his sentences now! :) (Subject-verb agreement will come later ...) ;)

Day 277. Hannah's "Doodle Crate" arrived! :) She chose to order a 3-month subscription with some birthday money, and this is the second one she's received. We've been really impressed with both of them! Each one has been a very creative, interesting project with quality materials. (They also have "Tinker Crates" for the more mechanically inclined.) ;) If you're interested in trying them out, I can send five friends an invitation to receive a free crate. I'd really love to share them, so please message me if you'd like to receive one of them. :)

Day 278. Abby loves Mommy's "laundry jar." She's quite happy to sit on the counter investigating all of the little trinkets that have navigated the terrors of the washing machine while Mommy piles folded laundry all about her. :)

 And sometimes, she looks out the window and sees Indians wandering the yard ...

 Or maybe some fall colors. We have certainly been blessed with a beautiful view. :)

And that's life in these parts ... we're in the thick of homeschooling. Some days, everybody's super diligent and the lessons get done in record time. More often than not ... distractions and what not mean that the lessons drag on longer than any of us would prefer. But, one day, one lesson at a time, we press on. :)