Lesson #2

We did school again this morning already. It works out well to get the schooling out of the way before we go about our day. S woke up ready to do his lesson. L was introduced to adding this morning. She has been exposed before but it was still a fairly new concept. We used M&M's to learn adding - bonus she was able to eat them when the lesson was done!! I have thoroughly enjoyed teaching them both these last couple of days. How rewarding to be the one with them when they learn new things! Here are some pictures of all the learning going on around here:


I have L enrolled in a distance learning program that will start in a couple of weeks. I hope it has more the challenging curriculum I think she needs. She is just a sponge for learning and I want to encourage it the best I can.

J is otherwise known as "Godzilla" around here due to his destructive qualities. He loves to be in the middle of whatever everyone is doing, like reading the morning paper.

School Time!

S has been wanting to learn to read for sometime now. I got the reading lesson book back from my friend on Monday so we started his lessons today. He was so excited to be learning! L did her workbook while I gave S his first lesson and J ate his breakfast while we did the schooling. It was so much fun!! S did so great sitting and learning for 15 minutes. I was pleasantly surprised by his eagerness to learn.

Not much yelling went on around here today or yesterday actually. I hope by recognizing the signs, I can hold it in or just get away from the situation for a minute.

Preschool Graduation

L had her preschool graduation last night. It was a small affair - more of an end of year program thing since her school is closing. It was fun! They sang a few songs, gave us parents a time capsule full of preschool projects and finished it out with some cake and juice. A very nice time. My girl is growing so quickly :-( We have decided to homeschool her (taking it a year at a time) since most of the schools around here aren't up to our standards, so this may be her only exposure to school. I am glad it was a good one. She truly loves to learn. I hope to keep that fire burning inside of her forever. Learning is something I enjoy. I miss taking classes and being in a classroom (maybe someday again - who knows!). Off to watch a movie with my hubby. So much togetherness - makes me sick :-)

Preschool Graduation

L had her preschool graduation tonight. Very cute!! More to follow tomorrow when I am in a better frame of mind and can remember the good stuff.

Cutting Class....

L has preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We have been taking a gymnastics class on Tuesday mornings. One of our good friend's daughters got super sick 2 weeks ago and then the older one got sick and we think it might have been from this class, so we are now looking for another activity. Anyway, I had promised L that we would go to Trader Joe's after gymnastics today but Daddy Piper and I decided last night to skip the gymnastics. L was super upset when I told her this morning so I told her she could skip class and go to Trader Joe's with me and then we would go to In-N-Out Burger and use her free cheeseburger certificate she earned reading books with the library reading program. Should be a fun day!!

Life is what happens when you are not paying attention

Things are good around here. We got some GREAT news on Sunday - couldn't be happier actually. Daddy Piper has worked 3 days this week so that relieved some of that stress. Kids both have cold but seem to be getting better. It is just a nice atmosphere right now. It has been one of those weeks when I am so thankful to be home with my kids. L has been doing reading lessons everyday. She truly enjoys school. Yesterday, we did her reading lesson and at the end, she decided it was her turn to be teacher. So we switched things up and she taught me how to write my "s" and my "m". Thank goodness she knew how to write these because mama needed to be shown over and over! L also got her Valentines ready for class tomorrow. This was fun. I remember getting these cool cookies when I was in school from one boy's mom who decorated each cookie with our names. It felt so good to have a personalized something - made us feel special. We made sure and put each kid's name on the buckets L is giving out tomorrow.

We found out on Monday that one of my best girlfriends in the WHOLE world is having a boy. What awesome news!! She already has a girl so this is just perfect for them. I sure hope they decide to name him Sebastion.

I helped Daddy Piper paint some of the trim today. We are trying to get the house "spruced" up a little. Hopefully work picks up and we can get all the home improvement to-do's done soon. All in all, life has progressed just as normal. We are a very lucky family to have each other and such a great network around us!