Snow, Snow, Snow

Here is a pic of my hubby raking our roof yesterday isn't he cute! The next picture is Roman watching his daddy from the window saying the whole time "yay, good boy daddy" clapping his hands and laughing it was to cute.
Gotta love it!! My kids do anyway. My hubby did make it home on Sat. he took the train home from Chicago since his flight was cancelled I was so happy. I missed him so much and to think the earliest they could fly him home was Mon. was horrible so they took the train home. Our blizzard is over but the snow just keeps coming. Yesterday we had periods of sunshine but today it's snowing again. The roads are still snow covered and icy but everyone is just driving slow. I did venture out to the Y yesterday and it wasn't so bad as long as you drove slow.

Bug for school

Lucas had to make a bug for school today and this is what he came up with. I thought it was really cute they could make it out of whatever they wanted to. To cute! Who would've thought two radishes, a piece of celery and an orange pepper would make such a cute bug!

Vacation and snow..

Ha it just keeps coming that snow. My hubby is flying in tomorrow and I hope and pray they make it safely. I don't want to be another night without him if they get stuck at the airport in Chicago guess we'll have to wait and see what happens. Roman got up this morning and ran to his daddy's chair to watch toons and eat cereal with him. They do this ever Sat. morning together he looked for his daddy in bed and didn't find him there either. He looks at me and says " no daddy bye bye airpane all done!" it was to cute. I miss him to I can't wait for him to come home. I just got home from Wis. yesterday and it was so much fun. The kids and I and my aunt and her two daughters went to the dells to an indoor waterpark. It was a blast the kids had so much fun. I'm so glad that I went to Wis. for a few days it passes the time much more quickly with the hubby gone. Time off of school this week has been nice to the kids and I have been playing all night. I think I may go out to an early dinner tonight with some friends then the boys and I have a "date" to watch movies and make hot fudge sundaes. Have a great weekend all hope everyone isn't snowed in.

Friday ramblings....

Today is Friday and it seems like I've got an endless list of things to do. Hubby is leaving for a work trip on Sunday and the boys my grandma and I are headed out to WI for a few days of vacation while hubby is gone. So I've got a lot to do to get ready I always like the house spotless before I leave on a trip so i've been cleaning like crazy today. Plus keeping up on all the laundry our household generates is a task all by itself. I think we generate more laundery than anyone I know. Hubby and I are training for a 25K by us so working out 4-5 days a week each is a few loads of workout clothes there. It just blows my mind when I sit and think of how much laundry I do I think my boys need to learn how to do laundry. Next I need to clean out my car it's not to bad but it needs a good vacuum and quick wipe down. We hit a 100,000 miles on our van this week seems like a ton of miles I'm praying this van goes for many more miles it's been a good car for us . Well I better get to my cleanin and such have a great weekend !!

"A Mom Just like You"

Fantanstic, Fantastic book by Vicki Farris it is honestly the best homeschooling book I've read. Not that I've read that many but I can really see myself in her and some of my struggles in her also. She makes some very good points in the book a must read I think for every homeschooling mother. I also started reading this series of books by Beverly Lewis she is a christian author and these books are all set in Lancaster, Penn. in the Amish country. Most of the characters are Amish they've been good books to. Sometimes I think I read to much I don't let myself read during the day anymore I wait until the kiddo's are in bed at night. Except on the weekends then I will read during the day if I have time. If I do read during the day during the school week I get nothing done I will sit and read my book all day until it's done bad habit. So now we read only at night that way things get done during the day, it's quiet at night and I'm not neglecting my kids. Well just had to right my update on that good book now I need to run a few errands and get some laundry folded...the never ending task. On a side note I told Ben not to long ago we should go naked for a day that way I'd stay caught up on the laundry for at least one day:) Yeah we agreed it wouldn't be a good idea..but oh, wouldn't it be great to not have any laundry for just one day...

Oh, thank the Lord...

for my hubby! He is such a thoughtful most above all God fearing man. Homeshooling sometimes can be so challenging and downright draining of your spirit and physical self. He brings me up when I need it and encourages me along the way. He stopped home today at just the right moment for lunch both boys are doing their math assignment Kaleb a test and Lucas his regular lesson for the day. So while giving Kaleb his test Lucas needs help with his math and let me tell you fifth grade math can be very challenging. I was feeling flustered and just having a weak moment so he stepped in and helped Lucas with his math it was bliss I didn't have to sit and figure it out and then try and explain it. Hubby is so good at math and so is Lucas and their minds seem to think alike when it comes to math and numbers so Lucas usually understands it and can finish hubby's thoughts when they do it together. So we are done schooling for the day now and I can sit down and read my new book I picked up at the library today.

Which brings me to my next point I got this great book called "A Mom just Like you" by Vickie and Jayme Farris. I've heard several good reviews on it from homeschooling moms although I've only read the first chapter it looks to be a very good book. Very down to earth for the normal homeschool mother. I read some books and these women seem like "super" moms and I always get done reading the book feeling like I don't measure up or compare and should be doing more and more and more. This book is just not like that well not the first chapter..hahaha I'll post what I think when I'm doing reading it. But for anyone who already homeschools or looking to start or don't even know yet I think this would be a very good read. I feel in no way am I a "super" mom I just try my best with the Lord guiding my way and pray my children are on the right path. With God's grace and mercy we make it through each day and week and year of homeschooling. Well off to start read the new book.

Book I've been reading...

it's called "Beyond Antibiotics more than 50 ways to boost your immunity without antibiotics". Long title and it has three authors it's a great book. It goes into why we get sick and what you can take naturally to not get sick. Vitamin C is a big one everyone should take it the stories in the book are amazing from what Vit. C has done for people. Their defiantly is a place for antibiotics and that's their point but way to many people take them all the time for things they don't even help for. It's been a very good read for me I started reading it in the doctor's office a few weeks ago and then got it from the library to finish it's very eye opening for sure.

The boys and I went to our local presidential museum today what a history lesson it was. Wow, it was awesome the boys learned so much. They were really interested in the Vietnam war for some reason so were going to start studying that. My uncle was in that war so I think I'll have them talk to him to about his experiences in it. That is if it's not to painful for my uncle to talk about I'll have to call him up. They had a real helicopter inside the museum from the war so that's probably why that part stuck out more than the rest. They had a large display on slavery to and Abe Lincoln's involvement with that which we had studied last year so it was neat for them to see actual artifacts of something we studied already. I think when their older I'll take them again you can learn a lot more by reading everything but of course what 10 and 6 yr old do that but they still learned something so it was a good history lesson for the day.

Well I'm off to fold a mountain of laundry.