Enough is Enough!

I've been on an almost impossible mission to go through our ENTIRE house and sell stuff, donate things, throw out garbage, and sort. Most of my friends assumed it's less then a week job. I can't even imagine that!!! How do people do it so fast? Maybe it's because we have moved too much and accumulated more then one of many things because boxes didn't get unpacked? Maybe it's because we are major consumers and didn't even realize just how bad it was? Maybe it's me being rushed here and there so much that I just throw things where they'll fit? I don't know what it is, but there were boxes that haven't been opened in years!!! I have gotten through the toy room and made it a project room and then we went through it again. I went through every bedroom, part of the kitchen, and the homeschool room and I'm doing it again right now. I went through the stuff in the rec room, the living room, the dining room, the bathrooms and we sorted through the garage. So, what do I have left? Storage areas, the utility room, the kitchen, and the school room/spare room again. I also have to clean up my desk, sort the files on my computer, go through pictures, and sort through all of our papers. Speaking of papers, what do I do with them all? The current system I started to follow to deal with them isn't working. I've read many books on the subject, but many of those books don't address homeschool work.

Anyway, I really need to get back to blogging. I've worn myself out with early morning gymnastics, late nights, drag racing on the weekends, and housework. Summer is almost over and I've decided to not plan our homeschool year for the first time ever. I'm not purchasing anything and I'm not making a list of books to purchase. I'm not making a flexible schedule. I'm just going to try and finish off my home organization enough so that I can spend as much of my time with my kids and help them learn in life. Some days I feel so discouraged, but I have a personal plan to try and get myself back into the grove. My early mornings will be put to an end in September and that should help me TREMENDOUSLY!

So, without a homeschool plan and just a plan to be with my kids as much as possible to help them learn this must make us official unschoolers. I hope that this will be as exciting of a year as I anticipate. I can guess what we'll be learning, but that is going from current and past interests. Who knows what interests will come up in the future. Exciting!!!

I need this! My blog is just another thing to motivate me to hurry and finish my current goals!

Busy...

Hi guys! I've been busy and unavailable to post. I will try and catch you up on things when I get a chance. I have so much to share lately. Thanks for understanding!!

Book Sharing Monday - The Pout-Pout Fish

This is a cute book! I know that we are getting to the point that we are reading way less picture books and more chapter books, but we will always enjoy picture books like this.

The Pout-Pout Fish is always pouting and all of the other animals around him ask him to not be so down, but his excuse is always that he can't and doesn't have a choice. What he doesn't know is that he does have a choice.

iPad Photo Manipulation

Zoe loves to manipulate pictures on her iPad. 

One App she uses is called PhotoBooth and it automatically came on the iPad.

The KidFace App puts paint on your face. She likes to take pictures and place themed face paint on them.

Book Sharing Monday - A Quiet Place

This book is a great book about a quiet place. We all need a quiet place sometimes. I'm not sure why, but my kids aren't all that interested in quiet places on their own. Talking to other parents, I've learned that it's a common thing of today. If your kids take time to themselves somewhere quiet, be glad. I remember going off on my own, as a small child, and playing in the back yard. When we lived with relatives in the country my kids went out on their own all the time without even thinking, but at all of the homes we've lived in they refuse to go outside alone. My theory is that homes with small yards in subdivisions don't promote kids to go out on their own.

So, all that being said, this is a great book about a child being in a quiet place and surrounded by nature. My kids didn't really enjoy this book as much as I did. I think they couldn't relate to it, since they don't do this much. Being afraid of bees and wasps make it even more difficult.

Make-Up Art

This is Zoe's newest make-up creation. 

It was inspired by the make-up that Austyn had done for a hockey game.

Playing Grocery Store

This is one educational game Zoe loves to play! She will be an expert at giving change when she is an adult. I bet she never needs a calculator!!!