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The blogger will no longer let me update the blog without paying. I have reached my max amount of space. Does anyone have a simple way around this? Should I ditch this blog and start another or stop...
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We have been following the lead of another homeschool family (I love stealing ideas) and doing a hot chocolate and poetry session on Monday during breakfast. It does make Monday more bearable and the...
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Christmas 2012
It was a Hello Kitty Christmas for Brianna, a My Little Pony Christmas for Katelyn, a Dora/Princess Christmas for Leah and a Woody Christmas for Alex. Sam and Luke didn't really have a theme. Luke is...
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Luke - 6 months
Luke is about 6 1/2 months now. He started crawling just before he turned 6 months and just after he started pulling up to stand on anything he can get his hands on. He is getting into everything...
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I finally decided to start a new blog. I will still keep family pictures and stuff on here but I am working on a blog where I can put more home school and natural living stuff. I have added a few...
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Valentines Day
Normally in our house, Valentines Day is just another day. I haven't gotten flowers since we started dating. Long ago, I requested a hand written note on any kind of paper or card because I enjoy...
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Leah's birthday party
It is our family's tradition to have a birthday party for every child when they turn 5 and 10. So this year, it was Leah's turn to have her 5th birthday party. She wanted a Cinderella cake. This...
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Princess Ball and Basketball
In February, the girls went to the Princess Ball with their dad. Our church always does this in February and the girls look forward to it. I usually take the boys somewhere so I took them to Sonic....
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Luke and the Cat
Luke LOVES our cat! I am pretty sure this will be his first clear word other than mama and dada because at 8 months, he already says the "t" sound very clearly and is pretty close to the whole word...
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Williamsburg fun!
I spent my childhood taking historical trips at each of the different places we lived and although I complained when my dad would take an hour reading each and EVERY description and label, we enjoyed...
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Jamestown
Here was day one of our trip. We drove to Jamestown first and got to see the Indian village and the settlement. This was very cool and the kids who have been very interested in Indians were excited...
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Wedding Fun
We went to my cousin's wedding in Virginia which was the reason behind our Williamsburg and Jamestown trips. We had fun seeing family that we usually only see at weddings. We love an excuse to get...
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Colonial Kids
Here are a few of the pictures of the kids after Williamsburg. The outfits keep changing. Sam has since made himself a drum. Brianna made the dress for Katelyn (below) with safety pins and extra...
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Luke turns 1!
Luke turned one on July 10th. We celebrated his 1st birthday at my parent's house since we happened to be going there on his birthday anyway to see my brother from Seattle and his 8 month old baby....
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Jamestown project
For his project, Sam wanted to build Jamestown. We visited Jamestown in late May just before my cousin's wedding in Virginia. He started in a plastic bin and realized that was too small so he...
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White House
Brianna's recent project was the White House. She learned about the different rooms, who has lived there, and several other things. I am really enjoying seeing their interests although still having...
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Projects
We had the kids make a boat that would float so they could take it down to the pool and swim with it before the pool closed. They tested their boats in the bathtub first. Luke can't see the bathtub...
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October sum up
October Sum Up - I am starting my own small business which is time consuming so posts will be few and far between. Here are some of our October events: the Creative Discovery Museum, Halloween, and...
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Christmas 2013
Here are the pictures of Christmas Eve and morning. Sam's favorite was Legos. He really wanted the Lego Police Station but it was $119 so we told him that was too much and he would have to earn it...
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Princess Ball
Our church has an annual Princess Ball, Father-Daughter Dance which our girls look forward to all year. This year it was cancelled due to the snow we had all week. They weren't able to get it all...
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Brianna's American Girl 10th Birthday!
Brianna's party started with a spend the night. Two girls spent the night and they had a great time. Then when the party started the next day, the first thing they did was decorate jars. This was...
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May - catch up
Kate celebrated her 9th birthday at the end of May. We went to the Chattanooga Zoo with Heath's family. His sister got us a family pass for the year and the kids loved it. Chattanooga is a great city...
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Halloween 2014
Here are a few pictures of our Halloween Weekend. Sam tried on our Darth Vader costume to let his cousin borrow. We went Trick-or-Treating with my sister in her neighborhood since a visit with her...
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Easter
Well, the last time we went to my sister's house was Halloween and considering I never post anymore, I guess it is fitting that the next time we went to my sister's house would be my next post. We let...
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Colonial Birthday Party
We only have birthday parties for our 5 and 10 year olds and then maybe something small when they turn 13 or 16 but we haven't gotten there yet. Katelyn turned 10 this year and she wanted a Colonial...
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