One of those days

I have really had one of those days where you'd like to start over.No one said homeschooling was easy and if that were true, more would be doing it. I find trouble every morning in our house with disrespect and needing to remind kids about brushing teeth, getting dressed and oh yes get to the table to start our day. Well as I freak out every morning and nothing gets complete do the my lack of discipline in the children I though up my hands andso im done for the day. I can do no more.For the most part my children are very caring and respectful to to everybody, but me.Now I know thats my fault because I dont follow through with anything I say to them on the discipline area.well until recently, I did take the DS way until March 29 and its been 2 weeks and have not gave in yet.Theres no T.V until the week unless its approved my Jeff or me. Im tired of repeating myself so loud a jumbo jet cant compare to me. We all have days like this even if you are to afraid to say out loud. But you know what, tomorrow is a new day and its ok to have off days. Its ok to not do school work for the day when you feel you cant get a thing done.Thats the beauty of homeschool. I do know our BIGGEST problem is our curriculum right now. I thought I was going to wait and switch to My fathers World in August but we cant wait that long. I will be ordering it when my husband gets home tonight.Until then the only thing we will be doing is math I make up,bible, and reading time. Everything else is on hold.Its not working for us it causing way to much drama.To much paperwork makes us batty.We will be spending the next few weeks on being good role models fo the littles.We will be working on the respect the bible says parents should have. Manners, Patience,kindness, and doing to other. w have to change the way this house runs or I might actually explode ;)

Today:
Im thinking...I wish Ethan would stop screching
Im thankful for...kool-aid
From the learning... Bible study on manners
From the kitchen...Beef roast with cake and icecream
I am wearing...patch work long skirt with black top
I am creating...Godly children
I am going...to learn to be more relaxed
I am reading...All the Way Home by Mary pride
I am hoping...Chase will stop peeing every 5 mintues
I am hearing... the 3 boys playing cars reallly loud
Around the house... my husband is hiding so I dont put him to work
One of my favorite things...nursing Jolene and see looks at me
A few plans for the days ahead... Country Dance on Valentines, Micheals Art project Tuesday,My Fathers World coming to a church near us ...We are so there :)

Today...

Today....
I am thinking... I wish I was outside
I am thankful for... my husband who goes that extra mile to make me happy
From the learning room... make extra math sheets
From the kitchen... waiting to teach Hannah how to make butter
I am wearing...long black shirt with blue top
I am creating... Godly children
I am going... forward with my walk
I am reading... All the way Home by mary Pride
I hoping for... more children
I am hearing... Hannah reading to the littles and Jolene sucking her hands
Around the house.... its plain messy
One of my favorite things... looking at books
A few plans for the days ahead... valentine projects :)

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The beauty of snow

Our day started off really crazy and loud.All the kids woke up way to early and whined until nap time around 1pm. Cody had his normal melt down with math, Jolene was awake most of the day, Hannah was in her own world dancing while doing school. After nap all was good and Cody did a 100% on his math to which he was rewarded.He also received a 91% on spelling. Hannah didnt have any tests today but did her schoolwork. Cody helped me make a pot of chili for Dad and then we made a pot of potato soup for us. He is so good and chopping potatoes and anything you give him. Hannah begged to chop onions so I said go for it knowing she would be crying shortly :) And she did but she continued until done and did it wonderfully. Once it was warm we put bacon bits and cheese on it YUMMM so good.
We are doing school tomorrow because I want to switch Curriculum soon but I want their math and English books finished before we do that. I found a really cool bible study for the kids that include my little ones too and they get to color and paste and the older ones get a word search and crossword puzzle with it. They like it alot. And its FREE. Gota love that.
Jolene is now awake after only being down for 20 minutes!!!! Heres the snow that is still coming down tonight!!!

My blessings

Its been awhile

man its been a long time. I shall update everyone :)
Jolene was born on November 18,2009. She had a wonderful birth with very little pain. She was almost to easy. Jolene is now 8 weeks and smiling and cooing everybody who looks her way. She sleeps like crazy, i dont remember the others sleeping as much as she does. She nurses about 2-3 hours still but Im a strong believer in comfort nursing and on demand. When she wants it she gets it. Chase who is still my little baby, is quit the character still. Boy you just have to look at him and smiles ear to ear. He loves to be held and rocked to sleep still. He will wake up at 4 every morning and climb in the recliner with me and Jolene.He sticks his hand up my sleeve to get that skin to skin he loves so much and off to sleep he goes. I think Cody would do the same if there was room on the chair.They do make KING recliners right? ;) Cody in my 8 yr old lover. Loves to please you but is as stubborn as an ox. He would love to spend his day outside with a knife craving anything. If you want him to do something he really doesn't want to, just tell him you have something that needs to be cut up ( fruit, veggies, bread, play duh ). He loves it all. Hannah is in her training mode. She is going to make a fine wife and mother one day. we are working on laundry, mopping the floor, doing dishes right, and cooking. She cooks a mean pancake :) and loves making lasagna.Ethan is my joker. He wants you to laugh and laugh hard.Tonight at dinner he was showing us how we all act. He had his dad laughing so hard. Cody was falling out of his seat.I have no idea where he comes up with this stuff but its great. He is doing wonderful on listening. We had a really hard time with his whining and screaming so loud a jumbo jet would sound like a whisper. It turned out the whining was our fault as we gave in to everything. Once I figured that out it stopped. Well it started back up recently with his Dad being home and I got the water bottle back out and pretty much took care of that. A little squirt in the face does the trick.
We did move to St.Clair and love it. we are so close to my homeschooliong friends and right in the middle of many others. The kids love having their space and room to run. But as I got comfortable and started liking the house my husband drops a bomb on me and tells me he is going to go forward on building a house on our property in Union. I should have known once the very last box was emptied I would have to do it all over again in a few months. But many blessing come from our property i'll be looking forward to like my garden, tons and tons of land for the kids and being in the country again. My Mom has the neatest place ever. Goats everywhere and chickens and tons of bunnies the kids love.One day Ill do the same.

Homeschooling is going great. We are switching our curriculum to My Fathers world in April. If you haven't looked in it you should if you have multiple ages to teach. Its based around are creator and even though the Rod and Staff we are using now is but not like My Fathers World. Truly a great curriculum.
Id love to write more but ALL the kids need me now.

The move, the baby, the schooling, the sports

Oh the joys for stress :) The baby would like to come now but I'm praying she waits until we move at the end of the month. we have had a really hard month. Jeff last is father last Monday unexpectedly. We did spend that Sunday with him and other family members like we do every weekend so the kids gave him hugs and kisses before we left that day which makes us feel a little better. It was a total shock to us that he passed way. Its still very hard to believe. Jeff spent the weekend helping his brothers clean out his Dads house but there is so much to do there. With all that we are needing to pack our stuff and get ready for our move. we bought a house in St.Clair THANK YOU GOD. Its a four bedroom/2 bath house with a fenced in back yard.We will be closer to our Faith group and we have a couple home school families in the area so that will be really nice for the kids. Hannah and Cody are staying really busy with school and sports. Hannah is turning into such a GREAT volleyball player.She learned to serve overhand and thinks that's the coolest thing :) Her team is awesome!! Cody is loving soccer. Loves his team and loves his coaches. He would play all day if he didn't have school work. the kids are looking forward to the move as the are getting their own rooms. The 3 little ones will share- well Ethan in still in our bed but i think once he sees his big bed in his room he'll get out. he as a toddler bed in our room but we use it as a laundry area :) Chase is still getting up anywhere from 2-4 times a night and its playing a toll on me right now. How I'm going to nurse and newborn and giving a bottle in the middle of the night is beyond me. Prayers please.
we are plugging away at school.we had some set backs with Cody but we are now on the ball and in full swing here. We are taking the next month off.Well we will do Bible study,math and reading but everything is on hold. I want to make this change for the kids a great memory.
Well I have a lot to do I just wanted to update the blog at start using it again once the baby is born.