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Monthly Archives: August 2011

la la la… JESUS!

Sorry about the topless toddler… we were playing up at the church, potty training, and I didn’t pack an extra SHIRT for her. She had an awful, horrible, disgusting accident – I can’t even stand to think about it again. Yuck. My apologies for her immodest dress. This video is too cute of Evy. She…

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on the move…

A little motivation from the middle kids to start crawling… And later that day, Piper’s first actual “steps” of crawling! She may just drag herself around with the army crawl since we have hardwood floors but whatever works.

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letter a {week one}

Happy Preschool Day! Jude and Evy have been anticipating this day for weeks… it was like Christmas morning to them. The start of our homeschooling journey. It proved to be an incredible week – full of fun and lots of learning. For the majority of their work I am following the Letter of The Week…

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school is in session

Last week marked the official start of our homeschool journey. We turned half of the playroom into our schooling area, complete with a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom ‘coconut tree.’ We spend group time in here as we do our weather, calendar, letter/color/shape/number of the week, and our memory verses. We use Sue Patrick’s workbox system…

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man of her dreams

She is in love. Daddy has stolen this girl’s heart. He asked her out on a date, dressed up in a tie (which is FANCY for him), gave her a purple rose, and dined with her at a nice restaurant. Praying that she will always see her daddy as the man of her dreams. That…

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romans 3:23

The kids are memorizing a Scripture verse each week (some verses we will take on for two full weeks). I am amazed at their ability to write God’s Word on their hearts so quickly. They had this verse down after two days. We took two weeks to memorize this verse to make sure they really…

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seeing is believing

I am a proud momma. Noah has rocked Kindergarten. Seeing is believing. Watch these videos of P.E. How amazing is this little man? He is following directions, participating fully, and behaving! Not a hint of that stinky old autism showing!!! Huge progress. Last year P.E. did NOT look like this – at all

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cupcake

My sweet cupcake. Scrumptious. Delightful. Strong willed like here mama.  Laughter that never ends. Sparkling in her pretty princess shoes. Joy. Endless.

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