Halloween Festivities

We started this morning with a yummy breakfast of eggs, bacon and pancakes in Halloween shapes (cats, ghosts and bats). The girls then had to show me the pumpkin they carved with their dad while I was at my appointment last night (so Josh gets a gold star!!!). We made a spooky house (gingerbread) and decorated with all sorts of yummy candies and then had a picnic lunch outside. In the midst of all that we did some 'formal' schooling- Wordly Wise, Math, Reading Comp, etc. Whew! I still need to go pick up some candy for the ToTers tonight (since we just barely decided we were staying in the neighborhood this year), cash a check and do something else (that I can't remember, which means it was probably pretty important and I'll be cursing myself later about). I'll try to get a good picture of all my little skeletons in their outfits and of the decorated front door (courtesy of Morgan).

Oh yeah- and mark books down to book on the to do list-I read one of 'em last night while Josh watch The Sopranos.

Quick update and getting ready for Halloween

My to do list still remains (but is smaller):
*organize garage
*detail my car
*wash blinds
*organize my 'big pantry'
*read books for book club in November
*scrub the floors (ick- anyone wanna come help?)

Not to mention- we still need to carve the pumpkin and make our spooky gingerbread house. I'll post pictures of my three little (and one big!) goblins carving later. :)

As the world turns....

I've had three births this week, a day of prenatal appointments, two halloween parties plus all the regular going-ons in the house. When does it ever slow down? I guess that's the beauty of it all- it doesn't, but I guess neither do we. I do feel, however, like I need a day to 'recoup'. My house needs a good scrubbin', my body and mind need to relax, not to mention I have about a thousand projects in the back of mind to accomplish! So for now, here's my to-do list - maybe I'll feel like I need to be accountable since it's down on the web and not just hidden inside my home management notebook, but on the other hand- writing it out might wear me out as it is and I might not get any of it done. Only time will tell........

*wash all sheets (my 'regular' chores are behind this week)
*organize garage
*detail my car
*do some summer-to-winter clothing exchange in 'the boxes'
*wash blinds
*organize my 'big pantry'
*finish my fall season 'Goodwill Sweep' of the house
*read books for book club in November
*make new bag for some birth supplies (the other one bit the dust this week)
*finish making Christmas-needs list (for all those presents I need to finish getting)
*scrub the floors (ick- anyone wanna come help?)

I know there is more....I'll update when I think of it all.

A John Holt quotation I like.....

What children need is not new and better curricula but access to more and more of the real world; plenty of time and space to think over their experiences, and to use fantasy and play to make meaning out of them; and advice, road maps, guidebooks, to make it easier for them to get where they want to go (not where we think they ought to go), and to find out what they want to find out. –John Holt

If you don't feel out of control......

.......you're not going fast enough.

As if my life was not busy enough, I keep adding new things to my 'to-do/to-learn' list.

So, drumroll please.................................I've decided I'm now going to learn to knit AND learn Hebrew. Ok, I know some of my friends are sitting there laughing their tails off right now at the thought of the Hebrew and Josh already gave me plenty of flack about the knitting. BUT- that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

I just want to say- I LOVE homeschooling. Ok, I'm going to admit it-I romanticized the idea up until about a week before we officially started- then I started freaking out. When would I have time for myself? Would she learn enough? Would it work? I have to admit I was a little jealous of some friends who were sending their children to the local public school. Now that we're in the swing of things I'm in LOVE. Like this morning for example- at 9am (when we normally start school) Josh went out onto the front porch to read his Scriptures and Morgan wanted to join him. So, without a moments lag she followed with hers. They sat out there and read in this GORGEOUS October weather for nearly 1/2 hour. What a special experience that she would've missed had she been on someone else's schedule. (And yes, for those who are worrying- we did complete the work she was 'supposed' to do later during the day.)

Well, as much as I would love to continue the ramblings of a crazy mind, I need to get the chicken pie out of the oven and feed the troops before heading off to a client interview. As is the life....