We finally broke down and did some MAJOR yard work this past weekend. Darren took a day off work on Monday - I'm so glad he did or it wouldn't have been finished. We put sod down in the backyard, mulched around the entire playset, aerated the yard, put down fertilizer and grass seed and straw on top of that. My neighbor gave me some plants - 4 peonies that I really hope do well (I've always wanted Peonies!) and some Columbine and Stella D'Oro as well. Our front yard, where we put the seed, looks like "Green Acres" but hopefully it will soon be nice and green. Thankfully we did put down the straw otherwise the major storms we've had this week would have washed it all away! The kids helped out all weekend long. Josh did most of the heavy work. He helped his dad fill and empty the pickup and trailer with mulch (we got it from the city for free - just have to load it yourself!), he hauled sod and mulch to the backyard with the wheelbarrow, he helped dig the trenches in the backyard that are supposed to help redirect the water away from the foundation and help keep it from just standing in deep puddles in the yard. He worked really hard!!!
Ellie helped too - she was dragged along to get the pick up and trailer and sod since I was working. She helped with the wheelbarrow (taking the empty one back to the front to be filled), she helped scatter grass seed and helped cover with the straw. She also got water for all of us without being asked and generally kept us all going ;-).
Rylie spent most of the weekend with the nasty stuff Ellie had last week, but she did manage to get out one day and help with the straw. Otherwise she had "dog duty" - keeping the dogs company and making sure they weren't destroying the inside of the house while we were all outside!
We've been big fans of Oprah's Big Give this spring. Sunday night was the final and Rylie got to see it then, the rest of us had to catch up later on in the week. We also caught up on some Oprah daytime talk shows as well - one of which was the day after the Big Give Final with the three finalists plus others who had been inspired by the show. One place they went was an animal shelter in Chicago that has no cages. There are rooms for the dogs with houses, dog beds, and toys. Rylie was very inspired by this and has started collecting items for two shelters here locally. These are the shelters where we got our two dogs - Animal Haven (where Kellie was) and Animal's Best Friend (where we got Toby). She's telling all her friends about what she's doing and hoping to get quite a collection of donated items.
We had a scare with Toby last night - he chewed up an ink pen and a pencil yesterday, as well as who knows what he ate outside. He vomited 4 times in 5 hours yesterday evening and night and at 10:30 we thought we were going to have to take him to the emergency vet. We called and talked with them and decided to watch him for awhile longer. He finally went to sleep and Josh and I sat up with him. Josh went to bed about 11:30 and I stayed awake til a little after midnight. I got up every hour to check on him and he's doing fine now. I made him some rice this morning and by this afternoon he was looking for treats when he came inside. Crazy dog! You'd think he'd learn not to eat this stuff, but no... he was sniffing around the garbage can container in the kitchen this morning!
Ellie and Rylie are off making a movie, inspired by Rylie's newspaper she wrote this morning. She wrote two articles - one about the animal shelter donations she's collecting and one about the band she and 3 friends have created. I think she's planning on sending them off to the P&P Newsletter that some other homeschooled friends have created. She spent a good amount of time this morning checking her spelling and printing neatly, then photocopying and stapling the paper together. I'm not sure what the movie is about but I was just asked to go help with the camera. Guess I'll see shortly!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
Nest Building 101
Rylie and I were just sitting at the kitchen table. She was eating breakfast and watching the birds in the backyard. We have lots of fat robins! The birds were picking up bits of grasses and string in the yard to build a nest. Suddenly Rylie found where the nest was being built and we've been watching the bird work very hard. This is one bird who can stick to a task! We had a long piece of worn out tarp, looked more like a string hanging off the tarp, that was under the sand in the sandbox. The birds had been picking at it for a long time so the kids cut the piece off and left it there. I meant to cut it into smaller pieces, but before I could get out to do it the birds got ahold of it. It's stuck on a tree branch just under the nest right now. The bird is working hard to pull it free, but so far no luck.
It also had some pieces of what looked like dryer sheet. It took one up to the nest and the sheet promptly blew away. Back down to the ground went the bird for the piece of sheet. Back up to the nest. This time it looked like the smart robin sat on the piece while tucking it in!
We just put out some dryer lint and Rylie got a red ribbon from an old present and a kleenex. She's back at the window watching to see if our contributions meet the birds approval! I hear her sharing words of encouragement to the bird right now ;-)
Looks like we'll have some baby robins to watch too. It's that time of year when we have to really start watching the yard for baby birds. Unfortunately, Toby, our basset, enjoys "playing" with the babies as they are learning to fly. He never has killed one, but he's been in dire situations with the parent birds swooping down on him. Once I was pretty scared for him and ran out to try to help... from now on he's on his own! I'm not taking on a mad mother bird again!
We also are enjoying finding the new plants that are emerging and watching our new Weeping Cherry tree come into full bloom. This weekend is yard work time - hopefully by the end of it we'll have sod in the backyard covering all the bare spots and less dirt tracked in by the dogs! At least the kids take their shoes off in the laundry room, if only the dogs could remove something too! LOL! Ah, gotta love spring in Kansas!
It also had some pieces of what looked like dryer sheet. It took one up to the nest and the sheet promptly blew away. Back down to the ground went the bird for the piece of sheet. Back up to the nest. This time it looked like the smart robin sat on the piece while tucking it in!
We just put out some dryer lint and Rylie got a red ribbon from an old present and a kleenex. She's back at the window watching to see if our contributions meet the birds approval! I hear her sharing words of encouragement to the bird right now ;-)
Looks like we'll have some baby robins to watch too. It's that time of year when we have to really start watching the yard for baby birds. Unfortunately, Toby, our basset, enjoys "playing" with the babies as they are learning to fly. He never has killed one, but he's been in dire situations with the parent birds swooping down on him. Once I was pretty scared for him and ran out to try to help... from now on he's on his own! I'm not taking on a mad mother bird again!
We also are enjoying finding the new plants that are emerging and watching our new Weeping Cherry tree come into full bloom. This weekend is yard work time - hopefully by the end of it we'll have sod in the backyard covering all the bare spots and less dirt tracked in by the dogs! At least the kids take their shoes off in the laundry room, if only the dogs could remove something too! LOL! Ah, gotta love spring in Kansas!
Monday, April 14, 2008
Finance 101
So my parents church has an annual Spaghetti supper and silent auction to benefit their youth mission trip. Each year, the kids love to go. Each year, Nana and Papa have spoiled them by buying things for them. This year I decided the kids are all old enough to save their money and buy whatever they'd like themselves! So they've been saving, each had over $20 saved to spend. Of course, as luck has it, this year there weren't many things there they wanted. Or perhaps nothing they were willing to spend THEIR money on! Ellie found a pink Webkinz pony that she put a bid on, and even raised her bid when someone else posted a higher one. Then after thinking about it for a little while, she went back and erased her bid. She decided she really didn't need another Webkinz (she doesn't!) and didn't want to spend her money on that. She was thinking about the vending machine bank she saw at Walmart and really wanted to get. She decided she'd rather have that instead.
Josh found some clay that he won for $3. He uses alot of clay in his stop motion film making. Darren found a set of 3 stone plaques that each has a different type of grape (in a bunch) on it. They look nice on the kitchen wall with a trivet I found there last year - sort of looks like an Italian vineyard scene.
So today, all 3 kids have money left over and want to go out to spend it! LOL! They have been saving so patiently, for so long, and all had researched what they wanted to buy, so after doing our morning chores (coming home to a clean house is SO nice!) we headed out. First to Walmart because Ellie is the loudest. She bought the vending machine bank, along with 4 packs of fun-sized candy bars to fill it with. She was a bargain shopper and once her brother pointed out the 8 pack fun size bars for $.97 she quickly opted to go that route. She could get more variety that way versus a bigger bag of one type. After getting home and getting it set up I quickly found out that we needed some sort of guidelines on how much candy can be "purchased" from this machine per day! LOL! We've agreed to one piece per person per day. Hopefully this will work! Of course, once the candy is gone... someone has to take her to buy more... and that someone might just postpone it for a long time!
Josh also found his choice at Walmart. Some sort of Nerf gun that is a "blaster" and also a night vision scope with extra darts. He pretty much depleted his spending money but is very happy with his purchase. He's also saving for a new (to him - it's a used one) Macintosh i-Book which will work better for his stop motion programs. He has a birthday coming up in May and is hoping to put all the birthday money toward that as well. He is back to mowing lawns regularly for the guy down the street (our grass isn't ready for cutting yet though so he's not up to his "summer level" income yet!). That's helping his money quickly add up - he should have the laptop after his birthday, I think!
Rylie was looking for a specific detective kit she saw on Target.com. So after a quick run through the library's pick up window we were off to Target. Unfortunately, Target didn't have what she wanted so we headed home to check it out again on line. This time we noticed it was an internet only item. But after looking at it, we decided it seemed rather cheaply made and she set out to research other detective kits. None met her idea of what she needed, with the level of quality she was wanting. So she has listed all the items she wants to create her own kit. We'll scout those out tomorrow.
I was really proud that they all knew exactly what they wanted to spend their money on, waited to see if there was anything at the auction they might like better, and didn't just spend willy-nilly on anything and everything! Guess we've bought enough "junk" in the past that they are beginning to learn that it's better to hold out for quality items than just buy any old thing that catches your eye.
Check off math and consumer finance for the day ;-)
Ellie and I finished "On the Banks of Plum Creek" today also. We then started "On the Shores of Silver Lake" - which has a sad beginning. Jack, their faithful bulldog, dies of old age. I'm a sap - I cried... ;-) I'm reading ahead now, to be prepared for any further sadness! LOL! I read all these books when I was about 10, but haven't reread them since then. Well, Rylie and I started them. There was way too much description of animal killings for Rylie's tastes in the first couple books and we didn't make it even all the way through the 2nd book. Ellie LOVES them though. She wants to go visit the Little House site near Independence, KS soon.
We also found "The Wright Three" - the book Rylie and I have been reading aloud - on CD at the library. So now we're listening to it in the van and all 3 kids are enjoying the story. I love how she puts so much fact into a fictional book - we're all learning alot about Frank Lloyd Wright, and other history! I also just got two books by Howard Zinn at the library today. One is based on his "People's History of the United States" but it's written more for younger audiences. I think it's really important for our kids to know that not everything written in their history books is accurate. It's ok to question things and ask "Why?" And to know that not everyone was a good guy. This one is called "A Young People's History of the United States" and there are two volumes, spanning from Columbus through G.W. Bush and the "War on Terror." These are definitely going to be added to our personal family library!
Oh, Rylie had a vocal recital on Saturday. I recorded her song (Candle on the Water), but I'm not sure if I can post that here or not. I'll try to figure it out. I think we need a different type of connector cord to hook the video camera up to the computer. All this technology is beyond me and Darren hasn't had time to look at it either. Hopefully at some point we'll get it all together!
Josh found some clay that he won for $3. He uses alot of clay in his stop motion film making. Darren found a set of 3 stone plaques that each has a different type of grape (in a bunch) on it. They look nice on the kitchen wall with a trivet I found there last year - sort of looks like an Italian vineyard scene.
So today, all 3 kids have money left over and want to go out to spend it! LOL! They have been saving so patiently, for so long, and all had researched what they wanted to buy, so after doing our morning chores (coming home to a clean house is SO nice!) we headed out. First to Walmart because Ellie is the loudest. She bought the vending machine bank, along with 4 packs of fun-sized candy bars to fill it with. She was a bargain shopper and once her brother pointed out the 8 pack fun size bars for $.97 she quickly opted to go that route. She could get more variety that way versus a bigger bag of one type. After getting home and getting it set up I quickly found out that we needed some sort of guidelines on how much candy can be "purchased" from this machine per day! LOL! We've agreed to one piece per person per day. Hopefully this will work! Of course, once the candy is gone... someone has to take her to buy more... and that someone might just postpone it for a long time!
Josh also found his choice at Walmart. Some sort of Nerf gun that is a "blaster" and also a night vision scope with extra darts. He pretty much depleted his spending money but is very happy with his purchase. He's also saving for a new (to him - it's a used one) Macintosh i-Book which will work better for his stop motion programs. He has a birthday coming up in May and is hoping to put all the birthday money toward that as well. He is back to mowing lawns regularly for the guy down the street (our grass isn't ready for cutting yet though so he's not up to his "summer level" income yet!). That's helping his money quickly add up - he should have the laptop after his birthday, I think!
Rylie was looking for a specific detective kit she saw on Target.com. So after a quick run through the library's pick up window we were off to Target. Unfortunately, Target didn't have what she wanted so we headed home to check it out again on line. This time we noticed it was an internet only item. But after looking at it, we decided it seemed rather cheaply made and she set out to research other detective kits. None met her idea of what she needed, with the level of quality she was wanting. So she has listed all the items she wants to create her own kit. We'll scout those out tomorrow.
I was really proud that they all knew exactly what they wanted to spend their money on, waited to see if there was anything at the auction they might like better, and didn't just spend willy-nilly on anything and everything! Guess we've bought enough "junk" in the past that they are beginning to learn that it's better to hold out for quality items than just buy any old thing that catches your eye.
Check off math and consumer finance for the day ;-)
Ellie and I finished "On the Banks of Plum Creek" today also. We then started "On the Shores of Silver Lake" - which has a sad beginning. Jack, their faithful bulldog, dies of old age. I'm a sap - I cried... ;-) I'm reading ahead now, to be prepared for any further sadness! LOL! I read all these books when I was about 10, but haven't reread them since then. Well, Rylie and I started them. There was way too much description of animal killings for Rylie's tastes in the first couple books and we didn't make it even all the way through the 2nd book. Ellie LOVES them though. She wants to go visit the Little House site near Independence, KS soon.
We also found "The Wright Three" - the book Rylie and I have been reading aloud - on CD at the library. So now we're listening to it in the van and all 3 kids are enjoying the story. I love how she puts so much fact into a fictional book - we're all learning alot about Frank Lloyd Wright, and other history! I also just got two books by Howard Zinn at the library today. One is based on his "People's History of the United States" but it's written more for younger audiences. I think it's really important for our kids to know that not everything written in their history books is accurate. It's ok to question things and ask "Why?" And to know that not everyone was a good guy. This one is called "A Young People's History of the United States" and there are two volumes, spanning from Columbus through G.W. Bush and the "War on Terror." These are definitely going to be added to our personal family library!
Oh, Rylie had a vocal recital on Saturday. I recorded her song (Candle on the Water), but I'm not sure if I can post that here or not. I'll try to figure it out. I think we need a different type of connector cord to hook the video camera up to the computer. All this technology is beyond me and Darren hasn't had time to look at it either. Hopefully at some point we'll get it all together!
Friday, April 11, 2008
In search of Jayhawk gear
Today we had a mission... find KU Men's Basketball 2008 National Champion shirts. We hit a few stores in Olathe, and couldn't find anything in a size smaller than Men's XL. We gave up and went home for lunch before heading downtown to our Friday activity - CKC/CTC. It's a group of homeschooling preteens and teens that get together each Friday for group building activities, field trips or service projects.
Today's activity was "Whose Line Is It Anyway" - CTC style. The teens acted out several improv skits. Josh had the part of the "helping hands" in a skit where he had to build a banana split without looking. He stood behind the guy who was telling him what to do, and had his arms coming out from behind. Josh had to build the banana split without looking. He did a pretty good job of it too! I forgot my camera (bad mom!) but did get a couple pics on my camera phone. If they turned out at all decently I'll post them here later. In a few weeks it's the preteens turn to be the actors and the teens will get to be the audience. I'll try to remember a camera then!
After this was over, we headed back south for home with a stop at Oak Park Mall on the way. No luck there with Jayhawk gear either. Nor at Target across the street. So I gave up the hunt and went straight to the source - the Jayhawk Bookstore at Edwards Campus here in town. Yeah, we paid a little extra for the shirts, but not much more, plus we got other Jayhawk stuff to boot. A new sticker for the van, and Ellie got a Jayhawk personal fan that flashes "Rock Chalk Jayhawk" when you turn it on. She used her own money, after figuring out how much she'd have left over for the auction at her grandparents church on Sunday night. It's important to her to have "plenty" of money for that event...but she decided she had money to spare on the fan. Rylie chipped in on her t-shirt as well, and we left the store with happy Jayhawkers.
Tonight Rylie and I went in search of yellow felt and feathers to make her "bird hat" for her dance in May. This year is an off-year for recitals (they only do them every other year) so it's an in-studio performance. One of her ballet classes will be dancing to "Carnival of the Animals" and her part is a bird. I warned her teachers I'm no good at costuming...but I think we've come up with a fairly cute bird hat if I do say so myself! With a nod to the Jayhawks, Rylie's hat is sporting crimson feathers with a single blue feather on either side in front! :-)
Just another typical day in our lives!
Today's activity was "Whose Line Is It Anyway" - CTC style. The teens acted out several improv skits. Josh had the part of the "helping hands" in a skit where he had to build a banana split without looking. He stood behind the guy who was telling him what to do, and had his arms coming out from behind. Josh had to build the banana split without looking. He did a pretty good job of it too! I forgot my camera (bad mom!) but did get a couple pics on my camera phone. If they turned out at all decently I'll post them here later. In a few weeks it's the preteens turn to be the actors and the teens will get to be the audience. I'll try to remember a camera then!
After this was over, we headed back south for home with a stop at Oak Park Mall on the way. No luck there with Jayhawk gear either. Nor at Target across the street. So I gave up the hunt and went straight to the source - the Jayhawk Bookstore at Edwards Campus here in town. Yeah, we paid a little extra for the shirts, but not much more, plus we got other Jayhawk stuff to boot. A new sticker for the van, and Ellie got a Jayhawk personal fan that flashes "Rock Chalk Jayhawk" when you turn it on. She used her own money, after figuring out how much she'd have left over for the auction at her grandparents church on Sunday night. It's important to her to have "plenty" of money for that event...but she decided she had money to spare on the fan. Rylie chipped in on her t-shirt as well, and we left the store with happy Jayhawkers.
Tonight Rylie and I went in search of yellow felt and feathers to make her "bird hat" for her dance in May. This year is an off-year for recitals (they only do them every other year) so it's an in-studio performance. One of her ballet classes will be dancing to "Carnival of the Animals" and her part is a bird. I warned her teachers I'm no good at costuming...but I think we've come up with a fairly cute bird hat if I do say so myself! With a nod to the Jayhawks, Rylie's hat is sporting crimson feathers with a single blue feather on either side in front! :-)
Just another typical day in our lives!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
A Day in our Lives
People ask me all the time "What is it you do?" (in regard to homeschooling). I'll try to share a little bit here, and hopefully as time goes by it will become clear that our blog title says it all!
We are unschoolers. Meaning we don't do much of anything that looks like "School." We trust that children learn what they need to know, at the times they need to know it, and that this knowledge will be retained far longer than if they had to learn something "for the test."
This also doesn't mean we don't respect everyone's choices in education. We do. Not everything works for everyone. Isn't it great that we have choices? :-) But this is just how we live our lives.
So, for a day in our life: Right now it's Thursday April 10. About 12:30 PM or so. Josh (almost 13) is on the computer. Runescape. He's got a goal to hit 70 defense today. Don't know what that means, but it's important to him, and I do know that it means he can wear some special sort of armor at that level! LOL! Runescape has been a big part of Josh's education. He has learned loads of math figuring out how many logs it will take him to cut to get to some level of the game. How much he can trade one helm in for to buy another. He learned some real life lessons along the way too... like you can't always trust everyone you meet on-line. It was a few years ago, fortunately it was only his member character that got swiped and nothing more harmful than that. But definitely a lesson learned. I was just informed he just hit 70 defense...and he's off to buy armor!
Rylie is still in her pj's, playing Baby Pals on her Nintendo DS. She says she's getting ready to be able to babysit. She spends most of her time dancing, singing or being dramatic (just ask her brother about this sometime!). Later today she'll be off to voice lessons. Earlier she helped me sort the laundry and learned how to work the washer. That's one of my goals for this year - teaching the kids how to do their own laundry! She just finished two different library books and we're currently reading "The Wright Three" by Blue Balliet together. Rylie's also been into drawing faces lately. She's got them in a notebook and can often be found curled up sketching. Rylie had a "date" with her dad on Sunday night. They went to the Jo. Co. Arts Council Shooting Stars award banquet. Sprint is one of the underwriters for this event and Darren thought Rylie would enjoy the evening. She really did! They got to meet the award nominees, and one of the scholorship winners was seated at their table. They also met many other people, one of whom is connected with Leawood's Theatre in the Park. She offered Rylie a job of passing out programs at their summer production and then getting to watch the rest of the show from backstage. Rylie's really excited about this possibility - as she wants to start acting in the local theatre productions soon. She's working really hard toward that goal, between dance classes, jazz company practice and shows, voice lessons, and drama classes (right now she's taking one through Kansas City's Coterie Theatre - an award winning theatre that produces shows mainly for young audiences) she keeps busy!
Ellie is playing with another homeschooled friend who came over today. They've been busy having a restaurant. The kids snagged our Panera takeout bags and now have created a "Panera" in the playroom! They've been known to deliver to the family room on occasion as well. Ellie spends quite alot of time creating art. We're also reading the "Little House" series right now. She is very into Laura these days. We're on book 4 (On the Banks of Plum Creek) right now, but we did skip through Farmer Boy... turns out the book is all about Almonzo (Laura's future husband). We got to about the second chapter and Ellie asked me "Where's Laura?" When she found out it was all about Almonzo she decided she wanted to move on to the next book! Looks like a trip to the Little House site is in our future. It's a few hours drive from here, but well worth it for those with Little House fans.
It's cool and rainy here today or all three would probably be outside. In fact, Ellie just asked if she and her friend could go play out in the backyard. Normally this would be fine...but we're in the middle of a (neverending it seems) backyard re-do. It's really swampy right now after the rains on Tues and last night.
Anyway, this is what we do... just live our life well, laugh often and love much... and learn along the way! I'm going to try to figure out how to post pictures as well. I'm still in the REALLY new stage on blogging. LOL! Lots to learn!
We are unschoolers. Meaning we don't do much of anything that looks like "School." We trust that children learn what they need to know, at the times they need to know it, and that this knowledge will be retained far longer than if they had to learn something "for the test."
This also doesn't mean we don't respect everyone's choices in education. We do. Not everything works for everyone. Isn't it great that we have choices? :-) But this is just how we live our lives.
So, for a day in our life: Right now it's Thursday April 10. About 12:30 PM or so. Josh (almost 13) is on the computer. Runescape. He's got a goal to hit 70 defense today. Don't know what that means, but it's important to him, and I do know that it means he can wear some special sort of armor at that level! LOL! Runescape has been a big part of Josh's education. He has learned loads of math figuring out how many logs it will take him to cut to get to some level of the game. How much he can trade one helm in for to buy another. He learned some real life lessons along the way too... like you can't always trust everyone you meet on-line. It was a few years ago, fortunately it was only his member character that got swiped and nothing more harmful than that. But definitely a lesson learned. I was just informed he just hit 70 defense...and he's off to buy armor!
Rylie is still in her pj's, playing Baby Pals on her Nintendo DS. She says she's getting ready to be able to babysit. She spends most of her time dancing, singing or being dramatic (just ask her brother about this sometime!). Later today she'll be off to voice lessons. Earlier she helped me sort the laundry and learned how to work the washer. That's one of my goals for this year - teaching the kids how to do their own laundry! She just finished two different library books and we're currently reading "The Wright Three" by Blue Balliet together. Rylie's also been into drawing faces lately. She's got them in a notebook and can often be found curled up sketching. Rylie had a "date" with her dad on Sunday night. They went to the Jo. Co. Arts Council Shooting Stars award banquet. Sprint is one of the underwriters for this event and Darren thought Rylie would enjoy the evening. She really did! They got to meet the award nominees, and one of the scholorship winners was seated at their table. They also met many other people, one of whom is connected with Leawood's Theatre in the Park. She offered Rylie a job of passing out programs at their summer production and then getting to watch the rest of the show from backstage. Rylie's really excited about this possibility - as she wants to start acting in the local theatre productions soon. She's working really hard toward that goal, between dance classes, jazz company practice and shows, voice lessons, and drama classes (right now she's taking one through Kansas City's Coterie Theatre - an award winning theatre that produces shows mainly for young audiences) she keeps busy!
Ellie is playing with another homeschooled friend who came over today. They've been busy having a restaurant. The kids snagged our Panera takeout bags and now have created a "Panera" in the playroom! They've been known to deliver to the family room on occasion as well. Ellie spends quite alot of time creating art. We're also reading the "Little House" series right now. She is very into Laura these days. We're on book 4 (On the Banks of Plum Creek) right now, but we did skip through Farmer Boy... turns out the book is all about Almonzo (Laura's future husband). We got to about the second chapter and Ellie asked me "Where's Laura?" When she found out it was all about Almonzo she decided she wanted to move on to the next book! Looks like a trip to the Little House site is in our future. It's a few hours drive from here, but well worth it for those with Little House fans.
It's cool and rainy here today or all three would probably be outside. In fact, Ellie just asked if she and her friend could go play out in the backyard. Normally this would be fine...but we're in the middle of a (neverending it seems) backyard re-do. It's really swampy right now after the rains on Tues and last night.
Anyway, this is what we do... just live our life well, laugh often and love much... and learn along the way! I'm going to try to figure out how to post pictures as well. I'm still in the REALLY new stage on blogging. LOL! Lots to learn!
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