Baby Love

Summer Sun!

 

 Big Sister sharing her love of nature, green, and dangling things with her baby brothers. How she loves these babies.

 

So much excitement!

 Mason (l) and Morgan (r)

Summer Sunshine Naps

Mason (f) Morgan (b)

Chloe making a bouquet. She loves to pick and play with flowers and grasses. Arranging them into posies.

Cohen really likes the book "Blueberries for Sal" by Robert McCloskey. Recently he asked if he could have a bucket like Sal and pick blueberries. It just so happened that the next day at Target we found these. We spent the day picking and bringing me "blueberries". So happy with the play. :D

Sabin jumping high! He's mastered the pogo stick. Sometimes he will even bring it on walks around the neighborhood, hopping all over the place.

Peacefully BuZzInG!

Misty

I Feel You

This week the babies hit some quiet little milestones. They are now reaching for things. The funnest part is they are reaching for each other. I love watching them. With concentrated effort, arms bouncing all over they work so hard to reach for each other. An ear, a tuft of hair, toes. Tonight I looked over at my sleeping babes to see Mason's arm over Morgan.

Peacefully BuZzInG!
Misty

Exam Week for Year 1 Term 2

Twice now I've been mistaken in thinking that exam week would be a simple week of schooling around here. Currently our exams are almost completely oral: I ask an open ended question, he responds. Simple right? Instead, my dear son has gotten into his head that exam week is actually "drama week". He puts on these "plays", sometimes rather involved productions, for almost every naration.

Fitting, I suppose, that today he has enrolled the help of his younger siblings to put on the play of the "Wise Men from the East".

Peacefully BuZzInG!
Misty

Advent has Begun

I do love this season. The lights. The projects. The baking. The candles. The awe in my little ones faces. The anticipation of things to come. We've been celebrating the whole month of December since Sabin was just tiny. Each year it's a little different. Last year we had a Jesse Tree and used Ann Voskamps ornaments to hang and her devotional readings. This year we are focusing on the various names of Jesus, using the ornaments here in black and white. Each child is coloring his or her own set while I read the corresponding scripture and we chat about it.

We're also continuing our annual tradition of adding to our child-friendly nativity. We use a story written by Noel Piper for this.

For the Month:
Songs - The Holly and the Ivy, Sussex Carol
Hymn - Angels From the Realms of Glory, O Come Emmanuel
Books - The Christmas Mystery along with various other Christmas picture books (one each day)
Memory Work
Poem - The Lamb
Bible Passage - Luke 2:1-20

As for our regular lessons, we're finishing up our current term this week and then, with the exception of reading lessons, our school is the above along with various activities, crafts, services, baking, all the fun stuff. :)

Peacefully BuZzInG!
Misty

1st Thanksgiving in "Our" Home

We had such a lovely day together.

 

And so much to be thankful for.

 

Peacefully BuZzInG!
Misty

Brrrrrr.... Cold Snap!

Yesterday we were out in the yard playing catch and swinging in shorts.

 

This afternoon it is 21'F and we have our first bit of snow.

I'm thankful we're snug and cozy inside.

Enjoying some quite time and listening to our folk song selection this month.

 

Peacefully BuZzInG!
Misty