Our First Day of School

It's back! That lovely school routine that I adore! Really, I do like a good, general routine to count on. Of course, with homeschooling you have to be flexible, but that's part of the beauty of it. And yesterday was really a wonderful first-day-back for us.

Mr. B--who claimed to not be excited to start back to school--was up early and started working on his math before his sister was even up! When she did get up, she started her math before we had even had breakfast. "Yea!" for them!

We didn't begin all of our subjects yesterday, but we really covered all the bases with some review products that we are working on (great stuff, btw!). We had a full day of Bible, math, handwriting, history, science, and P.E.

Our "principal" (aka: hubby, daddy) made an awesome breakfast for us: "apple" waffles! They were so cute and, of course, yummy:)

We went to Zaxby's for lunch so the kiddos could use their free kids' meal coupons. It was definitely a fun and busy day! And to top it off we took them to Nashville so they could make the free mini build at the Lego store. I just love having one of those not too far away! They got to make the cutest little owl to take home (sorry the pic from my phone isn't great).

I'm ready to do it all again today! That's not to say there were no bumps or hiccups today (my kids ARE normal, I promise), but we worked through them fairly well. I am praying for good things this year: good growth mentally AND spiritually!

The Making of an Egyptian Death Mask

We are learning all about the ancient world this year with Story of the World I and loving it! We've been learning a lot about Egypt, of course, which is completely fascinating. Most recently we have studied the New Kingdom of Egypt, which includes the story of King Tut. So we decided making an Egyptian death mask in the style of King Tut's would be a fun project. First since it was too cold at the time to paper mache in the garage (it probably would have frozen instead of dried-ha) and it was too messy to do it in the house, we decided to pick up a couple of cheap craft masks at Hobby Lobby. Next we cut out cardboard shapes to complete the shape of the death mask, attaching them with hot glue. Vince even put a little detail on the *beard* with the hot glue per The Princess' request. Then the kiddos started to paint them with this metallic gold tempera paint. It worked okay for the cardboard, but would not coat the plastic of the mask. We thought maybe a second coat ...

Door Hanger Chore Charts

My kids have had a chore chart for a while. It's one of those magnetic boards and they share it. However, it's not by their rooms and often they (and I) forget to update it. Plus it's a little bulky. When I saw the concept of a door hanger chore chart on Pinterest, I loved it! It was compact, right there were the kiddos could see it coming out and going into their rooms, and it costs almost nothing to make. I headed over to one of my favorite stores: Hobby Lobby, of course. They have these little wooden door hangers for .79. I also grabbed a couple of packets of decorative buttons for $1.99 each. I already had the clothes pins and the paint so those cost me nothing. I began by painting the door hangers (I used tempera paints because that's what I had). Then I grabbed a fine point Sharpie and the clothes pins and started writing chores on them, making sure to write them correctly so they will ...

Fun With 4th of July Crafts: Part 3

I love my new patriotic front door wreath!! I had fun putting this together, although I must admit this is more of an adult craft than one for kiddos. I was inspired by this article in Family Fun magazine. I didn't have quite everything I needed for this one, but all I had to purchase was a few sheets of scrapbook paper and some double-sided tape. Then all I had to gather up were some scissors, regular Scotch tape, a ruler and some cardboard. First I cut four (5"x 6") pieces of each paper. Then by placing a piece of double-sided tape on one of the short ends of the papers, I rolled them into cones, pressing the seams together well. Then I cut a 10" circle out of cardboard and began to stick the cones on it. I used another piece of double-sided tape to stick the cones on, arranging them in a circular pattern. Next I used regular Scotch tape to attach them on the back to the back of the cardboard. After getting all the cones on, I was ready for my centerpiece. He...

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