Miss K

Miss K is very talented in many areas.  She is developing lady like habits like carrying a purse.  We found this little purple bag at Wal-mart and she just had to have it.  She hangs it on her arm and toddles all over the house.

She gets excited about shoes and putting on her clothes in the morning.  She is definitely a girl.  

Never fear, she can play with the boys.  Here she is wearing the Incredible Hulk gloves.  

That's just what every girl needs.  The other day she was playing with a baby doll and a tank.  She will be a well rounded child.

She LOVES spaghetti.  Actually, I make it with rotini because it is easier to pick up.  Nonetheless, she loves it!

Remember how she used to be a picky eater?  Not anymore.  She still isn't crazy about vegetables and rarely eats meat, but she has found some favorite items.  She loves bananas, red bell peppers, raisins, spaghetti, cheese quesadillas, apples, oranges, and milk.  That girl drinks a lot of milk.  

And she definitely needs a bath at the end of every day.  

Fall soccer

It's that time of year again.  Fall soccer season has begun, except we only have 1 boy playing this fall.  I can't remember the last time we only had one kid playing a sport.  It's actually kind of nice not to be spend 5 hours at the soccer field, but don't tell the boys.  

J and S decided that they wanted to try basketball so they are sitting out soccer and waiting patiently for basketball season.  

W is playing in U10 division.  As always, I am so nervous for him when he moves up in divisions.  They base it on age and not grade, but he seems to be able to hang with the other boys.  Miss K stands on the sidelines yelling, "Go, go, go."

He has a fellow homeschool buddy on the team this year.

Their team is always short on players so he has played every position from goalie to forward.  

He even practiced in the rain!!!  I can't tell you how big of a deal that is for him.  He is like a cat and hates rain.  He just looked at me and said, "I am a man now and I will play in the rain."  Ha!  I guess daddy's "man training" has been paying off.  

Daddy has been trying to intentionally model or talk about "man" like behavior for the boys.  They take turns going to breakfast with Daddy and talking about these things.  I guess it's working.

He did inform me the other day that he is too old for a kid's meal.  They get so big so fast.  

First Day of School

So I am really behind, but here are our first day of school pictures.  Everyone started on different days, so we are a little staggered in our routine.

Here's a shot of everyone before the first day of home schooling.  It's our 4th year as a family.  We are switching our core curriculum and our excited about the changes.

W is starting 2nd grade.  He still loves super heroes.  All his school supplies have Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Ninjago on them.  He's doing Saxon Math 3 and studying ancient history this year.

Big J is starting 5th grade, his last official year in elementary school.  Sigh.  He is starting an online math class, with an actual live teacher.  His class runs from 7:00am to 8:30am.  He is not thrilled about the class times, but other wise is enjoying himself.  

Here's S on his first day of Kindergarten.  He's going to the same private Christian school that W attended for Kindergarten.  Miss K had to join in the picture.

He loves his new dinosaur backpack from Nana.

He was really excited to go to class, until we actually arrived.  Then he froze.  He's been great ever since.  He loves the constant activity and seems to have made some good friends.  His favorite part of school is "chasing the girls, of course."  Oh my!

Miss K started Mother's Day Out this year.  It's Mondays and Wednesday mornings.  I haven't had a child start this early, but she is rather busy.  She gets quite busy when we are doing school.  She dumped 700 q-tips into the fan.  Another day she strung 300 jumbo sized cotton balls all over the house and into the toilet.  She has been enjoying school and comes home ready for a nap.  I think it's been good for everyone.

Our home school co-op started this week, so our schedule is very full.  I am teaching 2 Lego Simple Machines classes.  The boys all seem to be enjoying their various classes and meeting new friends.