Enjoying the gorgeous weather.

Shopping at the library book sale and the used book store. 

Going to the girl scouts Mother Daughter Tea.

We’ve been a bit busy lately.  I do have things to blog about.  Like our homeschool plans for next year, what we’ve just discovered for nature study, a book review…it’s all coming.  But first we need to get ready for First Communion interviews this week and Cutie’s 1st birthday on Saturday .  I’m still in denial.  My baby can’t possibly be turing 1 already.   And just to show how grown up she thinks she is–here she is eating pizza, one of the few foods she’s willing to eat.

See mom? I'm not a baby! I can eat pizza!

Sigh…they do grow up too fast.

Today while reading from A Family Journey With Jesus Through Lent: Prayers And Activities for Each Day, Gamerboy asked to read aloud the scripture memory verse.  This is what he read:

“Blessed is anyone who endures temper tantrums.” James 1:2

What I’m reading aloud:

The Life of Our Lord for Children by Marigold Hunt

The Brain by Seymour Simon

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science (just with Annie–it creeped the twins out, lol)

What Annie is reading:

The Journey: An Inside Look at the Human Body by Lawrence E.C. Joers, M.D.

Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary (she just finished it this afternoon)

City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau 

What Dinoboy is reading: 

Dinosaur Time by Peggy Parish

What Gamerboy is reading:

Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Tree House #6)

What I’m reading:

I finished City of Ember this morning before passing it on to Annie, I think she’ll like it.

Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #3) by Charlaine Harris

The kids and I have been on vacation from school all month now and it’s been a nice and very much needed break.  This month we’ve accomplished quite a bit though.  The twins made their first Confessions, they built bird houses for cub scouts and went caroling at a local nursing home.  We’ve baked a TON of goodies and we had a wonderful Christmas.

I decided that since we’re beginning a new year, I needed a new online space.  I really hope that in the new year, I can dedicate more time to my blog.  It’s often been neglected (mostly because I didn’t much care for the format over at homeschool blogger).  Hopefully that’s something I can change this year.