I am supposed to be planning out my homeschool year. Instead, I am blogging.
And I wonder why I feel so stressed out during the school year.
A list!
1) We had a mother robin build a nest in our front porch. She faithfully sat on those eggs and they hatched! It was uber exciting to see it all.
Here is a picture of mama robin feeding the babies.
Yes. The picture has a smudge. Deal with it.
This mama bird was constantly having to feed her little babies. It was a full time job.
They were always hungry.
Reminded me of my own baby birds. Speaking of which, Handsome Dude woke up last week asking,
“Mom, can I have four English Muffins for breakfast?”
Um, no.
There were three baby birds in all. The last baby had trouble actually leaving the nest.
Our cat, Mr. Poppers, was watching him-just waiting for that bird to falter so he could have himself a little snack.
Fear not! We locked Mr. Poppers up for awhile and, after a few hours, the baby bird was gone.
We *hope* he was gone in the sense of “he flew away!” Not gone, as in, devoured by some creature.
2) The girls and I had a “Girls Night Out” on Monday. David was working late and we were already in town for the dentist (4 kids, no cavities-holla!). My mom watched the boys and the girls and I enjoyed a boy-free night.
Everyone needs a boy -free night upon occasion. Especially us. Have you met our boys?
Precious? Yes. Exasperating? You betcha.
Aaaaaannnnnnddddd . . . . I love them.
Anyways! Girls night!
Yes, we took this picture of ourselves. Can you tell? Hmmm? Can you? Can you tell I have no idea where to put my eyes? Hmmm? It was tricky.
The astute reader might notice that Sweet Pea (middle) is not wearing glasses. This is because she now wears contacts.
CONTACTS!
3) We have a bat in our shop.
And that’s all I have to say about that.
4) I took the kids to the gym yesterday. Remember? I have a gym membership? Because I lack a brain?
After we swam, the boys and I went to the family locker room. In this locker room, there are two bathrooms and a common area. I sent the boys together (big mistake) into one bathroom whilst I was in the other. As I am getting dressed, I hear my boys causing a ruckus.
Oh, yes. A ruckus.
I quickly dress and opened the door to my bathroom. As soon as I do this, Handsome Dude, who is completely naked, opens the door to his bathroom and shoves his brother, also naked, out into the common area and closes the door.
Why?
Well. Why not?
May I remind you that any person could walk into this scene at any given time.
So I pull both boys, who are ever so confused as to why they might be in trouble, into my bathroom. And Handsome Dude has the audacity to tell me he can’t change because we will see him.
He needs his privacy.
Hello? You were just prancing about family locker room in your birthday suit. I think not.
The family locker room. Not for the faint of heart.
5) Speaking of Handsome Dude, do y’all remember how he makes up words for food? He used to call cereal, “Silly-roll” and if he didn’t like something, he would tell me,
“I can’t eat that. It makes me sausage, you know?”
Well. I took the kids to Costco the other day, and as a special treat I bought David the bottled Frappucinos. I had a coupon! I also bought tortillas.
For dinner that night, we had tacos. With the aforementioned tortillas. Handsome Dude would not stop calling the tortillas Frappuccinos.
“Dad, can I get my own frappuccino?”
“Mom, I think I need another frappuccino.”
“These frappuccinos are good!”
Poor, confused lad.
6) I found a new food blog and I am really enjoying this gal’s recipes. Her blog is called Mel’s Kitchen Cafe. So far, I have made her Sweet and Sour chicken (seriously-so good!) and Beef Stroganoff. Tonight, I am trying Sweet Balsamic Pork Loin.
Can you guess where I got the pork from?
Yes. That’s right. From our very own pigs.
Oink. Oink.
Look at me with my big-girl-eating-animals-I-knew-in-real-life pants on!
Alright. I should probably figure out how I am going to facilitate the education of a 5th grader, 4th grader, 1st grader, and Kindergartener.
If you don’t hear from me, you can assume the planning of it all killed me dead.
Later, dudes.
I too am supposed to be planning school. I can’t seem to get my day started until 1pm or later. This school year is surely going to be hard if I can’t get into gear! I also have to clean the WHOLE house. Life is hard. I hope you do better than me. Good luck!
Mel’s Kitchen Cafe rocks! I have tried sooo many of her recipes and they are all amazingly delicious! With all your tortillas from Costoc, you should try her Crispy Southwest Chicken Wraps – yum-o!
Mel’s Kitchen Cafe rocks! I have tried sooo many of her recipes and they are all amazingly delicious! With all your tortillas from Costco, you should try her Crispy Southwest Chicken Wraps – yumm-o!
You mean you weren’t just trying to keep the identity of the mother
bird a secret by smudging her face??
You girls look WAY to happy to be rid of the boys. 🙂
You all are gorgeous.
Frappuccino is not an eay word to say….or spell.
I have confidence you shall conquer the home school sitch.
I wonder if cherry-wormy garbage could re-invent the pig manure waste garbage? Aren’t worms good for soil? Everyone needs more cats. Fun robin story. Horses are expensive. Think how ready you will all be for Cherry Fest 2014!!!
Your girls are growing up into beautiful young ladies! On a different note, what are you going to do about that blood sucking bat?!
How old is Sweet Pea? My daughter is 16 and we just got her contacts. She’s been wanting them for a couple years, but we don’t have vision insurance and the blasted exam is like $30 more just for them to show her how to ‘safely’ use contacts, which is ridiculous because her dad and I have both had them and can teach her just fine! Ugh! She mostly uses them for volleyball so she doesn’t have to worry about breaking her glasses anymore… 🙂
Well isn’t that precious, your girls look just like you in that picture! Funny. My two girls are much like your two boys. They are quite the heifers those two. Sigh.
I’m in the same “got to plan the homeschool year, but can’t get motivated” boat. At least I’ve ordered books and materials and downloaded some amazing-looking lapbook projects. I’m going to count that as progress.