thirty weeks

Some are thinking another girl ...



Some are sure it's a boy ..



...but the question still remains.

We can't wait to find out! Only nine more weeks.
Tonya

growing in grace

"He who grows in grace remembers that he is but dust, and he therefore does not expect his fellow Christians to be anything more. He overlooks ten thousand of their faults, because he knows his God overlooks twenty thousand in his own case. He does not expect perfection in the creature, and therefore, he is not disappointed when he does not find it." Charles Spurgeon

sixth grade

It's hard to imagine that this is Grazzin's last year of elementary school. Junior high sounds old! He has some fun activities planned this year to help make school time enjoyable. One of them will be creating an ocean box to go along with his science study. (More info about the ocean box to come) Another thing he is really looking forward to is the swimming at the YMCA each month for part of PE.

Tonya

k is for kindergarten

God Saves Bad People

our first week of school

Wow, I am tired! We finished our first week today. For me it is usually the toughest one since it's hard to leave the summer routine behind and get into the books. I love teaching my kids but it requires discipline.

Grazzin is in 6th grade this year. He doesn't really care for school in general. Loves history and science, so I am thankful for that. I am going to try and post what curriculum we are using here in a couple of days for any of you that might be interested. I know that home school is an unusual concept to many in this area and are curious to know what it looks like. I'll be happy to give you a peek into our home! Home school is great

Mia started Kindergarten. She was thrilled! She's already been doing some school since last year ("just like Grazzin") so it hasn't been too much of a transition to get used to two children doing school. Now things might get interesting when we have the baby in November! lol

Kaci likes to get involved whenever she can. Otherwise she is content to play with her baby dolls and cook food in her little pretend kitchen.

Kaci likes to play with Mia's math linking cubes

Mia, working on her tangram shapes



eating lunch outside on our first day of school





taking a little movie break

Grazzin, at work in his room


more photos to come soon!
Tonya

update

I know the blog has been neglected for the past couple of weeks. We are getting back into the routine of school and for me that requires a lot of planning and organizing. I have photos to hopefully post tonight!

Mia is loving kindergarten and can't get enough. Yesterday she did 3 math lessons and wanted to do a few more! I hope she keeps the eagerness to learn.

Grazzin is in 6th grade this year. Wow, last year of elementary school. He is looking forward to our PE days on Fridays.

The baby is doing great. I had my glucose test yesterday and the Dr. said he's looking at the beginning of November for delivery. The time has gone so fast. The kids absolutely cannot wait to see if this baby is a boy or girl (the suspense is too much!) If anyone has any cute name suggestions, feel free to share. I have such a hard time picking out names that both Taj and I like.

Well, it's almost time for school to start...praying that God will give me a gentle spirit today with my children.
Tonya

just in case you were wondering

Why do the book face A and G look so different from manuscript? Early forms of printing worked like a sophisticated form of rubber stamping. What happens if we don't push all sides down evenly with a rubber stamp? Part of the image is not clear. When the bottom corner of the A and G did not print evenly, the A could be mistaken for an O and the G could be confused with the letter Q. Swirls were added to A and G to solve this problem.

So now you know!
Tonya