Meet the Students

This week, iHN is hosting a “Meet the Students” round up.  Last week I missed out on the share your classroom because:
1.  My classroom didn’t change from last year
and
2.  It was so messy I didn’t want to share it. [I briefly thought about reposting pictures from last year, but didn’t].  And Mom before you email me, it’s only about an hours work to get it fixed, it just hasn’t risen to the top of my things I desperately want to do list.
oh and
3.  I want to rearrange it, again.  You know for the millionth time.

But, I love to brag on my kids.  I do it all the time.  So here they are from oldest to youngest.

Superman loves to play with Legos.  He’s taken to carrying around his box of Legos with him everywhere, you know, in case he doesn’t have anything to play with.  He loves to play with his brother and on Lego video games. Superman is going to work with his Daddy when he grows up and be a programmer, then he’ll come home and work on making things.

Batman is all of 2 minutes younger than his brother.  He’s my idea kid.  Batman always has a plan for something to do, and he wants to go and do it now.  Right now he wants to be an inventor when he grows up, but he’s not sure if that’s all he wants to do.

Princess is all girl.  She loves to play horses and “family,” and loves to be right in the thick of things.  You’ll frequently hear her crying out “Brothers” as she wanders through the house looking for them.  She’s my social butterfly and is 5 going on 13.  Start saying prayers for me, because when she hits 13, watch out.  She’s never going to give in to peer pressure, but she might be the one who leads the kids in a hair brained scheme.  When Princess grows up she’s going to do something with her brothers, but she doesn’t know what.  “There’s just so many things to do Mommy.”


Aren’t my kiddos adorable?

Come back next week and if I’m feeling brave I’ll show you a day in our life………..  Of course that requires I’m organized and actually write down what we do………..

Because I wear flower girl dresses to go grocery shopping

Don’t you?*

And I’m protected by ninjas.

 

Let your kids enjoy themselves and be kids while they can.  It’s over all too soon.

 

*When I was shopping for a wedding dress my Mom and bridesmaids kept threatening to make me try on a bridesmaid dress, I was that tiny.

Creating Little Worlds

The other day Princess happily entertained herself creating little play worlds sitting at the table.


She created a bedroom, complete with bed and some cups to drink from (though I wouldn’t recommend it).

And pets to play with and feed.

Do you ever just turn your kids loose to create their own worlds?  I loved listening to her play with them.

Taking a carriage ride

On Princess’ list of things to do since we got here: TAKE A CARRAIGE RIDE, well she’s only young enough to really want to do this once, so we decided to let her do it.

First we had to pet the horses and take some time to enjoy them.

 

Then we rode around town in it with a grinning 5 year old.

She did have to be reminded on a fairly regular basis to sit  back down.  Then we went on the “Bits and Bridles” tour, which will be the subject of a Science Sunday post later on, but that was not as fun because she didn’t get to pet any of the animals.  However her day was made when one of the carriage drivers offered to give us a ride back to the historic district.

And SCORE it was a “pretty carriage that the princess rides in when she marries the prince.”

 

Batman was just happy to be allowed to bring his gun and be a soldier.

Our Saint Patrick’s Day Celebration

We have a house brownie.  His or her name is Periwinkle.  Depending on who you ask, Periwinkle is a boy or a girl.  I’ve noticed the answer matches the person answering the question.

 

Periwinkle lives through the door there.  It’s a magical door.  From what we can see it’s just a normal door, there’s nothing behind it.  But inside that door is her house.  She comes out from time to time and encourages my kids to clean.  She has been known to give candy for clean rooms, or encouraging notes.

 

 

Princess spent Saint Patrick’s Day morning creating all sorts of wonderful pictures for Periwinkle.

 

There are also various sewing projects in works.  Actually, now that I’m looking over at Periwinkle’s door, I’m noticing a small stash of blankets and pillows she made there.

Small might have been an understatement……..

Periwinkle got the news he was going to join us last Saint Patrick’s Day.  So we celebrate his Joining Day on that day.  It takes a long time to travel from Ireland, so he didn’t arrive to our house until late July.

 

Periwinkle wrote Princess a lovely note to thank her for the present and gave her a small toy which he had found while cleaning up our house the other night.  Apparently, one of the charms from my charm necklace as a kid was found in my closet.  Periwinkle thought Princess would love to use it for her dolls.

 

If you’ll excuse me, Periwinkle needs to write another thank you note to Princess for the lovely blankets she made.  After much hard work she was able to carry them through her very small door.

Princess figured out how to tie shoes

She insisted on tying my shoes the other day, and she did a great job and so I had to get a picture of it.  Now to work on the boys.

Special moments: Mommy and Princess tea party

Princess and I got a special treat, we were invited to a Mommy and Me tea party birthday party.

The doll is from SWAK Embroidery (also available as a pattern at You Can Make This), and I have easily made 20 of these, several as gifts and several for my kids.  You can see other versions of Batman, Superman, Princess, and costumes, and an Iron Man one which I can’t find a picture of easily on the blog.  I have requests for about 6 more, including a duplicate of this doll so Princess can have her own version of her friend (oh and another one to look just like Princess).

All set for the party.  Both of us in boots and dresses.

One of the advantages of homeschooling

Birthday parties at Chuck E Cheese in the middle of the week, and you practically have the place to yourself!

To quote Princess, “BEST DAY EVER!”

Princess is 5!

Who wouldn’t love this face?

 

I love her freckles.  I think she gets away with stuff just based on those freckles.  She is so full of life and energy.  She sings all the time.  I have more videos of her singing than you would believe.

 

I haven’t been doing gratitude posts, though I enjoy reading them, but when I think about what I’m thankful for it always comes down to pictures like those up above.  I’m grateful for a mostly happy and healthy family.  They love to  hang out together and are so loving and helpful to their siblings.