Birthday Week 2010

Once again I uploaded the pictures in the wrong order. Oh well. Anyway, since Jared's & my birthdays are only 4 days apart, we celebrate them for a whole week. Here's some pics from it..

Jared always takes a day off around my birthday to stay home with the kiddos so I can have a day all to myself. SO nice! This yr, I spent some of my bday money buying the pattern and fabric to make this dress for Rach...

As well as this one...

On my actual birthday, my mom, Rach, and I all went to lunch and to have our nails done. It was Rachie's first time and she had a blast....
Jared got this for me and I absolutely love it! Its like having my very own Starbucks in my kitchen. And it makes hot chocolate too!
We had a birthday dinner here for Jared, Matthew, & me.
We kicked off (no pun intended) birthday week by going to the AU/Arkansas game. What a fun day! Uncle Kyle & Aunt Natalie were so gracious to keep the kids for us so we could have an all-day date.

Updates, Updates, Updates

*School*

We're a little over 2 months in to our first official year of homeschooling now and things are going well. Its not exactly what I had envisioned, but somehow we're managing. Our days are looking like this:

B'fast

Chores

TV time

Snack & Bible story

Centers (They choose from Puzzles, Books, LeapPad, Blocks, Art, & Build-a-Word)

Circle time (This wk we're learning about letter D and continuing with our Fall theme, focusing on birthdays in spanish since Jared & my birthdays are this week)

Room time

Lunch

Story & Naptime for the boys (We're reading The Boxcar Children)

Book work for Rach (She's taking a break from the Bob books and working thru Dick & Jane; We went with the Kindergarten LifePac Math b/c the Mathusee Alpha seemed a bit over her head. She also does handwriting in her journal during this time)

Afternoon snack & Book basket turnover

Free time til Daddy gets home

I've actually learned (or started to learn) to give myself permission to not have the perfect day everyday and there is so much freedom in that!

*Baby #4*

I'm just over 14 wks along and so very glad to be in my 2nd trimester. This pregnancy has been the hardest of the 4 by far. I haven't been sick really, more just exhausted and uber-emotional. Headaches have been a big problem as well. We find out what we're having next month!