Cracked Marbles

Just made these with the kids.  Love them.  Super easy and super cute.  Now to make some necklaces ;)  Thanks to The Good Witches Farm House Kitchen for sharing such a cool project.

 

Trying to make this my philosophy...in homeschooling and life :)

 

 

 



ZOMBIE

Spent my day doing all the normal things...you know, cleaning, cooking, making zombies!



Happy Birthday, Bruno!

It's hard to believe that my first born is turning 13.  He celebrated with a  birthday party today, even though his actually birthday is still 2 days away.  Bruno is a huge fan of The Walking Dead.  Check out the cake I made for him!

Keeping with the zombie theme....he also received a fabulous Walking Dead T-shirt featuring Michonne and a zombie survival poster!  Good day.  Now it's time to relax for a bit before watching The Walking Dead tonight :)

 



My Talented Trumpet Player

One Proud Mama!  Enough said!

Weight Loss Challenge Finale

I made these tonight for the last night of The Wareham Weight Loss Challenge.  During this 10 week program I have lost over 15 lbs thanks to Herbalife!  Tonight I find out if I'm the biggest loser ;)  Anyway, decided to make some cheesecake stuffed strawberries as a treat for everyone.  Can't wait to try one myself!

Indoor lettuce

Did you know you can grow lettuce in your house?  I didn't, until I saw it on Facebook.  When you buy bunches of Romaine, you normally chop the bottom off  and throw it away (or in our case feed it to our bunnies, Love Buns and Butterscotch).  Don't!!!!!.  All you have to do is place it into some water and it will quickly start to regrow.  Cool huh?!



Creative guy!!!

What can I say, I've got some very creative kids.  They are always coming up with ideas, projects and activities that just "wow" me.  Sometimes, all they need is something so simple.  They can see the potential in anything.  For example, what would you make out of a pizza box and duct tape?  Me, I'd make it into a pile of garbage, lol!  But not my son.  Look at what he made!!!!

Army helmet....pretty darn creative ;)



Apple Bread

 

Daphne and I were so excited to make this recipe that a friend (thanks Karen) posted on Facebook.  Well, to be honest I'm always looking for shortcuts in the kitchen.  I thought, why use bread dough?  I bet this would be delicious in a pie crust.  So, I went to the store and purchased roll out pie dough.  We followed all the steps.  First we set the foundation.

Then we sampled (Ok that wasn't in the directions)

Then we assembled it...

Finally we baked it...and what a mess.  It completely fell apart, looked horrible and made us sad...until we tried it!  Delicious.  Definitely needs to be made with bread dough, to hold it all together :)

Beethoven

 

Yup, Daphne rocks!  Both Bruno and Daphne joined the Middle School Band.  They are very happy to be able to partake while still being homeschooled :)

 

 

The Piano

So proud of D.  She is so good about practicing.  When she first said she wanted to play, we didn't even have a piano.  At the time, we had to borrow a friends keyboard.  Luckily, I found this piano for free in the classifieds.  Both D and B take lessons at Onset Village Music.  D's piano teacher, Erin is fabulous.  B plays the trumpet and takes lessons from the owner himself.  Even though we homeschool he is joining the middle school band soon.  The band instructor said he was happy to have him join.  I'm so happy that my kids have such an interest in music...so blessed to be able to homeschool :)

Still homeschooling after all these years

Hi all.  We're back, some 2 years later, lol!  We never stopped homeschooling, just blogging, after both my camera and computer met their untimely demises :(  But not to fear, Christmas has supplied us with a new equipment.  Once again we are ready to keep you posted on all of our homeschooling adventures.

Oh and by the way, the pretty lady pictured above is our newest addition, Bella.  My father was generous enough to give us the best Christmas present ever.  Isn't she gorgeous?!!!!