Time4Learning

We love our homeschool curriculium choices this year.  But, sometimes I need Morgan to work a little more independently now that Carter is crawling all over the place and demanding more attention

I've been invited to try Time4Learning for one month in exchange for a candid review.  My opinion will be entirely my own, so be sure to come back and read about my experience.  Time4Learning can be used as a homeschool curriculum , afterschool enrichment and for summer skill sharpening .  Find out how to write your own curriculum review for Time4Learning

We looked into Time4Learning a couple of years ago.  I'm excited to try it out now that Morgan is a beginner reader.

 

Candy Ballot

I am about to totally give up on vertical photos.  I for the life of me can NOT figure out how to get some of these images from my phone vertical when I post from my phone.  Anyhoo...

Today Morgan and I voted in the primaries today.  We talked about elections, voting and ballots.  We saw people campaigning outside the voting polls and we counted campaign signs.  Then, we came home and made candy ballots.  Morgan and I both voted the same.  The peanut butter cup was the clear winner.

Let's hope that today's voters were as wise as Morgan.  Good job Morgan.

Beautiful Sight

Yep, he's asleep. In HIS bed.  Yes, I know that he is on his stomach with a blanket.  God bless the video monitor!

Sweet Relief

I see little white spots on his bottom gum! There a whole lot of drooling and hand chewing going on!

"Ahhhh! Thanks Mom for the frozen blue thingy!" - Carter age 3 1/2 months

Two Stud Muffins!

I have two stud muffins!  The top picture is Morgan and the bottom two are Carter

Big Mess

I told Morgan to play in his room while I put the baby to bed. Yikes!

Strange Thought for the Day

Who decided that prehistoric animals make a great theme for all things boy? We have blankets, outfits, bibs and sippy cups covered in dinosaurs.  I guess it just as easily could have been any other animal. How about an emu or a sloth? Or... honey badger!

Camp Momanmee!

Morgan's preschool hosts a special mother-son date night each year for preK and K.  This year's theme was  Camp Momanmee.  They really put in a lot of hard work and did an outstanding job. GG came over to stay with baby Carter so that Dad could hit up his favorite place, Buffalo Wild Wings, while Morgan and took off for our special night.  This is the second time that she's watched Carter for me and the second time that I've been away from him.  Carter did great!

We arrived and were ushered to a stage decorated with a bunch of Christmas trees, huge tent and fake campfire.  They also had one of those silly vignettes where you poke your head through a hole for a picture.  So, we had our photos taken there and then joined everyone for dinner.  Then, the Critterman came.  He has an 18 year old tarantula!  ICK!  Evidently the females live 30 years and the males live 5 years.  So, female is the way to go if you have to be born a tarantula.  After the Critterman they divided everyone up into four groups and we were off to different stations.  We had a bug hunt, bounce houses, camping bingo, made s'mores (Morgan called them snores), went on a flashlight hike in the dark and painted wooden snakes. The kids were all given bags and earned merit badges with each completed station. Then, we all joined back up to sing songs to the pastor's guitar around the campfire and hear a story.

 The pastor mentioned that he might be a little afraid to go home because his wife and daughter were out of town.  His talk focused around praying to God for help.  So, he said that he would pray to God for help.  Afterwards, Morgan went up to him to tell him a Bible verse we learned a while back, "Fear not, for I am with you.".  It's somewhere in Issiah.  Morgan was trying to reassure him.  How precious!

I'm using a Blogger app from my phone and I can't figure out how to reorient these photos.  So, until I figure that out... crank your head sideways!

Amazing Birthday Party

I'm not typically wowed by a kids' birthday party. But, my friend Kimberly really impressed me!

It was a 50s theme party. Which I find funny because these kiddos will experience their own 50s in less than 40 years. We first arrived to a "hair salon" where the kids all got spray colored hair. She went all out with custom labeled soda pops, malt milk shakes, 2 different bounce houses for the kids, themed games, a themed craft, hula hoops, a full lunch, prizes and a cute crazy straw cup party favor. She also made individual "hamburger & fries" baskets. They were actually cupcakes, brownies and icing. Amazing!

Check out the pics. Morgan started crying when we had to leave.

I Have a Lot of Photos to Recreate

The images on top are Morgan and the ones on the bottom are Carter.  I took Carter’s with my phone.  Maybe I should revert to the old camera to get the same look.  I think that Carter is also a little older than Mr. Morgan in these pics.

We’ve Created Morgan’s TWIN!

I’ve been gone from the blog for a while.  I need to get back.  Baby Carter was born February 2, 2012!  We just love him to pieces.  He may look familiar to you.  He looks JUST LIKE Morgan. 

Baby Morgan is the one wearing the shoes.

Here’s baby Carter!

Wait!  When did baby Morgan grow so big!??!?

Sweet brothers.