Week 12 - Christmas Break

Sunday we didn't do much of anything. We sat around the house doing our various hobbies and relaxation things (meaning I was crocheting while most everyone else was on electronics or watching Netflix) and we went to mass in the morning. On Monday the biggest thing that we did is that Peanut and I spent part of the day together making two cakes out of leftover Halloween cake mix and frosting (neither had milk product in them which made them OK for SweetPea to eat due to her milk allergy). This was another day of mostly relaxing together and hanging out. Monkey had to work in the morning and Daddy had a MRI on his head, due to chronic migraines, in the afternoon. It really wasn't a very busy day though.


Tuesday Noni came out and we picked up lunch from Burger King and then a movie from Red Box to watch while SweetPea and Little Man napped (Monkey worked this day as well. We watched Nut Job 2 and found it very entertaining. Sometime during the day we finished eating the rest of the cakes. After Noni left, having dropped off her Christmas gifts for the children, we spent the rest of the day relaxing and hanging out together.


On Wednesday and Thursday we had pretty laid back relaxing days, with nothing much going on. Wednesday morning Monkey had to work for a few hours and on Thursday afternoon ECJ helped me bake a batch of fudge like brownies with cherries baked right in (the secret to this batch was two jars of baby food because I needed the jars for an experiment on Friday with the girls). I took a break from crocheting both of these days. For the most part we relaxed and watched Netflix, doing nothing more than spending time together. Even during these days of relaxing laundry was done each day ... in a family as large as ours laundry is done daily or it piles up until it gets out of control. Water and gas bills, along with electric bills, be darned ... clean clothing is a MUST. 

Friday and Saturday were much of the same as the rest of the week. Though we got the results of Daddy's MRI on Friday and found out that there is nothing physical causing Daddy's migraines! This means that there is no tumors or growths causing the migraines which is an awesome thing! Next appointment for Daddy is the neurologist to see if they can come up with a reason for the migraines and a pain management doctor. But, we're on our way to getting answers.

Obviously, we didn't do too much of anything really on our first week of Christmas break ... we have two more weeks to go! Maybe we'll be busy and maybe we won't we'll just have to see! I'm going to wish you a Merry Christmas now (though if you follow us on Facebook or Instagram you'll get a few photos that you won't see here on the blog) as I won't be posting again until January 5, 2018! 2018, y'all!!!! It's right here, around the corner! My how this year has flown!

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Week 11 - Off

Saturday Daddy had an appointment in another town so while he went to that Monkey took a family friend to pick up some things at WalMart. ECJ watched Little Man and SweetPea while they took their naps and I pulled out all of our Christmas decorations to be put up sometime over the next few days. After that, while I waited for everyone to get home I worked on the blanket that I need to finish (really should have started it earlier in the year). Laundry was happily working away in the machines and I was drinking coffee like it was going out of style. Video games were played and YouTube was watched, some cleaning got done. There wasn't a whole lot of things that were exciting this day and we didn't do any lessons that were planned to be finished this day since I was fighting being tired ... I suffer from bipolar disorder and S.A.D. along with depression and anxiety and during the winter months when it's cold outside and the skies are mostly gray it's harder for me than the rest of the year. Yes, I am medicated for my conditions but that does NOT mean that it's easy for me. I still struggle to get out of bed some days, putting a smile on my face when I'm not in the mood to but to keep the children happy is sometimes hard, and everyday things become monumental tasks. BUT, I know these things about myself and keep on trucking every single day. The battle is worth it and with God and my family's help I always make it through until spring when the sunshine returns and it's easier to face each day with a real smile.


On Sunday Monkey and the grandkampers went to some friends house while Daddy, the campers, and I went to church with Grandma and Papa. We followed that up with a breakfast at the church with Santa and then we decorated Grandma and Papa's house with them for Christmas ... getting the tree up and the train going around the base of the tree. The only thing that we didn't do was get the decorations up on the tree itself. Grandma and Papa would be spending a little time each day during the week getting that done themselves. We ate pizza that day for supper with them before heading back home.

Monday Daddy went to work and I worked for awhile on some crochet projects that I had planned while I also spent time with the children. We had planned on doing school this week, but at the last minute I decided that we simply were not going to do it this week. Monkey spent the day cuddling with her children. When Daddy got home it was NCIS on Netflix and more crochet.

Tuesday I had an appointment in the middle of the day that Monkey took me to after her job interview in the next town. She sat in with me on my appointment and we were slightly entertained. When we got home it was another relaxing day just spent hanging out at home doing not much whatsoever but doing it together.

On Wednesday Noni came out to take the campers and I to the movie theater to see The Star!!! Before we left we found out that Monkey had gotten the job she had interviewed for the day before! When we got to the mall to go see the movie we found out that we had the theater all to ourselves for the entire movie! The movie was truly awesome and we completely recommend it to all Christian families as a must have for your movie collection, especially for this time of year. We'll be purchasing it as soon as it comes out into stores. On our way home Daddy text me a photo of the tree being up in our living room that he and SweetPea had put up together while Monkey and Little Man had taken a nap. Let me just say right here that I've had our tree and the decorations out in the living room since right around the day after thanksgiving and we've just gotten around to doing this ... my Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.) is in full swing early this winter type season and I just haven't been my normal holiday self this year. And in the evening we attended a supper with Santa in our community that the children really enjoyed each child came away with a gift/surprise and I got awarded a $25 gift card for Target!!!

Thursday Daddy and I watched SweetPea and Little Man for a while while Monkey went to work at her new job, I tried (and managed a cat nap) to take a nap with Little Man while SweetPea took a nap. Another quiet day around the house ... we didn't even decorate the tree this day. I crocheted, working on a hat for Monkey as a quick Christmas gift, and we continued to watch NCIS on Netflix. 

On Friday we were a little more festive and actually all got involved in decorating the Christmas tree. None of my breakable, vintage, or collectible ornaments went out this year due to little curious hands. My small glass nativity scene also stayed in it's box this year as I'd rather not take the chance of it getting broken after being gifted it nearly twelve years ago by Grandma and Papa for Christmas. Our tree looks like it was decorated by nothing but children and love this year and that's entirely fine by me, every time I look at it I smile widely and think that that's exactly what Christmas is made of. After the youngest two went to bed for the most part (six week old Little Man doesn't sleep through the night yet, so ECJ offered to watch him) Monkey, Daddy, and I played music and hung out together to do some celebrating of the season. Turning on some old bands and singers to enjoy music that we don't hear every day, dancing and using muscles that we'd mostly forgotten that we had, and just generally enjoying each other's company. I also finished the hat I'd been making her ... it's my take on a slouchy messy bun hat and she loves it!

Saturday Daddy had an appointment out of town and the campers and SweetPea went outside to play while I watched Little Man. Lots of fun was had in the snow. The beginnings of a snow fort was made, snow ball fights were had, a snowman was built, and just lots of fun was had. I'm typing up the last few sentences now as ECJ shovels out where the vehicles park and Monkey makes lunch for herself and the girls, Little Man is asleep in his bouncy seat behind me and SweetPea is napping in her bed. I can bet more relaxing is on tap for the rest of the afternoon with all this cold and snow flurries...

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Week 10

This past weekend we didn't do a whole lot of anything. No one was feeling particularly well, although I did go Christmas shopping with a family friend to help him pick out a few items. I also began working on a gift for one of my nieces (that I really have to hustle on but haven't been feeling up to it) ... perhaps we'll simply buy all the Christmas gifts this year and I'll give the handmade items on birthdays or Easter. That little triangle will turn into a twin sized rectangular blanket for my niece's bed. If I can get myself together enough then I'll be able to get it finished by Christmas, I just need to dedicate a couple hours a day to getting it done ... this might mean a later bedtime for me.

Monday we did lessons and got caught back up from last week where we took an extra day off. We also managed to finish going through ECJ's, Monkey's, and mine clothing/dressers (we found a garage sale on Saturday and were able to get two dressers for $10 total!) sorted out with four trash bags and one small bag of clothing to donate. ECJ was a big help to YCJ with her math this day (and indeed most of the week). The girls are adjusting still to using the Prairie Primer as our English/Science/Bible curriculum. We also started an Advent study following along with the author of Exploring Nature With Children to do a Bible based, nature themed, Advent lesson per day. It's been really fun!

Tuesday we ended up taking the day off of lessons, spending most of the day doing various other things that I cannot for the life of me remember as I type this (this is really why I have to get back into writing notes each day to keep myself up to date each week). On Wednesday we were happily back to lessons and the girls were still bothered by the fact that ECJ was finished before them ... this will not be the case much longer as his online studies will be kicking back in AND he has three research papers to give me by the end of the year this year (tenth grade, y'all). I went to Daddy's doctor appointment with him while YCJ finished up her math so Monkey did history with the girls from our Notgrass: America the Beautiful curriculum. The rest of the week we have the Prairie Primer and math scheduled for the girls so it shouldn't be too bad.

My Monkey!

Thursday we woke up with both SweetPea and Little Man not feeling the best, Peanut had the sniffles again as well. A quick talk with Daddy and it was agreed that we'd take this day off of lessons as well ... this means we've taken about a straight month worth of lessons since around the time Little Man was born. Now I understand why a lot of mom's take off a month or two of school when they have a new baby in the house! Those little bundles of joy can really take a while to get used to their routines and figuring out how to do lessons with them around. Not that I'd trade a single moment of it! I absolutely adore all of my grandkids and am enjoying having them live with us. Chores were done first thing in the morning after breakfast, with about four of us playing pass the baby while eating and chores were accomplished. Monkey went with Daddy to work to help him paint this day and while I typed this up ECJ had both babies to look after since the girls were working on cleaning the rabbit cage and SweetPea can't be in the room when they do that because she's allergic to the rabbit hay and food. I have no idea what's planned for the rest of the day, other than lots of fun with babies!

Our plans so far for the weekend means that at least one day out of the weekend we'll be doing some lessons. This mamma really wants to get back on track ... even though that track is only in my mind and we school year round so we're really not behind even though this is JUST our tenth week of school when we should be more like on our fourteenth or so. See? It's not just you who freak out at the thought of being behind, or going off track, or are you doing enough. I do it too! I'm willing to bet most of us do. 

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Thanksgiving and Week 8&9

Saturday Daddy had an appointment in the next town over that he went to in the morning, after I spent about an hour cuddling in bed with my grandson, Little Man. There's even a picture of me doing so. After coffee and beginning some laundry (both Monkey and I have laundry to do this day so there will be running machines all day long) I deboned some chicken and shredded it for chicken sandwiches and tacos. We saved the chicken broth from cooking the chicken overnight in the crock pot ... not sure what we're having for supper this night but we have options and I'd like to stop at the grocery store sometime today. Daddy had to go to work after he got back and this time I went with him to do my little (*new*) part time job of cleaning a lady's apartment for her since she recently discovered that she needs some help in that area. After this we did indeed stop at the grocery store to pick up a little bit of things that were needed in the house. SweetPea and the girls spent the majority of the day playing together nicely and Little Man got his first sink bath (still no submersion because his umbilical cord is still attached).



The rest of the weekend and the week was literally a blur. We didn't get lessons finished ... or even started all week long. We spent the majority of the week continuing to adjust to having a new baby in the house. Nothing all that complicated happened.

The following weekend Daddy and I took over Little Man and SweetPea for the night on Friday night to allow Monkey to get some sleep. She'd had an exciting day finding out that she started her new job on Monday (yes, she got cleared by her OBGYN to go back to work). She slept like a rock most of the night knowing that we had the babies. Saturday and Sunday we didn't do that much except for some errands and a good long nap on Sunday for myself and Daddy. ECJ is suffering from a bunch of sinus drainage and is feeling miserable. 

Monday Monkey, her hubby, and Daddy all had to go to work in the morning. This left me with five kids ages 15 - 2 weeks! I knew that I could handle it but it was a bit daunting to think about it. I had lots of help though from the Cracker Jacks. I got a load of laundry folded, another load started in the washer, settled Little Man in his bouncy chair for a quick nap and decided that we'd tackle at least this day worth of lessons as soon as SweetPea took her nap. Really there weren't many book lessons to do on the plans because next week we'll be starting The Prairie Primer for the girls! Yes, Peanut has finally finished her language arts book from last year and YCJ is close to finishing hers as well so we're just going to call it finished. I'm very excited! We haven't kept up on our Exploring Nature With Children lessons for the past couple of weeks so we'll get a nature walk (in the cold!) to look for some lichen in this week. 

On Tuesday we didn't do anything lesson whise but we had a very busy day... The campers are all suffering from sinus issues this week, as are the babies and most of us adults. It's not a head or chest cold, it's literally just sinus drainage and pressure causing us much issues with the way we feel and our general moods. Monkey and I did some errand running and took one of Daddy's friends to work ... later in the evening Daddy and I picked his buddy up from work. After Daddy had had a full day of work he went down to Grandma and Papa's house to help clean up in preparation for Thanksgiving. Wednesday everyone woke up not feeling all that well, but people who needed to work this day still got up and went to work. The babies napped well this day and after their midday nap one of Daddy's friends came by to hang out just as Daddy got home from work. We spent the afternoon visiting with him and Daddy took a quick nap while Monkey and I did even more visiting. Daddy just wasn't feeling that great this day and had to go back to work around 4:30 to meet a contractor and help someone to move to their new place. We had leftovers for supper this night (although I made chicken soup for the girls who really weren't feeling all that well) ... we spent the majority of the day relaxing as much as possible due to our sinus issues and the cold weather.

Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, we woke up relatively early and got ready to go to Grandma and Papa's house to help with making the meal and having everything ready for the afternoon. Daddy, the campers, SweetPea, and I all went down to Grandma and Papa's house shortly after waking up, eating and doing morning chores. We helped Grandma do what was needed around the house and finish prepping for supper. Supper was spectacular and we ate like kings (though this is the first year in a long time that I didn't take second helpings and skipped the pie). Everyone had a wonderful day.

That weekend (including Friday) we pretty much relaxed and hung out with each other. A friend of Dad's came over for the entire weekend and camped out on the couch, enjoying our company and making for a fun weekend.

Monday we began our lessons with the Prairie Primer , which is a literature based unit study of the Little House books that includes everything but math. The girls are really enjoying the new unit study and are finishing up their math text books from last year still. It was a long day with the Prairie Primer since I hadn't looked at how many pages I had printed off for worksheets that I'd found online and I really should have split it up over two days. Each week only has four days scheduled for lessons so on the fifth day of the week we'll do projects and catch up on any other lessons besides math and history that we'll do five days a week.

Tuesday we continued those lessons from the Prairie Primer and had a bit of an easier day because we knew what to expect and there was only one worksheet that I'd printed out for the day. The girls are beginning to enjoy this new way of doing school... On Wednesday everything went the same as Tuesday, except that ECJ went to work with Daddy for a little while to help him move some things for a resident. Then ECJ took not only each of our dogs for a walk but took one of the neighbor dogs for a walk as well. We had kielbasa and sour kraut with mashed potatoes for supper. 

Wednesday and Thursday sort of run together with lessons and chores all being completed on Wednesday. And then a rather large Christmas shopping trip with Noni and I on Thursday. We went to several stores and finished Noni's shopping for Christmas for everyone. This made for a long afternoon, but a very productive one. I also finished an order for a friend ... it's a hat for her child based off a Paw Patrol character (modeled by Monkey).

On Friday Monkey had an appointment with both SweetPea and Little Man at nine am ... so, I went with her. We cancelled lessons for this day and moved them to Saturday so that after the appointment Daddy and I could run and do several errands that needed done. We were gone until early evening and picked up pizza for supper.

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The One With the New Baby

Saturday started with coffee and being bombarded (from children young and old) with the song What Does the Fox Say? ... I definitely needed more coffee for that lol. Monkey was still having pretty regular contractions but they weren't one on top of the other and weren't too debilitating. Daddy and I ran to the store really quickly while the campers and SweetPea ate breakfast and did chores (nope, SweetPea doesn't have chores yet ... she's still working on learning basic life essentials so we won't worry about that just yet). Then Daddy went to an appointment a couple of towns over while ECJ played Call of Duty Ghost on the Playstation 3 and the girls played with Littlest Pet Shops in their room. I finished last week's wrap up post and began this week's notes for the post. Our plans for the rest of the day is to put a quick part on the car, watch The Emoji Movie as a family, and then to watch the first installment of The Hobbit after the little's go to bed. I haven't decided what will be for supper tonight so I guess that I need to go figure that out... (Monkey spent the night in the hospital for observation because she was contracting every 2-3 minutes).

Sunday morning Monkey came home, still contracting. All of the campers ate breakfast and did chores ... SweetPea was super happy to see her mommy. After a relaxing morning around the house (no mass this Sunday, lack of sleep all around) Daddy and I went scrapping right down the road. Then we stopped by the house and picked up YCJ and Peanut and went scrapping down by Grandma and Papa's house. We didn't stop by for a visit because we just wanted to get the scrapping finished. After just a couple of short hours we had a decent load of scrap to bring home. A quick stop at McDonald's to feed the girls and us (ECJ, SweetPea, Monkey, and her hubby all ate eggs and toast) we were off to the house. Monkey took a quick bath to try to help her relax and then around 9 PM, right after SweetPea went to bed, we took her back up to the hospital ... by close to 10 PM I went back up to be with her ... and before 11 PM we had a new baby!!! Little Man was born weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces and being 20.5 inches long! I stayed up at the hospital for about an hour and a half after he was born and then headed home to rest so that I could be bright eyed and bushy tailed in the morning to watch over SweetPea while Daddy worked.

On Monday morning Daddy and I were talking over our first cup of coffee for the day and decided that this would just be a break week off of school since it is going to be a hectic week. Everyone got up and ate breakfast and then did their chores. I began the first of several loads of laundry (5 this day) and kept an eye on a very active, very young big sister. ECJ took apart scrap from the night before while Daddy worked and the girls began work on their newest Littlest Pet Shop video that they were making. After SweetPea's nap, and Daddy getting home from work ... I ran with Daddy to the scrap yard and then he took me up to the hospital for awhile to visit with Monkey and Little Man. We had Taco Bell for supper this night.

Tuesday Monkey was able to come home from the hospital ... Little Man had to hang out for a little while longer to get some medications. So she went back and forth to the hospital a couple of times and called up there to check on Little Man. I spent my morning vacuuming the house and doing laundry. Supper this night was turkey meat loaf with onion gravy, mashed potatoes, and corn.

Wednesday was the big day!! Little Man got to come home. Before he came home everyone ate breakfast and did their chores. Seems like the majority of the house woke up relatively early. We couldn't pick up Little Man until after he had some testing done at noon so it was really just biding time. Then we picked him up and spent the rest of the day with people taking turns holding his little bitty adorableness... What a blessing!!

Thursday we did a lot of running around and errands, taking Monkey with us and leaving everyone else at home. We got some necessity grocery shopping done, exchanged a giant box of diapers to the next size up for SweetPea, and picked up some needed baby things. Really it didn't feel like we were home much of the day and when we were home everything was so busy because of having a new baby in the house and a little girl who just became a big sister. We're certainly a full house right now. YCJ ended up falling asleep with Little Man on the love seat during the evening.

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7th Week 17/18

Saturday we mainly hung around the house and just existed. Things are just different now with so much going on in our lives daily.Daddy did do an odd job for someone he knew and installed cabinets and a light in their craft room. On Sunday Daddy and I took the girls and SweetPea down to Grandma and Papa's house so that we could visit and also so that we could bring their patio furniture into the garage before it gets too cold out. Everything is now neatly put away either in the garage or in their storage room (a spare bedroom in their house that they use mainly for storage). We had a great visit and came home early without scrapping since the scrapping season is basically finished. 


Monday we did lessons first thing after chores and breakfast. This really didn't take long at all. We're certainly back into the swing of things. 

Tuesday was Halloween!!!! Daddy went and picked up some scrap from a customer after we did our lessons for the day and then he and I went to the scrap yard. Monkey did a lot of running around for her doctor appointment for Wednesday. ECJ dressed up as a zombie skateboarder, YCJ dressed up as a black cat, Peanut dressed up as a vampiress, and SweetPea was a zombie Sophia the First. We did pretty well in the amount of time that we took to trick or treat (the weather was chilly and we started about half an hour after others in our town, we also didn't do our regular route). But, each kid got about a third of a pillow case filled up.

On Wednesday Monkey had an obgyn appointment and the rest of us were getting ready for Noni to come by while Daddy was at work. We took the day off of lessons and Monkey and SweetPea (plus the hubby person) stayed at home while the campers and I went with Noni. We stopped at McDonald's for lunch and then went to Walmart to window shop for Christmas ideas followed by grabbing some much needed items for the home. When we got back I went scrapping with Daddy for a little bit (not much was out) and then came home and made nachos for supper.

So, now it's Thursday and we did double lessons after breakfast and chores. Just to keep on track with what I'd already scheduled. Monkey and her hubby went to the hospital to get Monkey checked out, though she's supposed to be induced this evening. SweetPea hung out with us during lessons and then took a two hour nap. Daddy had an appointment out of town and then went scrapping a bit more followed by some time at work. Tonight's supper will be pork chops and veggies. Perhaps we'll have a picture of the baby to share by tomorrow so I won't finish this post until I know for sure.

Friday came and went with no new baby in the house ... we didn't do lessons on Friday because Daddy and I had several errands to run all over the place. The campers played outside in the mild weather with their neighborhood friends and we watched a lot of Family Guy on Netflix ... just us adults. And after a quiet evening we woke up on Saturday with still no baby. Monkey's due date has been changed until November 5th from the latest ultrasound and we're currently expecting a little baby boy! Maybe next week he'll make his appearance.

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6th Week 17/18

Over the weekend Papa gave us all a scare and went into the hospital overnight. It ended up being an inner ear infection which caused an episode of vertigo which had caused him to fall. This happened Friday morning. By Sunday afternoon he was feeling up to a quick visit from us, so the girls (including SweetPea) along with Daddy and I stopped by Grandma and Papa's house to visit. We grabbed them some fruit from the store while we were at it because Papa was out of his fruit that he eats with breakfast. We then went scrapping for a bit and stopped at two parks where the campers and their niece had an absolute blast playing!

This past week was a catch-up week for us. We've been off schedule for a couple of weeks so we used this week to catch up on lessons really quick. This meant that we only had two days worth of formal lessons using the text books ... but we had a wonderful nature walk and then a really fun evening of painting pumpkins together. This week in Exploring Nature with Children it was pumpkin week! Next week, due to there being five weeks in this month, we'll be having a break week from this awesome curriculum. If you haven't purchased it yet then you might want to do so ... the price is going up at the end of October.

Painting pumpkins

We are still in the review stage with the girl's work so they're not learning much of anything new except that Peanut is now able to multiply 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4's up to 9 ... sometimes with help and sometimes all on her own. I think that it is time to purchase Times Tales for her. I have heard wonderful things about this DVD and figure that it certainly cannot hurt for her to try it. Perhaps she'll be able to multiply faster than I can after watching this DVD a few times. ECJ is still struggling with his creative writing ... but he's resigned that it's part of his curriculum this year. He also began having guitar lessons this week with a friend of ours who is giving him lessons for free (this is WONDERFUL!). 

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5th Week 17/18

Saturday I went with Daddy first thing in the morning to drop off some scrap at the scrap yard and then we stopped at a store on the way home. Daddy had an appointment a couple of towns over so he went to that while Monkey took her hubby to a job interview and then to put in another application here in town while I watched SweetPea (and of course the campers). After Daddy got home we did a couple more quick errands and then brought home Taco Bell for supper. Followed that up with a late evening trip to get some ice cream for everyone and then it was time for everyone to start getting ready for bed. Though neither SweetPea nor Peanut slept very well this night.

Photo bombed while
peeling potatoes!

On Sunday we all pretty much slept in and didn't end up going to mass. Daddy and I did a tiny bit of scrapping just around our house (down the road a bit) and then came home. The campers had done all of their chores and were getting ready for lunch when we got back. Daddy made stuffing and stuffed the turkey for supper this night before taking a nap. I updated the blog and crocheted while Monkey, SweetPea, her hubby, and the campers settled in to watch movies for the majority of the afternoon while the turkey baked ... avoiding the severe storms that were expected (though we mainly only saw the high winds). Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and spinach were what were on the menu for supper. The girls all got their medicine and were in bed kind of early this night because SweetPea had skipped her nap (on purpose this was done so that she'd sleep better).

Playing with Littlest Pet
Shops while SweetPea
sleeps.

Monday Monkey's hubby had an interview in the morning and got the job. All of us were awake and the campers and I were doing lessons when he came home from his interview. After lessons we all basically did what we always do (except for a quick run to the next town for an errand) until Daddy came home from work and then he and I went scrapping a bit. Tuesday was pretty much the same thing just done over again. I didn't have to run to the next town to do anything this day so that was a bonus and the day went pretty much exactly as planned. We did not go scrapping this evening as it really wasn't worth it.

On Wednesday  after chores and breakfast we did some lessons and then spent the day hanging out again. After Daddy got home from work he and I took the girls with us to meet up with a friend and then, after dropping the girls back off at the house with some pizza, we went scrapping. Supper this night was homemade potato soup. 

Leaf drawing by Peanut
for last week's nature
study.

So, on Thursday, we had informal lessons all day long while Daddy and I went to appointments in the next town over followed by a run to the scrap yard after taking apart scrap and reloading the truck. Daddy and I had several places to go in the afternoon and evening so we were in and out of the house until med time. After meds, and a quick run for bananas and grapes by Daddy and I, the campers all went to sleep.

Tree drawing by Peanut for
this week's nature
study.

Now it is Friday morning. I have no lesson plans written for today ... we'll be doing our nature walk and study. I have an errand to run with Monkey around the middle of the day and Daddy will be going down to visit Grandma and Papa by himself this evening. I haven't made plans for supper tonight yet (I'll get to that) but I've already sewn my king size comforter where Moragon ripped it apart last night and have thrown it into the laundry to start. We don't have spectacular plans for the rest of the day or the weekend but we'll be busy I'm sure.

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