Saturday all of us woke up a bit later in the morning than intended. And Daddy headed off to work just as I was trying to pry myself out from under my comfy covers in my bed. Peanut helped pry me from bed by walking in and giving me the most awesome morning hugs ever! Peanut is our shining star and can always make us smile no matter what mood we are in. Literally, it was after 11:30 in the morning before all of us were up and moving. ECJ hopped outside to take apart a sink for the brass fixture to take back to the scrap yard on Monday while I picked our green tomatoes because the weather is now so chilly that the plants are beginning to die in their planters. I'd rather harvest them green and possibly make fried green tomatoes than loose them all. Besides which, we just picked up half a peck of tomatoes from the veggie stand last Thursday and so we have plenty to eat with our meals for the next week or so. We're starting to get rid of things that won't be going to the new house when we move, so I went through a truck tool box that we had to make sure there was nothing in it that we could use or that we wanted and then put it up for free in our yard for someone to take. The girls spent this chilly day bopping back and forth between playing on their devices and playing outside, Peanut doesn't like pants and would rather wear skorts so she grumbled a bit about having to put the pants on to go outside. Daddy worked until early evening and after he came home (I'd spent the majority of my day organizing school books and supplies for our start of school on Monday) I made potato soup for us to enjoy during the chilly evening.
On Sunday we all got up early and got dressed then headed down to Grandma and Papa's church for mass. After which we took down an awning for their neighbor and visited with Grandma and Papa for awhile (taking their camper back to the storage yard) before heading out to scrap our afternoon away. We made several stops at parks and got our frozen drinks, mostly because Peanut expects them and I had a free one from a punch card. After our truck was full of scrap we headed home for the night and everyone was quickly in bed and under the covers sleeping.
Monday Daddy got up and went to work for a couple of hours and I took the time to plan out our first week of homeschooling. The campers did their chores early in the morning and then relaxed by watching videos on various devices throughout the house (yup, no lessons this day). When Daddy got home we took apart what scrap we had and loaded the truck to go to the scrap yard, which Daddy and I did next. We came back and picked up the girls and then went scrapping back down by Grandma and Papa's general area ... we didn't have a good scrap night, barely got anything at all. We stopped at two parks while we were out and also grabbed frozen drinks. We grabbed some supper while we were out, ECJ fended for himself at home, and then came home to drop the girls off while Daddy and I ran to the bank to get some money for something that we had to take care of on Tuesday. Once we got home I read to the girls, did prayers with them, had a kissing battle with Peanut, did our pinkie promise, and then kissed them goodnight. Daddy and I took our medicine and shortly thereafter we were in bed as well. ECJ stayed up for a while chatting to some friends online.
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| YCJ teaching Peanut to make pancakes. |
On Tuesday Daddy went to work while I did a load of laundry, updated the blog, typed up a letter, and talked to ECJ (the girls slept in). I woke the girls up at quarter after 11 and had them do their chores and eat their breakfast. Noni showed up around noon to take me on a couple of errands while Daddy was at work, that's right ... I do NOT drive. I willingly handed my licence in for a state ID several years back because I'm too nervous to drive properly and I've never regretted it. After Noni left and Daddy got home he took me to a couple grocery stores to pick up some meat for our deep freezer and then we did the back breaks on the truck when we got home. Taking apart what little scrap we had after that. The evening was spent calmly at home between the campers and I watching movies together (like Balto 3) and some TV ... we don't have cable and don't subscribe any longer to Netflix so we watch local channels and Canadian TV a lot. Daddy went to help a friend out with some home improvement after work. We didn't do lessons this day either and I talked to Daddy ... we decided to just implement Family Time Fitness and Exploring Nature With Children this week and do the formal book lessons beginning next Tuesday (because I'd planned a four day week for the first week of school). So, I looked on the web for the best day for a nature walk which would be over the weekend ... made a tentative plan to do it on Saturday though we might choose to do it earlier, and looked at the first couple of days for Family Time Fitness, determined that we'd start that on Wednesday.
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| Working on making her birthday cake! |
Wednesday was Peanut's ninth birthday! We very seldom do lessons on one of the campers birthdays, and this day we didn't do lessons either lol. We started the day with Daddy going to work and me waking the campers up a bit earlier than previous days this week. Peanut had gone to bed with a migraine the night before and woke up feeling much better this morning. The campers gave Peanut their gifts for her and we had a quiet morning. After Daddy got home we went down to see Grandma and Papa for awhile and visit with them. Grandma gave Peanut their gift and Peanut just loved it! Then we went scrapping for a little while and stopped at a couple of parks to play. After another stop at the grocery store to pick up some stuff for her special request supper of homemade nachos, the campers and I came home while Daddy scrapped our small town. Once Daddy got home we gave Peanut her gifts from us and then it was time shortly thereafter for her to go to bed. She said it was one of her favorite birthdays ever!
On Thursday everybody slept in a bit, including the dogs. Shadow, our really old black lab mix, even slept in ... most of the week he's been waking us up at six am to be let outside because he has to go. It was lovely to sleep in with hubby and the campers didn't wake up until we woke them up. The girls had stayed up really late the night before cleaning their room because they couldn't sleep. They're room looks awesome, they did a great job! Daddy took the day off of work because he had an appointment a couple of towns over and I took the opportunity to update this post and do some laundry. The plan for the rest of the day is to clean the house some, finish going through this year's curriculum to weed out what will be used next semester, next year, and currently ... and then to crochet. When Daddy gets back we're cleaning out both vehicles and maybe washing the car. For supper we'll be having salmon patties and french fries. The plan for tomorrow is to start our Family Time Fitness (finally) and do our nature walk for Exploring Nature with Children while Daddy is at work. Nothing too amazing or strenuous.
Looks like we really didn't get back to school for our "first week of school" this year ... lol ... that's ok we'll do it next week! Homeschool Freedom for the win!
Chocolate Cherry Cake
- 1 box of devil food cake mix (any brand)
- 1 large can of cherry pie filling
- eggs as instructed on the box
- 1/3 c of water
To make our family favorite, chocolate cherry cake you put the dry mix into your bowl and add the entire can of cherry pie filling. The only things you do per box instructions is add the recommended amount of eggs and preheat the oven to temp. Reduce the amount of water needed to just a 1/3 of a cup. Mix all ingredients together and then bake per instructions on the box. Usually we eat this without frosting because it is a rich cake ... but Peanut added milk chocolate frosting for her birthday. Either way is really good!
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