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1st day back!

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My 30 day pic.

Day 6

Teaching my son to read.

Today was our first day back after Christmas break!

The first part of the school day was as follows:

50 States songs on youtube, here and here

The Pledge of Allegiance (I have been trying to do this every school day)

Reading

Writing (we use Writing without Tears)

Grammar (First Language Lessons for the well-trained mind)

Then we take a short break that includes a snack.

2nd half of our school day:

Math (RightStart)

History (we read about Daniel Boone)

Science

We are studying Electricity for science this month.

My MIL got the boys Magic School Bus science kits for Christmas!

I thankfully remembered one of them was on the subject we were doing!

We were just going to check it out today but since the first one was easy we went ahead and did it.

I unfortunately cut the boys hair just last night so it was a little short to be impressive.

Like a good teacher I offered up my own hair in the name of science.

These kits are quickly becoming favorites!

I am thinking I might just have to go ahead and get one for every science subject we cover.

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30 Days ~Life Day 2

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My oldest loves to help in the kitchen.

I really am working at letting him help more.

He might outgrow it!

The main reason I do not always let him help is that I am bad with distractions and tend to forget ingredients.

Thankfully even I cannot mess up steamed veggies!

After lunch I thought I would finally help my oldest finish his lego kit he got for Christmas.

He had already dumped all the blocks in with the rest of his lego’s.

An hour later…

I love movie characters in lego form.

It is a good thing I like playing with lego’s just as much as my boys do.

We finished just in time for quiet time!

At least he had something fun to do!

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Going to miss this ~Life Changing Experiances

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An alarm rang on my phone.

I looked down to see what I was supposed to remember and smiled.

It said, “Appreciate the little things”.

My reminder every Monday morning to look for something in my day to remember, to document, to cherish.

The only thing was, that morning I was looking at this.

And a lot of this…

I was with my boys as they experienced the Grand Canyon for the first time.

I did not need the reminder that day.

I was cherishing every moment.

Look for a moment with me today.

Something precious and fleeting, little clothes in the laundry, little hands in yours, or maybe sharing in a first experience.

They are all beautiful.