We have such beautiful light coming in through the kitchen window while we’re doing school.
A very loose tooth can be a distraction during school time.
Tommy teaching Janie how to photo bomb.
Morning Light
Apr 5th, 2016 by ECM
“I Free Years Old.”
Apr 4th, 2016 by ECM
Bug has been working very hard on holding up the right number of fingers to show her new age.
Our Friends Visit Malibu
Mar 31st, 2016 by ECM
Today I invited my CBS core group over for lunch. Eight moms and 20 kids made for a full house!
Then Carmell and I took our kiddos over to the Pepperdine art museum for the Andy Warhaul exhibit. Our classically homeschooled kids were severely underwhelmed with pop art. Sounds like we need to do some 20th century focus to get them up to speed!
Princesses Going to the Ball
Mar 29th, 2016 by ECM
Spring Break, a New Camera, and Photo Shop Elements
Mar 28th, 2016 by ECM
Or, how Emily is planning on spending her time this week while the kids are off from school…
I got a new camera! My old one died, and instead of spending the money to resuscitate it, we decided it was time for me to upgrade. I’ve only had a chance to read a couple chapters of the manual and play around the basic settings a bit, but I can already tell I am going to love this baby. Since we got a digital copy of Photo Shop, I will have to fish around for the manual online. I’ve figured out a few things, but I should probably take a class one of these days.
So, if anyone has any great Photo Shop Elements tutorials they recommend, please let me know!
Happy Easter!
Mar 27th, 2016 by ECM
Creative Kids=Mess
Mar 26th, 2016 by ECM
What is it with kids and making homemade confetti????
and the Shaffers hosted an egg-decorating party in their garage this morning. Fourteen kids dyeing dozens and dozens of eggs…craziness!
Math Class
Mar 23rd, 2016 by ECM
Janie at 3
Mar 21st, 2016 by ECM
Our Jane-Bug turned three yesterday! She is getting so grown up. She still has little interest in the potty and wants to be carried places, but her vocabulary and attention span have matured quite a big this year. She tags along with most of the big kids’ school and activities, so she’s certainly getting the most academically-intense preschool experience of our four. She loves being read to, coloring, dancing, and playing house/store/Mommy with her sisters. Because we’re on the go so much this semester, she’s been skipping a lot of naps or taking them in the car, and thank goodness she still transfers out of the car, into the house, downstairs, and into bed. She and Susie tend to fight and/or party in bed at bedtime and wake each other up at dawn, so that’s interesting. They also love to be “matching sisters” as often as possible.
Recently I realized that Janie is our LOUD child! She is so much louder than the other three, and that’s saying a lot! When all three girls are talking animatedly at the dinner table or in the back of the minivan, I just try to take a deep breath and realize that yes, I married an Italian, and yes, I’m going to have three teenage girls at once, and that is going to be fun, right? Right? While Bug has a great vocabulary and yells and sings with the rest of the kids, she still cutely says “dat” and “dis” for that and this: “Susie took dis balloon from me, but I wanted her to have dat one over dere!”
Her hair is getting so long, but I can’t bear to cut it because I think she’ll look too grown up. She got new dress shoes from one grandma and new cowgirl boots from the other grandma, and if she could wear both at once, she would. The boys on our Pad don’t know what to do with her and alternately play “save Janie” [from terrorists/Nazis/Star Wars villains/campus security men] and antagonize her until she cries and runs to me for comfort. Since my broken foot escapades of the past year, Janie now allows Elizabeth to change her diapers, get her dressed/into pajamas, and brush her hair. She won’t really let Tommy or Susie do much for her, though. I do love that she never turns down a Mommy snuggle!
This Week, at Charis Classical Academy…
Mar 17th, 2016 by ECM
We painted models of the planets in our solar system…
…and enjoyed snacktime in the sun.
