our sweet baby girl arrived september 28th weighing in at 7lbs 5ozs. we could not be happier. i am nearly done with the birth story and will share some pictures soon.
Posts By: rachel
a little update
here i am with a little update on life. we had a busy and successful week of homeschooling last week. i volunteered in bennys classroom for most of the day on wednesday. i spent about an hour in the morning before i headed to my OB appointment where it was confirmed that baby is head down (yay!) then i headed to my weekly chiropractor appointment. i then went back to benny’s school to help out in the classroom the rest… Read more »
nature study with friends
on friday we met up with some friends to do a nature study. we decided to head to a near by park that has a creek bed and lots of trees. i went to the library that morning in hopes to find some books on creeks but was out of luck. i was able to get a variety of other books that i thought would work well for the setting. we got there around noon and had a little picnic… Read more »
bits and pieces
1. benny using his “go” fingers with the tongs. 2 & 3. we are reading harold and the purple crayon this week so naturally we talked about crayons and then we made our own. 4. finished a hat for my cousin’s baby. i just need to add the ties. 5 & 6. benny wanted to make a double-decker bus after he saw a classmate bring his to school for the transportation project. so daddy got up at 7am so they… Read more »
today was
today was just okay. never book a dentist appointment at 8am. i think that is why i have been dragging my feet all day. or it could just be that i am very pregnant. one of the two i am sure. we are only two weeks into out homeschooling routine but i really like the rhythm we have going on. today we ran our errands after the dentist appointment and did not get started on our lessons until 10:30. by… Read more »
weekly nature study
i have a lot to learn on this topic, but i decided rather than to research before we start, to just dive in and have some fun. i hope to tie it in to his literature topic of the week, but i am finding this may be a challenge. last week it worked out perfect. we read about making apple pie and visited an apple orchard. i checked out some books about apples from the children’s non-fiction section at the… Read more »
pregnancy and baby update
well it seems i am in the home stretch. just a few days shy of full term. overall i am feeling good. i will admit that i have become more tired and more uncomfortable this last week, but that could just be the fact that we have stayed fairly busy each day. i had benny at 38 weeks which is crazy to think since i am a week away from that. i have a feeling this baby will cook a… Read more »
bits and pieces
some bits and pieces from our day today. so far i am loving our new routine and homeschooling. 1. breakfast smoothie with banana, spinach, apple, fresh squeezed OJ, frozen berries and mango with some flax seed and a few drops of apple cider vinegar. 2. benny looking at a lego book while enjoying his smoothie. 3 and 4. “recess” some play time in his room while i do the laundry. 5. one of his daily chore options is putting clothes… Read more »
how to make an apple pie and see the world
the literature program we are following through benny’s school is five in a row. we read the same book five days in a row. in this particular book not only does it cover the literature portion of his curriculum but also included a geography and science lesson. we of course too made the apple pie which could be considered all kinds of lessons. not only did we make the apple pie but we went and picked the apples ourselves. i… Read more »
we did it!
our first week of homeschool is complete. now we are eating gorilla crunch and watching the lorax on a overcast saturday morning. ps it is now september, i wonder if our baby will come this month!?!
