Well hello, anyone who is still there. Life has gotten the better of me lately and I have completely been absent from this little space. Our routine seems to be smoothing out and I am hoping to find more time to be here on a more regular basis. The idea of trying to recap the last ten months makes me just want to give up before I’ve even started, so let’s just start from the here and now!
Besides blogging, you know what else I wish I was better at? Getting up before my kids. I know that when I do I can get so much more accomplished but sleep wins out almost daily. Monday was no different. So as I was brewing my coffee in an effort to wake up faster, I was also pouring three cups of milk and getting three breakfasts ready. Lee and I are usually pretty good about going to bed at a decent hour, but Sunday night we got sucked in to the World Series and were up until almost midnight before we finally gave in to going to bed. As a result of going to bed extra late and getting up with my kids…I may have spilled milk all over the counter trying to pour it into the cups.
Libby is doing great with Kindergarten and our homeschool schedule and routines are working out SO MUCH BETTER this year than last year. I think that changing the curriculums we were using also helped, now it feels like we have found our groove. With that being said, the last two weeks have been jam packed and I just didn’t feel like I had given her enough time and practice with the letters S and F. So I decided that a review week with those two letters were in order. We decided to turn the letters F and S review week into Fire and Safety week to not only get some extra practice but to also learn some new safety skills and what to do in case of a fire.
Whitney likes to “mail letters” these days. While Libby was doing some school work Whitney colored a picture and then wanted to go put it in the mailbox and raise the red flag. Inside the mailbox we found cards that Lee’s mother had mailed to the kids. They all get a kick out of getting mail with their name on it and being able to open it!
I burned through my last fall scented candle last week. Instead of buying a new candle I decided to try simmering some “smell good” on the stove during the day. If I do say so myself, it smells delicious!!
I’m not sure if you have Amazon’s Prime Now where you live, but if you do…do you think it is the best thing ever? I do! Last night I realized we were out of toilet paper, the kids bathroom was out of hand soap, and I couldn’t find my loaf pan to bake some pumpkin bread. Instead of having to load up all three kids and head to a store I placed my order the night before and the next morning someone delivered my order. It is the same price as on Amazon with free delivery to your house within a very short time frame {usually just a few hours}.
I had big plans for that little loaf pan. Trader Joe’s has the best pumpkin bread mix out there. I decided to jazz it up by adding cream cheese down the center before baking it. I followed the same directions as always and an hour later…pure deliciousness came out of my oven.
Be back soon, friends!
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