Homeschool adventures

Today's menu... 3rd grade:  Subtracting money, picturing North America, word meanings, -ful and -less.  Kindergarten:  -ing, addition with 10, the letter J.  Combined:  Hammurabi's code.

Repost that I love... Why you should have at least 4 children.

This isn't my story, but I loved it, so here's where it came from:  http://mylifeandkids.com/why-everyone-except-me-should-have-at-least-four-kids/  And for your reading convenience, I posted it here.

It seems like a pretty solid theory: Why every woman should have at least four kids…

If you have just one child, then he has no one to play with. How sad – an only child growing up without a playmate.

If you have two kids, then you’re just like everyone else. And no one feels sorry for you.

Your house is a mess? It shouldn’t be – you only have two kids. Get it together!

Your kids are acting like crazy people at the grocery store? Eye rolls and judgement – you only have two kids – control them.

You never lost your extra 100 pounds of pregnancy weight? COME ON – you only have two kids, fatty!!

If you have three kids, then you have a middle child. And you never want to have a middle child. (Think of the therapy bills!)

But if you have four kids, then you have a free pass for everything.

You look like hell? Of course you do – you have four kids!

You weigh 800 pounds? Hell yes you do – you have four children!

Your house is a mess? Yes, it is – and we have some volunteers scheduled to come help you clean it and do some laundry too.

Your kids are running around like terrorists at the grocery store? Honey, you have your hands full. You take your kids right on out to the car, and I’ll pay for your groceries and deliver them to you. Poor thing.

And that is why YOU should have four children.

As for me – I felt like two kids was a lot. And three kids feels like a lot too.

And every time I think that maybe a fourth wouldn’t be so bad, I snag my varicose vein on the coffee table and remember why I’m never going to be pregnant again. Ever.

So I’m just fine having a middle child, thank you very much.

- See more at: http://mylifeandkids.com/why-everyone-except-me-should-have-at-least-four-kids/#sthash.JlnzDWQk.dpuf

Adventures in Motherhood... mom versus cleaning the Minivan

We'll be leaving for a short road trip soon, so I decided to get some garbage out of the van.  You know, clean it up a bit.  I told the boys to get the trash near their seats, and I picked up some receipts and soda bottles from the front seat area.  As I threw them in the dumpster, I accidentally let go of my keys as well.  Oops.  Resourceful as I am, I thought, who can I put in the dumpster to fetch them for me.  P is smallest, but she just won't do the job.  D is too big for me to pick up high enough.  So B it is!

Me - B!  Come here please.
B - You're not going to put me in the trash can, are you?!
Me - Yep.  Sure am.

B willingly complies and saves the day!  Thank goodness children are small :D

Adventures in motherhood... Mom versus the red CoolAid.

Never a boring moment.  We were happily having lunch, the 5 of us, at Costa Vida.  As it approached time to leave, Mom and Dad sprang into action... because no movement is accomplished without a little prep work anymore.  Dad refilled Braden's drink cup with red CoolAid.  Mom sat the baby carrier on the table and began to strap Peyton back in.  Everyone ready?  Good.  I'll just sit back down in my seat so I can reach the diaper bag from under the table and.... CRUNCH!  What the...?  I totally just sat on Braden's cup of CoolAid that he sat on my chair for who-knows-what reason.  Now to figure out how to get out of this restaurant with red CooAid on the back of my white-and-blue plaid shorts...

Adventures in motherhood...

I just gave Braden a jar for his new pet gummy worm....

Homeschool?

I'm strongly considering homeschooling David next year.  He's not doing so great at school.  I know he's smarter than what he's showing at school, but he's too distracted there to really get into learning.  The school is doing fine, they just have too many kids in each class to give him the attention he needs in order to learn.  He's all for it because I told him that we could do more science and history than what he gets in school, which is what he really likes to learn about.  Of course we still have to do the basics, but it'll allow us to explore his individual interests a whole lot further.  He's also excited that I told him he can help plan the field trips.  This is going to be a huge undertaking.  Excuse me... I've got some research to do!

The Ultimate Bulk Buying Cookbook

So I just had to let everyone know that I absolutely LOVE this cookbook!  It's all about meat, and the chapters are organized according to types of meats.  What I love about it is that I can just take out whatever random meat I have in my freezer that needs to get used up, look it up in the cookbook, and I get several delicious ways to use it... everything from meat-and-potatoes kind of recipes to casseroles, salads, and more.  This will definitely help me when I'm trying to use things up :D