the circus....

who doesn't love the circus?

it was time to go again.... we took ava and ethan and now it was cullen's turn.. He loved it! It was much more entertaining than last time- Cullen picked out his light up spinning toy and I don't think he has turning it off yet!

Field Trip to the State Capital

Since I have been homeschooling I try to take the kids places that we are learning about or educational. We went to Raleigh and toured the Capital. Wow there were so many things I did not even know about. Then we went to the Legislative Bldg.. It was quite funny when the lady asked our homeschool group if anyone knew any fun facts on Gov. Purdue... And all the kids were silent,,,they knew who she was and they knew things about her but nothing they could say out loud b/c they are all republicans!!!!! So no one had any FUN facts on her! I have really wanted to teach the kids a lot about the government and politics b/c this year is an election. So Ava and Ethan know all about the political parties and they know the process of voting- They know about the Bill of Rights and are memorizing the Constitution.... I am so excited they have worked so hard this year!

Presentation on Texas

The kids had to pick a state and do a 3 min. presentation plus cook the state's dish it was known for. Ava and Ethan chose Texas! They did a wonderful job- and we cooked chili- I was so proud of them! And of course you can't leave Cullen out. He wanted to stand up with them!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

good ol' Abe

Ethan's Favorite President is Abraham Lincoln- so on Presidents day he made a picture of him..

little sweet stories

last night I was laying in bed with Cullen and he wanted to tell me a story. He is talking so much now. Here is part of the story in Cullen language, "Big nake me get. Me run get big nake. Me awesome. Me up house. Me awesome, Etan awesome, daddy awesome. Me tory in my head."

He went on to tell me other things- He has the sweetest voice. When someone is talking and he needs to say something he will say "cuse me". The cutest thing is when someone is talking about something and it gets Cullen excited and he will say "WHERE?" in a very excited way.

My sweet, sweet Cullen.

learning....

I am SOOOO excited... Today we were going over our History Memorization. It starts with the Creation and goes throughout our history up to the present day. So it is A LOT to memorize but we were going through the cards like we do every morning and we got to Gods Covenant with Abram and Ava stopped me and ran to her room to get her bible and she said "mom I just read about Abram and his wife Sarai, her name is not Sarah yet." She read to me part of Genesis and my heart was filled with joy. She got the connection.... She remembered! And we spent 30 min just talking about God and His promises, and Abram. What a wonderful morning... This is how I know I am doing I am doing the right thing by Homeschooling for my children! God is Good-