December 2015

We have had a lot of changes this year. We sold our house and move half way across the country. We are trying out small living and my husband has short drive to work. I also upgraded my computer to one from this century (Manly, because we are now homeschooling). The good news on that front, I can now blog again. I haven't decided on frequency or topic. BUT I do have hopes of keeping track of some of the great things we use in our everyday; as well as any ongoing for homeschool. Stay tuned ;)  I do my homeschool planning on Sunday nights, so this will hopefully just work it's way in naturally.

We wore sandals this week. AND didn't freeze our toes off. The holiday spirit is slow in coming, but the Christmas lights and songs are starting to help. I feel like I am cheating on Fall for a few weeks. Winter doesn't start until December 22nd. Therefore, we are still doing fall in homeschool. Sorry Fall, you'll have to share your last weeks.

We purchased a small outdoor tree for our small apartment and it is just the right size. I have a basket of kids safe ornaments set out. Daniel is having a great time taking them on and off.

This week, we had a holiday party for our Helios Collective group ( no pictures).  We did a our normal stay-in and relax/ hit homeschool hard Mondays. Before we started homeschooling, I designated Monday as a day to stay home and make sure we start our week off on the right foot.  It  is working out great and has also turned into toy rotation day!

Tuesday, we hit the library and picked up our books for the month. We have books on trees, the moon, and winter solstice. Dillan also finished his paper- he labeled it  "Night-time Fliyers" and did a Skype presentation to his Nana. He did a great job and Nana said if he was getting a grade, she would give it an A. He smiled with pride.

Daniel is making big progress and signs eat, more and all-done. We are working on the signs for help, drink, thank you and sharing. He has finally started saying some sounds and mimicking syllables even if the it the word "apple" and he says "ahah". It's progress people! I am excited.

I am going to get out my camera this week and take some pictures that aren't through the lens of the iPhone. This week we tried to go to a ballet/reading  put on by the library. We were turned away at the door. SO, we put on our big girl smiles and went out for ice cream and purchased a ballet outfit for an upcoming dance class. Book club on Saturday was a welcomed respite and I plan on curling up tonight with a swap-book I received . It feels like a hot chocolate and bubble bath kind of night. Here is a great photo for baby massage and essential oil placement for kiddos. We really like the EOS safety information website and Robert Tisserand's books on using oil safely.