Homeschool

Last month we were learning about out bodies, so we of course had to trace our bodies and then color them in. 

 

Addy was coloring her's for a long time, for almost an hour, and then she kept coming back to it throughout the day.  She likes to put details in her drawings...right now the details are little circles. 

Garvin Family Reunion

 

We rented a large house for the reunion.  That was a fun and a good idea...our house isn't quite big enough for everyone.  Addy and her cousin Ellie are just a month apart.  They loved playing together. 

Kiss goodbye.

These are all the siblings, plus Sterling (Charla's hubby) and ...Abbie's head.  (James' wifey).

Garvin Family Reunion 2

 

 

 

These are some more pictures of the family reunion.  This cutie is my nephew Samuel...his dimples and chubbiness just made him so squeezable! 

Catch up: Halloween

So this pregnancy has kicked my butt.  I experienced the "morning sickness" all day everyday until my 20thish week.  My body is being kind to me know, but usually I get sick again at the end.  So this is the main reason for no blog posts for a while.  So I am going to play catch up.  The above picture is of my brother in law Sterling and his and my kids.  They were all facinated with watching him play.  Old school Super Mario. 

My sister and her family and my parents came to visit for Halloween and the next week we had our family reunion. 

Here are all the cousins in their costumes.

Little Addy and Ellie...both were Fairy Princesses...unplanned.

Kindergarten

 

 

These are some pictures of school with the kids.  This was at the beginning of the school year...we are now working on letter sounds and some math stuff.  We are following (loosely) My Father's World.  I decided to get a curriculum this year, since I have no idea what I am doing.  I am glad that I did, it has helped me see what I like and don't like and what works for Spencer and what doesn't. 
I'm trying to focus on living and living skills and story reading/telling more then academics right now.  We are doing academic stuff but I don't push it too hard if he is fighting it.  So far Spencer is really enjoying himself.  I've also been able to deviate from the lesson books some without feeling bad or guilty.  Like tomorrow (we'll see how I feel:  I'm still experiencing "morning" sickness.) we are going to make an apple pie.  Spencer has been asking how one is made, so we will try tomorrow.  So far I love how relaxed our days can be.  I don't have to worry about getting him ready and out the door for class.  Spencer and Kaden are building a stronger relationship with each other.  So far homeschooling has been good. 

Some News

That is a baby.  That's right we are expecting number 5 this spring.  This was at 12 weeks.  And even though I have done this 3 times before, I seem to have forgotten how much it sucks for the first 4 or so months.  I still have morning sickness (all day sickness...worse in the pm).  We decided to wait to find out what the baby will be.  Hopefully I will have the will power to not find out, I think I should be able to do it though because this will be our last one.  So this one will be due on April 1st, I'm glad that I will be pregnant through the winter...internal heater!  

Construction Site

So, I posted this mainly for my dad.  The boys have turned the bike into a saw.   They propped up one of the training wheels so that they could pedal and stay in one place.  Spencer decks himself out in sky goggles and gloves, and goes to work building a road.  I don't know why he needs a saw and wood for a road but it works for his road I guess.  I love how inventive they can be!