home schooling?

i've always looked forward to being a classroom mom. to playing an active role in my children's education. to being the mom that works in the room, makes snacks and goes on field trips. that's been my biggest complaint against home schooling my kids (well that and all the work). however, lately i've been coming up with all sorts of exciting things i could do if i home school!

what in the world?

the Lord has changed my heart in the months since benjamin has been here. He's grown a love for my home in me. He has refocused my priorities:

1) God, of course

2) my family

3) my home

4) my role as Mother's of Faith leader

He's aligned my desires and my to-do in that order. with Thomas starting pre-school next week it has me thinking more about his future schooling. not sure where the Lord will be taking us, but faithfully praying. i'm considering things i never thought i would consider before....

we'll see!!

I Burned the Bacon

and forgot to take pictures; but other than that, the brunch on Saturday was lots of fun!

The girls arrived just after 10 on Saturday, which thankfully gave me just enough time to finish up since I was running late on getting everything done. I picked recipes that I had made before, except for the bacon, and ones that were also easy to prep ahead of time and have done at the same time. So here was the menu,

To Drink ~ Orange Juice, Kona Coffee and Blueberry Organic Tea

For Breakfast I served ~ Slice Strawberries, Scrambled Eggs with mushrooms, avocados, green onions, tomatoes and mozerella cheese, French Toast Casserole and what was suppose to be Brown Sugar Bacon.

Unfortunately, I left the bacon in the oven moments too long, so it was a lovely shade of black... The casserole and the eggs were yummy. The girls were sweet and enjoyed everything and just laughed with me about the smoke filled house.

We had a great time chatting and getting to know them. It was fun to hear them talk about boys, the ones they've dated, are dating and the ones they would like to date. I reminded them life with out boys is just great, they have the rest of their lives to be married. Although, I'm not sure they were completely convinced by that! I had a little gift of stationary for them. I told them that this is what people used before texting, Facebook and email. : )

It was great spending my morning with a group of college girls, even if it did make me realized I'm getting old! I hope to have other people in soon. It sure is fun!!

What is your favorite thing to make when you have company? What little things do you like to do to make it special?

It's been a good day!

Today has been a good day. I'm still struggling over here as I'm learning what it means to be a mother of two. How do I balance time between two kids? How do I stay sane as I do it? Will the cleaning ever get done? Will I ever enjoy this craziness? Will I ever feel like myself again? Through all this, however, God has stretched me. Many days that stretching has been painful. At this point, I'm pleased to say, that I really am thankful for the trials over the last few months. They've brought me to my knees, which is a good place to be. I plan on writing more about all this as I continue to process what I have learned and how I have changed, but for now I just had to share that it's been a good day. Want to hear about it?! I'll take that as a yes!

It began at 5:30 when Jared kissed me good bye. I rolled over to go back to sleep, but was rudely disturbed by a 3 year old who had decided it was time to start the day. I convinced him he needed to stay in his bed and this lasted until 6:30, which was just after I pulled myself out of bed to read my Bible (a new habit I'm trying to start). Benjamin must have sensed the commotion because instead of sleeping until about 7:30, he was awake at 6:45. I guess God had planned an earlier start for my day then I had. I remained in my sleepy funk for far to long, but snapped out of it by children wanting attention and phone calls to be made and answered. We've now (at12:30) gotten one load of laundry done, started working on T's Halloween costume and made a batch of blue play dough. Thomas and I have had lots of fun hanging out and playing. We turned the making of the play dough into an experiment. Thomas felt the difference between flour and salt, as well as water and oil. Then the best part, he got to add lots of blue!! All the while, B has taken 2 great naps, still in the middle of his second. There are several hours between now and when Jared gets home, but I'm sure they will go great! And I'm sure of that because I serve a faithful God! He answers our prayers in His way and in His timing. I've seen that today. I prayed for my attitude to change and that He has done!

Can't wait for tomorrow!

oh the joys...

I am learning to love being at home, yes I really am. Laundry, perhaps not as much!