Amend {ed}

So here is thejollyporter.blogspot.com/2008/03/weekly-goal-setting.HTML the link
I am blogging from my Iphone whilst we wait for the nice people at verizon to send our new modem!
Because of the above mentioned waiting....we are without Internet....so please forgive the lack of photo representation & ill working links...

After the comments I recieved from my last post I wanted to clarify my position on my new mysterious personality....I will remain less than a women of mystery as far as my blog is concerned...my basis for this decision is that if you are reading my blog, I figure you want to know what I am thinking..feeling...& any other linear details I feel inclined to share...

If I could just show you the funny Monday post right now......you'd be laughing in you boots...so sorry you'll have to wait until Wednesday...I will tell you however "the boss' bottom & star wars stickers are involved!

Until wednesday then......

Shrouded in mystery

This is one of those posts....you know the kind...
It has been nagging me for quiet some time...in fact ever since I read
This post {feel free to check it now...I'll wait}
okay now that we are on the same page

I have given a great deal of thought on how I can incorporate a bit of mystery into my personality
I feel a small pain even typing it...you see I am one of those...yup I truly feel that every person I meet is dying to know each and every detail of my existence ! The up side of this personality trait is that my beliefs and values are never a secret... The down side is of course that I don't simply share my beliefs and values.. In fact I am pretty sure the women behind me at grocery store the other day knows my shoe size....why, I wish I knew! This need I have to share must be part of me for a purpose...one that I am sure doesn't involve strangers knowing the linear detials of my feet. So here is my resolution...I resolve to share my thoughts and feelings reguarding; my faith, my love for my children, my love for my husband, knowledge I have obtained( only if applicable ), & recipes(only if asked, or on my blog of course ). I will remain mysterious reguarding the following topics; my measurements, any disagreements that have taken place in our home (involving anyone who lives here), my thoughts (if not pertenent to the conversation ).
By saying all this I realize that I am leaving little mystery....old habits you know

tears...hysterics...FUNNY MONDAY

if you have yet to see the pelicula ( movie)

Nacho Libre

then this funny Monday may not tickle your funny bone the way

it well

lets be honest I was laughing so hard I started crying......then when he began to wrestle me to the ground........I lost it

this guy is soooooooooooooo funny

so we have a new pet name

Chancho

(it's okay you can call people pig....or even fat for that matter in Spanish it isn't offensive....in fact it is endearing)

oh lets begin at the beginning .......A funny thing happened the other day...........

we dressed the boss up in his Chancho Libre get up and he wrestled anyone & everyone who got near him

Wrestling with the El Chancho consist of mostly of him sitting on your face and jumping up and down.......with a cape this is priceless.

YOUR TURN
YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

if I walk away for even a minute......

he jumps in the bath with whomever is...in the bath

fully clothed that is--diaper and all

He's at THAT age

where the forced smile

looks

well FORCED

i don't know that I have met a child who doesn't go through this phase

Have YOU???

What's a fAnCy giRL to DO.............

.....i need to add that at this moment this same girl is screaming, crying, and kicking my chair......all because i refused to let her use my makeup...what's a fancy girl to do

if you are not familiar with the "Fancy Nancy" books

you should be

they are an Emeline staple

we read about Nancy's puppy..her friends...the french words she loves...and more of her adventures being the only fancy one in her family DAILY (and by this i mean hourly)

so as I contemplated homeschooling i worried that my reading time with Emme might suffer

so I found a little program called audacity
this program allowed me to record my voice onto a CD

So I scooped up our Fancy Nancy collection

and begun reading them onto a MP3 file

next i created little pouches for her Cd's which will be glued to the inside of the corresponding book

and

Voila ( that's french for expressing satisfaction )

Emme can now listen to her favorite books

whilst I teach her older brothers.......

this of course doesn't take the place of my daily readings but it helps to occupy the little princess now and then

***note from the author***

This program is also great if you are having your kids work on memorization

they can read the poem, article of faith, talk, etc. into the mic and use the CD during down time to help them memorize!

my beautiful days....and other reasons to neglect my blogging duties

So recently SHE posted HERE about how her homeschooling days are going

{ i must add here that there are not many people in the world that i admire more than she}

and because

i am the "original" knock off artist { is this oximoronical (is that a word) }

& my days have been completely consumed

I thought I might share

how our days have been playing out

6 am my only daughter: awakes and upon entering the room announces

" I need breakfast"

{usually she announces this to the Mr. who has just exited his shower, never ceases to surprise him either the inappropriate height{ed} little one in the bathroom that is, not the fact that she wants breakfast}

Next the little girly climbs into bed with me, if I give away that I am awake

she tags me with

"MOM...I am starving....and hungry........I need breakfast"

{enter the now towel clad Mr.}

This is my cue

that I now have under 15 minutes to prepare breakfast for these two crazy early birds
as I pull my pj's on

Liam rolls in ( the only child who shares my a.m. sentiments)

in nothing but his sciveys

scratching his head, among other things

"morning mom" he says with just one eye opened

then climbs in the bed

I just vacated

Next the enforcer

in the same uniform as the last son who entered the room

{ I promise they go to bed wearing pj's}

"Good morning Mom, I was wondering if we could do..........( fill in here anything that requires TIME, EFFORT, Patience's, ect.)

I kiss each one of them on the head

and head for the kitchen where I

throw on an apron

and

whip together

pinto ( rice, beans, onions)

with a steaming cup of

Pero

Breakfast hits the table just as the man I love enters the room ( the boss in toe)

The Mr. smells wonderful & looks wonderful

I am happy he still says as his arm wraps about my waist

YOU ARE so beautiful

and with a kiss

he is seated and going through

the a.m. prayer negotiations

Breakfast is eaten quicker always than it took to make it

Spanish word of the day correctly conjugated

My love

exits wishing me well

in the accent.....I love the accent

Showers or Baths

for

the two eldest

Laundry

Dishes

now it is 7:45 AM

I am now off to the shower......the kids.......well they fend for themselves for the next 15min

I shower, dress

( I like to dress the way I would if I were going to teach a class outside my home)

I am met at the dining room table......ie classroom de carvajalito

by three

eager children

Devotional consits of

Prayer

Scripture

Article of Faith Memorization

&

Favorite Church songs

Prayer

Jaxson begins his weekly spelling words

Liam and I work on his penmanship

and Emme......well she pretends to work on her penmanship

45 minutes later

the boss naps and the remainder are off on a math adventure ( pun)

Emeline plays with number or letter magnets

Liam is using Jax's Kinder work books

Jax's is using the computer printed first grade worksheets( until the first grade book arrives)

I mediate

explain facts and divy out the manipulative's

about and hour later

The baby girl screams that she is starving

so I prepare snack

(the smell of food awakes the boss)

during snack a friendly game of hang-man ( oxymoronicle, again )

.......this is actually phonogram refresher in disguise

now it is time for the middle two to be set up

with a Learning games

their choice

they play

while

Jaxson and I embark on a journey through

SCIENCE

I really like the K12 science curriculum

45minutes of science

leaves us ready for a break

during free play

Emme usually wanders around her kitchen while speaking on her "cell phone" to none other

than GRANDMA ahh to live in the land of make-believe

I sit with "the boss" we trace shapes with his finger

say the names of colors

read little books

then I kiss his face until he is sick of me and takes off

the boys are now asking for

SPANISH TIME

this

is where I put one of their favorite movies on with the language set in ESPANOL

while they do this I read

and make lunch

(two days a week I use this time to throw together some bread)

LUNCH

then

Emeline and THe BOss

go to nap

this is quiet reading time

they are allowed to stay awake and look at books & read books

When the boys have had about a half hour of quiet time-- I read aloud to them

then we head to

Language arts

where this week at least we

compare the Cinderella stories from

England, Ireland, Korea

(and more assuming the library gets them back )

NOW the babes awake

and we are off to the pool

and that my friends is my day at a glance well.....i am too long winded for a glance

I am introducing all these subjects on the recommendation from

Susan Wise Bauer & Jessie Wise

in THE WELL TRAINED MIND

guide to a classical education at home

They wrote that this is a great time to give your children a taste of everything

immerse them in information, if you will

They also suggest history lessons

beginning with ancients

so during reading time

the books are

Greek Mythology

Odysseus

Roman Mythology

& of course

the Bible

WOW sorry this is soooooooooooooo long...i just wanted to capture what a day looks like for us