Time for Learning Review

Well, the month has surely flown by! Our time for learning trial is up and we have sure had fun exploring it! Olivia did the 3rd grade curriculum. Here are our pro's and con's

Pro's-very interactive, kept her attention well. She enjoyed the way the lessons were presented.

Con's-The lessons were not very instructional. Unless a child knows the topics they arent instructional enough to teach the topic fresh. There is not much review and practice before you are onto a new topic.

Overall, i would use this as a supplementory program, in addition to our homeschool curriculum, never in place of it, as i dont feel it is well rounded or instructional enough.

A New Time For Learning...

I have sorely neglected this blog, but i am going to use to to chronical our new homeschooling journey. We will be trying Time 4 Learning with Olivia (3rd grade).

I've been invited to try Time4Learning for one month in exchange for a candid review. My opinion will be entirely my own, so be sure to come back and read about my experience. Time4Learning can be used as a homeschool curriculum, for afterschool enrichment and for summer skill sharpening. Find out how to write your own curriculum review for Time4Learning.

And So It Begins...

The first press release for the house was sent to our local paper last week! Included with the write up was a pencil sketch of our house, it is gorgeous! I need to update ya'll with the design plans.. but i will do that after our meeting with the designers today! Here is the link and pic:
http://www.middletowntranscript.com/news/x1124765653/Volunteers-needed-for-Designer-Showcase-house

Busy Busy Busy!!

I have wanted to sit down and update the blog, but every time i have gone to do so-i've been interrupted! GO FIGURE! Three littles will do that to ya...
Last week we saw our new P.A. i LOVE her. LOOVE her! She is on board with selective/delayed vaccinations. However, our appts. were a bit hard to swallow. Literally. Meason still is not taking anything but the boob by mouth. He is also dropping in percentiles (not that we have many marks on the charts to go by since we don't do WBV's regularly). We are going to head to a G.I. specialist at A.I. DuPont on March 2nd--hopefully sooner, our doc is going to pull some strings. Hopefully this will be a quick fix and some OT/ST can help out :)

Samonia has been a challenge lately-but i have spoken with a few moms of children on the spectrum and they have helped me with managing her tantrums and giving me ideas for transitions-which seem to be here main issue. I have cried a lot about this lately. I just want my baby girl to be normal, no issues and 100% healthy... I cannot get caught up in the future, because it scares me.. We are making the best of today and that is what is important. She did REALLY well with people in and out of the house yesterday...
Speaking of yesterday, we had the pleasure of having designers in our house to scope it out and get ideas on which room they wanted to do!! SUPER EXCITING!!! I've learned a few things.
1. Designers can be a little divaish-if that is even a word! lol
2. My house is in shambles
3. THESE PEOPLE ARE SOOO AMAZINGLY TALENTED and i am BLESSED to have them doing my house!!!
What an amazing journey this will be.. i am sooo very excited!!
I will post before pics of each room this week.. so we can see how the house is going to transform!!

And so it begins....

with signed contracts in hand.. our painted lady is getting a much needed facelift :) We have prayed a lot about this opportunity. But the fact of the matter is, this is a once in a lifetime chance! We would never be able to afford the top knotch desingers that are about to embark upon our home! We are VERY excited to say, that our house on Crawford Street will be the designer showhouse 2010 for Middletown. I will start to blog about our adventure, and what is to come.. This is going to be a VERY exciting transformation! If you are in the middletown area, i urge you to come tour it in april/may! It is a fundraising effort for Positively Middletown, which restores and revitalizes our historic district! Hooray for a new journey!!

A "Who's Who" of Sorts...

I guess the best way to start of this blogging journey is to let you in on who are the people that i am talking about..
First and foremost, my hubby-Brian :) He is a super hard worker, stubborn and bull headed like his daddy was, but can also be the most compassionate, thoughtful and romantic person i know. He is not your typical "man's man"-infact he cannot hang a picture frame in our house without getting flustered, annoyed, and leaving many nail holes in the wall. But we love him regardless of his ability to do home improvements or hang a picture frame.. :)
Next up! Our oldest daughter-Olivia. She is 6, going on 16... She is a diva through and through, she is the most caring, loving and imaginative child i have ever known. If she could be let loose to dance in tulips all day-she really would. I love her to bits, even if she makes me crazy at times..

Ahh.. next is our second daughter, and youngest girl-Samonia Paige. Oh dear how i love her, she is very spunky, very opinionated but oh so loving. She will snuggle right up with me... She is a sweetie, i will post more about her and our adventures later :)

Last, but certainly not least is little man-Meason. He is a mama's boy through and through, you can usually find him being worn by mommy, banging his toys to make loud clanking noises, or at his favorite place-the breastaraunt.

Oh! Shoot! I guess I should let you in on yours truely! Me! I really dont know what to say about myself, i am the mom to these three little blessings, and the wife of an awesome husband. They consume me, they are me. I give my all to them.. I am very passionate about a few things, so ill share them.. breastfeeding, homeschooling, natural and gentle parenting.. oh yeah.. and our Victorian House-Brian thought i was crazy, but agreed to buy it because yep-I see oh so much potential in it. (more to come on THAT adventure...)

Our New Blog

welcome to my blog, i have decided to start this blog to share my family with you.. It may not always be pretty and roses, but it is us :) The pitter patter of tiny feet is calling...