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The Gorgeousness of Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Posted on April 2, 2013 | 1 Comment

The weather is warming up beautifully and that has plunged us full-throttle into our spring field trip season!

We began with a full day at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.  Last spring we started our field trip season with this field trip as well, but we waited about a week too late to see all of the tulips and early spring blooms.  This year, we were greeted by thousands of gorgeous flowers.

The gardens to explore are bountiful with treasures to be discovered by those who are willing to wander and search.

There are adventures to be had and fun to be chased down around every bend.

There is much to do, from sword fighting to taking a break in the library to relaxing and taking in a lovely view of a sea of blooms.

Did I mention…

And this my friends, is just the beginning!

Coming soon… the Civil War, hiking a preserve, an orchard, and the zoo.  *grin*

What field trips do you have coming up?

God bless,

~Rhen

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Tough Start, Nice Finish

Posted on December 7, 2012 | 2 Comments

Have you ever experienced those days where you look at the clock, realize it is 2:30 in the afternoon, and try to form a list of accomplishments that includes more than eating breakfast (a cup of coffee counts), brushing your hair (with your fingers works just fine), and you haven’t lost any kids?

Yeah, my week started out that way.  Two steps forward and five steps back seemed  the motto for Monday and Tuesday.  Ugh!

A few highlights {insert sarcasm here}:

  • It is heartbreaking finding Layla’s (3) cute, little, blonde curls on the ground.  Grrrr.
  • Misplacing the key to the filing cabinet where our school supplies  and completed work that awaits being checked are stored is not a good thing.
  • A toddler (Israel- 21 months) who is suddenly extraordinarily clingy makes multi-tasking almost impossible.
  • Over-sleeping just ONE morning results in being behind the eight ball all day, and that, for some aggravating reason, tries to continue into the next day or two.
  • The joy of discovering that Susannah (5), in her attempt to “clean” her room, crammed a globe slam-full of her clothing and toys.  A globe!!  Yes, she shoved the earth full of junk.

After what felt like banging my head against the wall Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, I decided it was time for a do-over.  Sometimes, we moms just have to clear our minds and to-do lists and start fresh.

Forget the days that were not productive, and drop the to-do’s that didn’t get completed.  That means it is time to create a two-day week out of Thursday and Friday, and use those two days to accomplish a new to-do list and new goals that will realistically fit in a 48 hour period.

Just a adding a little cuteness to this post with a sweet shot of my clingy Israel (21 months). How can I say “No” to that little face?

What does my new two-day check list look like?

  • Wash, dry, fold, and put away 4-6 loads of laundry (not too bad!)
  • Tackle a couple of lessons in Math and a couple in English.
  • Don’t scrimp on the Bible study or prayer time!
  • Include our favorite subjects- science (with Apologia, of course), geography, and history.
  • Tackle vocabulary and spelling next week.
  • Find something arsty to express ourselves artistically and let the creativity flow!
  • Think of a couple of cute and creative ways to style Layla’s hair in an attempt to make the gaps not quite so apparent.
  • Finish putting together soap orders.  (This one is very therapeutic for me!)
  • Spend some much needed wind-down time with Hubs.

By the time this evening (Friday) wraps up, this list will be checked-off, and I will be snuggling with Mark while the kids play a game of Monopoly, read a book, and/or play with the puppies.

This week may have started off on the rough side, but through a readjustment of my goals and my attitude, it is finishing very nicely.

How has your week been?  Was it like mine, or did you accomplish enough to put you ahead next week?  *grin*

God bless,

~Rhen

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Ahhhh, the smell of an apple orchard in the fall.

Posted on September 19, 2012 | 3 Comments

What screams homeschooling in the fall better than a field trip to an apple orchard?  Nothing, I tell you, nothing!  *Warning*  I have lots of pictures to share!

Aren’t the Arkansas Black apples beautiful?  They become almost black with a hint of deep red when they are ready to be eaten and enjoyed.

Our fantastically fall field trip (say that five times fast) took us to Mountain View Orchards where we were warmly greeted by a father/ son team.  They were extremely knowledgable, very capable in sharing that information with kids of a wide variety of ages, and they were wonderfully generous with their apples and their time.

Did I mention they were brave?  They let us loose on their apple orchard!  *grin*  Well, actually, the kids were well behaved.  The adults, on the other hand… just kidding.  We had a great time!

It is not always easy to find a field trip that will appeal to Littles, Middles, and Bigs.  Sometimes, if the field trip is fitting for the older kids, then the information  that is being shared is over the heads of the Littles.

Then there are times that whatever adventure we are on fits the younger children, but it is completely boring for the older ones.  Not so with an apple orchard!  Be still my homeschooling heart!

The bouncing bumpy tractor ride back to area of the orchard where we picked wasn’t too long and gave the kids an opportunity to plan their apple-picking strategies with their friends.

The question/ answer period gave a lot of new information and knowledge to our older children, yet wasn’t so long that our Littles grew restless.  The time and energy we spent picking and enjoying the apple orchard took just long enough for the bigger kids to get hands-on with some of their new knowledge, but it didn’t tire the Littles out to the point of whininess.  *love*

The children were paired up, I prefer to pair a bigger kid or two with a little one, and given a box to fill with apples.  That day we filled multiple boxes with Golden Delicious, that is, whatever apples the children didn’t eat while picking.  I told you, the father/ son team was generous!

My favorite shot of the day?  This one.

This is Renee’s sweet, sweet friend, Arianna, as she toted Israel’s not-so-light tush around the apple orchard.  My little man had an apple in each hand.  He would take a bite of one apple and then switch his attention to the second one.  He consumed every bit of both apples.

We even brought in grandparent reinforcements for those apples that were way up there in the trees.  Reach!

Everyone, wave to Paige and her sweet little guy, Gabriel.  Israel and Gabriel hang out together every Sunday at church.  The cuteness is almost unbearable.

Our bounty from the day was enough to fill my counter and keep me busy canning, dehydrating, and freezing fruit for days!

There was much making of pear sauce and Foo.  Emily Grace was my right hand girl.

Our pantry has added many quarts of pear sauce, 6 pints of Foo, and 6 quarts of dehydrated apples.  These will be yummy and a reminder of warm weather and the sweet smell of the apple orchard when we are in the midst of winter.

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I shared with you earlier this week that our family’s schedule is becoming a little overfilled and things will be a little crazier than usual.  In addition to my fill sensor going on out my washing machine (which means no washer for about 3 days), we are moving!  We have been extraordinarily blessed to have found a different house to rent for the time being.  There will be more details and pictures coming soon.  Until then, I am up to my eyeballs with packing and cleaning and preparing to move in a week and a half.  Wow!

It is a good thing we school year round and are so far ahead.  Taking a couple of weeks off to get moved isn’t a big deal at all.   Getting a family of ten packed and ready in about ten days, that, my friends, is a big deal.  Pray for me!  *wink*

God bless,

~Rhen

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All of those schoolwork papers

Posted on August 14, 2012 | 1 Comment

Don’t you just love those fantastic little tips that make things a little easier, a little smoother, and a bit more organized?  Me, too!

I am going to share a tip with you that I put into action last year, and wow, did it make a difference!

With multiple kids working on a varied amount school work independently, the papers they complete were usually a chaotic mess.

In our previous school years, I would get so frustrated trying to keep everyone’s papers organized and together.  Attempts to create stacks for each child to put their papers in just didn’t work.  As they would turn in their work to be checked, the piles would get mixed up, papers would fall behind my desk or be used by a Little to draw and color on.

I looked at the “In” and “Out” trays, but with more than 2 kids turning in school work, I would have had quite a tower just to keep each of their papers separated!

File folders to the rescue!  Mark brought home a small filing cabinet for me to use in our school room, and that is just what I did.

Each child has 2 folders.  The “In” folder is for all papers, worksheets, and work that needs to be checked and/or graded by me.  The “Out” folder is for the papers I have checked that they need to either correct or put away in their binders.

No more lessons being lost or accidentally thrown away.  No more having to hunt for someone’s paper they have turned in by placing it on my desk or at my end of the table.  Everything is either in their folders or in their binders.

Do you have a little tip you have “discovered” that would help your fellow homeschooler?  Share it in the comments or post in the comments a link to your post with the tip.   I am also looking for ways to streamline and organize our day, our schedule, and our classroom!

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God bless,

~Rhen

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I Dub Thee Project Week!

Posted on July 17, 2012 | Leave a comment

While our new school year has just started, we have not begun our full-day schedule. (We are still on the lighter summer schedule.)

This is the time when I put aside a full week, called my Project Week, to attack and complete all of those projects I have been working on for weeks or months, or have be planning to do.

Here are a few things I am accomplishing this week:

♦I am in the middle of finally finishing the organization of my side of the garage.  This has been ongoing all summer long.  Our art area and all of the supplies are located in there, and I need to get everything in its place and ready to use.  The kids are ready to let their creativity flow!

♦I am rearranging, reorganizing, and cleaning out our school room.  This is quite a project!  Posters are being updated, curriculum is being changed out for the proper grades, papers are being filed and stored, everything is being dusted and wiped down, and I am rearranging the layout to try and maximize my space.  Have you ever heard the phrase ten pounds of stuff in a five pound bucket?  Exactly!

♦I need to pull everything out of my closet and be very, very choosy about what goes back in.  It is time to purge and reorganize!  My closet seems to be THE area to store pretty much everything.  It is a good thing I have a Pinterest board all about organization!  *wink*

♦Last, but not least, the kids and I have to deep clean the main living areas of the house.  You know, the kitchen, living room, entryway, and dining room.  There is so much more room when the kids get all of their belongings put away!  Amazing concept, isn’t it?!

What does all of this have to do with homeschooling?  For me, lots!

Knowing the house is clean and de-cluttered takes a weight off of my shoulders and makes me feel energized!   Having a fully prepared school room and an art area that is organized and ready to use makes jumping into our full fall schedule that much easier.

When everything is ready and the projects are no longer there waiting for me for  to do them, I can focus my time and energy fully on the enjoying the new school year.

Do you do a it-is-almost-time-to-jump-into-the-new-school-year deep cleaning and organizing?  What projects do you tackle to get ready?

God bless,

~Rhen

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Just As Important!

Posted on July 11, 2012 | 3 Comments

Summer is in full swing and hot!  At least, here in the deep south it is with several weeks of triple degree heat.

In addition to spending time swimming, playing, hanging out with family, grilling out, and sleeping in, we homeschooling families are knee-deep in researching, ordering, purging, and organizing curriculum.  We are preparing our school supply lists, sorting through our teacher helps, and taking care of a seemingly endless to-do list.

One of the items that may be on that to-do list is working on a daily schedule for your upcoming school year.  That is what I want to talk to you about.

Yes, let’s schedule time for math, reading, spelling, history, science, language arts, foreign language, and any other subjects whose curriculum caught our eye when we were a little strung out on the whole curriculum shopping high.  Ya know.

I want you to consider scheduling in a few things that I actually had to learn to schedule in myself, but learn, I did!

1.  Time to snuggle and hang out.

Taking time to snuggle with your Littles and Middles, and hang out with your older kids is so important.  This is time to talk or not say a word.  Time to watch a movie together or talk about dreams.  Whatever it is that you and your kids fill that time up with, enjoy it together!

2.  Time to get creative.

I am not just talking about the crafts that are really 70-80% mom or dad and 20-30% kid.  Both kids and adults need time to get creative.  Whether that comes through painting with acrylics, watercolors, or oil paints, drawing with pencils, charcoal, or pastels, creating with clays, or whatever medium you choose, let the creative side of both of you flow without rules or restrictions.  Looking for ideas?  Check out Pinterest!

3.  Time to read.

Take a trip to your local library and find a book or three to get lost in.  Junie B. Jones books, Little House on the Prairie books, and Nancy Drew books are just a few of the books that are loved by our kids.  Personally, I enjoy reading books that give me great ideas and inspirations to educate my children better, or help me to be a better mom and wife.  What am I reading at this moment?  Educating the WholeHearted Child by Clay Clarkson from Apologia.

4.  Time to pray.

Taking our concerns and hopes to God in prayer is essential.   We should set aside time to pray with our children as well as for our children.  My prayers include asking for God’s help in reaching and teaching our children, in helping them to conquer, helping them to learn and implement God’s word in their lives, and  helping them to develop a love of learning that will stay with them all of their days.  I definitely need God’s help in achieving these goals!

5.  Time with friends.

Set aside the time for friends.  It is just as important that mom and dad get time to fellowship with their friends as the kids do.  Invite some of your favorite people over for an afternoon of hanging out, snacking, and laughing.  Finding other homeschooling families to connect with can make a huge difference.  Having other homeschooling moms, dads, and kids to talk with, bounce ideas off of, and seek advice from is a definite essential!

6.  Time to play.

Running, swinging, hiking, bike riding, building sandcastles, skating, jumping rope, climbing trees, and stacking blocks are all great ways to get away from the table and get moving.  The fresh air, using some energy, and taking a little physical activity break can do wonders for concentration!

7.  Time to relax and just breathe.

Kids and parents alike need a few moments to take a deep breath and relax.  Our goals, deadlines, markers, and schedules can get us pretty wound up and on edge at times.  The way to defeat this overload is to step back, put your feet up, and just breathe.  It doesn’t do us or our kids any good to get overwhelmed and overdone.  That can easily set up back rather than help us move forward!

What would you advice others to schedule a little time for?

All for God’s glory,

~Rhen

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The Lost Art of Letter Writing

Posted on June 26, 2012 | 5 Comments

The use of electronics in education today has added many wonderful benefits to the teaching and learning processes.  Just a few of them are:  through the internet, the world is at a student’s fingertips, children learn how to use technology, and there are many great programs that are designed to “speak” a student’s learning style.

While the benefits are far more than what I listed, things are also being lost.  Beautiful handwriting is exchanged for a pretty or no-nonsense font.  A text is sent instead of a handwritten thank-you note.  An email is composed instead of a personal letter.

I appreciate and even use technology in our classroom, but I find myself sad to see the art of letter writing fading away.  There is something personal about sitting down and penning a letter to someone that an email just cannot replicate.

I realize that most schools do not focus on handwriting any longer, but it is still a skill and an attribute I want our children to master.

What is our children’s favorite form of handwriting practice?  Pen pal letters!

Not only do they get to work on mastering their own cursive handwriting, they are also developing a friendship with someone across the state, across the country, and sometimes, across the world.  They are learning about the life and hometown of someone else on a personal level.

I get a huge thrill out of seeing the looks of excitement and joy on their faces when the mailbox holds a letter that is for them.  Their name is on their envelope, and its contents are just for them.  They save the letters and the envelopes!

They exchange letters, photos, stickers, and small gifts.  We head over to our large world wall map and find and pin the state and town of each of their pen pals.

There is far more than just the practicing of penmanship going on here, and it all started with sitting down, grabbing a sharp pencil and piece of paper, and writing a letter.

All for God’s glory,

~Rhen

Where do we get our pen pals?  Well, if you are a homeschool family, you can find pen pals at the Yahoo group, Homeschool Pen Pal Exchange!

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Out With The Old, In With The New

Posted on June 19, 2012 | 13 Comments

Our family may be a year-round homeschooling family, but like most other homeschooling families, there is that time frame that we change over from the old school year to the new school year.

I usually take two weeks to get everything prepped for a brand new year.  You know, cleaning, re-organizing, purging, rearranging, and refreshing.

I thought I would share with you the top 10 thing I do to prepare for a new school year.

1.  File away!  I gather together all papers, notebooks, workbooks, evaluations, projects, tests, and anything else the children have accomplished in their schooling and pack it away in a box labeled with its school year.   Each year is stored in the garage.

2.  Purge!  I go through our curriculum and find anything that just didn’t work for our family for whatever reason.  A great place to sell curriculum is the yahoo group Used Homeschooling Curriculum.

3.  Re-shelf and haul out!  The kids take great joy in putting last year’s books back onto our curriculum shelf and grabbing the new year’s books.

4.  Review and fill in.   Part of the reason we homeschool is to be able to reach and teach each of our children through their learning styles.  If part of the curriculum for one child isn’t “speaking” to them, then I want to find something that will.  I also have to purchase for our oldest and make sure that all areas of her high school career are covered.  That includes deciding what subjects each year and filling graduation requirements.

5.  Sort and order!  A great deal of the curriculum we have has teacher and student books that we reuse for the kids who are coming up through the grades.  While the student and teacher books are used again, I have to order workbooks, test books, and/ or worksheets for the student who will be using them this year.

6.  The supply high!  This is one of my favorite preparations for the new school year:  school supplies!    Glue, scissors, pencils, pens, filler paper, notebooks, whiteout, rulers, crayons, markers, construction paper, paints, labels… the list could go on and on.  I gather all of our tubs of supplies and see what we are low on.  I make my list and head to the store.  I have to be very careful or I will purchase way too much and spend hours doing it.   Does anyone else get practically giddy about buying school supplies?  *grin*

7.  Principle/ Teacher meeting.  Mark is fantastic!  He knows just how much I love making lists, organizing items, preparing new charts, and hunting down a curriculum deal.  While I do most of the school year preparation, he does want to know what is going on.  We sit down and go through each subject for each of the children.  We also set goals for the year and pray together.

8.  New Poster!  This is just one of those little things that we do each year.  It started years ago when only a couple of the kids were old enough and prepared to “sit at the schoolwork table”.  I purchase a welcome to the new school year poster and write each of the kids names on it and our verse for the year.

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9.  Schedule, please!  Before the school year officially gets underway, the kids and I sit down for a little schedule powwow.  There was a time when I didn’t use a schedule.  Then, I started having 5 kids at the table, and that number grew to 6.   My schedule makes sure that each child gets ample one-on-one time and all subjects are well covered.  I don’t want to have 3 or 4 kids all doing math at the same time.  That subject requires too much individual time.

10.  Breathe!  When the books are ready, the supplies are organized, the pencils are sharpened, and the classroom is ready to go, it is time to take about a week and just breathe.  We enjoy doing nothing, playing outside, getting messy, and taking a moment to step away from the books to be refreshed and ready to tackle a new year.

What do you do to get ready for a new school year?

Any advice for families getting ready for their first homeschooling year?

All for God’s glory,

~Rhen

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All of this and the kitchen sink!

Posted on May 4, 2012 | 44 Comments

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.  THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!!

Back a month or 3 ago, Emily Grace’s (11) gym held a fundraiser to help the competitive gymnasts raise money for their competition expenses.   A wonderful Thirty-One Gifts representative not only sponsored the fundraiser, but she was amazingly generous with how much she gave and promoted it.

I had the pleasure of getting to know her over a couple of the evenings she spent at the gym with all of her gorgeous products.  One of the evenings, while she I and were talking, I was whining…complaing…expressing my slight frustration over the bags I had been using to take our school work with us when we were out and about.  My issues are the same that many homeschool moms have shared with me.  Most bags do not retain their shape, they do not allow us to organize little items easily yet be able to retrieve them quickly, they crush papers, and they just don’t hold up to the rigors of active homeschooling families.

That is when she pulled out her Organizing Utility Tote and offered to let me have it.  The next thing I know, she is even offering one for me to give away to my readers!  How awesome is that?

Here is my bag all packed and ready to go!

This bag holds a lot of stuff!  Let me show you what I had in it at the time of this picture…and I have put far more in it.

That is 2 teacher’s books, 2 student’s books, a 3-ring binder, my grade book, a ruler, 2 pens, 2 erasers, an extra bookmark, and 1 pencil.

Notice how my grade book corners have not been curled up or rolled because of pressure in the bag!

I have the pleasure of gifting one of my readers with an Organizing Utility Tote in the Lotsa Dots print.

You can see the bag here, as well as the pattern of the bag I am giving away.  Just click on bag “A”.

Now, this giveaway is not in return for a review, though I did one, but that is because I really am that pleased with my bag!  I love how easy it is to find items, to put the books into it, and just how cute it looks.  *grin*  Who doesn’t like to look cute?!

To enter into this giveaway, I would like you to leave a comment below telling me what you appreciate most about your mom, your mother-in-law, your grandmother, or any woman who has been a mother figure in your life.

That is your main entry!

You can earn other entries by:

Leave a comment for EACH entry you earn!

A few rules:

  • This giveaway is open to continental US residents only.
  • You do not have to have a blog to enter.
  • This giveaway will end Monday, May 7th, 2012 at midnight.
  • The winner will be selected using Random.org
  • The winner will have 48 hours to respond or a different winner will be selected.
  • The winner will receive 1 Organizing Utility Tote with a Lotsa Dots pattern.

Let the giveaway begin!

All for God’s glory,

~Rhen

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Safari at the Birmingham Zoo

Posted on April 6, 2012 | 1 Comment

If you are ever in need of a little adventure in your life, take 8 children that are yours, add one child that is not, also add several other parents who are outnumbered by their children, and head to the zoo.  Two days later, you will still be amazed by all of the beauty of God’s creation and filled with flashbacks of terror at the thought that there is a child leaning too far over the fence or who has wandered off.

Nevertheless, we had a great time, and I took way too many pictures.  *grin*

Brightly colored birds welcome you as come through the front gate.  More than a dozen of these preen, stretch, and play in an open area that invites you to sit and watch a while.  We did.

Surrounding their open area is a small pond that is filled with goldfish.  Layla (2) was fascinated and watched for several minutes as we reviewed our maps and planned out our excursion.

You can watch as the caretakers feed and play with the sea lions and join in to feed the pelicans.  I am amazed at how large the pelicans’ mouths are!

The crusty, ole alligator more enjoys sunning himself than anything else.

There are stunning birds and amazing animals every where you turn.  It has been so hard choosing which photos to share.

Everyone, meet Einstein.  *giggle, snort*  I can’t help myself!

One of my favorite interactions was getting to watch the trainers work with the elephants.  Their gentleness and power is a awe-inspiring combination.

The flamingos are surprisingly gentle when you feed them.

I believe Noah’s(13)  favorite part is the huge chess game.  I am thinking that we can do this in the back yard.  Maybe I can sculpt the pieces out of foam.  Hmmmm.

Renee (15), on the left, made sure Israel (13 mo) could see everything.  Every time he spotted an animal he would squeal with delight.  I think he and Layla, who is 2, are at the most fun ages for a parent to “see” the zoo through.  They remind me just how fantastic it all really is.

The Little and Middles didn’t want to leave the petting area.

Strike a pose!

Poor Susannah (5) wasn’t tall enough to reach the giraffe mask she had her little eyes on.  Thank goodness for big sister help!

Last, but far from least, I want to share this picture with you.

Isn’t he incredible?  Wow!

There is so much that didn’t get to show you.  So many places for the kids to play and explore that I have great shots of, but this post would be significantly longer!  Considering the forecast was for severe storms that day, we were so blessed to have no crowds to deal with, no waiting to feed and interact with the different animals, and perfect weather!

So, did you enjoy our little safari?  :)

All for God’s glory,

~Rhen

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