What are We up to?

I haven't really posted much on where we all are these days. Thought I would write things down to remember. As you all know, we are home schooling the kids. I really hate that term "home school" because it makes it sound like I have a little classroom set up with chalkboard and alphabet letters on the wall, equipped with little desks and me, dressed up like a teacher with a ruler in hand. Not really. It is definitely not that formal. We spend about 2 to 3 hours in the morning learning about other countries (for instance, we studied Albania today), doing math exercises and reading a lot together. This past week and a 1/2 we have been studying light. Today we talked about the moon and how it helps govern the earth and make it work. If our moon was any bigger or smaller earth could not sustain life. Isn't God good? How could any one subscribe to our universe resulting from a bang? That is just nonsense. I was literally fascinated by what we learned today. I didn't know that the tides actually are what sustain life in the ocean. They swallow oxygen to give life to everything in it. The tides "inhale" for the ocean. And the moon makes it happen. Good stuff. I also loved learning how eventhough the moon is not a smooth surface, it still reflects light. That is good news for someone, like me, who is rough around the edges. I can still reflect the Light of the World--afterall I have no light of my own, it comes completely from Him.

Anyway, Alexis has just learned to tie her shoes. She was so eager to learn how to do it, and it has payed off for her. She ties her shoes constantly. She also learned how to patch holes in her jeans? Well, kind of. She forgot to turn them inside out. Her sweet friend Kadie helped with this project. You can see that they got a bit creative.

By the way, there are not this many holes in her jeans.

Aaron is feeling much better. He got a bad virus and fought it for 2 days. This was the first time it did not go into pneumonia. He had us pretty nervous there. He is ready for it to be warm. He asks me everyday if it is springtime yet. He will be excited to go to Houston next week and play outside. WE all will.

Still a little pale, but Houston will take care of that.

Eli is finally over this cold thing, as well. When he gets sick, his skin has a harder time. I guess his immune system is a little compromised. He has regressed some on sleeping, too. He used to go down with little to no fuss. Well, lately he cries something awful when we put him down. Yesterday I just had to let him cry it out. With Kevin at work, and 2 other kids to manage, I can not rock him for an hour, besides he needs good rest. Well, he finally gave it up and slept for 3 hours at naptime. Naps really help with the whole eczema repair. He gets better and better every week. He has become fascinated with this trash can. It never has anything in it. It was for recyclables, but we use something else right now. Eveyday I find it in a new place. Sometimes it even has stuff in it. Who knows?

KEvin and I are trying to sell the house. Times are not good for that, obviously. But we aren't in a hurry. When and if we sell we will start the building process. I am learning to play the piano, along with Alexis. I am so excited to learn. I am using this program called Simply Music, you can order it on CD. It is a different concept in learning to play. I like it alot. Besides, we don't have to pay for lessons.