Today: October Lesson(s) Begin...

When you have a three year old, using the term schooling is a bit amusing. But that is what we did this morning for a total of 15 minutes. We discussed Fall and the changing leaves and what it means and Logan drew his idea of what a leaf was. Then we discussed how October is Fire prevention month and he drew what his idea of a fire was. It was cute as ever. Then we went over his weekly verse. He quickly got tired of that and we ended the lesson.

Puzzles..

Logan loves puzzles. The dinosaur one is one my Mom sent him for his 3rd bday in August. He and my Husband had a great time with it, then the second one is a Thrift Store buy for $1,it's a cartoon he loves and he loves doing this puzzle. We found it last Friday and I am glad I bought it, it was worth $1 for him to have a focus.

Goodness Me! Time Sure Flies!

Wow, I cannot believe the last time I blogged was August 17th. Life has got very busy for us between my Husband's crazy hours, my school and home keeping. Then we found out my Husband will be deploying for a year it's just crazy been busy. Logan is amazing - he now attends Cubbies at Awana's and is awesome at learning memory verses. He puts his mother to shame that's for sure. We're doing a lot of stuff informal and he's quiet the sponge. Then there's Levi, he's only 15 wks. (as of tomorrow) and just seems so much more active and alert than I remember Logan being at his age. I think I am going to be running after him for sure. I love and am enjoying life and while I don't want to say, "Good bye" to the hubby for a year, I know this is yet another point God will show us his faithfullness and honor the promises he's made me and this family. Summer was supposedly over in September. North Carolina didn't seem to get the memo. It's just now starting to get sort of cooler here in October. Still the changes seem to go back and forth day-to-day, we shall see. I am needing to get stuff for schooling for October. Logan loves art projects, but I haven't been on my "A" game. So, here's to "Fall!" whenever it gets here!

Blessings,
Ashley

We're working on the letter,"A."

Yesterday was our first day back working on letters.
We haven't done much in the way of "class," since right before I had my youngest, Levi.
I was so proud of Logan he actually wrote the capital letter A out.
I have decided to take a new approach and also go really slow.
We're not in a hurry here after all.
We are using the art easel he got or his bday and he seems to be so much more into it.
Lessons are only 15 minutes, but come on we're dealing with a 3 year old!! : )

Pictures to come later!
Blessings,
Ashley

August came so fast!

Here it is August 10th. My son turns 3 on Thursday. I cannot believe it at all. Life seems like it's in fast-forward most days. So, Logan, is going to be 3 yrs. old and my youngest, Levi, just turned 7 wks. old yesterday. Sorry there's been such "space" between the writing, but I started back to school, so that coupled with family, church, and the house hasn't left me much time for the blog. I hate that, but that's life. We will start "school" again on August 16th, so there should be more posts by then.

Here's to the good life!
Blessings,
Ashley

Wow, what a hiatus!

Well let's see..life has got a bit busy to say the least. First of all as you all know on June 21st, we had our second son, Levi. So, the last 5 weeks with Levi has been adjusting to all the ins and outs of a newborn (again) and having both of my sister-n-laws, their children, and my mother-n-law visit between that time. I must admit there hasn't been a lot of "schooling," and yet it is amazing what my oldest son, Logan, has learned at this time. We are still working on counting. My son's counting goes a bit like this,"1,2,3,5,6,7,10." But he's trying. He is also doing quiet well with learning opposites. My husband and I try to use big and small, soft or hard, those types of things whenever we can. Logan is smart as a tack and will pick up whatever you say to him (typically.) But this past month has been playing with cousinds and getting spoiled by Aunts and Grandma - I have started back to school - so that's another thing along with maintaining relationships and my house. It hasn't alway been perfect, but I try and know that the Lord is with me every step of the way!! I am going to try and create a better cirriculum and start a more regular schedule in August. So, come back and see what we're up too..

Blessings,
Ashley

Getting into the rythmn..

Being a new mother can be stressfull. I say new mother because with Logan getting ready to turn 3 next month, I must admit I am a bit rusty on the newborn phase. It has been a (mostly) smooth transition, however, as Levi is a good sport. He loves his swing so when he's not in Mommy or Daddy's arms, he's typically asleep in his swing. I don't remember Logan loving the swing this early on. He liked it more so around 4 or 5 months when he was starting to sit up and look around. Guess this proves my two boys are already different. "School," these days has consisted of reading and the v-tech laptop, maybe a little play with the shape blocks/box. And I have been very please to hear Logan counting actual things. It's mainly 1,2,3, but the fact that he's starting to recognize numbers within the world around him, is amazing to see. It simply amazing how much they pick up just by being with you and around others. I love it! Especially these days when my attention can no longer be 100% on him, Logan just warms me with these new things and how much he's growing. Today I am going to print some things out for Logan to do. Hopefully he'll enjoy it. I, myself, am back in school. The house I am happy to say is mostly clean. There are a few piles around, but I wouldn't be embarassed if someone stopped by. I have my list out and plan on taking care of several things today. My oldest sister in law and her boys are coming up from FL on Saturday. They're only staying until Monday morning when my SIL drops the boys off at their Grandma's house. She also lives in NC, so it's great that we'll get to see them because of that fact.

So, as you can see life is every changing and busy, but we love it.
I will post some pictures later.
Blessings,
Ashley