Thanksgiving Already...Homeschooling Obsession....:)

Wow, the year is just flying past-just last year at this time I was preparing to leave my kids for the first time EVER to travel to meet my new boyfriend's family in Charlotte. I can't believe that it's been a YEAR, or that we are heading into a new year!
This Thanksgiving celebrates a whole new type of holiday for my children. For the first time in their young lives, my parents will be in town for a real family holiday. They have owned a timeshare for about 14-15 years and have never been around. This was a little shocking to me, considering that every single Thanksgiving of my life was exactly the same until that point. I spent the first few Thanksgivings with friends, traveling, then had my first child and tried to pull off something that resembled "Thanksgiving"...Finally, after many years and too many Thanksgivings traveling pregnant and with children, I decided to give it up:) About 7 years ago I decided that I would buy everyone new jammies...We woke up on Thanksgiving and bathed-then put on new comfy jammies. We would watch the Macy's parade and eat dunkin donuts, and also beef stick and yellow onions....(family thing;)) I would cook a million things and drink wine and enjoy my jammies:) We stayed home and told everyone they were invited to stop by for whatever food was on the table at the time-but that we would be in jammies and using holiday paper plates:) Lots of football, food, whatever...:) My kind-stress free and I get to cook:)
This year we are celebrating at my brother's house-he is an amazing chef:) It should be amazing. David should be here within hours, and the kids will all be in one place for the day-including my nephews:)
I hope, however, that I can even get myself out of the house to celebrate:)! I am SOOOO wrapped up in our homeschooling right now-it's insane-it feels GREAT:) I have a thirty three page detailed outline of American History that I created to work from...We are documenting the chronological sequence of events including presidents and states added to the union...It is VERY long and VERY invloved-Thankfully I have a great jet printer-I print NON STOP!:)
My obsession is with lapbooking/notebooking, and http://www.handsofachild.com/ seems to be the place to be:) They, BTW, are having a HUGE Black Friday sale this Friday in the am-between 3am and 9am, all project packs are 45% off!!!!!!!!!!! That's AMAZING and my list is growing quickly-I am matching them into ALL of our future plans!!! I LOVE these things!!!!!!:)
Oh my....I need to save this and head to work...David may be here later and the house needs a quick pick me up:)
More soon......Lapbooking....:)
Sami

Just a Post....November Arrives

Halloween has passed, full of fun and costumes and trick or treating with friends, and November arrived dressed in golds and reds, and rolling, gray skies. Daylight Savings has come and gone and the darkness is overwhelming and long. Mostly, the kids are inside longer and need more entertaining! WOW! The days do go on and on...;)
Halloween was fun and full of blessing and wonder. The weather was perfect, the friends were bountiful, and the costumes were easy and a pleasure. The kids had the week off of lessons and we spent a lot of time getting ready for our neighborhood Pre Trick or Treat Party and finishing making our costumes. We also spent some serious time cleaning the basement and going through summer items and throw outs.
David came to visit for a few days and it was lo-key and relaxing. We took the kids to Pizza Hut and had a feast-it was a hoot. David and Skye were vultures....The pizza was good;)
Work has settled and a sweetie pie friend of mine has entered the "management" pool...I think he can blow the lid off it, I hope he does just great;) Things have been "hairy" there though, with WAY too much going on...The whole point of the job was to avoid "bringing it home"...Ahem....
Things ARE good though, settled, calm....I have been laughing a lot, and Halloween simply made me giddy....LOL...
Curriculum planning for the next 6-7 weeks....off I go....