School room pics

I know it's been a long time coming but here it is in all it's glory. ahm

First, I wanted to show you one of the sections of our bulletin board where i have the sight words listed. I saw this caterpillar on someone else's blog but I didn't want to draw millions of circles. Okay maybe not millions, but i didn't want to draw ANY circles. SO! I went to BHG website and found these amazing labels I looooove them. There's 27 pages of labels that you can pick from. Or if you're like me you'll be compulsive and print them all off. ; )

       Here's sweet Baby Cayen showing off the new school room table.                                                         

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 Here' the view standing at the front door. To the left I have all of our supplies, art, play-doh, crayons, map pencils, and some learning boxes for Cayden.  LOVE this side of the room!!! On the right side are all the school books and some of Cayden's toys. Then there's "the" desk where all the magic happens. hehehe On the second shlef of this said desk is my beloved new best friend. THE LAMINATOR. Under her is the printer but you can't see it. You can also see at the bottom of the desk my file folders. LOVE those too!!

I'm a file folder kind of girl!!

Here's the left side again just because. ; )

A full view of our beloved bulletin board! 

Another view of our sight word section of the board. It will be fun to see this caterpillar grow! I have about 100 site words to add, four each week. We might have to open the window to the left to give him room.

This wall is where we're learning our days of the week and keeping track of the whether. I'l be adding lots of cool stuff to this wall. It's on it's way!! I went nuts on Amazon one night while lying in bed. It was 1am and waaay too late for me to be up. I spent our food money for the month. The next morning Clinton asked for some money and I said, "We don't have anymore." He replied, "Excuse me?" I said with trepidation, "Well, last night, ahm. you see I stayed up way too late and...well... you see I used all of our money on school supplies." I won't tell you how the rest of the conversation went. ; ) 

And I had to add this pic because as I was heading up the stairs with the camera around my neck, I walked into the boys room to sing and pray and this is how I found baby Cayden. He's been really sick for two days. You can keep him in your prayers. 

Printing, Cutting, and Laminating

Today baby Cayden woke up with a fever, so we weren't able to go to church. Hummm What to do??? I decided to finish my task at getting the school room ready. Oh what a time I had. In between wrestling scissors, pencils, puzzles pieces out of Cayden's hands, I finished organizing the school room. Complete with labels, a white board on the wall, and a bulletin board decorated for fall. 


I can't tell you how much fun I'm having! Throughout the day I reminisced about schooling the older two boys, and can I  tell you it wasn't this much fun. In fact, I remember being scared out of my head and feeling like I had NO idea what I was doing. Wait a min! I didn't know what I was doing!! I frightened poor Chase through his learning how to read experience and probably scared him for life in the arena of learning. Oh His grace! I thank the Lord for every rememberence of the scripture, "My children are taught of the Lord and great will be the peace of my children" That's one I cling to, friends. ; ) 


Anyway, I could sing this next paragraph....the rest of the day was spent getting curriculum together! I printed, laminated, cut, and pasted ALL day long. I actually JUST finished a few mins ago. If i had any idea a laminator would be so much fun I would have bought one long ago. This could be my new hobby. I've laminated everything I could get my hands on. Flash cards, labels, school work, Cayden, my lunch. Oh wait! Just kidding. ; ) But it's possible. If I could laminate my house I just might try. 


If you don't have a laminator, go out and get one! Quick! You're life will never be the same!! 


i CAN'T WAIT TO START school tomorrow!! We'll be doing our Sing Spell Read and Write, BFIR "Angus Lost", studying some site words, and doing a Fall craft. ; )  


For baby Cayden, we'll be doing some sewing, blocks, and counting fun with cereal. WE'll see how this goes. 


Pics coming soon. I promise!   

Kindergarden/Tot School

Yes, I know I'm  a little late but I guess late's better than never, right?? We've been doing school for the last four weeks, but just recently I've been introduced to many amazing homeschool blogs. To be honest, i was considering putting Joseph in school. After homeschooling for 13 years, I just didn't have any steam in me to keep going. BUT! God is so good to give us just what we need when we need it.

This weekend, I'll be spending time getting our school room ready. With Chase leaving, with him goes all of his music equipment. And he has a lot. So our small room was a school room/music room/office, but will now be my office and school room!!! I'm so excited!

I'll post some pics when I'm done. I have lots of fun things coming from Amazon, and CBD books, and Rainbow Resource. I can't wait to get it all and start hanging things on the wall. So much fun.

I was up until 1:30am last night reading blogs and getting ideas.

If you're a homeschooler to little ones I'd love to hear your ideas or see pics of what your Tot school looks like.


Here's a link to one of the sites I'm currently gleaning from for Cayden:
Tot School
Totally Tots

And here's a few I'm gleaning from for Joseph:
Homeschool Creations
Confessions of a Homeschooler
Delightful Learning


love Amber

Our baby's a man

Chase the lover

                   
                                                           Chase the thinker/protector

                                                     the photographer/ and man does he have an eye

                                                 The stud. He's too good lookin for his own good.

                                         

The waiter. He's got more patience than all of us!

                                                                          Full of Joy
     

                                                                          The  Serious

Letting go

As many of you know, life with teenagers tends to be on the exciting side. They're always on the go. There's always a new mission, a new quest, or something new on their horizon.

Our Chase Tanner, is heading out again. This time he's going to Mexico. We're not quite sure how long he'll be there, but we're believing that God's going to do great things while he's there. He'll be spending time with our good friends the Pruetts and the Pricers. He's going for the purpose of doing an internship. If you would have asked me several weeks ago what I thought Chase would be doing with his life in the further, I can assure you Mexico would have never been on my list.

As a mother it's always a bit scary when your children leave the nest. You never know what to expect. Uncertainty feels so thick. Sometimes I can feel choked by it. As I write this post I'm quite emotional and have tears flowing down my face. Why is the unknown so scary?

My prayer is that with the same degree God protected him last time, he'll protect him again. With the same love He kept him, He'll keep him again.

Oh Father, my prayer is that you be with him and guide him. Lead him and protect him. Love him and hover over him. Cover him and hold him.