A new family member

A friend of ours offered my girls a bunny and with a lot of thinking we finally said yes.  This past Saturday we went and picked him up.  The girls are going to learn about bunny care and how to show him at the 4H fair.  They are also talking about maybe even mating him but we are not there yet.

sasha is really good with sugar, she wants to play and lick him to death.  And doesn't understand why he has to be in the cage.

sugar's new home.

Planning our school year

Every year about this time I start setting up a plan for the girls and their schooling. This year i have a 4th and 6th grader and we have lots planned.

This year we are going to start our day with an inspirational quote.  This day in age it's a nice thing to start off the day with some inspiration.  We will also do a quick breathing/meditation.  Then off the girls go to do their independent work.  Each day will be a little different and things will change from week to week.  But this will be the basics.

We are all so excited to see what this year has in store for us.


Monday
Math
Language Arts
Science
Elementary Psych
Kids individual projects

Tuesday
Math
Language Arts
History
Kids individual projects

Wednesday
Math
Language Arts
Science
Writing class
Kids individual projects

Thursday
Math
History
Language Arts
Birds class
Kids individual projects

Friday
Math
Language Arts
Art
Kids individual projects

Other Activities
4-H  -
Girl Scouts -
Field Trips
Karate
Art Classes
Pottery
Learning PowerPoint

Goals

One of my goals this year was to read 12 books.  The year before I may have read around 6 books.

I was really nervous setting this goal because I haven't really sat and read in years.  Owning kindles boosted my reading over the past few years but nothing like I did this year.  A friend of mine was challenging herself to a book challenge and I knew there was no way I could read as many as she could and she suggested a book a month for me.  I took her up on the challenge.

When setting this goal, I knew I would be reading my normal cops, mysteries and paranormal type books.  I also wanted to read something I typically wouldn't read. I read one christian book (not in your face religion but more spiritual) and also the trilogy 50 shades lol.  Neither I was intending to read but they came into my life at the right moments.  I did enjoy both, but couldn't wait to get back to my normal genre of books.  Which I am once again reading.  I'm just starting book #15.

I won't be really thinking about 2013 goals yet, but I will have to up my challenge with the books and maybe read something else a little different for myself.  Or  maybe finally finish one of those spiritual books I started (those seem to take me longer)  I really love fiction and the wonderful worlds it can create.

4-H Fair

This is our 5th 4-H fair and each year the girls get more and more involved.  This year I had two home arts managers.  They helped with the clean up and set up.  They also helped with getting the projects displayed in the correct areas.  They also between the two of them had 50 projects they submitted.  Many of these were done over the year.  But several they did within the last month of the fair.

They both wanted to bake this year too.  My oldest never wants to bake, but she really wanted to make cupcakes.  So we looked online for a cupcake recipe and we found the most amazing cupcakes.  pumpkin cupcakes with maple cream cheese frosting.  She required little help in the kitchen.  This mama is feeling pretty amazing and proud at how she has grown.

My youngest need a little help baking but is pretty amazing with what she bakes.  She made two baking projects.  A no-bake chocolate pb crunch and her amazing donuts.

Chloe really wanted to get a purple ribbon and her wish came true with those pumpkin cupcakes.  She is so proud!  And now she really wants a court of honor ribbon.  Which means she needs to step up her projects and work a little harder.  She is ready to do this.

Amber wants to make court of honor next year.  She wants that purple ribbon.  She also knows she has to step of her projects.
I'm very proud of both my girls and the lessons they are learning in 4-H.  I was in 4-H as a child for about 3 years and I have many fond memories.  I'm glad i'm able to give them the same opportunity.

So we now go into our 6th year of 4h.