I write this with much excitement and some hesitation!! It is official Pumpkin is going to go to preschool this year (4 year old…that is). There are several reasons why but a main reason is my current work schedule is just plain nuts. Between babysitting, cleaning, my etsy businesses, and everything else a mom must do no wonder I have had vertigo for over a month.. 🙂

With our current economy I didn’t feel comfortable not taking on work that was basically sitting in front of me. On the other hand it is killing me to let my baby go to school!!! I know she will be fine (its preschool for goodness sake) I do know she will pick up bad things as well as good…and over all she will probably enjoy herself a bit (I hope). With that monkey business out of the way you don’t think I would give up homeschooling do you? NO WAY!!

We started homeschooling last week Monday to get into a homeschool routine before “actual school” starts next week. Our fall schedule looks something like this:
Monday -School
Tuesday- Homeschool/MOPS 2 x’s a month
Wednesday-School
Thursday-Homeschool/Homeschool Co-op 2x’s a month
Friday – School
A bit chaotic yes, but I feel the need to continue with our homeschool work since it is still uncertain as to what we will do next fall for Kindergarten. Any comments on this matter would be warmly appreciated.

Homeschooling is a commitment and you have to be willing to make it one. It is more than school …it is a way of life and I do not feel that is something which should be taken lightly!! I did not feel that I would be able to sufficiently do lesson plans and carry them out with working 45+ hours a week!! Therefore, the best option for this year was school…with my hope, prayer, and every ounce of my energy zeroing in on next year!!

My goal for this year: Pay off…..pay down….. save $$….= work less = Homeschool Next Year!!

So we began our St. Patrick’s day festivities with green pancakes which A. thought was very neat! I think she giggled the entire time she ate them.

We then moved onto a water color rainbow project. I had her make a pot of gold. I cut a half circle (our pot) and then she glued crinkled up yellow tissue paper pieces for the gold.

Our rainbow was mostly purple (her favorite color) we also read the book What Makes a Rainbow? We read this book several times and she now has it memorized and “reads” it to K. Bear!

For lunch we had our little friends over and made English Muffin Pizza’s (See the recipe below)

1 English Muffin or Bagel
1/2 c. of sauce
Cheese
pepperoni, peppers, pineapple, any of your favorites
and go to town building your pizza masterpiece!!!

Here is what they looked like…served with some green veggies!!

O.K so I couldn’t resist putting my little bear up here too. She is not posted very often on the homeschool page but she is quickly learning new things. “Dada” and trying to scoot. Yeah, go little baby bear!

Yep, I’m another year older! My birthday was this past Monday and I must say it was among my better adult birthdays. We saw family over the weekend and then on my actual birthday we went to story time at the library, had pizza for dinner, and celebrated with pie for dessert with a couple neighbor friends. I could not have planned it any better myself (wait?, I kind of did!) My DH surprised me and sent flowers to the house (it has been about 9+ years since that last occurred…so I was quite delighted to say the least).

They are truly a breath of fresh air I could not help but resist sharing them with all of you!! ENJOY!!!