Frankie Took a Nap

Maybe her fourth one ever.  That is an exaggeration.  As usual.

Naps make for wide awake babies at midnight, so I am perusing the sites.  Heather tipped me off to Teacher Tom and I've been reading for an hour going "Uh-huh, You know that's right, Amen!"  Check him out.

Bookmark these while you're at it.
SouleMama
Imagine Childhood
Pink and Green Childhood
The Perennial Plate

Oh, and in case you were wondering?  Homeschool is hard.  And even better than I'd hoped.  Sometimes I worry that we don't play enough.  Then I worry that we play too much and forget to do enough cursive and spelling.  I am still working on balance.  I decided that playing Horse-opoly counts as math.  Jensie always buys out Percheron and Clydesdale (Boardwalk and Park Place) and bankrupts me with her barns.  The other day we let Asher play after he promised to follow the rules and he killed us.

This concludes my most random post to date.

Goodnight.

Cool

Nate wanted me to add that he was not in charge of the making of this sign. He does indeed know how to spell "company."

Overheard: Simple Machines

Asher's first proposed Water Purification System, age 5

Asher: Dad, draw a tank.  Now draw a red button on top.  When the red button flashes, the water's dirty.  If the water's dirty, you gotta draw an oxygen pump.  There has to be a protein pump on the other side.  And on the top there has to be an energy pump.

Nate:  What's the source?  Where does the water come from?

Asher: From Africa dad.  Does Africa have dirty water?

Nate: Yeah, some of the water's dirty.

Asher: And America?

Nate: Yeah, Africa and America.

Asher: Ok, now draw waves,

This will clean the dirty water in Africa, but not just Africa.  Dirty water everywhere!"

A. to the S. to the H. E. R.

My son- curled up in the fetal position and thoroughly stuck in a pillow case.

Asher: Can you find me something super interesting to watch?
Me: Maybe, what'dya have in mind?
Asher: Find me a video about the four ventricles of the heart!

Asher's latest interest?  Tachycardia.  He'll either grow up to be a biologist or a total freak.

Dress #3

Are we still doing this?

This one brought to you (almost)

live in living color!

And Now, The Moment You've All Been Waiting For...

Found some photos of our first house in Cedar Fort. I'll go ahead and re-post the scary "before" pics too in case you missed them the first time around.  I loved that old place!

Living Room

Family Room

Kitchen

This room definitely deserves two photos.  Wallpapered cupboards, pink brick, and a spray painted oven. Oh yeah!

Guest Bath

Master Bedroom/Bath

That's right, it was one big room.  Sick.

For Reals

I am not a farmer.  I know it says so on my sidebar, I wrote it.  But I will be a farmer, and I say that counts.  I believe that you can want something into being.  With lots of practice, study, and desire it can happen.  I am willing, and practicing, and studying my dream into being.

Folks, I live on a cul-de-sac, in the middle of the city.  My hands are tied by city-ordinances and practically no first-hand experience.  But God told me to do this.  That's right.  God.  So I killed a Tom.  I raised some Khakis.  I trained a dog.  I robbed some bees.  It's the best I can do with what little I've got.  It will get bigger.  I will get better. Can't wait.

EM Goes Head to Head with T. Pain

We love Elizabeth Mitchell. So when Asher started humming "Little Liza Jane" this morning I offered to play it for him on iTunes.

After singing along for a minute, he shook his head and said "Actually, I wanted to hear 'Shorty got low low low low.'"

 A'ight?

Overheard: An Auntie's Scolding

Asher stop that...

Asher be nice...

Asher stop licking your lips at her!

Gum

So much for growing it out.

PS.  This is definitely the last post about hair.  Even I'm getting tired of them.

Profile Pic

Literally.

It's been raining for weeks and I can't get a grip on these hairs.  Frankie comes by her crazy waves honestly.

I'm Usually the Last to Know About These Sorts of Things

but just in case you're as behind the times as I am, I thought I'd let you know about One Charming Party.  It's swell.  I'll never throw an elaborate party (too lazy), but the pictures are pretty and there are lots of printable invitations and goodies.  Jensie took these to all of her friends at girl scouts-

Cute and free!

Not Your Typical Saturday

As a parent, it's reasonable to assume that at some point you'll be called upon to dig something weird out of your kid's nose.  I don't mean boogers.  I mean, like, thumb-tacks or matchbox cars.

But have you ever imagined having to tweeze a foreign object from a goose nostril?

Me neither.

Life is full of surprises.

One More

That was awesome!  (How, I had a question, and you had answers.)  So here's another one for ya.

Frankie wants to grow her hair "all the way up to her feet."  We haven't cut it in a while, which means a little of this

and alotta this.

Any ideas about how to tame fine blond baby hair that's half straight, half curly, with a little wave leftover?

Question

Yesterday, at Barnes and Noble, the woman ringing us up asked "Do you homeschool?"

"Sure do," I replied.

"I thought so," she said. "I could tell by the books you're buying."

The kind of books homeschoolers pick up at B&N

 Huh?  You can tell we homeschool, not by the fact that I'm at your store on a Monday afternoon during school hours, but by the books themselves?  It really begs the question, what do you normal moms buy?