"C" is for....

This week we've studied the letter C for cat, but I thought we'd share some other "c" activities that highlighted our week:

- Clean - my parents were coming into town, so the van NEEDED to be cleaned. The kids think it is so neat to help out with different cleaning projects. They loved cleaning the van and later Bounce was begging me to let him help me clean the shower. Now I know this will not last forever; therefore, I will take advantage of any and all help as long as I can. Ketchup and Bounce also love to do their chores. They each have 5 chores they need to do most mornings and they eagerly complete these as if its a race. I know that one morning I will have a mutiny on my hands and maybe then we'll start an allowance, but until then I'll cherish my little helpers.

-The Claw - Last night, my parents, my brother's family and our "P" family met up at Fuddruckers. I can almost bet that most of the metroplex heard Ketchup's squeals of delight as the big claw in the candy machine would dip down and pick up candy for her to eat. For such a shy little girl at times she has the biggest, brightest laugh. Bounce got stickers which he had to stick on his face like his big cousin. Well, those stickers must have had super glue on them, because we still can't get the sticky part off his face.

- Cheese- The kids already learned to eat nacho cheese last night all by itself, and my parents had only been in town for 30 minutes. Since Nana and Tata are in town, I'm sure we'll have lots of other neat stories to share this next week. I'll keep you posted.

"It's OK Mommy" & GOOOAAAALLLLL!

Bounce has been doing great at going potty and staying dry this past week. Then this morning he wet his underwear, but he assured me it was OK because as he said "I tell God and he forgive me."

Ketchup scored her first goal this last Saturday. She was so excited, but probably not as much as Mommy and Daddy. Her team lost (we stopped keeping score), but they all seemed to do better as a team.

Daddy is almost finished with the tile!! One day he'll come home and there won't be a project looming over his head. Wait a minute- maybe not -he's married to me.

Mommy has time to blog today, so that is a good thing. Homeschool went well. Ketchup enjoyed her reading more and was even able to spell CAT when I asked her this afternoon. On to dinner now!

Here goes nothing!

It seems as if everyday one of the kids says something funny or we do something neat that I'd like to keep a record of, so I thought I would join the blogger bandwagon. I'll try and update our blog every day, but you know the old adage about the best laid plans of mice and men...
I initially didn't want to blog because I was afraid of giving away too much info and compromising our security, so I'm going to refer to our kids as Ketchup (our girl) and Bounce (our boy). She is always asking for more Ketchup (and it starts w/ a K) and he is always bouncing (and it starts with a B).
We also started to homeschool last week and I'd like to keep a record of that as well, so you'll probably get a little of everything here.
The homeschool thing is working so far. Today Bounce yelled out "A" because the McDonalds we were eating at had their big health rating of "A" posted on their window. Before this week, he couldn't tell me that letter, so maybe all the work making "A" shaped pretzels was worth it.