It's been a while!

It has been way too long since I have update (Ya'll have missed a lot! Sorry!) I am going to try to give a quick update of each kid and then resume with our homeschool blog :)

We are still homeschooling, coming up on our 5th year! 
I have gotten divorced, don't be sorry, we are all much happier!
I also added another baby to the family, she was a huge surprise!
I do the best I can as a single mother, we are all happy and healthy, that's what is important :)

Treyton:
-age 10
-just finishing up 5th grade
-loves to read, video games, and annoying his brothers
-plays football
-favorite subject is science
-has horrible handwriting
-very protective of his siblings
-sensitive

Tyler:
-age 9
-just finishing up 4th grade
-plays basketball
-loves writing stories
-favorite subject Spanish
-struggles with spelling

Trace:
-age 9
-just finishing up 2nd grade
-played football and basketball
-very athletic, is good at all sports he tries
-loves playing catch and riding bikes
-just starting to read with some fluency
-favorite subject is math
-very close with his baby sister and helps with her as much as he can

Mylee:
-age 5
-finishing up pre K
-knows all letters and sounds
-can read most color words
-spells first and last name
-can add and subtract single digit numbers
-counts to 25, but always skips 16
-DIVA status, thinks she runs the house
-very picky eater, no veggies, eggs or meat except sausage and chicken
-plays football-yup!
-loves animals

Mira:
-5 months old
-sits with support
-squeals, coos, and gurgles
-doesn't laugh
-loves her jumper
-wants to be held ALL. THE. TIME.
-loves her siblings
-will only sleep in her crib
-likes to snuggle
-stands with support
-prefers her Mommy over anyone :)
-has never been away from Mommy
-only drinks breast milk
-has only tried rice cereal a few times and doesn't seem to like solids yet (that's fine with me!)
-sucks her thumb
-usually wakes up once in the night, has slept through the night once (13hrs!)
-loves to be outside

That's my quick update, I will upload some pictures soon!

Need a laugh today? I did.

Trace: Mom, I have an ear whack in here somewhere.
Me: Whats an ear whack? 
Trace: (He points to his ear)
Me: Oh, do you mean ear wax? 
Trace: No, its just one whack but I can't get it out.

The coolest toy EVER!

The kids and I took a road trip to Michigan to visit family and friends.  Mylee and I went to visit a friend of mine who has a daughter the same age age as Mylee.  We the girls spent HOURS riding this toy!

Weeee!

 

No hands!

Chick-Fil-A cow appriciation!

We appriciate them and got free food!  Love Chick-Fil-A and my little calves!

(Treyton was a camp, but we had his costume to go back for dinner!)

Look who can ride a 2 wheel bike now!

Trace can!  "Watch where you're going!"

I wish I could have gotten a better picture of this but he was cruising to fast or would turn as I snapped!

July 2011 Update

We are getting excited about starting school this year!  We are doing unit studies instead of a boxed curriculum and we also moved our school room from the basement to the main level...out of the dungeon and now have a huge window in our school room! 

We are taking a vacaiton to visit family in MI before we start and the kids can't wait, me either! 

Treyton is at juniors camp at Camp Twin Lakes with Camp Sunshine for 6 days!  I miss him but the leaders are posting pictures and he is having a TON of fun!  The GA bulldogs came and played football with the kids, they have a huge pool with waterslide, horseback riding, canoeing, fishing, carnival, crafts, gym, karate, cooking, gold panning, archery, bikes...these are just a few of the things I saw in the pictures!  Its the same camp and leaders that were there for family camp so I know he is in good hands! Tyler gets to go for sibling camp in August and he is super excited!

Treyton:
-still loves to read and reads often in his free time
-is 'completely bored' if he can't play his DS
-uses the word 'apparently' way more than I can handle
-is acting like a teen more an more every day
-is too cool to hang out with mom anymore
-desperately wants some boys to 'hang' with, I really need to find him some good friends!
-very independant
-is loving football and can't wait for the real season to start, he wants to be number 30 (Tyler is 40 and Trace wants to be 50...I think its cute)
-loves hanging out with Dad
-loves candy

Tyler:
-heart of gold, is always thinking of others and would give you the shirt off his back
-speaks in accents all the time ("Excuse me? Do you have any Grey Poupon?")
-loves to ride his bike
-mommas boy
-swims like a fish and wants to be in the water all day every day
-likes to crochet (quit laughing!)
-loves salad
-has a wild imgination, he is always pretending something!

Trace:
-obsessed with catching bugs
-just learned to ride his bike without training wheels.  He asked me "Mom, can I take my own training wheels off my bike? I know how...lefty loosey"
-likes to read, especially if he can show off to someone
-is a homebody
-mommas boy
-math whiz
-likes to watch surgery videos on youtube.  I call him "Gooney Howser"  he doesn't get it. (His nickname is Gooney)
-loves to sing
-learned to swim without floaties
-loves cottage cheese

Mylee:
-counts to 5
-knows colors red, yellow, blue, pink, purple, green, orange, white, black
-likes to sing in the car
-mischivous
-manipulative
-loves candy
-shy in front of other people
-knows number concepts to 5
-loves her babies
-loves football
-can peddle her tricycle
-dresses herself
-daytime potty trained
-knows triangles, squares, circles
-can draw circles, verticle and horizontal lines on command
-recognizes about 8 letters
-likes her finger/toenails painted
-fights bedtime (none of my kids have ever fought bedtime!)
-loves the ipod touch, she knows how to play games, read stories, SEARCH YOUTUBE!?  She like vidoes of kid songs, animals and babies.
-if she doesnt know the answer to something she answers "Minnie Mouse"

Happy 4th of July!

pre-celebration climbing

Tinkerbell isn't very festive but I was picking my battles, at least she had a red, white and blue bow!