Doing a Friday Dance!

So this has been a pretty awesome, if tiring at some times, week. Gymnastics changed, schools started, CAP, my job added too...
First Bear DID move up. (Of course we knew he would) SO there goes my bank account and then some lol. He tried it Tuesday and LOVED it. Its longer times, and he knows starting in a few months he will be competing in front of lots of people. His uniform is ordered. We are trying to raise money to help cover fees. 2 different booster clubs plus meets and travel costs and I do believe we have to pay to even get into his meets to watch LOL. Let us hope we can raise enough to keep going until everything is settled down for us.

School officially started yesterday although they have been working for the past week and half. They like it. Im sure it will get harder as time goes on but the first days are pretty slow. We are starting to get the hang of it. I dont think we are missing anything yet

CAP should start getting more going as well. They like to do things when temps get cooler. So we are watching and waiting on that one. Of course now that Bears gymnastics has moved... One is the same day as CAP so its been a scramble to rearrange things.

Ugg on my job. I was REALLY enjoying my 3 day weekends. And well they were just ripped from me lol.  I guess the person on Friday was not doing a good job..Ok I dont guess it.. I KNOW. And I was already irritated from having to pretty much double my Mondays to fix what she didnt do. ANd now.. well Im stuck working it.. But I wont complain much.. It is a lil more money(which as you can see we need right now)

After around March hopefully things will be a lot better.. I hope to have the car paid off. And stuff caught up. Hubs will have hopefully moved up at his job by then. I think even after he moves up Im going to stay working for a lil bit to make money needed for the activities. And try to start saving because each time he moves up the more expensive it is. And the further we will be going for meets.

And now Im off to make my menu and grocery list. I have put it off all week and thats not good lol. Bear has a class at 9 he has to sign into and they have some work to do today, And I have got to get this done so I can go shopping after work tonight(Im sure we all want to eat tomorrow...And yes the kids have said uhhh moommmmmmm.... When are you going to get more milk(theres like a inch left in the jug right now lol) )

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. :)

New day New decisions

Wow.. The changes in the house keep happening. Papa Bear is really liking his job and Im super glad that this is working out.
Mr B turns 13 next week. (AKKKKK) and... drumroll...
We are pulling them once again from the public school here. We have not been happy. We have debated since placing them back in the district whether we did the right thing or not. And most the time it was not. The structure.. is fine. The curriculum.. not so fine.. The bullies.. way not fine.. I find it nuts how little learning they actually do. I hate seeing my kids depressed almost everyday over the environment. Mr B, well hes sad about losing band, but we will get involved in the homeschool band. (as soon as funds permit) And Lil bear will even get to start playing at his age rather than waiting till hes Mr Bs age. We are choosing the K12 program for this endeavor. I for one worry about them getting the credits needed to finish. The boys many times in the last year and a half have stated how much they miss the friends they had when homeschooling. And doing activities with them.  Missing being accepted. Public school has been such a issue. If your pants arent sagging, your not doing drugs, having sex.. etc your not cool. And these are YOUNG kids. If you are smart and have goals.. you will not be accepted. This has been a major roadblock. These kids are more concerned with making people like them, than making decent grades and having goals that are past tomorrow. I talked to people at the school, I tried doing what I needed to do. But.. even I have to admit defeat. I am one of very few parents who give a crap about my kids education, and what they do, who their friends are etc. I am a minority in this. And I cant fight a system full of people who really dont care. For every 2-3 students trying to learn there are 10-15 pushing them down. Its a losing battle. And when I have to admit defeat because, myself as a adult, cant fight the system to make changes there...How is my child supposed to win??? Im disappointed in watching how the system is repeatedly failing. We gave it a shot. We tried. We gave the benefit of the doubt.. And were failed. We were given excuses. I feel sorry for the teachers who give a crap. Their hands are tied behind their backs. These unsupervised un parented children..are running the schools. They are running the streets. And they are terrorizing whoever they can. We are watching it happen on our street. What used to be a good neighborhood is turning into a awful place to live. And the school is full of these. Its a no win situation there. I feel better now that I made this decision and the children are extremely happy to be back into a comfortable learning situation. ANd Mr B is back to making his goals and striving to them, when he was starting to give up. :D

Relaxed??? Why yes!

I can not even begin to really explain the stress from the last 6 years. Papa Bears job had him stressed all the time. And ya know when men are stressed, they are GRUMPY! And we have dealt with this for so long, it had become the norm. Short on patience. Not mean or anything, just grumpy. The last post was about the fact he finally walked away from the chosen career and entered a completely new field...(No need to repeat that now) It was really hard for him to do this. Hes never walked away like this before. But he did it. I have waited 6 years for this(the first 4 years there were actually pretty good, its the last 6 that weren't) Thursday night, he was very quiet. Lots of things to process in his brain. We were super busy over the weekend, putting in a drip system for my garden, putting wood floor in neighbors house, other lawn work, grocery shopping, cleaning of house and garage....Ok you get the point. Monday started with normal nervousness. Being the new guy is hard. But Tuesday he was much better and ok with the choice. But the major thing I have noticed since Thursday... Was how relaxed he is. I mean, its a HUGE difference. Hes very pleasant to be around LOL. Not so wound up. Its been great! And hes starting to like the place he is now. Of course you know being new, The first day is always the roughest. Meeting people and proving you are capable. Once thats done, its good to go. And yesterday was much better for him there. They are hoping to train him well and move him into a different position that does mean more pay(unlike where he came from where they make you do a ton more and refuse to pay you more..The difference between utilize and use...) Its already been a shock to us in just a few days at how well this place treats their people. Im really looking forward to the days to come. Its been great so far. And theres also the good thing that I may be able to be home full time in the next 6 months. :D I was thinking I had to do this another year. And MAYBE I have 6 months or less!!! ANd that will free up our nights. Because it kinda does suck to run right after he gets home for kids activities and THEN go to my job. Get that done and get home... theres not much time left to just sit.

Add onto all of this, Im trying to also start working out more often. I have a exercise bike of sorts as well as a treadmill. Plus a tower that you can do many different exercises on. I need to get in shape(at the same time still in my makeover business lol...Ok Im not doing so well in that spot, I guess I will feel more up to doing that part if I was happier with my body shape. Im trying to get the kids doing this as well. (this has been a work in progress for the past year.)  I go to the ankle foot doc today and we will see what he says about my ankle. The darn thing still hurts. Im not sure what this says(Probably brace for longer..) Sucky part is this is the last time I can go to the doc for the next few months. And with that, I also will have to start on the deductible again.. So I think Im gonna have to wait on that till January and hope this doc can just give me a rough estimate on how long I am expected to hurt, wear the brace and when I can take it off... Until I can go back to him in 6 months lol. We will see. Most the time they dont want you to get that info. Ok off to put the brace back on, and get some cleaning done!!

Sit still?? never

Just when I think I will sit still. I get busier. I managed over this weekend to get a menu made out, which took days to make, Nothing sounded good. I am so worn out on certain meals that I just could not get that menu made. But finally, managed. And got the grocery shopping done. Of course going OVER budget. sigh. After that got the garage sorta cleaned up. Clovis the attack cat has been acting sick and it was freaking me out. Shes 15 years old. I dont expect her to live forever, but sheesh.. She was vomiting. A lot. (ok so clovis is a vomiter anyways but this was excessive) And shes was acting very very odd. Shes feral(Ok the older she gets the more we can call her somewhat domesticated.....Somewhat....) and she wanted attention constantly. Which is def not normal. Plus shedding like no tomorrow(way more than she ever has in previous years) So while at the store we realized.... We need to buy old cat food. Not just the regular outdoor stuff. She needs old lady stuff lol. Got her more hair ball treatment stuff. (which may be why she felt like crap) After giving her the hairball stuff for 4 days, and the senior food. Shes acting a lot better.  We can hope it stays that way.
My ankle is still in the brace(ok so it isnt at this exact moment...Im just sitting geez!!)I wont say its getting better. Or worse. Still got 2 weeks and a few days left in this thing. And not time to just sit and rest it.
The boys are doing ok. Driving me nuts. Mr B is in that preteen crap that is really starting to get on my nerves. Attitude... uggg..And of course the bear doesnt like it so... he gets a attitude lol. Im gonna work their tails off!!
Im trying to clean the fire out of this house. Did really good. But now its about time to declutter and maybe do a garage sale again. Need to come up with a LOT more to do that though(And its freaking 100 plus degrees out here right now UG!!)
Busy week ahead. Gymnastics CAP and work. Among other stuff.Got my fingers crossed once again for papa bear. Soon I hope to scream out the news (and no I am not prego.. wash your mouth out!!) If that happened it would be a damn miracle. Or I gots me a boyfriend lolol. (and on that note......)lolololl

1 more day!!

Till I get Mr B back. He left for Summer encampment on Friday the 8th. I didnt miss hims AS much this time. But Im really starting to. Hes already been injured once(last Saturday) and I am assuming fine now. They have been such busy bees this week from what I hear. Lil Bear is getting a lil stir crazy with out his brother here for this long. A couple days ago he started being a super pest. Although I am sure they will be arguing by Saturday night lol. Its a long drive to Mr B and a long ride back. We would have stopped to camp with the neighbors but we have another cadet to bring home so we cant. And then I would have to figure out what to do with a dog... Plus Mr B is probably going to be toooo tired. Im excited to go get him and hear about all the stuff they did.
Im in day 3 of a ankle brace. I hate it. Miserable achy hate it. Went to the foot and ankle doctor..finally after MANY years of putting it off) and found that I have tendinitis. And that I have to wear a brace for at least a month to straighten my foot and make the tendon stretch and grow so that I wont continue to walk on the side of my foot. I hate this thing(have I said that already?) During the stretching process its VERY uncomfortable. Im waiting on a med to be delivered that is topical that is supposed to also have a numbing agent in it so I can walk better and with a little less pain. I want to get back on the treadmill again and start getting back in shape. I was doing so well there for awhile. Im afraid of screwing up the left ankle as well with the way I have been depending on it to hold me upright and bear the brunt of each step. And its not that strong. I mean Im not overweight or anything(ok Im about 20 lbs over lol), its just still a lot of weight to be put on a already weak ankle. But doc says its not nearly as bad as the right side so it should be fine...(hes not walking on it) But add on he also did a procedure on the bottom of my left foot lol. Yeah not comfy.
Anyways we are still on the wishing front for hubs to get a new job. He found this morning he didnt get the one he thought he was going to. And it has him pretty bummed. But hes back on the looking front so we will keep holding onto hope that something good will come.
Lil Bear is doing well in his gymnastics. Working hard to get ready for moving up. I think due to money issues we will try again for competing May of next year. Plus it gives that year to fine tune everything and get even better. I want him super confident in himself anyway. And hes not all the way there yet.
Ok off to take a nap. :) if the lil bear will let me lol

Changes in the home

After having a long conversation with a friend I wish I lived closer to, about the kids and chores and responsibilities..About my lack of patience lately with it all. About how I wish for my boys to grow up and be productive parts of society..And know how to live on their own....I got some REALLY good advice. And have a lot of things to think about.
You know I just did a post about chores. About the things I want my boys to know how to do. The one thing I didnt touch upon is cooking. Yup.. My boys are about to make a foray into the kitchen. We used to have the boys in the kitchen whenever one of us cooked. And kinda let it go a few years back. And I realize what a disservice it is to them. And to me. Some people might think its wrong(Yeah I dont care) Others will be like.. WAY TO GO(yeah I care heehee who doesnt like pats on the back) But how many of you women would like a man who can cook??? (I have my hand raised HIGH in the air waving it back and forth) Ok so I dont because it would be impossible to type. And the fact that Papa Bear does know how to cook..Now..And most things.......My hubs cant fry a egg. And I think has made pancakes once, heck NEVER has he made french toast. And there are lots of things that frustrate me when it comes to the kitchen. But not nearly as much as they used to. You see I remember 13 years ago when papa could not cook hardly anything. But over the years he has learned. And my goodness that man can make a lasagna to die for. (and not from frozen) OMG Im gonna put that on the menu right now for him to make. Now he helps me a lot. I love it. More times than not papa bear can make the dinner and I can sit here typing away. But the point of this loooonggg drawn out post is, MY KIDS CANT COOK!! During my conversation with my awesome friend, I was jealous of her lol. Her kids are all younger than my oldest. And they can cook almost anything. I agree with the logic. When the kids grow up you want them to be able to handle life. TO cook for themselves to be able to pay their bills, because we all know we do want these kiddos to move out eventually..So starting today(yes today not waiting another minute) Im bringing my kids back in the kitchen. Starting easy. Because soon I will have a young adult on my hands. And then a couple years later I will have another one. And as young adults they should have more responsibilities. They should learn to function. I cant count how many times I have stood over a stove cooking with a horrid headache. Or feeling like a truck ran me over.. When they were old enough to make something simple. So tonight I will have both boys start in the kitchen cooking with me.
Thats step 1. In that step it is bringing them into the kitchen with me.
Step 2 will be giving them easy meals to cook ON THEIR OWN.
Step 3 will be giving them one night a week they cook dinner.
I also want to work on teaching them to make desserts. Hey I want some brownies sometimes and dont wanna make them myself.
We are also in the process of redoing the chore lists. Because well.. they get bored. And it seems I will be up cleaning etc and they will be playing video games. So many changes because part of me hasnt been really letting these kids grow. Maybe trying to keep them a lil longer as kids. Not wanting them to feel like slaves. But its realizing .... if your working WITH them.. they wont feel that way :D ANd they will learn. Off to the kitchen. Time to teach some boys so that when they grow up they wont be coming to my house every night for dinner!!!

Organizing....

O my... I did not realize how long its been since I really cleaned. I mean.. the house is picked up, Im ok if people who know me come over.(hint people who KNOW me) But holy cow if people who didnt, I would probably look like a deer in headlights...Or someone who stuck her finger in a light socket.. Scary thought. I have some clutter. Yes you can sit on the couch sheesh. Not that much clutter. I promise Im not in the running for hoarders... geez that just gave me the creeps thinking about it. But I havent REALLY cleaned. Cabinets are in disarray. Heck I wasnt even sure what I HAVE in them. So I started pulling everything out today trying to get it back in shape. I need to go to the store and stock up on some things, mainly meat and non perishables. Stuff I can freeze.. Household items. Tax time brings me to the store for all these things. That A LOT do last through the year. I buy toothpaste once a year(unless the kids decide to do art in the bathroom with it grrr... ) I try to stock up on soaps and shampoos. Laundry items. Stuff that during the rest of the year I hate having to buy because it cuts into my food budget. (and umm I want my food) This year will be a little bit different because we have so much to do with not a lot of money. You see... I bought myself a van.. Yup pics will come soon I promise.  I got it last night. Its a new to me used blue dodge (: It gets warm a lil quicker. Which is good cuz its been cold. Plus Papa bear is heading out to get new tires put on the other car(they needed replaced a year ago.) And on that car...its a pretty penny. It doesnt look like Im going to have much left to get rid of some bills. sigh...

Anyway back to the horrid organizing. Someone want to come do it for me??

Menu only for a week this time

Again some repeat due to a incident with the neighbors freezer that we helped eat the food before it went bad.(Reminders to people if you have a upright freezer...MAKE SURE THE DOOR IS CLOSED! )
1. Chili Dogs and chips
2. Crockpot chicken burritos
3.Taco salad
4. Chicken Fried steak mashed potatoes gravy and corn on the cob
5. Meatloaf, either fried or roasted potatoes
6. Egg Mcmuffins with canadian bacon
7.Frito Chili Pie
8. Pork Chops applesauce pasta and green beans
9. Bedder chedders and hot links

So there are a couple extras on there and still have more in the freezer. I always plan a few extras in just for those days that I dont feel like doing much. Mondays and Tuesdays are always crazy for us so the simple quick meals end up there. And this week I am going to be taking off a few days. I really need a time to recoop from the crazy no sleep these past 2 weeks. My body has hated me. I spent yesterday barely keeping my eyes open.  I probably spent only a few hours awake all day. On top of that I feel like I have been run over by a truck. During my days off I hope to get a new to me vehicle. :D I cant wait!!
Ok back to the menu, I know that I never say HOW I fix these items. Well.. honestly Im trying to make them healthier. Sometimes I think we eat WAY too much fatty foods. (umm the scale is telling me so) The hot dogs are all beef. I wont eat the weird leftover part hotdogs lol. Chicken fried steak...yeah that one is pretty fatty :) But I am a southern kinda gal..mostly. Meatloaf I drain as much of the fat as I can off it. Im really thinking its going to be roasted potatoes. As much as I loooooooove fried potatoes I need to limit the grease intake. Frito chili pie is a fatty food that we dont eat often. But it is super cheap on the budget. Pork chops will be grilled. So much healthier that way. I am trying to eliminate the amount of bread we eat. We eat a ton of bread. I like my bread....But its gonna be cut WAY down.
Yesterday during my incoherent awake moments I made deer jerky. It was a product of the neighbors freezer being left open. Did not want the deer meat to go bad. In all I did 4 lbs of deer meat. Still have 1lb left and some deer steak to do before it goes bad(wish me luck I have NEVER fixed deer steak!)

The crazy life update.. umm I have no idea. I really have walked through life like a zombie the past couple weeks. I do know Mr B is working his butt off on these grades, I am now doing the facebook for CAP, Lil bear is being a punk lol. This week will be a busy one, mainly because taxes should be here Tues, Then we can go get tires put on the car(it REALLY needs them) brakes windshield wipers.... And doing the great van hunt. Also have doc appt for lil bear, gymnastics, CAP, and who knows what else.

Menu for 1/21-2/3 (and then some updates on life)

The next 2 weeks will show some repeats listed from the last one(these are the extras that didnt get made during that time) Crossed out means of course already made and devoured lol and like always its just a list. Not a day by day because there may be lots of days I want easy to cook. I will also be working overnight a lot during the next 2 weeks (found out after menu made and shopped for sigh..) so its going to be fun making some of these lol.
1.Pulled Pork Sandwiches pasta salad
2. Loaded potatoes with leftover pork on top
3. Smothered steak rice brown gravy
4. Chicken and Dumplings
5. Turkey Casserole 
6. Chicken strips and Fries
7 Chicken Alfredo
8. Corndog muffins
9.Hamburger helper
10. Nachos
11. Taco Salad
12. Hot dogs, mac and cheese(these are tonight)
13.Frito Chili Pie
14. Brekkie (probably homemade waffles and sausage)
15.Hamburgers


Now most of the beginning is the extras that was written on the last menu. I actually made it right under budget this time. Would have been a lil more under but had to get some non food items as well, which I do count in my budget because well..its at the store. I did not put all the sides down next to each main meal. Its a variety of corn, green beans, peas,pastas, potatoes.. Whatever I feel like adding that day. I really dont like hamburger helper but its cheap so gonna go with it. Hot dogs tonight because of gymnastics and having limited time. Today I am also baking brown sugar cinnamon muffins for easy grab snacks or brekkies. If I have time I might bake some other stuff but we will see.

Since I hate doing multiple posts in a day...Heres the updates of our crazy life as well...
Mr B finally dug his head out and decided to tell us whats going on with him. And now realizes all hes pulled lately just hurt him more than anything. Hes dealing with bullies and well its affecting him in many different ways. Instead of standing up for himself or even finding a adult to help he started acting out and failing school. Since my kids were homeschooled for a while they know how to deal with people who are accepting. And well most the kids in this public school are just assholes. After a very long discussion and realizing almost EVERYONE hated or hates 7th grade he feels a lil better. But hes being called names on a daily basis and its worn on him. Sad thing is...this is soooo common the teachers etc dont even see or hear the crap anymore. Obviously numerous young kids committing suicide hasnt made people think different. And so now Im watching my kids even closer. My oldest expressed the fact he hates life right now because hes tired of being called names and tripped walking to his desk etc. Its pathetic and Im pissed. And right now trying to figure out how to fix this. I want to go smack the bully kids parents. For the fact they are raising kids who live to make others miserable.
I do hope sharing some of our experiences with Mr B helped. Let him understand everyone goes through this and to realize he is a good kid who has a future outside of jail unlike some of his peers. Sigh...

Ok Im off to start baking!! Then starting tomorrow sleeping during daylight hours and working in the middle of the night...Hate it but money is money right??

Menu Menu Menu

YES I'm doing this AGAIN lol. Technically I never stopped. I don't make it by the days of the week, I make a list for 2 weeks plus extra quicker stuff JUST IN CASE. I do NOT shop by the week. Me and stores just do not get along. I honestly LOATHE to shop(yeah I know I'm a female...and your point is???) So here it goes..
DINNER
1.Chicken Fajitas, Chips, bean dip and salsa
2.Roast Carrots and potatoes
3.Baked Ziti, garlic toast, corn
4.Corn dog muffins, mac and cheese
5. Sub sammies and chips
6.Soft tacos refried beans and spanish rice
7.Biscuits and sausage gravy
8.Chicken and pasta alfredo, garlic bread, green beans
9. Pinto Beans, rice and corn bread
10.Spaghetti, green beans, Bread with butter
11. Grilled Cheese and crockpot potato soup
12. Chicken Strips and Fries
13.Turkey Casserole, Peas
14,Polish Sausage and dirty rice
15.Chicken and Dumplings Bread with butter
16.Smothered steak,rice
17.Bean burritos(havent decided with what yet)
18.Steak Baked potato blackeyed peas
19.Pulled Pork Sammies
20.Pizza
21. Loaded baked potato with BBQ pork

Breakfast and Lunch 
Now these are just mainly for weekends kids eat at school during the week(or for me)
Pancakes
scrambled eggs and toast
cereal
waffles
muffins

I dont eat lunch much...so not many diff things lol
sandwiches(we have lunch meat-PB-and cheese And 3 different types of bread)
ramen
any leftover
cheese tortillas
Tuna Mac

Crossed off what we have had already. Yesterday I made a big crockpot of pinto beans. These will be used for at least 4 different meals. We had the beans and cornbread tonight. We also have bean burritos that Im making refried beans for out of the already cooked beans. And the bean dip for chicken fahitas, as well as refried beans for soft taco night. When I do the roast Im also at the same time preparing the chicken for chicken and dumplings. The pulled pork sammies will also yeild the pork for the potatoes. Turkey is from Thanksgiving,....Trying to cut cost where I can, and also make 2 meals at once so that when a busy night hits, all I have to do is reheat. This is almost a full month of not repeating a meal as well. I HATE eating the same things multiple times in a month.
When we went to the store to buy the things needed, I also purchased some fruits. I hate to say it but 3 stores later and most the fruit looked like crap. So ended up with a few oranges, some apples and bananas. I wanted grapefruits.. but man they look like someone used them for batting practice.
Buying groceries is getting harder and harder. The prices are killing me. No matter what I cut out and how I only shop on sale etc.. Feeding our smaller family of four is becoming insane. I dont have any tips today on shopping in a budget lol. All I can say is do as much as you can from scratch and stay away from the peanut butter. I almost had a heart attack when I saw that price. I also noticed we have cut a lot of beef from our diet because of the price. Chicken is cheaper(not by much grr) Beans are a lot cheaper(although I noticed those have also gone up....) Most the meat I got was not expensive...ok well it was but I only buy enough to make meals from for most meals. Soups and stuff like that will. Smothered steak will not..

It really isnt hard to make a list of foods you like. I have a master list as well that we add to everytime we try a new recipe and like it. Make yourself a master list and you wont be eating spaghetti twice a week :D

Planning and more planning..

Of course I know it is a little early, but you really just can not plan enough. And right now, I am planning NEXT school year. This year so far has been filled with learning. Learning where they are in their studies, where to place them for the next year, What their weaknesses and strengths are. It has been a lot of learning for all of us. We flew by the seat of our pants so far. Now its time to get a schedule in place. Start seeing what we need to do. So far in our planning, this is what we have..
Spelling
Lil Bear- Spectrum 3
Mr B- Will correct all spelling mistakes in all work


Math
Lil Bear-Horizons 2.1
Mr B-NEED TO GET!!!(still looking at what we think will be the best)

History
Story of the world Volume 1 together

Geography
50 States and Capitals
Maps- Map skills book- Grades 2 and 6
Oklahoma


Spanish
Spanish Vocabulary Builder-Together
Spanish book 1-Together

Language Arts
Lil Bear-Spectrum 3-NEED TO GET
Mr. B-Spectrum 6-NEED TO GET


Art and Life Skills
Looms-Potholders and beginning weaving,
Sewing- Pillowcase, Pants, -NEED FABRIC
Painting-Learning about different artist as well as painting in different
styles.
Building with wood-Lowes, Home Depot and other kits purchased.
Baking-Easy baking



Science-
Human Body -together
Lil Bear-Spectrum Science 3
Mr B-Spectrum Science 6
Ant Farm
Nutrition- NEED TO GET
Life science is our main focus this year

Writing-
Lil Bear-Spectrum writing 3
Mr B-Spectrum Writing 6
Journals-Using writing prompts

Music
Recorder
Study different musical artist-Mozart, Chopin, Handel etc

This is just a small list. I know it sounds like a lot. But its really not. I have decided that more work will be done together. Even though they are a few years apart, They both will be gin Spanish together. Because neither know it. Our curriculum choices, and line ups will provide us to be able to schedule better. SO that we can sit and work on one subject all together. Just in different levels. At this time we do a reading time at the beginning of the day. And that will continue. It seems to ease us into the day well so far. SO as we go through the last part of our year, I will be starting the tweaking of the schedule to be in full swing by the time we begin our next year. Which it probably be at the end of June. During the rest of our year I will also be taking notes of things that they ask to do next school term. They are excited about starting the ant farm. (Can I say I like the IDEA of the ant farm...But not the idea of BUGS in the house lol) Plus we have a thing to make fake snow...Now that one I DO NOT want to see right now. We still have not melted out from under the Christmas Eve Blizzard snow. (hopefully this week though!) They LOVE to do science experiments. So I have a feeling lots more of those will be in our future. I do think I will have to use the majority of the experiments as a reward. If I make those at the beginning of the day.. I will lose them the rest of the day. So I am going to make our schedule where we do the stuff they don't like so much first. Alternate it a little bit. Both of the boys like to argue about Math.. (can't blame them I used to as a kid too) So I know that will be a get over with first. And Science is the favorite of the house, so I will have to probably make that last. We are rethinking the workbox system for the next year. I love it, don't get me wrong. But since I am doing lots of group things, I think the best thing is to just plan and schedule and put the assignments in a book. I think the workbox system is great for independent learning, But I have seen that this year, our year of seeing where we are, was probably not the best to choose a independent. Because right now, They need to LEARN to ask for help. And this is not happening. Mr B was in public school for a lot longer. And he never asks for help unless I put work with mom...Or after the 4th redo I write isn't it about time you ask for help. SO I think this next year working a lot together it will give them more opportunity to ask for help or for me to see when they are struggling. Now back to the planning.. O nevermind. Planning time over, My lovely Papa Bear is ready for outings(temperature just got about freezing!! Time to throw a party!)

FINALLY

I have the schedule written up. After the past almost 2 full weeks.. I have begun to HATE TV, and video games. Its been a constant. I let the kids kinda veg on them. And its gotten to a crazy point of being on them almost all day. And when they cant get on them, they are bored. SO I feel brains are going to mush lol. As much as their coordination is getting a ton better. They are being lazy. And it needs to end. So we are back to 30 min of each a day. A total of 1 and 1/2 hours of vegging a day. When we start doing school again.. it will get lower. TV during week, will be limited to educational things, except weekend. Video games reserved for weekends. And Computer.. For educational until weekends also. Good thing my oldest found a site he loves online. And I don't complain when he was playing it for a hour... www.coolmath-games.com
I will have to add that link to my list. And he played on it for awhile. Hard to tell them not to when come on.. ITS MATH! lol.
But tomorrow, its a wake up. Kids are gonna have to get into a routine. Something I let slip. Trying to just let them be. And now its time to take charge again, because it shows NO sign of letting up. Just getting worse.

Menu for week of 6-7

Well my menu last week got ALL messed up so you might see it with some things from last week lol
SUNDAY
breakfast-
Lunch Picnic
Dinner-Hamburgers and hot dogs

MONDAY
breakfast- Cinnamon Rice
Lunch Hot Dogs
Dinner-Chicken Fried Steak

TUESDAY
Breakfast Cheese Omelets
Lunch- Wraps
Dinner-Beans Rice Cornbread

WEDNESDAY
Breakfast-Muffins
Lunch- Open Tacos
Dinner-Grilled Chicken and pasta

THURSDAY
Breakfast-Cereal
Lunch-Ramen
Dinner-Spaghetti

FRIDAY
Breakfast-Malt-O-Meal
Lunch -Pigs in a blanket
Dinner-Chicken nuggets

SATURDAY
Breakfast-Pick your own
Lunch- We will see lol
Dinner-enchiladas

Menu for May 31-June 6

Sunday
Breakfast-cereal
Lunch-leftovers
Dinner-(this one has not been decided)

Monday
Breakfast-oatmeal
Lunch-mac & cheese
Dinner-fahitas

Tuesday
Breakfast-scrambled eggs, toast
Lunch-sandwich chips
Dinner-meatloaf, fried potatoes,green beans

Wednesday
Breakfast-pancakes,sausage
Lunch-lunchables
Dinner-chicken ad rice

Thursday
Breakfast-cereal
Lunch-Ramen
Dinner-potato soup, grilled cheese

Friday
Breakfast-malt-o-meal
Lunch-hot dogs
Dinner-steak,baked potatoes, corn, rolls(hubbys bday dinner)

Saturday
Breakfast-free for all
Lunch-leftovers
Dinner-hamburgers, hot dogs, homemade fries(hubby bday celebration)

Menu For week of May 24

Our week is starting to get fuller on the menus. I messed up on my budget somehow this month. So we are down to emptying out the house this week. So for sometimes its whatever they can find LOL.

Sunday-
Breakfast- Pancakes, sausage
Lunch-kids choose we will see
Dinner- Hot Dogs, chips

Monday
Breakfast-muffins
Lunch-sandwiches
Dinner-grilled chicken, pasta, beans, corn

Tuesday
Breakfast-last day of school
Lunch-last day of school
Dinner-Burritos

Wednesday
Breakfast-cereal
Lunch-quesidilla
Dinner-Pizza

Thursday
Breakfast-Oatmeal or cereal
Lunch-Ramen
Dinner-hamburger helper, corn, bread

Friday
Breakfast-cinnamon rice
Lunch
Dinner-spaghetti, garlic bread, green beans

Saturday
Breakfast-waffles
Lunch-leftovers
Dinner-Soup

Food for the week

Decided I would follow The Happy Housewife and show off our menu for the week. (of course I am a day late haha) But my week really does start Sunday hahah! So I will go ahead and add yesterdays stuff even though we already did it :)Next week will be different! The summer begins and then we go back to homeschooling so there will be breakfast and lunch!!(looks so boring right now!


SUNDAY
Breakfast-Ham and Cheese Omlets
Lunch-Fend for yourself!
Dinner-Hamburgers and chips at my friends house

Monday
Breakfast-kids at school
Lunch-Kids at school
Dinner- Crispy tacos, Tamales, chips and cheese

Tues
Breakfast-Kids at school
Lunch-Kids at school
Dinner-grilled chicken, rice and corn

Wednesday
Breakfast-same
Lunch-same
Dinner-Polish sausage, rice, beans

Thursday
Breakfast-Same
Lunch-Same
Dinner-Spaghetti, garlic bread, green beans

Friday
Breakfast-Same
Lunch-Same
Dinner-Finger food Friday!! Lil Smokies in BBQ sauce, finger sandwiches

Saturday
Breakfast-Oatmeal, cereal
Lunch-Sandwiches
Dinner-Chicken and Dumplings(my brother is coming over)