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frugal homeschooling, Homeschoooling, organization

Responsibility and Education for a Dollar

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I have 4 kids, 3 of which are in school. I needed an easy way to set out lesson plans for them and let them know what they are expected to do. I wanted to keep some sort of record that I could file also. I found these planners at the Dollar Tree and it totally fit the bill!


It is great because once a week (Sunday night usually) I enter in all their assignments and anything going on for the week into their own planners. Then I can adjust their math is they worked ahead or fell behind without screwing up an entire year’s worth of lesson plan.

Then they can refer to it to see what work they have to do. They can also pop it into their backpacks when they go do work at church independently or just see about that playdate or when Awana starts. They mark off their assignments after they are finished and graded. That is it! So simple!

Food

Breakfast Rice

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My kids love breakfast rice! Then I found out that many people have never heard of a sweet rice or a breakfast rice so I decided to share mine! It uses one of my secret weapons, my rice maker! So I just dump everything in and turn it on! You can adjust the types and amounts. This is just a base.

Ingredients:

3 cups of jasmine rice (any rice will work)
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup raisins
1/4 cup silvered almonds

Process:

Just put the rice in the cooker and fill with water up to the line. Then add everything else and give it a little bit of a stir. Then turn on the cooker and leave it alone! It is that simple.

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Dinner at Limon

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So tonight I took my best friend Sara out for her birthday! We decided that we wanted to try some place new. Alisa had recommended Limon a while back so we took a gander at the website. Sara quickly saw many yummy items to tempt her taste buds. So we were sold! Now I am extremely picky and I was thrilled! The restaurant was very empty when we got there so I was a little nervous but it wasn’t even 5:30 yet;). But the service was great and so was the food. I ordered the lamb shank and it was delectable. Sara got the pork chop on a cabbage, mushroom, bacon hash. She loved it! You can see that they were both beautiful! The price point is was about $50 for the 2 of us. I highly recommend Limon!

Homeschoooling, Kid Creations

Cave Paintings

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This is what homeschooling is about! A little art that teaches a point. The kids only got a couple of basic colors to make some caveman art. They took brown bags and crinkled them up to make it look like a cave wall. Then they were told to make basic black outlines with fat brushes and they filled them in! Super easy and fun.

life

14 Years Ago Today…

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14 years ago today I married the love of my life. I couldn’t understand why such a sweet, brilliant and Godly man would want to marry a mess like me. I still don’t;). But I am happy he did.

I was so worried that he would regret it that I told him on the way to get married that if he changed his mind I wouldn’t be angry. How sad am I?

So here we sit, 14 years later with 4 kids, 2 houses, a minivan and very much in love! I am so grateful that God brought us together and has blessed us with this wonderful marriage. I am grateful that we are like minded on so many things yet different on others. Thank you for being the love of my life and being my best friend. Thank you for being the spiritual leader of our home and showing me God in so many ways.

Honey, it has been a wonderful 14 years and I look forward to another 100!

If you all are real good, someday I will tell you about chasing down the mailman to get my birth certificate so we could get married;).

(Finger Print Friday)

Homeschoooling, house management

A Day in the Life

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This week is the last week in Heart of the Matter’s Not Back to School Blog Hop. The subject is A Day in the Life. I fully take advantage of the flexibility of homeschooling so no 2 days really look a like;). But my week’s do have some familiarity. The only things we do for school every day is a math exercise and a 5 problem grammar exercise, but that is only for the 4th grader and the 2nd grader. So here are the basics!

Monday and Wednesday are big school days. I try not to have any errands those days. We do breakfast and then after clean up we jump right in. I try to get a little of my work done when they are doing their independent work;). Then we do a little group work, like reading our history. Then on Mondays we head off to dance! Then we have afternoon reading time. After that you just do stuff you haven’t gotten too!

Tuesday and Thursday are crazy days. We have choir and science on Tuesdays and I have Bible Study on Thursdays. In the off times from their activities they are in the homeschool room doing independent homework.

Friday is a day I try to keep light. Every few weeks we have a play date and we finish up any left over work.

Saturday is activity day! This is the day we do art project or experiments, so on and so forth! Then NerdDad is home to help with the chaos and have some fun!

Sunday does have a little homework. The older 2 have to read the section in the Bible that Christian Studies will focus on!

So that is our life, what does yours look like?

Food

The Light Menu Plan

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No, we aren’t going diet this week but NerdDad and I will be out a lot! The kids will still be here with a sitter but it isn’t the same!

Monday: NerdDad and I are going out for our 14th Anniversary! Kids will have leftover pizza!
Tuesday: I’m taking my BFF for her birthday! Kids: Hot Dogs, Edamame, Chips
Wednesday: Eggplant Parmesan with Noodles
Thursday: Pork Loin Chops, Zucchini Corn Cakes, Broccoli
Friday: Mom and Dad are out! Kids: Pasta Bake

Food

Super Easy Gnocchi Dish

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Yummy looking, right? It was super easy too! The longest thing was boiling the water!

All I did was cook 3 packages of gnocchi (hey, they are small packages and there are 6 of us;). Then I heated up 2 cups of cooked, sliced steak (I had in the freezer) and 1 package of chopped spinach (thawed and squeezed out). I melted 1 stick of butter and then sauteed 2 teaspoons of prechopped garlic. I added 1 1/2 tsp of salt, 1 tsp pepper and 1/2 tsp of paprika. Mix it together and eat up!

An added note: I often put in chopped chicken instead of steak. It really is that simple!

(This has been linked up to Works For Me Wednesday, Delicious Dishes, and Tasty Tuesday)