For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows grace and favor and glory - honor, splendor and heavenly bliss! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Psalms 84:11

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Long Time No Post

I know, I've been out of the loop for quite a long time now. At this point, I'm not even sure why I'm posting, does anyone even read this anymore?

*tap tap* "Is this thing on?"

Well, no matter. I'm still interested in writing, so I will.

Life has been hectic and crazy, per usual. I'm now "Officially" home schooling. We ordered the Sonlight curriculum and we just wrapped up Week 5. We're really enjoying it, and it's amazing how much the girls have blossomed since we've started. Each time I ask myself, "Hm, maybe this is over their heads." They rebound with responses that surprise me, and bring things up weeks after I've taught them topics that I was SURE they didn't get. Hubs and I each keep being faced with problems we hear other parents having with different schools, and it just reinforces our decision to keep the girls home. They're happy here, I'm happy here, and overall we feel that it brings us closer together by learning things together.

Yes, I'm learning too! I keep reading over and over again in books about home schooling that it's excellent for children to learn by example - namely that mom and dad learn things they're interested in and pursue those interests with passion. For a long time now I've wanted to learn how to make soap. So about a month ago I reserved every book in our library system about soap making. The following week our house was covered with books about soap, and me and the kids poured over them with abandon! I learned about sponification, and trace, and color, and fragrance, and various techniques. It was fascinating!

In conjunction with all of this, we were sick. So all we could really do was read. And right there is another reason why it's good for us to home school, we have literally been sick for 3 out of the past 4 months. Just think of all the school the girls would have missed! We're currently in the midst of our 4th cold of the season - and as a result, I decided we needed to do a little lesson on germs! So I found this great set of lesson plans, FOR FREE, and we're on lesson 2.

As part of my research, I compared prices on soap making supplies and found a vendor in my area that has excellent prices AND I could go shop at their store and buy what I needed! SCORE! As soon as we were well we went and picked up the basic things that we needed and rushed home to make soap. At this point, I've made 3 batches of different kinds of melt and pour soap, and oh man is it fun and addicting! I am not much of a crafty person, but this might actually be a craft I can get into! So many different variations that you can make, all right in your very own kitchen, and with the possibility of profit once I've mastered it! I'm so excited, and having such a blast with it!

The girls just completed their first set of dance classes. They had their recital last night, and it was so adorable! Hubs, my parents, and my brother came to see the performance, and the girls did a great job. I'm sure we'll sign them up again for the next round of classes. It was a great time together with the family, we haven't all been in one place since Thanksgiving!

So if you're reading this, thanks for sticking around! I'm going to try to be a better blogging buddy, and if you comment here I'll be sure to visit your blog and see what you've been up to. :)

4 comments:

Brooke said...

i'm still out here :)

do you like the soaps (to use i mean) after you make them? sounds pretty cool

Amy said...

I haven't used any of them yet, they're supposed to sit for a bit before you use them. But they smell awesome!

Stacy said...

Hey girl! Long time no see! I've been out of the blogging habit too. I deleted my other one for personal reasons but you can e-mail me at swdobbs@juno.com. I too am homeschooling. Lindsay is in 1st this year and Lathen and Leann are in PreK. I plan to continue homeschooling next year as well. Soap making sounds interesting and like a great family activity.

Anonymous said...

Hello! My name is Nicole. I found your blog while feverishly googling every detail of twin language development.. I have 25 month twin girls! Your blog has been the most similar and least frightening one I have read. I know your girls are older now, as i have read through most of your posts. I was just wondering if you would be willing to just send me a little synopsis of how it all worked out. I'm calling EI in the morning. I live in a rural area in OH so it will be interesting to see how long it takes. My girls are very different and were full term... 38 weeks! All physical milestones have been perfectly normal. But speech is another story. Babbling and mama.. Or no no is all I get .. I feel alot ofwhat you described in the blog around the 2 yr mark. Twins are so beautiful but soooo exhausting!! My email address is franniandnatalie@yahoo.com take care!

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