I found some Fenugreek today!!!! hoorah!!! it should help me boost my milk supply so I can at least pump for McKenna again! I still have a few drops coming out so it's not all dried up thankfully!! So pump pump pump that's all I will be doing now LOL!!
Allissa has been going to VBS all week! She LOVES it!! Its not at our church but the people there are so warm and welcoming just like at our church!!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Relactating
So I decided I would try relactating again!! J is getting me some fenugreek to help me out :) idk why i stopped nursing in th efirst place :(
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Sunday
So yesterday's fishing derby had a GREAT turn out for it being a first year thing! Almost 100 people registered and they raised over $700 for the area food pantries!!!
Allissa stayed the night at her nana's last night, giving us some much needed alone time! The
J let me sleeping today............until NOON!!!!!!!!!!!! I woke up and couldn't believe I had missed church!! :( but I got some much needed rest.
Then today we went to our friends farm and hung out for a bit. We always have fun there. So much fun that Allisssa throws a fit when we leave. Not sure what to do about her fit throwing lately. Any advice? we've given altimatums but they dont work, we've tried positive reinforcement but its not working either..........*sigh* maybe it's just a phase? It just started in the last few months since we had McKenna.
So on the homeschool front, I got Allissa's geography book yesterday. Still waiting on her health book to get here. I have to start going through and making lesson plans now..........yikes!! NY law states she has to attend school a certain amount of days and hours so I hope the huge box of books I have will get used lol.
Allissa stayed the night at her nana's last night, giving us some much needed alone time! The
J let me sleeping today............until NOON!!!!!!!!!!!! I woke up and couldn't believe I had missed church!! :( but I got some much needed rest.
Then today we went to our friends farm and hung out for a bit. We always have fun there. So much fun that Allisssa throws a fit when we leave. Not sure what to do about her fit throwing lately. Any advice? we've given altimatums but they dont work, we've tried positive reinforcement but its not working either..........*sigh* maybe it's just a phase? It just started in the last few months since we had McKenna.
So on the homeschool front, I got Allissa's geography book yesterday. Still waiting on her health book to get here. I have to start going through and making lesson plans now..........yikes!! NY law states she has to attend school a certain amount of days and hours so I hope the huge box of books I have will get used lol.
Friday, June 24, 2011
The mess is gone!
For now at least!! I got Allissa to clean up the entire living room and take things upstairs where they belong!
Tomorrow is going to be a long day! My husbands step father is running a first annual carp fishing derby to benefit local food pantries :) it runs ALL day!!!
Tomorrow is going to be a long day! My husbands step father is running a first annual carp fishing derby to benefit local food pantries :) it runs ALL day!!!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
What's for dinner?
I don't know really.............maybe french toast and eggs? I hate having J and Allissa being such picky eaters!! LOL it's aweful! We have company coming soon so I'm trying to get Allissa to pick up her mess but it's slow going! Why can't she just pick up after herself??? I did the dishes and washed the kitchen floor but man........the living room is still messy!! I hate it when people come over and it's not clean, I mean yeah I have 2 children BUT that's no reason for it to be so messy coincidentally when people come over. I feel like no one ever gets to see how nice my things are because of the mess ya know?
On the bright side, I got my wireless adapter working again on my laptop. YEAH! So excited I don't have to be attached to a LAN cord anymore haha!
So I got more of Allissa's HS books today, I may have gone overboard but at least I will have a lot of things to keep things switched up here and there. I have books mainly from BJU and A Beka but I also found some first grade books at walmart for her to work on this summer when she's board and to kind of keep on top of things. We're definitely working on our reading! If there's one goal I want her to accomplish by the end of the school year is for her to be a good reader for the age of 6. I have things to help with that, books, sight word cards, phonics books, and I think I will buy some A Beka readers as well.
My goal list is something I'm working on. First obviously is the affore mentioned, reading. Second would be for her to be able to tell time third would be for her to know money and it's value. I was thinking of setting up a bank account for her so she can take any loose change she finds and put it in an account and have her save it until she gets to so many $'s then she can spend it on what she wants maybe?
Aside from Homeschooling, I got a LOT done last night by going through McKenna's and Allissa's clothing and donating about 3/4 of what they owned. Let me tell you I have about 15 bags of clothes, thats GARBAGE bags of clothes! One bag is mine, all my smaller cclothes that I won't wear again for a while, jeans especially since I mostly wear skirts now, they're comfy. But anyway, I still have to go through Allissa's toys and clean them out. Her b-day is coming up in September and I don't like the mess her toys are making (or the clothes) which is one reason Im donating so much. The "and a mess" may just turn into "2 kids" LOL
If you haven't noticed by now, I love to talk!!!! Doesn't matter the topic, I LOVE to talk so that being said I'm actually out of things to say for now :)
On the bright side, I got my wireless adapter working again on my laptop. YEAH! So excited I don't have to be attached to a LAN cord anymore haha!
So I got more of Allissa's HS books today, I may have gone overboard but at least I will have a lot of things to keep things switched up here and there. I have books mainly from BJU and A Beka but I also found some first grade books at walmart for her to work on this summer when she's board and to kind of keep on top of things. We're definitely working on our reading! If there's one goal I want her to accomplish by the end of the school year is for her to be a good reader for the age of 6. I have things to help with that, books, sight word cards, phonics books, and I think I will buy some A Beka readers as well.
My goal list is something I'm working on. First obviously is the affore mentioned, reading. Second would be for her to be able to tell time third would be for her to know money and it's value. I was thinking of setting up a bank account for her so she can take any loose change she finds and put it in an account and have her save it until she gets to so many $'s then she can spend it on what she wants maybe?
Aside from Homeschooling, I got a LOT done last night by going through McKenna's and Allissa's clothing and donating about 3/4 of what they owned. Let me tell you I have about 15 bags of clothes, thats GARBAGE bags of clothes! One bag is mine, all my smaller cclothes that I won't wear again for a while, jeans especially since I mostly wear skirts now, they're comfy. But anyway, I still have to go through Allissa's toys and clean them out. Her b-day is coming up in September and I don't like the mess her toys are making (or the clothes) which is one reason Im donating so much. The "and a mess" may just turn into "2 kids" LOL
If you haven't noticed by now, I love to talk!!!! Doesn't matter the topic, I LOVE to talk so that being said I'm actually out of things to say for now :)
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Its going on 7am Im exhausted!!!! At about 5:30 this morning my neighbors decided to end their party which woke me up as people got in their cars and left! ugh nothing like a bunch of 21 yr olds being obnoxious!
So anywho, I got almost all of Allissa's curriculum done and put together, just need to buy some tests for each subject and we're all set!
I've joined several local groups online so hopefully we can have some field trips next year as well to help take care of someof the things that can't be taught from a book or is better taught first hand.
So anywho, I got almost all of Allissa's curriculum done and put together, just need to buy some tests for each subject and we're all set!
I've joined several local groups online so hopefully we can have some field trips next year as well to help take care of someof the things that can't be taught from a book or is better taught first hand.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Brought me to tears!
So I just got finished watching the 19 kids and counting: welcome grandson episode and it brought me to tears. Anna is such a strong woman for doing this twice at home and for laboring so long!
My labors were all quick! Allissa was 7, Trevor was 4, McKenna was 1 hour. I love the Duggars! They are everything I aspire my family to be and MORE!!!
My labors were all quick! Allissa was 7, Trevor was 4, McKenna was 1 hour. I love the Duggars! They are everything I aspire my family to be and MORE!!!
Monday, June 20, 2011
She rolled!!!
McKenna rolled from her back to her tummy today!!!! I'm so happy!!!
So the house is pretty much cleaned, I just have to get laundry put away which will happen tonight when James gets home. We're having a good day today so far!!! It's been wonderful!
So the house is pretty much cleaned, I just have to get laundry put away which will happen tonight when James gets home. We're having a good day today so far!!! It's been wonderful!
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Father's day
So it's been a few days since I've posted. I forgot my login info LOL!!
I've ordered almost all of Allissa's curriculum for next year, even got some from walmart!!
The sources I've used are Ebay, Christianbook.com, homeschoolclassifieds.com and walmart. I've even found some stuff at Goodwill!
I think I've bought every subject required by Ny, the only thing lacking is music and Allissa is highly expressing the want to play violin! Looks like I will be finding a violin teacher around here!
McKenna's doing GREAT! She just tried rolling over in her carseat lol
the house is a huge mess still!! I've had no ambition to fix it either but maybe I will tomorrow.
Allissa graduated K last Thursday! YAY! I can't believe we're starting the first grade!
I've also joined some local homeschool groups on yahoo and they have frequent field trips and get togethers so that should be fun! I'm so excited!
I've ordered almost all of Allissa's curriculum for next year, even got some from walmart!!
The sources I've used are Ebay, Christianbook.com, homeschoolclassifieds.com and walmart. I've even found some stuff at Goodwill!
I think I've bought every subject required by Ny, the only thing lacking is music and Allissa is highly expressing the want to play violin! Looks like I will be finding a violin teacher around here!
McKenna's doing GREAT! She just tried rolling over in her carseat lol
the house is a huge mess still!! I've had no ambition to fix it either but maybe I will tomorrow.
Allissa graduated K last Thursday! YAY! I can't believe we're starting the first grade!
I've also joined some local homeschool groups on yahoo and they have frequent field trips and get togethers so that should be fun! I'm so excited!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Emergency room visit
So I got a call from Allissa's school saying she couldn't concentrate, she was having UTI symptoms. So off to the ER we went as her Dr was not in today :( Well her urine came back clean and it's most likely just an irritation going on from a developing rash which I have to watch for the next 6-8 hours and treat with cream only if necessary. $250 down the drain from that ER visit!!!
On the up side of things, I received my college books today! yeah!!
On the up side of things, I received my college books today! yeah!!
"and a mess" is back
Another day another mess to clean lol. What else is new?! I have an appt today. Fun fun. Tomorrow night Allissa graduates Kindy. I can't believe it! Where has the time gone?!
We're trying to break her of throwing fits if we don't go to well anyones house. Any tips? She throws a major fit if we don't go here or there to so and so's house :(
I saw a family last night going into walmart. Pretty sure by the looks of them they homeschool :) they had on homemade outfits, well, the girls did. A bigger sized family and all the girls were wearing skirts/dresses. I don't know if it's because of a coincidence or if my eyes are more open since we decided to HS that I'm actually seeing families that DO HS!! Pretty cool to see there's quite a few families in this small county that HS.
We're trying to break her of throwing fits if we don't go to well anyones house. Any tips? She throws a major fit if we don't go here or there to so and so's house :(
I saw a family last night going into walmart. Pretty sure by the looks of them they homeschool :) they had on homemade outfits, well, the girls did. A bigger sized family and all the girls were wearing skirts/dresses. I don't know if it's because of a coincidence or if my eyes are more open since we decided to HS that I'm actually seeing families that DO HS!! Pretty cool to see there's quite a few families in this small county that HS.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Cleaning the "and a mess"
So I spent this morning cleaning the messy living room. McKenna sat nicely in her stationary walker for the entire time! yay!!
I told my mother in law we're homeschooling, she didn't seem to mind, if she did she kept it quiet which is what I want for people to do. I really don't need people telling me how to raise my children!
My mother in law is a very nice woman! I'm very lucky to have both her and my husbands step mom in my life as well as my own mom. They give great advice on things!
On another front, I start college once again on 6/22. I tried ordering my books today and low and behold somethings wrong with my financial aid apparently. When I went to check out it said my student account was $0 it should have said $700. Luckily I have a great financial aid advisor who just emailed me a copy of what was said and they should be inputting $700 into my bookstore account sometime soon here :)
I told my mother in law we're homeschooling, she didn't seem to mind, if she did she kept it quiet which is what I want for people to do. I really don't need people telling me how to raise my children!
My mother in law is a very nice woman! I'm very lucky to have both her and my husbands step mom in my life as well as my own mom. They give great advice on things!
On another front, I start college once again on 6/22. I tried ordering my books today and low and behold somethings wrong with my financial aid apparently. When I went to check out it said my student account was $0 it should have said $700. Luckily I have a great financial aid advisor who just emailed me a copy of what was said and they should be inputting $700 into my bookstore account sometime soon here :)
Monday, June 13, 2011
Ordering or homeschool curriculum
So, I searched around and talked to some wonderful women about hs'ing and I went on to Ebay and ordered some materials!!!!!!!! YAY! I ordered a mainly Bob Jones University materials, however I did order some ABeka as well. I also found this lovely site called homeschoolclassifieds.com and bought some curriculum materials from there as well!
I hope I start getting some more support in our decision to HS. It's tough when family is discouraging it.
I hope I start getting some more support in our decision to HS. It's tough when family is discouraging it.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
The start of a new "beginning"
To start things off, my name is Carrianne. I have 2 beautiful daughters. Allissa is 5 going on 6 in Sept. And McKenna who was born 3/3/11. We also have a son who passed away on 2/15/08 at the age of 5.5 months old to a rare heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome. His name was Trevor.
So I decided to start a blog about our up and coming homeschool journey. Right now, Allissa attends our local Christian school, and while we like it, it's just not for us right now. I feel a calling on my heart to homeschool and have for the last year and actually I feel terrible that I didn't start her off in kindergarten. She is starting homeschooling in the first grade.
Right now, I am searching for different homeschool curriculums. It's a lot of work and a lot of information is available. It can be overwhelming but I have a lot of support from my online friends on facebook :) The worst part is understanding NY state laws on homeschool. LOL.
Well off to bed here I will be posting everyday, sometimes maybe even a few times so check back as we start this new journey :)
Bless all!
So I decided to start a blog about our up and coming homeschool journey. Right now, Allissa attends our local Christian school, and while we like it, it's just not for us right now. I feel a calling on my heart to homeschool and have for the last year and actually I feel terrible that I didn't start her off in kindergarten. She is starting homeschooling in the first grade.
Right now, I am searching for different homeschool curriculums. It's a lot of work and a lot of information is available. It can be overwhelming but I have a lot of support from my online friends on facebook :) The worst part is understanding NY state laws on homeschool. LOL.
Well off to bed here I will be posting everyday, sometimes maybe even a few times so check back as we start this new journey :)
Bless all!
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