Exciting Parcels and a Cute Fridge!!

Diagnostic tests have arrived in the mail!!! ...

 

So this week has been spent completing tests and getting ready to begin our home school year!

 

 

 

While my older three were completing their tests, my little man was enjoying some creative time ...

 

 

 Diagnostic testing is not all we've been doing though. Mr S got out in the shed with dad to help him build a ladder that will be given a shabby chic finish, and sold at the markets. It was so good for my mothers heart to see my son spending time with his Dad, and with mans tools in his hands.

 

 

Even though we've not officially begun our studies, we are really making the most of learning life skills however we can! I honestly don't know why we didn't start home schooling earlier!

 

There's been time for tea parties with my girls again, and time to create some artworks that I can hopefully sell at my market stall.

 

 

 

Oh yes! The cute fridge ...

 

... I ordered some sticky9 magnets, as I'm slightly addicted, and so now our fridge looks like this! ...

 

 

It makes me happy every time I look at it!

 

I think these magnets would make fantastic gifts for family, especially if they live far away!

Have any of you got your beautiful little memories in magnets on the fridge too?

 

I hope you're all having a beautiful blessed week!

 



Writing it Down!

As we begin our home school year, I've had the idea to begin a journal. It's nothing fancy at all, just a lined spiral notebook where I write about our days. I was wanting to have a written record to go with our photos of what we've been doing and learning and funny things that have happened. Big things and little things. I'm so grateful that I thought of this idea before we began, so that I can just keep adding to it right from the start, instead of having to go back and try and remember.

 

I used to be an avid scrapbooker; for ten years straight I scrapped everything. And then, when our fourth child Mr R was born, I just stopped. The other day I sat at the table with all of my scrapping stuff out in front of me, and felt a bit overwhelmed by the fact that Mr R is now five and I'm still working on little itty bitty bubby photos of him. Well, better late than never, right?

 

I knew that by starting our home school journal, I would have all the details written down so that if I ever decide to scrapbook our year (most likely) then I have all the information to go with the photos. Well, that's the plan anyway!

 

I believe its important to keep records of our family life; words that point to His goodness in our every day. Memories to look back on over the years to come; to refresh the heart and stir the mind.

 

Today we've woken up to overcast skies and a fresh, cool breeze. I love days like this. They are perfect for snuggling up with a journal, a book and a coffee after all the chores are done. I may even put a slow cooked meal on for tonight.

 

How do you record your families days? Are you a journal keeper too?

 

Blessings to you today!


"Write what should not be forgotten"
- Isabel Allende

 

Exciting New Direction!

This year has taken on some changes that were a bit unexpected. We have become a home schooling family to all four of our children. While this decision was made fairly quickly, we have great peace about it and we know that we have chosen what is best for our family. God has given us many ideas and our minds are racing with possibilities of what this year may hold.

 

 

As a mother now of four homeschoolers, I know that my days and weeks will not be without challenges. But they're challenges that I believe hold a very great reward! We are excited as a family, and while our children at first had some hesitations, they are quickly beginning to see the benefits for all of us! We are actually still waiting for school materials to arrive, so we have had an extended holiday period for this year; something that none of us mind! However, I am starting to become rather itchy to begin learning and making progress with it all.

 

 

I've always believed that the whole of life is about learning. Learning isn't restricted to just textbooks and google. It's much, much more than that. While we wait for our materials to arrive, (hopefully tomorrow) we have been enjoying filling our days with baking, gardening, organising, cleaning, reading reading and more reading, visiting museums and galleries, watching the occasional movie, art time, having tea parties, organising chore charts, scrapbooking, journaling, beginning a stock pile cupboard (that will be for another post), swimming at a newly found creek (another post on that too!), making an inventory of books we own (you guessed it, another post!), op shopping, naturally!, cooking lovely hearty healthy dinners together, listening to praise music together and reading (or did I mention that already?) There are so many ways for our children to learn the skills necessary for life.

 

 

I honestly feel as if one of my greatest dreams for my family has just come true.

 

I have no idea how frequently I will be able to post here, though I hope it will be often enough. I am going to play it by ear and get my family settled into a familiar routine when our materials arrive and go from there. It is all very exciting and I look forward to sharing bits and pieces with you all along the way! I also welcome any and all positive advice for me as a new home schooling mummy, so please feel free to share your thoughts with me in the comments!

 

 

Looking forward to another year together, living in His Sufficient Grace.

(Linking up with The Art of Homemaking Mondays and a Hip Homeschool Hop!)