So Proud

So proud of my little ones.

There are always special moments when you are so proud of your children for playing nicely together, obeying what you say, helping around the home, or sharing with others.

Being a stay at home mommy allows me to see the kids all day, good and the bad.  I get to see them succeed in school, and catch their weaknesses, and each new day we can start over and make it our best.

My Julia is reading now!  It's amazing to see it happen.  I always had third and fourth grade students who came to me knowing how to read, but teaching a child from scratch is truly a difficult task and it takes a lot of practice.  What I like about our reading program is she has to read with another adult for homework.  So Daddy gets to see her read!  It makes me so proud!

In this picture Mark was a new two year old and Julia was 3 1/2...now I have a 3 year old and a 4 1/2 year old.  The time is going by so quickly!!!  I'm so proud of how much they want to learn and how they work together.  When Julia and I are doing our Math Meeting or Reading and Writing, Mark sits at the dining room table and colors or plays busily with his playdough...he is doing a great job of not interrupting during our school time.

The past 4 1/2 years have been a wonderful, busy blur.  I'm so thankful to have been able to be home with my kids and purely take care of, play with, teach them, and enjoy them.  Thank you Lord.

June Menu 2012

June 2012

S	M	T	W	R	F 1 Whole wheat pasta w/white beans and spinach	S 2 Out to dinner
3 Baked Ziti	4 Pasta salad w/feta, garlic and black olives	5 Veg Head 3 bean chili w/blue tortilla chips	6 Macaroni and cheese with fruit wedges	7 Salmon & tomato and cucumber salad	8 Tomato Basil Soup and Salad	9 Out to dinner
10 Tortellini with red sauce & salad	11 Homemade Rice & Beans	12 Minestrone soup	13 Minestrone soup	14 Salmon w/rice and broccoli	15 Pizza	16 open
17 Father’s Day	18 Grilled zucchini w/chicken and carrots	19 Linguine w/ clam sauce	20 Peas & cheese tortellini w/Italian bread	21 Tortellini leftovers w/garden salad	22 *Hearty Meatless sauce & spaghetti	23 Spaghetti leftovers
24 open	25 Minestrone with lentils and beans and Italian bread	26 Fish sticks, broccoli and salad	27 Penne Pasta casserole w/green beans	28 Casserole leftovers w/garden salad	29 Macaroni and cheese and salad	30 BBQ at the Coyles