Choir sings

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Rose and Andrew were in the 3 year olds choir at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church this school year.
Tonight was the last night till August.

Home School

This is what our board looks like today.

Their papers on display:
.....just felt like sharing.


Also......I guess most people just use the dvd teacher but I like to do EVERY single activity and use all the same posters and do EVERYTHING with Rose and Andrew in person that the kids on the dvd do. I found that the lesson plans included some of these but not all, so I preview the 3 hour video on fast speed and make notes of everything else she uses and see if there are extra things I need to make or gather before the lesson. During the lesson, I pause the dvd and do it with Rose and Andrew and then continue. I also add some of my own teaching time with reviews, activities, etc. So yes it is extra work but I still love it and think it is so worth it. They have fun while they are learning but I still think I like it even more than they do :)

Soup Beans and Cornbread

Okay I am 30something years old and yesterday was the very FIRST time I made soup beans or cornbread by myself. If you not from the south then you probably have no idea what I am talking about. But it is just what it sounds like plus you add some onion to your bowl.

My dad's family was very poor when he was going up and they lived on this (literally). My mom's family was poor as well but they were farmers and alway had meat and veggies from the farm, so soup beans was more of a treat for her. When I was going up we ate this pretty regularly.

...and now I have ventured into making it myself. I never knew it was so simple to make. so now I think I will make it every so often. It makes me think of my parents and grandparents when I was a child and days on the farm...full of love and laughter.

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for my northern friend, Sara:

The beans are separate from the cornbread:

the soup is made from pinto beans.
You put some soup in your bowl....each person gets their own cornbread to crumble into the soup b/c some like more than others...then each person cuts up some onion over their bowl again b/c some like more than others or no onion.
It is a southern dish and you probably wouldn't like it. Chad likes it, but I have yet to see anything that Chad doesn't like....oh wait I take that back....he doesn't like fried okra (yes, it too is a southern thing)

Vacation

We had a fabulous family vacation on Amelia Island. We ended up spending the whole week there. Oliver and Pat invited us to their condo and we had a blast. In the summer they rent out their condo for $2,400 a week....so we got a real bargain by staying with them for free!!! They are a wonderful couple in their 70's. Chad met him at GSU and started a friendship.

We spent our days relaxing, swimming in one of the many pools, hanging out on the beach, going on nature walks, and having fun. It was our BEST family vacation yet!! I condensed a whole week to under 6 minutes in this video montage....enjoy!

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