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My head's getting a little swollen with all the love you've been showing me lately!

I've recently been graced with two sparkly new awards . . .

I've been given this delicious award by Kysha over at Love's School. I don't know how she could like my boring hum drum blog, hers is to exciting and inspirational. Also she has so much delicious blog techie helps and stuff in her sidebars that sometimes I spend 30 minutes over there cyber-stealing ideas and totally forget to read her posts. But don't tell her that. I'm certain that's not what it's there for. Oh, and also she redesigns the whole thing every month or so. It's always a surprise when I show up!


And just to add to the hot air filling my noggin, Rose over at Dragons in the Flowerbed (actually she just changed the name of her blog, but I can't remember the new name . . so adjust your thinking accordingly) has made me a double dipper in the Brilliant Blog recipient pool. I've only recently began reading her blog, but I'm LOVING IT! She's a grown up unschooler who is classically homeschooling her children. She has lots of interesting tidbits and random thoughts on her blog, yet doesn't take herself too seriously. My type of girl.

See . . . it's just as delicious the second time around.

When you get a chance, swing by and give these ladies a little love. I think I'm supposed to pass this on to some people. I'm not sure exactly. I did pass the other award along to 7 other blogs and thankfully they did decide to play along . . . but I'm dashing out of the door this morning.

I tell you what. If you have read this far . . . I LOVE YOU. Thanks! Consider yourself an award winning official recipient of all things glorious and fun. Feel free to pick up this award for yourself and pass it on to whomever you like!


Thanks, Ladies.


Until next time . . .

Not Back To School Celebration!

We aren't starting our full-fledged studies until mid September, but every year we join a bunch of other homeschoolers in the area for the annual Not Back To School Celebration. It's been going on as long as we've been homeschooling and I'm sure many years before. On the first day of public school, we all get together and talk and laugh and eat and the children swim and we celebrate our choice to take our children's educations into our own hands and set them free from institutionalized cookie cutter learning!

We had a great time!

First, the whole gang . . .

. . . Now let’s zoom in for what we really came for . . .

. . . An opportunity to show what all that Ultimate Frisbee and Taekwondo does for him.

Until next time . . .

Our Week . . . Without Photos :-(

First of all, I am beside myself today. I had planned on posting a fantabulous photo essay of everything we've been doing this past week. Unfortunately when I put my memory card into the reader slot today, I discovered I had about 7 pictures. 7. That's all. And they were all pretty much of the exact same thing to boot. I usually take about 4 or 5 pictures of the same thing because I suck am a mediocre photographer and it usually takes that many shots to get one that isn't blurry or has everyone in it with their eyes closed. So imagine my surprise when over 30 shots got pared down to 7. Needless to say. There will be no photo essay this week. Perhaps next time.

We had a nice little birthday party for Mom #2. Just family, ice cream cake from Basking Robbins, and a few gifts. What more could anyone want. Those photos have vanished into techno-purgatory somewhere. Can't find a single one of them.

Well Grand baby is fine. She's still alive and it seems even happy here. We are happy to have her most days and really wish her Mom would pull herself together on other days. We love her all days and I guess that's all that matters in the end. She's getting so big! Photos - gone.

Baby Boy had his final Ultimate Frisbee game this past week. They did such an excellent job. This was our first year participating in the sport. We have learned a LOT and it has been a lot of fun. We'll still have plenty of pick-up games and informal get togethers but this was the last game with our paid facilitator and drill coach. This has been such an awesome experience. This sport emphasizes teamwork, accountability for your own actions, self regulation, honesty, sharing, caring and a healthy competitive spirit without allowing it to be your single-minded focus. I didn't know much about it six months ago. But if you get the chance, participate. You won't be sorry you did. I had photos. . . refer to the above paragraph if you're seriously looking for them.

Oh, and I watched my niece on Thursday and Friday, so I had the Baby Boy, the grand baby, and the niece, who recently had mouth surgery, bless her little heart. A full on no-kill baby shelter if you will. All free for the asking. Where are those brownie points? I'm sure I should be getting an extra helping this week.

Oh, and Baby Boy had a small part in a great homeschool production of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. He only got a small part because he procrastinated forever deciding whether or no he even wanted to participate. In the end, I insisted sort of nudged him into participating. It's Shakespeare study, memory work, and public speaking all rolled up into one ~ a homeschooling Mom's dream. No way he was getting out of it. But the best part is that he ended up having a great time. He memorized all of his lines and participated whole heartedly. I love it when everything comes together. I DO have a photo of Baby Boy and his good friend on the set (which is just an activity room . . . don't mind the old fashioned quilt on the wall . . . we didn't).

Besides all that stuff I just talked about, I've been doing some lesson planning and trying to get them all entered into Homeschool Tracker. Love the program, but hate the set-up. I just keep telling myself how easy life will be for me when we start back up full steam ahead. I've used this program for about 3 years or so now. We have a love/hate relationship. I love it all year long, but I hate the summertime data entry, LOL.

That's it! That's my week in review. Sorry it's late. That's what time I do everything these days.

Have a great week!

Until next time . . .

Still #1 . . . After 5 LONG Weeks!

Woo Hoo! I'm Back!

I'd just like to announce that yesterday I played Wii Fit after 5, yes count them 5, long weeks of being off due to my back injury. I was pleasantly surprised, make that AMAZED, to see my hula hoop record still standing tall at number 1. That's why they call me Mom #1 - YES!


I did have to take it easy. I really did mostly the yoga stuff and some step
aerobics. I know you're wondering, so I guess I'll just tell you. I did hula
hoop a little bit, but I was so afraid that I would hurt my back again, that I
just barely swiveled my hips. I am way below my personal best, but right now just being able to make that delicious circular motion is heaven to me.


Hallelujah! I'm healed! Uh . . . you know in a very slow, painful, 5 week long
healing kind of way.


Lots going on with Baby Boy. I'm too selfish to stop playing around and post
about it right now, but I'll get to it later this week.



I hope you all are having a good one.



Until next time . . .

Happy Birthday, Mom #2

Today is Mom #2's Birthday!

She's already got one great gift by getting a nice raise at work, YIPPEE, that's a gift for us all!

But mostly we just really love her around here. She has a wonderful laid back, surfer-girl, summertime kind of spirit that balances out my uptight, anal Virgo like ways; and a calm cool-as-a-cucumber temperament that perfectly mellows my flair for the dramatic. Also without her there would be no Two Moms' Homeschool because I'd be a single mom still slaving for the Man instead of homeschooling our precious Baby Boy. Since she came into our lives, it's been nothing but good-better-best (getting in a little language arts lesson . . . classes reconvene soon ;-).


We'll have a little cake & ice cream later this afternoon. Don't worry, I'll have a little extra with all of you in mind.



Until next time . . .