Harry Potter

So, in our travels this summer, the kids and I listened to the first three Harry Potter books. Since my kids are little, I decided that we should wait to let them read the next books when they are older. Rachel was totally bummed when I told her she could read the next book, so we came up with a deal: Once she reads the first three Harry Potter books on her own then I would let her read the fourth book. I thought it would be a long time before she would be ready to read them on her own. Well, she finished the first book while we were still on vacation, and in the last month and a half she has finished books 2 and 3. She just started book 4 as per our deal and she is sooooooo excited! Sometimes this girl amazes me! She is only 5! I was always a pretty good reader but I wasn't reading chapter books when I was 5. That is something I LOVE about homeschooling. I love being able to watch my kids learn new things and to be able to encourage them and let them progress at their own pace. I can give Rachel time to read every day and I can encourage her to keep trying new things and harder things.

Almost 2

So, Elijah is almost 2, and it's showing. This is what I found just as we were about to walk out the door to go to church this morning. He was so proud of himself too.

Kent's 4 year old birthday interview (a month late)

1. What is your favorite color? Black, I mean all colors.

2. What is your favorite thing to do? Play

3. What is your favorite toy? My telescope

4. What do you want to be when you grow up? Um…When I grow up I want to be a police.

5. What is your favorite food? Eggs

6. Who do you like to spend time with? Rachel

7. What do you do really well? Doing the job that I get up the things that dad helped me get up. (The tiles under our carpet.)

8. What makes you laugh? When you tickle me really soft like as soft as I like, but the squirmy tickles, I don’t like them remember?

9. What is your favorite time of day? Um...my birthday. Um…I mean when I get to play with Rachel.

10. Who is your best friend? My friend Amanda.

11. What do you like to do with your family? Um...Play with them.

12. What do you love to learn about? Mom. I mean the gospel

13. Where do you like to go? To Grandma and Grandpa Jo’s house, also Grandma and Grandpa Bulloch’s house.

14. What is your favorite book? Mom. I like the one that is the Harry Potter one that you can listen to.

15. What are you afraid of? Lions

16. What is your favorite animal? Cheetah, well do cheetahs go really fast? Then a cheetah. I’m pretending to be a cheetah right now! Foom!

17. What is your favorite snack? Goldfishies. Well fishies that aren’t goldfish because goldfish aren’t the crackers that I love. (He means whales)

18. What is your favorite song? Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

19. What is your favorite game? I like to play a game and its called Mr. Bucket. We have that game, remember? I feel like I want to play it right now.

20. What do you like to sleep with at night? Well, my favorite toy.

21. Is there anything else you want to tell me about you? Mmm...not much but, um, I can see the ceiling. I feel like I need to jump on the trampoline and play my favorite game.

Painting pumpkins

Most people probably know this about me already but I absolutely LOVE pumpkins! There is something about them that just fills me with happiness. To celebrate it finally being fall I decided to get out some paint and with my extremely limited painting skills, paint some happiness (aka watch you tube videos on painting pumpkins because I have no idea what I'm doing).

I looked out the window and what did I see?

Elijah sleeping 'neath the pecan tree.