Welcome To My Life

We just got back from Virginia Beach to visit Row and her family (and Pat had to work).  It was a quick trip...only four days.  I had to be very creative with schoolwork this week. 

We had school at Row's dining room table, Barnes and Noble, and the Chesapeake library.  This is my favorite library.  It's two levels and has a great children section with everything my kids like to read.  The young adult section has bean bags and tables...and books too.  Upstairs they have computers, work stations, and a resource center.  I like this library because it's more like a bookstore and it's quiet. 

My local library is very small.  Brayden has read everything he is interested in already.  He tells me there's nothing to read!  Although there are hundreds of books in there.  The worst part is that it is very noisy.  People talk really loud, they talk on their cell phones and even the librarians are chatting at the front desk!  There is a quiet room in the back, where the magazines live.  But Brayden said it's even worse in there because all the seniors sit in there.  So when they try to talk to each other they are almost shouting at each other because they have a hard time hearing each other. These are Brayden's words.  Is that a sign that I'm old because I like to sit in the quiet room (with the seniors) and I'm complaining about noise at the library?

Sping is here...
and Summer is just around the corner.

I can't wait. 
There are only 15 days left of school. 
Then I can say I survived my first year of homeschooling.

It has been a challenge balancing teaching and my homelife.  I have to confess my home has suffered.  There are dirty dishes in the sink more than clean ones.  The laundry is overflowing out of the laundry room.  Many dinners consisted of cereal.  And I can't remember the last time I mopped the kitchen floor. 

So, yes I am ready for summer.

I'm ready for...
barefeet
lemonaide
swimming
BBQ's
picnics
reading outside
naps
ice cream
road trips
the beach

I can't wait. 
What's on your list?

                                        { i am her brother....and i am just waiting for the cake }

"There is more to life than increasing its speed."
-Mahatma Gandhi

I did a little slowing down this weekend.
I spent the weekend in the Tennessee mountains with my family.




A nice break from the real world of dirty dishes, laundry, schoolwork, bills, blah, blah, blah!
We rented a cabin outside Pigeon Forge and just hung out….together.


 We played games, read, and zipped around the trees.
One of our favorite parts is the zipline, which is right at the foot of our cabin.
You start off by jumping from a platform, then zoom across a line right over the top of the trees.
It's so much fun.
You can sit and watch the view or hang upside down like a monkey. Shaye has her own moves…she freestyles!

 This is me slowing down....

4½ hour car ride
2 kids
1 husband
3 days in the mountains
Zipping 250ft above the ground
0 stress

 Priceless!