Today's Plans

We had alot of things planned today. We were supposed to have someone come out and clean off the trees in our yard. The guy was supposed to come out yesterday, but bumped it too today and now he hasn't been out because his backhoe is messed up. Cayce put together our new industrial shelf last night for our pantry. We have so much more room now and we can step in there.

This weekend we are going to Once Upon a Child to trade in Addy's baby gear and get Sammy some bigger clothes. We are also going to go to Wal-mart on Saturday.

Well, I have to go get my girls up from their naps.

Prep. Curriculum: Week 23

Last week's theme was about snow. It was ironic because it actually snowed the day before the school week started. On Monday, she did coloring pages of a snowman.

On Tuesday, we did a hexagon worksheet. If she has to do another shape with a gon at the end, i'm gonna flip out. Not really, but just saying.

On Wednesday, she had the day off. On Thursday, she did the letter W.

She loved working on out new table. On Friday, I wanted Cayce to do school with Sammy, but we had the power outage. On Saturday, Cayce decided not to help, so they ended up doing the number 23 on Sunday.

Great Weekend

I had a great weekend. On Friday night, we had a wrench thrown into our plans. While Cayce was cooking dinner and I was in the shower, our power went out. We thought it was the whole neighborhood, but it was only our house. So, we went outside looking at the box outside and the meter wasn't running. We took a look at our bill and it wasn't due yet. We called our power company and reported it. We ended up feeding Sammy and Ariana cereal for supper because it was close to 8:00, and they needed to get in bed. Around 8:45, workers came and said that a fuse snapped, and they had to replace it.

Saturday was a day of rest and relaxation. We cleaned and stayed home. Cayce ended up going to my favorite chinese place and got dinner, and he got me some roses. We watched Schindler's List and ate some Oreos and drank our beer. The whole time we watched the movie, my heart was breaking for the people that had to go through that. It's cray how your whole perspective on things change when you have children of your own.

Sunday, we stayed home till about 3:00. We went shopping at the dollar general and family dollar and kmart. Cayce and I discussed if I should give Samantha this week off or stick to my schedule and do this week and give her next week off, according to my schedule. I have decided to give her this week off because I don't have any ink for my printer. We are going to Kmart again tomorrow because I found some ink and paper. We are also going to go to Hobby Lobby. I'm going to get Cayce an art set so he can start drawing again.

I have alot of work to do today. I'll be posting last week's school later.

New Kitchen Table

We got a brand new kitchen table today from K-mart. Our last two tables have been hand me downs, so today was really exciting. I paid 400 dollars. We had my dad go with us, so we could put it in the back of his truck. When we got to the store and went and seen the display table still out, Cayce went and looked for someone to help us. The associate he found, I knew right away, I was going to have a problem with him. As soon as that guy walked off to go check, we asked another person, WHO worked in that department to go look. The first person we asked came back and said they had no more in stock. I was iritated by then and asked why they still had the display table out if they didn't have any in stock. Then we asked him if they had another table in the back, and then the 2nd person came out and told us that the table we wanted was in stock and came on the truck yesterday. I was so relieved.

The first associate we dealt with had the nerve to tell us after we found out that it was in stock said that it was on layaway, and that she was wrong. By that time, two guys from the back was already rolling it out for us, and the 1st associate walked away.

I swear, some people just don't take the time to look and research things especially when it comes to their JOBS! But, anyways, here is some pictures of it in the house and with our new Easter tablecloth and the kids Dora placemats.

Cayce went back to work today, and it went by qucikly for me. He got his paycheck tonight and I had to refigure all of our payments, because he didn't make enough to cover some major bills. But everything is good now, and all sorted out.

Productive Day

Writing this 2nd post today has made my day very productive. There has been so much done today. The house being inspected and sprayed. Cayce getting his building fixed up a little. Samantha's new car seat in the car. But there is still so much to be done.

Tomorrow's to do list is:

• get a new kitchen table
• get a price check on ink and printer paper
• sort baby clothes
• type recipes that i have already made

All that along with housework, taking care of the kids, homeschooling samantha, and keeping myself sane.

Plans for tonight is to finish dishes, put Cayce's pants away, give the girls a bath and put them to bed. A new episode of The Americans comes on tongiht, and Cayce and I watch it every Wednesday. It's so good.

Cayce's Sick

Yesterday, Cayce went to the doctor because he was coughing so bad and had a sore throat. He got an excuse for yesterday and today off work. We went to walmart last night. He didn't want to be cooped up. So we got some much needed things, and went a shopped a little at gamestop. Today, he felt much better. He got some sleep, and his sore throat is gone. We had to have pest control come out this morning, and the guy that came was an old classmate that I graduated high school with.

Tomorrow, we are going to KMart to get a bigger kitchen table. Cayce has to go back to work tomorrow. He only gets two days sick leave and he used those days today and yesterday. I made so homemade chicken noodle soup, and it was great.

A week ago, we scheduled Prince's neuter surgery, and two days later, he ran away again. We cancelled it today and scheduled Missy's.  We have to wait till after next week to take her, and I'm hoping that she doesn't run away too.

Prep. Curriculum: Week 22

The theme was seasons. The vocabulary word was autumn. I seriously thought about changing the vocabulary word to winter for the season we are in now, but kept it. This was a very long week and we finished up yesterday because of the problems we encountered during this weekend.

On Monday, I gave her two coloring pages of seasons. I gave her Autumn and Spring.

On Tuesday, she named and did the color lavendar.
On Wednesday, we did the letter V.

 

On Thursday, we did valentine's crafts. Sammy and Airy made cards for each other and for daddy and Sammy got a coloring page for school.

I gave Sammy the day off on Friday because I wanted her to do her number with Cayce, so I planned that for Saturday. I ended up doing the number 22 with her yesterday because Cayce had errands to run and was gone all day on Saturday.

We started a new theme this week and it is ironic because it snowed on Saturday night and the them this week is snow.

 

Valentine's Day

We had a great Valentine's day. It started off early because we had to make a 45 minute trip to Irmo, to take Adalyn in for her 12 month checkup. She weighs 20 pounds and she got 3 shots. When we got back home, I was dying of stomach cramps. I took a little 10 minute nap before Cayce had to go to work. He came home around 5:30 last night, and we got our federal tax refund back last night. I was soo happy. The girls made some cards yesterday and I made chicken marsala last night for Cayce and I.

so pretty

the girls valentine's presents from me and daddy

                                                                            i swear cayce wrote this card

cayce got me a claw foot tub

 

ariana working hard

sammy coloring her card for daddy

Rain Rain Go Away

It has been raining for the past few days. It has been cold and muggy. I haven't been able to go outside and walk around. Being cooped up in the house is not fun. Today is my mom's birthday. On Sunday, we went over to my parent's house and had a spaghetti dinner, and I gave my mom her birthday presents because I don't get to see her during the week because she is a cafeteria lady at an Elementary school. I gave her a little bottle of lotion, because she is a lotion FREAK!!!! I also gave her a pair of amethyst earrings.

Cayce might have the day off from work tomorrow for Valentine's day, which is kind of odd because they never took that day off. Adalyn has her 1 year checkup tomorrow morning.

I haven't made my tax shopping lists yet. I still have to seperate baby clothes to sell. We might be getting our refunds on Friday, so we'll be making a trip to Once Upon A Child this weekend.

Time to go cook supper. Ginger and Green Onion Fried Rice and leftover blessing loaf.

Weekly Goals: February 11- 15, 2013

Household:

• Clean bathrooms
• Rearrange Adalyn's room
• Straighten living room
• Go through baby clothes and get them ready to sell
• Clean pantry
• Clean master bedroom

Personal:

• Work on cookbook
• Work on countries binder
• Start cleaning out master closet
• Plan next month's roadtrip
• Schedule Ariana's schooling
• Schedule date nights
• Work on school shopping lists. 

Prep. Curriculum: Week 21

This week's theme was wind. The vocabulary word was gust. Samantha had a good week of school. She had two days off, and finished this work yesterday.

On Monday, I gave her two pictures to color of wind.

She colored the wind different colors and she called it a wind rainbow. On Tuesday, I gave her the day off. On Wednesday, she did a pentagon. She kept wanting to call it an octagon.

On Thursday, she did the letter U. She loves learning new letters.

She did both of these worksheets by herself. On Friday, we took that trip to the zoo. On Saturday, Cayce did the number 21 with her. She is counting her teens a little better, but not quite getting them all.

She had a long week. By far the best week yet.

Yesterday's Zoo Trip

Yesterday, was by far the best trip I have ever had to the zoo. The weather was super nice. All the animals were out, except for the tigers, which made me disappointed. The last time we went to the zoo was for Samantha's 3rd birthday, and the weather was hot, and the animals were in and out. We spent most of our time looking at the birds and in the aqaurium this trip because we spend most of our time looking at the monkeys and other animals.

Her new lion

Sammy got a baby elephant and ariana got a baby monkey

i love how they had their tails interlocking. so cute

meerkats sunbathing

the kangaroos. next time i'm going to go inside the cage and do the walkabout.

elephant eating hay

all the clownfish were hiding in the anemones

this damn shark was pissing me off because he swam to fast

flamingos

these monkeys were pouting all day. they had an attitude...lmao

I had a good day with my love and babies. I'm glad that Cayce asked for yesterday off.
We are planning Samantha's birthday trip now. I want to take her to an aqaurium in Charleston or Myrtle Beach.