Enjoying the Chaos

I have never been able to grow my nails. I have tried everything including the yucky paint on nail stuff I threatened my kids with. However, despite this I have an obsession with nice nails. Boo on the other hand has beautiful nails. Yet, because she spends so much time in the pool she struggles to keep her nail polish on. Then I heard about  Ellen Pool and Jamberry Nails . So I signed up and had a Facebook party and it was really fun, and I earned quite a few free and reduced price products. They are surprisingly easy to apply and they have some amazing designs. Ellen sent me a design I hadn't tried before to try so I decided to let Boo try they out as she loved the design we were sent. In fact I was sent a nice little parcel from  Ellen Pool  and I got excited all over again. I could walk you through how I applied the wraps to Boo's nails, but it wasn't that glamorous as we were sprawled over the living room floor watching a movie. Ellen sent me an applicatio...

1. Have you watched the movie  Gifted Hands - The Ben Carson Story  it's worth watching! 2. We have been having a great time this week. Captain has flown through his math lessons and spelling tests. What made the difference you say...LIQUID CHALK MARKERS on my glass door in the kitchen! 3. I took my church girls on a field trip this week to our local Life-flight Eagle station. Captain had to come to because my husband was working. He really enjoyed it can you tell. 4. We have a new review coming up. The kids love them already. We played them as soon as the FedEx man dropped them off. Then we played them again when Dad got home! 5. We are having a good beginning to our school year. We also have some other reviews coming up that we are really excited about so make sure you stay tuned! Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an aff...

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Preparing for High School was a little intimidating at first. One of the subjects I was looking for was a good literature program. When I was offered a review from  Writing with Sharon Watson  I was really excited. I haven't used any of her programs before but I have heard a lot of good things, so was really excited to try her brand new program  Illuminating Literature - When Worlds Collide . I received; Teacher Manual - Paperback Student Manual - Paperback Quiz and Answer Manual - Paperback Novel Notebook - PDF Download Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells Jam was really excited to start this program. He loves to read but was pleased to find that he had only read Peter Pan before. This is great because sometimes it's really hard to find books he hasn't read that I actually want him to read. Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West ...

Welcome to The Educents Best Curriculum Guide of 2015! We've pulled together some of our favorite tried and true, as well as brand new curriculums and tools for the year based on user reviews, ease-of-use and educational quality. Learn more about each curriculum below!   Rosetta Stone for Homeschool Rosetta Stone Homeschool features a foreign language curriculum specially designed to provide homeschool students with a rich, fully interactive and engaging language-learning experience, while giving parents the tools and resources needed to manage student progress without extensive planning or supervision. Rosetta Stone Homeschool is self-paced and designed to make it easy for parents to offer language learning even if they don't understand the language their students are studying. Students are instantly captivated by Rosetta Stone so they stay engaged. Plus, with positive reinforcement and quick results, their language-learning confidence soars! Rosetta Stone provides ...

Today we headed out to our city Zoo for our first field trip of the new school year. It turned out to be a really fun day. I am going to give you the top five things we did today. The first thing we did was go to the bird feeding. It's Boo's favorite and they don't do it when the temperature cools down. 1. Feeding time at the Zoo! I got a kiss! 2. The kids love to have their picture taken at each statue we find at the Zoo. We have them going back for years. It's really cute to look back on them. We found a new one today. 3. Our zoo opened a new exhibit recently for the Orangutan's. It's really cool, there is a lot of fun things there. Our zoo is really working on some exciting projects right now. Captain can't wait till they put in the splash pad! 4. One of our favorite things to do at the zoo is to take some time to sit and draw. We try to pick a different thing each time. 5. Do you see the cute little water colors in the pict...

We have just finished our current spelling program and because we are at the beginning of a new year I was looking for some new options. I was really interested when I was offered Horizons Spelling and Vocabulary Grade 2  from  Alpha Omega Publishing . Captain is 6 but we started Kindergarten just before he turned 5 so this coming school year we are doing 2nd grade. His last spelling program wasn't a graded program but worked on levels however he has a great vocabulary so I decided not to use  Horizons Spelling and Vocabulary Grade 1  (It looked awesome) and to follow my gut and choose the 2nd grade. I am so glad I did because just in the few weeks we have been using this program I have seen Captain's spelling and writing confidence blossom. The program itself is very simple. I received three paperback books. 1.  2nd Grade Spelling and Vocabulary Dictionary 2.  2nd Grade Spelling and Vocabulary Student Workbook 3.  2nd Grade Spelling and Vo...