Random-ness

Eating dirt...and loving EVERY minute!







Eating Leaves---i PROMISE we give him REAL food!!! {i did take it away,fyi}

i'm happy...but i can't find that hot dog!!! {see 'real food'}

take down the pool and add water!!! its a "insta pond!"

we "caught" a 'wild' chysalis and hatched a butterfly---Optimus:)

i really have no words. this is what he came to the dinner table in one night.

Busted lip....it could have been SOOOOOO bad. he was standing outside a big metal door {@ kungfu}...when one of the older guys {showing off} kicked it open from inside.... the handle hit his face and knocked MAC down. fortunately it didn't TECHNICALLY bust it open...else we probably would have need stitches...but it "swole up" purty good;) BTW,the older guy hasn't shown off anymore:)

i have some more photos...but they will have to wait.....:)

ROAR!!!!

so i SAID we were working on a dinosaur lapbook! a month (ish) later---here's what we did:


MAC coloring a picture for the cover of his lapbook
you can tell coloring and having his photo taken are two of his favorite activities!

"these are so cool"

i think the expression says it all!!! ;)

this insisde of his lapbook....as you can tell...we down-sized our lapbooks...the butterfly one was LITTLE out of control! but i THINK he enjoyed this one:)

BTW, i did not dress him that day...and we weren't going for a 'larry the cable guy" look...he INSISTED on wearing that vest, with a shirt underneath, wherever we had been...and then INSISTED he was hot;/

We're still here!!!

we have NOT dropped off the planet...but it seems like everyone who reads my blog...keeps up with me via FB...so why double post??
we began our homeschooling adventure a couple fo weeks ago:) well, i HAVE been doing things off and on throughout the summer. so we 'buckled down' the week before labor day. we are using a creation-based curriculum this year...and so far its pretty good. a LOT of it is remedial for mr MAC- and we ALMOST went w/ 1st grade....however, considering his reading ability is non-existent....good thing we went w/ kidergarten. so our curriculum came w/ and Ant hill and butterfly garden...when they arrived is when we kinda started!!!! first we studied ants, then butterflies, and now we are finishing dinorsaurs!! MAC enjoyed and was excited about dinosaurs so i stretched it to 2 wks instead of 1....since i crammed too much information about butterflies into one week....I THINK:) and we don't do everyday...:)

the photos are, of course, in reverse order:( but its about time to begin dinner prep!!!


this was right before we released the butterflies (aka: flier, jebrel, and fred?) i have NO clue what he was saying....but i think it was something about ordering MORE butterflies....i mena, caterpillars.
this little grasshopper got into the house...so we took the opportunity to observe it a little....and to note that grasshoppers are insects...though, this guy had 5 legs:( MAC was TOTALLY hamming it up for the camera!!!

our completed butterfly lapbook. it was fun....i'm pretty sure we BOTH enjoyed it;) even though you see I definitely had a lot to do with the assembly.... most of what is on there are little booklets that contain info about caterpillars/ butterflies:)

SEE!!!! he DID participate!!!

while we studied butterflies we studied 'orderliness' 9we were having an issue with cleaning up.

so here we were talking about how God is orderly....and we were arranging the planets in ORDER:) i got these FABULOUS cards @ target and he LOVES them!!! we are visiting the Air& Space Museum in Oct...so we might review our Space lessons:)

here our caterpillars were forming their chrysalis' and he was watching...they really were fun!!! we had 3 out of 5 make it:)

again, the planets...we were just playing around withthem here...again, he is hamming it for the camera!!!!

like i said we STARTED with ants.....we didn't do nearly as much with them as with butterflies....but in this photo he had drawn the parts and labeled SOME of their parts:)

i'm not sure what breed of ant this was supposed to be...but i certainly, would want to run into it EVER!!!!

so we are finishing up on dinosaurs!!! we've had fun!! i'll update when we are done...:)

btw, everyone else is doing great!!! i'll update a btter 'family update'...ehhh...sometime! realisticly, it won't be for a 'few' days:)

he's so funny!!!

our MAC, what are we going to do with him? for those of you who know him; you know he's brilliant, moody, energetic, and HILARIOUS!!! now this may not strike YOU as quite as funny as it did us....but i thought i'd post it anyway.

so everyone knows we are having a little girl!! yay!! first of all MAC, is NOT too thrilled about having a sister. he says baby girls cry too much{?}....this may be an uphill battle.

so, last night, after putting Doodle to bed, MAC, T, and ME were easting our dessert. we began talking about names for the baby. MAC came up with some really stupid ones, ie, fat-face, fat-pones, etc. {rolling eyes} so we explained to him that we put a LOT of time and thought into what we name our children. that we think that names hold special meanings, etc.

so i asked him, "do you knnow what your name(s) means?"
his response? "holding onto a birds feather."
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? HAHAHAH---i thought we were going to fall out of our chairs!!!
so we managed to say "no"
so then he answers, "holding onto a turtle tail?" ROFL!!!!
after T and ME recovered SOME composure...i told him what his names mean.
his response?? "I don't care about THOSE!!!" HAHA!!!!
that was pretty much the end of THAT conversation.
just thought i would share!!!!

we're having a baby.......

its OFFICIALLY A GIRL!!!! YIPEE!!!!!!! i'm not going to post THE shot....but its pretty obvious.....being the veteran of boys sonograms that i am {wink}....

the other shots were kinda fuzzy and not really worth posting...especially after scanning them.

everything looks great. she is a wiggleworm!! {hence, the fuzzy pics} heart rate 148, which i actually slower than either one of the boys....so i'm HOPING that means she will have a lowkey personality!! hahah..... measuring right on @ 19wk 6 days!!! my BP is right on...and i only gained 2 lbs!!! YAY!!!!!!! the scale was my friend---for once!!!

i have sooooo many other photos to post....but they will have to wait!!