What A Mighty Good Man

A few nights ago our neighbor went fishing and shared his catch with us. The fishes were so fresh they were still moving. I am so grateful for the fresh fish but I was just too tired to clean and prep fish. That is where my sweet hubby comes in. He not only cleaned the fishes for me but he also seasoned and prep them to be cooked the next day.

I love my man so very, very much. He is a mighty, mighty good man and I thank God for him everyday.

Happy New Year

It's 2010. We are doing well and I hope you guys are well too. The babies are all doing fine and everything is same old same old.

Baby boy is growing so fast. I can't believe he is already 3 months old.

He has such a lively personality. He is not shy at all and boy is he charming.

On a more serious note, our family desperately needs your prayers for the people of Haiti. I have lots of family still on the island including my mom. I have not heard from her yet and I am trying very hard not to worry. So many are dead/hurt and there is still so much we do not know. My heart is so heavy. Please pray, pray, pray...

HOW DID WE GET HERE?

As promised, I am back to give you guys a little more info about our journey towards adoption.
I've always been drawn to adoption ever since I adopted my first cabbage patch doll at the age of 13. But, it was after the dramatic birth of my youngest that I really started to think about possibly adopting a child for real.
All of my kids were born via C-section. With any c-section there is a small chance that a women can experience a uterine rupture or a tear on her uterus with her next pregnancy. Well, I am one of those women that experienced that. During my labor with Baby Girl my uterus wall started to tear or seperate. I was rushed to the hospital where they performed an emergency c-section and safely delivered my sweet baby girl. The realization that I came so close to losing my life and possible the life of my baby was so real. Later on, the doctor and my midwife spoke honestly to my hubby and I and explained to us the possible dangers that exist if we were to try to have any more children. We were very sadden by the news but we also knew that God was in control and that If He wanted our family to keep growing, He would make a way.
Fast forward to the summer of last year. I started talking with Papa about how sad I was feeling that we would not be able to have another baby. I shared with him this desire that I feel to have another little one. We started to talk more and more about it and how to best go about it. It was around that time that our pastor began to share with the church his heart for orphans and foster care. We also had some real good friends of ours that just finished their paperwork to become "foster to adopt" parents. We decided to look further into foster care and see if it would work out for our family.
January 2009 came and we were still trying to work out the details to get things rolling to become foster parents. We spoke to many different agencies and they all were telling us that they didn't think that fostering would be a good match for our family. We were starting to feel very discouraged. We then decided to forget about it all and focus on something else.
Spring arrived and with it came a new outlook on things. Papa and I decided to look into domestic, private adoption and felt lead to a very special local agency. We contacted the agency and began the process of filling out paper work which lasted a little over 3 months.
Now we are done with all the paper work, home visits and have been matched.
We don't really know how things will play out next, all we do know is that God has a plan for us and it's all good.
So That's whats been going on around here all summer. What do you think? Did you see this coming, or was it a surprise to you too?

Why We Home-School

TOP 10 REASONS WHY WE HOMESCHOOL

A lot of people have asked me about home schooling and why it is that we decided on this form of education for our children.
Well, there are a lot of reasons for why we decided to school our kids at home. Some are very reasonable while others are really unique. I’ve put together a short list of the top ten reasons why we homeschool our kids. These are not necessary the reasons why everyone does it. But they are why we do it.

**We believe that the education of our children is a God given mission. We really do feel that this is God ordained. It is our mission as Christians to raise up little Christians and we feel that educating them at home gives us a better chance of fulfilling that mission and therefore preparing them to do God’s “work”.

**We really like how tight our little family is. We like the fact that the kids think the world of each other and stand up for each other when they are around other kids.

**We are not morning people. The very thought of getting up while it is still dark outside and getting 3 kids ready for school makes me want to crawl into my bed right now.

**Home schooling allows us the ability to provide a true 1 on 1 education (and everyone knows that 1 on 1 is the ideal learning situation)

**Our kids are able to pursue their own interest. My job is not to tell them what to learn but to follow their interest and guide them.

**We have great kids and we really do enjoy spending time with them. We would hate to not have them around for 6-8 hours a day.

**We like being the ones to decide what, when, and how they are taught.

**I can’t think of anything else that would be worth doing with my life other than investing all of myself into my kids and our family.

**We love the freedom of being able to go where we want, when we want and not have to adhere to any school’s schedule .

**We honestly think that our kids are worth it.

There are a lot of other reasons for why it is that we do what it is that we do, but, these are the top ten for now.
And in case you were wondering,
Yes we do plan to homeschool all the way through High School if it is the Lord’s will for us to do so.

Who Are We?

O.K. here we go,,
This is my very 1st entry on this blog. I don't really know where to begin but I thought I should start by introducing myself and my family.

Hi, I am a homeschooling mama of 3 wonderful and beautiful children ages 6 1/2, 5 and 1. I am married to the best husband ever. We've been married since 2000. We've been homeschooling pretty much from the start. Our style of homeschooling falls somewhere in between structured and unschooling. I do have plan goals that I've laid out ahead of time but I do not follow a specific boxed curriculum. I'm what some would call a "fly by the seat of your pants" homeschooler.
We are a bi-lingual household. We speak both english and haitian creole. We try to keep a lot of our haitian culture alive in our home. It's not easy but it is very do-able.
This blog will serve as a daily record of our homeschooling as well as a journal for my constant thoughts, ideas and lists.
Please feel free to leave me a comment or two. I look forward to meeting and making new online friends.