He Knows My Name

Next up are some songs that my kids love singing and dancing to. The first one is "I am not frogotten". The 2nd one is "He's wild"

Psalm 139: 16-18 NLT

We will start everything off with a memory verse the kids learned this summer  at VBS. The extra kiddo is my nephew, he spent the summer with us and we miss him very much around here.

You Are Invited

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, you are cordially invited to this years Salt And Light Academy Talent Show. The kids have been working real hard all  summer and they can't wait to share their talents with you.

WHEN: Saturday, August 27, 2011
WHERE: right here, where else would it be?
TIME: All day long
Featuring the very talented Little Man, Little Mama, Baby Girl and Baby Boy. With a special appearance from Ms N.(the dog).

Don't miss out on all the fun, see you there.

A New Homeschooling Year Begins 2011-2012

Wow, I cannot believe it is that time already. The summer just seemed to fly by. Our new school year started this past Monday August 1st. The kids could not be more pleased. They kept pushing me to start the schooling again. They have all these ideas of what they want to learn this new school year. Little Man wants to learn to type, Little mama cannot wait to start learning cursive and Baby Girl was starting to miss doing math with me at the computer. My kids are something else. I had to give them a "start date" so that they would back off a little. So this was it. They love being back on a routine, but, I really needed the break.

Life with 4 kiddos and a dog is very busy and it's about to get a lot  busier real soon. We have a lot of things plan for this school year. I can't wait to share all of it with you guys. But until then here are some pick from our 1st week of school.

Let's Play Catch Up ( Baby Girl's Edition)

Baby Girl is finally 5 years old now. She is growing up so fast. She is so proud to be 5 years old and is already planing for her next birthday. She has already lost 2 baby teeth and has about 3 more waiting to come out. She loves to swing up high and ride her bike. Now that she is 5 years old she can go bike riding for longer distances just like the bigger kids. We love this little girl so much. She is so loving and caring. She's always ready and willing to help out no matter what the job is. She is always singing and dancing around. She is such a sweetheart and I can almost envision what a wonderful young woman she will become some day.

Baby Girl is no baby anymore. She is definitely a very responsible big girl. She is funny and warm hearted. She is bossy and assertive. She is such a strong and wonderful child. She has a way of touching the hearts of everyone she meets. People just fall in love with her.

I am so blessed to be her mommy.

How We Spent Our Christmas Break

Things have been really quite around here lately. We are all doing great. We have been enjoying the cold weather and taking some time out to catch up on some fun family times. Hope that all of you guys are doing well too.

And From our Family to Yours

HAPPY NEW YEAR

A Few Of My Favorite Things (Baby Girl's edition)

Hello, I'm Baby Girl, and it's my turn to tell you about some of my favorite things.
One of my favorite things is Willow Smith's You tube video www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymKLymvwD2U&ob=av2e . I like to sing it and whip my hair along with Willow.

Next thing that I love to do is singing and dancing. I am a really good singer and dancer. My favorite song to sing right now is Our God. Here is a short video of me singing my favorite song. I hope you like it.




The last thing I will like to share is my Garden. I love to go outside and help Mama with the garden. I like to weed and water and pull carrots out to eat. My favorite veggies to grow are carrots, sweet peas and pickles. My Daddy planted me a whole bed of carrots this year. I will take good care of them so that they can grow big and yummy.

Thank you for reading about my favorite things. Please share with me what some of your favorite things are.

I'm done for now,

Baby Girl

Random Thoughts

I love this weather, Last night it was finally cold enough to use the thick covers......

It's been so amazingly busy around here lately. I wish there was more hours in the day.......

I must get back to a good sleeping pattern. I'm a night owl and can easily be up until 2:oo AM every night of the week.......

Mornings are so slow for me. Most mornings around here start at 10. Maybe if I went to sleep at a decent time then I could wake up earlier and get more done.... What a concept...............

I need to start making Holiday plans, Advent is quickly approaching......................

Baby Boy celebrated his 1st Birthday last month, I still can't believe that we have had him a whole year already. How times fly...........................

We have made a lot of progress in the hair department lately. The girls are no longer afraid of getting their hairs done and we have all been learning a lot about our hairs and how to best care and style it. They now love to get their hair done and are using words live curly, soft, long and moist to describe their hair................

Speaking of hair I have been transitioning from my relaxed hair back to my natural texture for almost 7 months now. It's been been fun for the girls to see and I've had to answer a lot of questions about why I relaxed my hair in the first place instead of wearing it curly and natural. I'm learning a lot about myself................

I love my girls, they can be a handful most of the time but they are so real and unashamed of who they are and how God made them. I love that even though they are so young they are very confident in their own skin ....... I had to learn those lessons for myself a long time ago and I always worried about how I would teach my daughters to love and see themselves as the princesses that God created them to be. I can see now that I didn't have to worry about such things. My confidence in myself has helped them to be confident in themselves...........

Our family is very musical, we love to sing and dance and create music. There is always someone singing and humming in the background or putting on a show. Music helps us feel more alive. One of the songs that everyone is loving right now is Willow Smith's Whip My Hair. It is so fitting for our home. I will share with you now a video of the kiddos rocking out, I hope you get a kick out of it too......

Hair Love

My girls love everything that has to do with hair. Except pulling and brushing. They love looking at website searching for their next hairdo. They love to go shopping for hair accessories and products. They've been asking me for some time now if I would blog about their hair so here it is.

This according to them is their current favorite style. Little Mama call it "Half Twist"

Kindergarten

Our Baby Girl has started Kindergarten this year. It is such an exciting time for her. She has been waiting to officially start homeschooling for so long. This is a big step for her.


She is barely 4 1/2 years old but there is nothing that can stop her from schooling like the"big kids" this school year. She wants it all, and I am doing my best to comply to her demands but seriously, she's 4.

Baby Girl will join the "big kids" for subjects such as Bible, History and Science. I will be doing my best to include age appropriate materials for her to work on when things get a little too complicated. Other than that she will do what ever it is that she feels like being a part of (after all she's only 4).

As for the other subjects, this is what "kindergarten" will look like for Baby Girl this homeschool year:

Reading - Since Baby girl already knows her Letters, their sounds and how to blend letters and sounds together, we will just continue on this path. She will be working towards completing books 1-5 in the progressive phonics reading program. http://www.progressivephonics.com/ She will also work her way through a K-1 workbook from Walmart.

Handwriting - Last year Baby Girl completed the kindergarten handwriting book from Handwriting without tears and she did a great job on it too. She has excellent hand control and it shows in her penmanship. This year she will be working her way through their 1st grade "My Printing" book. http://www.hwtears.com/

Math - Despite the fact that Baby Girl can count to 100 and knows all her colors, shapes and can even add simple numbers, I am NOT ready to start her on "Math U See" yet. Much to her disappointment I've decided to have her work her way through several math workbooks from Walmart instead. She is not very happy with my choice, but it will keep her busy til after the holidays, when I will reevaluate the situation and consider weather to start her on Math U See "alpha". http://www.mathusee.com/

We also are going to be starting up again with our Music classes next month and Baby girl will be joining the "big kids" for Dance classes which are also starting up again this September. As you can see she will be very busy this school year. We are very proud of her strong work ethics and determination. I just wish she would slow down a little. She is growing up way too fast for me. She is still my Baby girl, even though she is in kindergarten now.

Another School Year Completed

Our homeschool year ended in May and we have been on "break " ever since. To celebrated the end of another school year we had a "Promotion Ceremony". Each Family presented their kids with certificates. Here are some pictures of our kids with there Certificates of Completion.

We Are Still Here

I know it's been a long time but we are still here. Everyone is doing great and I do plan on giving updates really soon. Until then check out these cute pics of the kiddos at play.

Wordless Wednesday

Flash Backs

Having a new baby in the house again has really been a thrill. We are all enjoying these days with Baby boy. Time goes by so quickly... one minute they are sweet smelling, sleeping angels in your arms and the next thing you know they are about to turn 7 years old in a couple of weeks and want your help planning their big birthday party.
I've been a little emotional lately, not sad but very content and even a little unworthy of all that God has blessed me with.
My babies are growing up so fast........
To help me feel better and to reminisce about those good ole days I will be posting some pics and video of the kids when they were younger. I hope you enjoy watching these as much as I do.
P.S. It's OK if you find yourself getting a little emotional too, Everyone needs a good laugh sometimes.

baby girl when she was truly the baby



little man, I love seeing this kid smile


Lil Mama, so cute Lil Man, so handsome

I'll be back to post some more later, Gotta go, baby boy is waking up.....

My Two Girls

I enjoy being the mom of girls. There is just something very precious and special about having little girls.

Our girls are so "girlie" They love to sing and dance and play dress up.

Little Mama especially likes to dress up in her ballerina clothes.

And Baby Girl is really good at twirling in circles.

They are so precious

My little princesses.

May they always be this sweet and adorable.

WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO?

As you all know I've been gone from blog land all summer. I bet some of you have been wondering what we were up to? Well let me tell you about all the fun things that went on around here.
First, the kids all took swim lessons this summer. They had a very cool and patient swim teacher, Ms. D. She was able to teach them all kinds of cool things in the water. The kids loved her and hated to see the classes end. We miss her so much and we can't wait for next summer when we will have more swim classes with our wonderful Ms. D.

Little Man Swimming to the wall

Little Mama learning to float on her back

Little Man really loved his time in the water

Baby girl learning to turn and float on her back.

Little man practicing proper dive techniques

Baby Girl swimming to Ms. D

Baby Girl showing off her strong kicks

We spent a lot of time in the pool this summer. It seems like if we weren't in the pool we were either at the beach playing in the sand or at the park having a blast.

I love it that we get to spend so much time together. I love watching them learn new things and explore.

How about you?

What Have you all been up to all summer?

Ladies and Gentlemen

You are in for a treat. I would like to introduce you to the youngest child at Salt And Light Academy, Baby Girl.

Baby Girl is brand new on the piano. So far she only knows a couple of notes. But, don't let that fool you. Today she is here to play us her very first piece entitled THE TRAIN.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I GIVE YOU BABY GIRL.

You Are Invited

Your are cordially invited to the very first SALT AND LIGHT ACADEMY piano concert.
Place: Tomorrow March 7, 2009
Time: All Day Long
Featuring : The works of three very famous and talented stars, Little Man, Little Mama and Baby Girl

Don't miss all the fun. See you at the CONCERT

What We're Up To...

It has been so busy around here lately. I've really missed blogging.
As you may have noticed things have changed around here. I love being able to change things around and play with the layout of my blog. It took me a while to figure out how I wanted this blog to look and the best way to organize things. So far I like how everything has turned out . There are still some changes in the works, but for now I am satisfied.

Everyone is doing great. The kids had a short little battle with the sniffles but all is well now.
A lot has been going on. Schooling is going right as planned and the kids have really been working hard.

• Little man is doing multiple digit addition with regrouping now and I am so impressed.
  
  
• Little Mama is reading up a storm and her handwriting has improved so much lately.



• Baby Girl is doing her best to keep up with the others. Her latest mission has been to learn to read. This baby is serious. She puts letters together and sounds them out all day long. She gets very excited when she actually put a word together that her brother and sister can read. Most of the time she makes words such as "sut, cet and mit" but yesterday she did "dog" and after sounding it out and passing it by her siblings she realized that she actually made a real word. She is growing up so fast. I wish she would just slow down and just focus on being my two year old baby.
  
  

Other than that here are some pictures of the kids doing some school work.