A Day in My Life – Friday

I meant to get this posted on Saturday, but we were swamped as usual, so I’m finally getting it up. This is a pictorial Day in My Life that I took this past Friday. Enjoy! =-)

Here I am, all ready to do my errands for the day. The boys and I are about to go meet Marty for lunch.

Now we have arrived at Marty’s shop.

We had to wait a little while, so Colt did a little reading.

Here’s Marty, we’re ready now to go to the grocery store and then to lunch

We stop at David’s to get some money for lunch.

While there, Marty takes a sniff of a pineapple, we usually buy some fruit each Friday.

We arrive at Pizza Inn for lunch, doesn’t the buffet look good!

Riley chows down on some pizza.

Colt with a mouthful!

I’m done eating, now I’m waiting on my fellas with hollow legs to finish up.

This stack of plates and pizza crusts belong to Marty and Colt!

We stop to get gas, Marty fill the car up for me =-)

The gas prices at the store we stopped at.

We take Marty back to work, he’ll be getting off for the day at around 2:30, Riley falls asleep on the way.

I go back to town and take a visit to the post office to mail some Book Mooch and Paperback Swap books.

Our next stop in the library. Riley’s awake now

Riley takes a peek into the library

Riley and Colt make their library selections and sit down to read while I finish up looking for the books we need for homeschool and my own personal reading.

We pick Marty up from work and then head home for a little bit. The leaves are starting to turn, so fall must be just around the corner!

We take a walk in the pasture where we find some buffalo gourds

We also find a patch of passion flowers

Back at the house I take a picture of Marty with a stick in his hair..lol!

Then Marty takes a picture of me =-)

We left the house around 4:00 and headed to Waco to run some errands. Our first stop was the Goodwill Store.

Marty found a stainless steel platter to use for when he’s grilling and Colt found 2 books.

Our next stop was a little hunting store called “The Outhouse”. Riley likes playing with the hunting targets.

AFter the hunting store we stopped at Mardel’s (no pictures) and then went to Lowe’s to get some roofing shingles to repair a couple of leaks in our roof.

Marty loads the shingles in the back of the Suburban. The boxes in the back are some gallon pickle jars we got from freecycling.

After Lowe’s we were all hungry, so we stopped at Ryan’s for dinner.

After Ryan’s we stopped at Walmart for a few things and then came home to watch a movie. That was my Friday!

I Received an Award!

Kristin over at Homemaker at Heart has presented me with this very lovely award! Thank you so much Kristin! It is so very sweet for you to think about me for this award! You are truly a sweetheart for giving it to me =-)

7 Random Things Meme

Chrystal over at The Richey Family tagged me.

The Rules

1. Post the rules on your blog
2. Write 7 random things about yourself
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post

Okay, here we go…

1. I was once in the Texas Girl’s Choir
2. I wore decorated tennis shoes under my wedding dress
3. I can curl my tongue
4. I can talk REALLY fast
5. I use to get into trouble at school for talking too much
6. I don’t like talking on the phone
7. I don’t like raw tomatoes, but I love all cooked tomatoes

I’m not going to tag any particular person, so if you want to do this meme, consider yourself tagged =-)

Riley’s Knights Lapbook

For history this week, Riley studied Knights. This is the lapbook he created for it.

This is the front cover

This is the first part of the inside.

This is the second part of the inside.

This is a short video tour of the lapbook.

You can download everything you need to create a similar lapbook, here

Riley’s Cats Lapbook

For science this week, we studied Cats. This is the lapbook we created for it.

This is the front cover of the “Cats” lapbook

This is the insde of the “Cats” lapbook

This is a short video tour of Riley’s Cats Lapbook

Everything you need to create a similar lapbook can be found here.

Riley’s Letter C Lapbook

This week Riley was studying the letter c. We went over the “cuh” sound, as well as words that start with C. This is the lapbook that we created for it.

The front cover of the “c” lapbook.

The inside of the “c” lapbook.

This is a short video tour of the lapbook.

Here are some links to the “C” resources that we used =-)

Cover Worksheet
Letter C Activity Worksheet Program and Mini-book
Tactile C
What Begins With C? Hotdog
Pat-a-Cake Book
Counting with C & Pocket
Itsy Bitsy Book
Letter C Worksheet

Glimpses of Our Homeschool Day – Bible Study Edition

Here are some pictures of the boys I took today while they were working on their Bible homeschool lessons.

Riley is coloring pieces of Joseph’s coat of many colors. Each piece has a part of a Bible verse on them. WE then cut them out and put them in the correct order and glued them to the Joseph picture.

This is a picture of Colt reading his Bible.

This is a short video of Riley reciting his Bible Memory verse.

Verbal Expressions and Algebraic Expressions

Currently in Algebra, Colt is learning about Verbal Expressions and Algebraic Expressions. Here’s an example of a problem he’s working…

And here he is solving the problem…

Neat Photography Trick

This is from Family Fun Magazine

Just cover your camera’s flash with a colored sticky note. Any photos taken with the flash will take on the hue of the paper. The effect is extra strange when there’s another light source in the photo.

Here are some pictures I’ve taken using this trick…

Susan’s Crocheted Wash Cloth

Here is a pattern that I use all the time to make dish cloths. It’s quick and easy and oh so pretty!

Susan’s Wash Rag

2 colors Cotton yarn of choice (I used Peaches & Cream)
1 for main color and 1 for trim
Size H crochet hook

With main color, Ch 21

Row 1: hdc in 3rd ch from hook and in each ch across.
Row 2-13: Ch 2, turn and hdc in each st across, repeat

Tie off main color

Round 1: slst into any corner, ch 2. 2 hdc in same stitch (forms corner). hdc in each stitch (top and bottom) and hdc 18 evenly down each side, doing 3 hdc in each corner. slst to top of begining ch 2.

Round 2: Ch 1, sc in the back loops throughout this round. Work 1 sc in each stitch, 3 sc in each corner. slst to top of beginning ch 1.

Round 3: sc in the same place you just slst, * ch 3, sc in next st*, repeat until you reach the last stitch, ch 3 and sc into last stitch, slst to beginning sc.

Weave in ends

Hope this make sense!