Imagination...

What does your Imagination look like?

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Mine is full of:

Greek & Roman Demigods battling Mythological Creatures
Kindred Spirits and walks down "The White Way of Delight"
Casting Spells and causing trouble at Hogwarts
Drinking tea and gossiping with the Bennett girls
Fighting to stay alive in the arena with Katniss & Peeta
Throwing Snowballs at Laurie's mansion in Concord
Watching words come alive as I read with Mo & Meggie.

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Oh Books.. how I love thee!

I have a very healthy imagination and these are some of my favorite "places" to go!! Anyone know which books they are from?

My New Blog

Hello everyone! I started a new blog you are welcome to follow along with, this is my own personal blog, all about my decision last month to become Vegetarian. I am filling it with all kinds of healthy eating tips, shopping ideas, recipes, and of course it chronicles my journey towards eating healthier! Join me!

www.becomingvegg.blogspot.com

Ice Fishing!

Daddy took the 2 older girls out fishing a few weeks ago, and they had SO much fun! It was Bekah's first time out, and she especially enjoyed it!

Ice Fishing Village with Grandpa and Uncle Isaac

Bekah's 1st Fish!

Grandpa Spearing

Leah, the fishing pro!

Fishing buddies!

Enjoying their Chariot..

Silly faced girl!

My silly faced girl makes her funny SMILES!! :) I LOVE it!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from us!
SO excited for 2012!

Us and our kids: Leah (5 1/2) Bekah (3 1/2) and Abigail (1)

Happy Birthday, Abigail!!!!!

Abigail... a few days old


Now my big 1 year old!!!
WOW!



cupcakes!


Me and my baby!


Yummy!


Excited to open presents


Yay!




We had such a fun small party for her birthday! All of our girls have always had a catastrophe happen at their 1st bday parties, so we planned a small gathering for Abigail, and sure enough she got a super-bad cough & cold that weekend... What is it with that?! :)

But she had so much fun.. loved playing with her new toys and even with her new clothes! ;) I still can't believe my baby is one!!!

Our September...

Celebrating getting our Anna back! :)
All us Africa girlies at Anna's church presentation.

Starting Official Homeschooling!


Excited!


My Honey's 28th Birthday.. and still so handsome! :)


And of course, our little darling.. growing up! :)
Enjoying every minute of her!

Look who's ready for school!

And um.. that would be me... the teacher! :)

And Leah, the student who starts KINDERGARTEN this September!
We are both SOOOOOOO excited!

Here is my treasure trove of school supplies/curriculum.

My Living Room School Shelves..
all in order and full of readiness!


Our main curriculum..
Sonlight's Core P 4/5 .. reading based-learning, how great is this?
I plan to teach Bekah right alongside.. :)


Language Arts/Phonics:
Sing Spell Read & Write..
same on I used in Kindergarten! LOVE this!


Math:
Math-U-See's Primer Level.. looks fantastic!
I had to have a math curriculum that I a Math-hater could
understand & teach and I found it!


Handwriting/Extras:
Various Dry Erase boards/books for practice
My First Calendar for learning



Music:
My First Piano Adventure Books by Faber & Faber
Leah's learning to play Piano! :)


Animal Science:
Frog Habitat, Ant Farm & Bird Watching (in winter)
This will be fun!!!!



In short, I am so excited to be starting school, and hope to make a great year
with Leah & Bekah learning all kinds of fun & new things.

I am very blessed to be able to homeschool, taking my time with each subject and work individually with her plus be flexible enough to double-up on school days, or take a day off if I want to.


And off we go.... :)

More Summer Fun!

Abigail's silly smirk

Abigail is CRAWLING! (As of August 1st!!!)


Goin' on the 2nd annual Helweg Family Camping Trip!
(Don't worry, the car is parked!!)


LOTS of beach time!!!!!!


And even a surprise from Mom & Dad.. a giant Trampoline!

Random Summer Picture Update!

YES! We are still alive! Blogging has slowly gotten replaced with facebook, but I will try and and least update once in a while.. :)
Here are some very random pics since I last posted! What a busy and fun summer!

Family vacation to Nickelodeon Universe in the Cities

New Piano from Auntie Anna!
Leah starts lessons this fall and is so excited!


Our big girl's last year in Cubbies!


Our girls with their Africa dresses from Auntie Anna!


Abigail's church dedication


Our two big girls.. :)

Easter fun!

Here's some pics from our fun Easter.. :) Had a nice dinner with family, and the girls even got an egg hunt! :) We all had such fun!

My 3 beautiful Easter "lilies"


Abigail has fun with Leah's hat


Easter egg hunt!



Beautiful Abigail Susanne



6 months old.. and 15 1/2 lbs!!
Healthy and happy!
Hard to believe she is so old already! But what a bundle of joy she is!

My Sewing...

It is official! The girls are growing so fast I can hardly keep up! Much less keep tabs on their clothes! :) (Or shoes! Arrgggh!) But I do enjoy getting to sew a couple new things each year.. :) As long as I get the time.. which was a lot harder with 3 kids!!!! :)

Here's what I did this Spring.

Two new dresses for Leah


Matching Jumpers


Matching dresses

They are so cute and turned out really well! :)