Busy times...

Do you ever feel like you're just walking around in circles?? I mean, I swear I've been busy all day today but I have nothing to show for it! Honestly, I've been busy keeping Princess out of trouble...or cleaning up the "trouble" she's already gotten into. She's a little 21 month old mess...literally! And now, it's come to a whole new level...she can reach onto the counters!!! Oh, yes! The items that used to be safely placed up high out of her reach are no longer safe. This means kitchen AND bathroom counters. My sanity is going out the window! Earlier today I walked into the living room and sitting right by Tink was Princess...with a permanent marker...and Tink's IPOD! Yes, she'd taken a black sharpie and drawn all over Tink's seafoam blue (or is that green?) IPOD! Luckily a little windex on a paper towel got it off, but now we'll have to see if the IPOD still works. Oh, she keeps me running. Yesterday she threw my brand new Southern Living magazine into the bathtub. It's a gonner. No use in trying to clip those recipes. But she is old enough now that she can go into the back yard with Tink and Princess and not get into too much trouble. I watch them from the kitchen and bedroom windows and she loves playing with the "big kids". So she steps on dog poop every now and then. After all, that's what baths are for, right! lol!

Jill

Orange Beach May

We just got back from a wonderful vacation to Orange Beach, AL. It's been a while since we have been to the beach so we were so excited to get to go back. The kids had a blast! They all loved swimming in the Gulf, the pool, playing in the sand, and eating yummy seafood. This was Princess's first trip to the beach and Prince was too young to remember his last time. So this was a wonderful trip of discovery and trying out new things. Oh, the weather was simply georgeous. High's in the mid-80's. No rain. Yellow flags the entire week (although there were a couple of days that really should have been green flag!). And the best part...there was NO ONE else there! Late one night I counted only 20 lights on in our entire condo. We stayed on the ground floor so we were right by the pool. We could come in off the beach and drop our stuff straight on our patio. While Princess was napping I could sit on our porch and watch the others swimming in the pool. Ah!! We may just have to go back at the end of the summer....once school starts back up again of course! That's the joy of homeschooling. We vacation when others can't! Enjoy the pictures!

Jill

Prince at KinderToT!

Prince has had so much fun at KinderToT this past year. It's a wonderful class that teaches ball handling, hand/eye coordination, and so much more. He's worked on his color mixing, his vowels, counting to five in Spanish and French, and his left/right hands. They even talked about the different senses. It's been a wonderful class and we can't wait to take it again next year. Here are a few pictures of his last class that was yesterday. He'll also have a "Shine Time" and be able to show his skills to parents and grandparents next weekend. He'll even get a trophy!