How is it that April is over already?
My photo of the week.
She’s upset because I walked in the room and caught her with markers.
- I had a killer headache for part of the week and I ended up behind on just about everything. Not fun.
- I enrolled my daughter in her first college class. This probably has something to do with the headache.
- Some of my kids are getting to the end of their curriculum and I’m finding myself browsing homeschool sites looking for options for next year. Are you looking ahead to next year yet?
- Soccer practice was rained out several nights last week, it was weird not having something to do every night.
- My seven year old lost three teeth in two weeks. It is amazing she can eat or talk.
- We killed another snake! If you want to read about the first snake hunt you can check out my cousin’s blog. And yes, I am the big wimp hiding on the trampoline. I do not like snakes!
- It took Cora less than 15 minutes to color all the walls, tile, and cabinets in the bathroom and her brothers’ bedroom wall. What an overachiever…. Thankfully the marker washed right off with a washcloth.
- As I mentioned last time my daughter is running for Senator. She has started a great series on her blog called Setting an Example. It is worth reading, and I’m not just saying that because I’m her mother. 🙂
- I have some great posts and projects coming this week, I can hardly wait to share them!
What I was reading this week.
“How many times had God asked me to follow Him, asked me to travel in a different direction, asked me to just come and I couldn’t because I was holding on to my stuff. My stuff that I think is so important that I can’t lay it down and see what my Father has for me.”
“While I would LOVE it if this unemployment only lasted a very short time, we are buckling down and bracing for a long term period of bare bones expenditures, so I will be making this into a weekly series.”
Click on over to Beauty and Bedlam for directions on how to make this cute cake.
If a vegetable cake won’t curb your sweet tooth, check out this adorable train cake tutorial. Perfect for a little boy’s birthday!
Have a great Sunday!
Photo credit Beauty and Bedlam.
Taximom says
I love your blog!!
It seems to me that you’ve had a lot of headaches recently, so I just wanted to share something unexpected I recently discovered: artificial sweeteners, especially aspartame and sucralose, are big headache triggers! Obviously, they are in diet sodas, but they also “hide” in chewing gum, “lite” yogurts, and other foods I never would have suspected!
I hope that helps you avoid headaches in the future–headaches are SUCH a pain!
I’m looking forward to your next blog post, as always!
Char says
Oh my, it feels so nice to know that even an experienced mom such as you deals with all the same stuff I do! My daughter, 4 yo, is always getting the art supplies taken away for coloring where she is not supposed to! Thank you for being real!!
dgsandbjsmom says
My husband has been looking for work for 13 months. It seems like more and more businesses around here are laying off instead of hiring. While it has been tough I have sort of enjoyed the time off. Who else can say they have spent every day for 13 months with their husband and still like him.
Sherry says
Snakes?! YIKES!!
I’ve been thinking of putting dd in college class. How did you find out that she could take one? Does she take it online?
TheHappyHousewife says
I emailed the local community college and found out our options. She is actually going to attend the school. We thought about online classes, but I think she will benefit from the classroom experience.
Karen says
wow, snakes..no fun. I was just thinking that looks more like a black racer..non poisonous breed, but a BIG one. He would have been gone at my house too. Too many kids and pets to be too safe.