3/11

Every Monday and Friday I get to spend some time reading with 3/11 of my Kindergarten "alumni." We read stories in Bible and Animal Science. Recently, we have started working on the "dreaded" Math flashcards. Subtraction can get a little tough! :-)

Because of the way our school curriculum is set up, each child works at their own pace. It is only the 3rd quarter and all 3 of them are almost in 2nd grade work already!

What a goofy, fun, smart lil' threesome! I am glad I get to spend this extra time with them each week. Because I miss teaching so much, it gives me a measure of "teacher satisfaction"!

Mrs. Lytle took a picture of us today, and I just had to share it!

Mom's Birthday

Yes, I am really slacking in the blogging world, but I wanted to post a few pictures from my Mom's birthday last weekend (After all, she's worth blogging about, right?!! :D)

For her birthday supper, we took her to Carrabba's - an Italian restaurant that has amazing food!

The birthday girl with her hubby
(yes, I purposely said GIRL just for you, Mom :-))

My lil' bro & sis



My "adopted" lil' sis Susannah and I

Thanks to Susannah, who had a camera along, and a nice lady at a nearby table, we had a group shot taken of all of us while we were at Carrabba's. (Of course, we all saw white dots for the remainder of our time there because of the bright flash in a dark restaurant!)

Later on, we had birthday cake and Mom opened her presents. Thanks to Pinterest, I discovered how to make marshmallow fondant for Mom's cake. It actually turned out quite nicely for the first time trying it out. Click here for the recipe!

The cake posing with my Mom's gorgeous birthday flowers :-)