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funny faces...

was inspired by this article to start taking more pictures of me with the kiddos.

i have been slacking in the capturing everyday moments department, so i decided to jump into the bed with the kids at bedtime.

once they hit the awkward stage, the pics just don't seem as adorable.  

exhibit a: 

kai jumped up to take off her headgear as soon as i walked into the room with bo.

but i told her to leave it on.  that's who she is right now.

cute, but cute with a headgear. 

 

 

 

 

and then, after they were all tucked in, i had my genius moment.

ok, i totally stole the idea from p-dub.

but i can't wait for the kiddos to wake up and see it in the morning.

it solves so many problems...them constantly asking me "what are we doing today?", hiding God's word in their hearts, offers positive feedback for good behavior, a little language lesson and hey, they just might do well on the vocabulary section when they take the SATs...

 
 ummm, ok...the genius idea...not so much.  

just realized that the date should be tuesday, march 9...

shuld eye b wuried that we homskool????

the sound of music...

this is bernie.

she is super fly homeschool mom extraordinaire. 

really.

seminary? check. birth three of the politest children on the planet? check. homeschool three of the politest kids on the planet? check. teach a plethra of other subjects to students that are not hers? check. published scrapper (took me a while to get that one out of her)? check. start a business teaching simply music piano method? check. take tap dance lessons just because she is cool like that? check.

see. 

told ya.

three of our non-mozart inclined children are taking lessons with her.  before bernie, they were taking the regular old "hot cross buns play the scales" piano lessons--which was paaainful.  now they have an arsenal of songs that they just bang out on the piano at will.  our neighbors have even stopped by to ask how did they get so good.  bryant would like to tell them that it is the gifted musician genes on his side of the family, but i really know it is all bernie.  when we moved, the kids begged to continue with bernie so we are now doing piano lessons 1500 miles apart via skype...

bernie is also writing a book about simply music (coming soon to a bookstore near you). she asked me to take a couple of head shots of her for the book. but being the super fly homeschool mom extraordinaire that she is, she did not want them to be boring old head shots.  so, we played...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bernie has, on more than one occasion, been a timely encourager to me. when we first started homeschooling and i was reaching for nothing short of perfection every day, bernie was the one who told me "to lower my expectations, tiger." i did and i realized that school time is more pleasant and less stressful when i give my day over to God.  and recently, when i was struggling with teaching one of the kids creative writing, bernie reminded me of the importance of making schoolwork enjoyable and coming along side that child instead letting my frustrations get the best of me.

one day, i will be as cool as her...

the not so first day of school photos...

i thought i was on it this year. planning ahead. making major changes to our curriculum. adding bryce to the student roster.  i was feeling quite proud of myself.  i even ordered latin for us to do this year. but pride cometh before the fall.

i realized that i failed as a mommy. 

i forgot to take the first day of school photos...bad mommy. 

so we tried to recreate the scene this week. 

happy fall...