The Letter "E"

Same old thing!  Except we've been busy so we haven't stayed on our schedule exactly.  Tomorrow's post will give you an update on what we've been up to!

But we did find time to make giant E's out of envelopes...

R's is on the left and S's is on the right.

New state, new home, new viruses

We've gotten our first round of family head colds.  Saff had it the worst.  We're on the mend, but all still "off".

While on "lock down" I made some fabulous "turkey meatloaf balls".  I know, not very vegan.  I'm off the wagon. 

We tried some finger painting, but it was sad, at best.

We've found a homeschool curriculum that fit my criteria (Waldorfy, free or inexpensive, easy, etc).  It's the Harvest Time curriculum from Wee Folk Art and so far the kid loves it!

We've read several books from the list (most are at our library) and added a few suggested by our local librarian. 

Should I list our favorite books?

Most of our days are spent figuring out where things should go (still more boxes?), job hunting (N's current work), all the paperwork associated with moving to a different state and exploring local parks. 

Preschool and boxes

The boxes appear to be decreasing in number.  Spaces are being filled and we've done what currently feels to be a good job separating spaces.  Our living room has four distinct spaces (all in a relatively small space)... a living/TV space, a dressing room, an office and a kids' reading nook. 

Office

S hiding under the desk

R reading in the living room (which was my inspiration for the reading nook)

Kitchen

Kids' table

As for preschool...*huge sigh*  It did not work out.  It's a bit of a sad story, but to make it short R just needs a little longer to transition to Kansas.  I'm mostly planning to just let him be a kid for a while longer.  I intend to spice that up with some Waldorf inspired educational bits.  But no real curriculum or anything.  For social interaction, I signed both kids up for a tumbling class that starts in a couple weeks. 

Preschool Christmas party

Today was the last day of preschool for this semester, so to celebrate they had a little party with the kids.  R's teacher had them give us presents and she also gave each child a little goodie bag with a book, a candy cane and some play doh.  It was all very sweet.

My pictures are a bit bad as I was holding a squirmy babe the whole time, but here they are:

 Here's the gift they made for us.  His name and the date is on the back.  What a sweet idea!