Thursday, January 31, 2019

Jarem's House

Jarem has been working on this house in Science while homeschooling. Today he wired the lights. He was so proud that he could turn on the lights in his house now. Those yellow lights are real lights with power on.




Sunrises and Sunsets

I've gained a new appreciation for sunrises and sunsets since purchasing our property up on Livingston Mountain two years ago. We see the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Seeing these beautiful colors in nature really brings me a lot of joy on a daily basis!

Sunset a few nights ago:
From our bedroom window looking out toward the balcony


From our bedroom balcony


Sunset from the back deck


Sunrise with fog over the valley below


Sunrise with fog looking towards Mt St Helens

Sunrise from the back deck



Sunset with the fog over the valley and blue skies above


Micah Update


Micah started Kindergarten this year. I was very tempted to homeschool him, but I decided at the last minute that he needed a more social experience at school. It has turned out to be a very good experience for him so far. He has several friends from church that go to his school and that has helped him feel more comfortable. I cannot believe how much he has come out of his shell this year. He used to be so shy. He has a best friend, Samuel, who is so much like him.
After his haircut on Monday

He was so excited about his gummy pizza that he got from points collected at Big Al's. We had fun bowling and the kids played some arcade games during Christmas Break.

Micah received an award for showing compassion at school
Each month they have a value at school that they try to work on. They select someone from each class that has shown that value during the month and they get honored at a school assembly. Micah got picked from his class. I was proud of him for being compassionate.

What word? Pizza
 Micah is getting really good at phonetic spelling. They are encouraged to spell by sounding things out. It's pretty cute. It took me awhile to figure this one out.

This is cute! I love this phase when they are so sweet still.

I love these sweet notes. The 2nd note says, "Mom, I like your dinner"
Everyone was being ornery and complaining about dinner, so Micah wrote me these notes to help me feel better. :)

Here we go again...#4 in braces!!!

Jarem got his braces on yesterday. It's crazy how much money we have spent on braces, and it keeps going up... We could have bought a brand new car with the money we have and will spent. I hope they appreciate it. :)

Jarem was excited to move into this phase finally. He has been waiting for awhile, but we had to get some teeth pulled and were waiting for some to erupt first.