This Week at Our House #5 It's February!

This past week is just a blur. We are very worried about getting our bills paid, but went on through everything as usual. On Mondays, I always wonder how we are going to manage. Things pile up on Sundays and no one wants to get back into school, but we always do it. This past Monday actually ended up being easier than Tuesday. No one wanted to work on Tuesday.

   

1. John continues to apply for jobs, as well as working on some of his own software projects.
2. I spent my days as usual, cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, and teaching my kids. I continue to remove sod in preparation for a big garden. I now have bell peppers and potato sprouts planted in the house. I will plant potatoes outside in two more weeks. They are cold weather plants and reasonably frost resistant, but not very heat resistant, so you have to plant them early and late out here. The early spring start date is Feb 15th. 
3. I love hearing from Ruth every Monday. On a rare occasion, I can catch her when she sends the email and send her an immediate reply.
4. Kate is just waiting. She is waiting for John to get a job, so that we can afford the car insurance for her to get her drivers license and she is waiting for her half birthday, so she can start her mission papers. During that waiting time, she is teaching the kids Shakespeare, doing advanced math with John and Johnny, studying the scriptures and Church history several hours a day. She also bakes a lot which we appreciate.
5. For the first time ever, Johnny is excited for the Stake dance because he will get to see his friends in our old ward. 
6. Adam came to me looking at a cook book. He showed me a banana bread recipe and said, "mom, what does this mean Llllegg, ohhhh, 1 egg! That makes more sense." And then we all laughed.
7. Since I started making them study more during the school day, I have left reading for their own time. But I told them that they could get candy or snack cakes for every chapter books. Rachel read 4 books this week.
8. Anya passed off her science and is doing well on her next project which is to memorize Joseph Smith's First Vision. 
9. Joseph is the fartherest along in memorizing out of Adam, Rachel, and Anya. He does not sit well, but he has a quick mind.
10. Joshua always has a project going and it is always messy. He builds legos while drawing the instructions, so for that he has out legos, crayons, and papers. He has a large roll of paper that he draws very large whales and other fish. Then he cuts them all out and sometimes cuts them into puzzles. That makes lots of bits of paper everywhere along with crayons and scissors. But while he is messy, Josh never needs entertaining and he is never at a loss for something to do.
11. Arwen is like Josh. She always has something she is doing, whether it is coloring, looking through a large stack of books, or dumping out all of her toys to make a big world. She always has a big mess too, but is always busy in her little imaginary world. 
12. I think I can officially say that Susan is potty trained. I took her out of diapers at night and she has not pooped her pants since. I am not sure how that is related but it was a day and night scenario. 
13. I forgot to bring Sam's pacifier to church today, which made for a very difficult three hours. He didn't cry, but he gabbed loudly and shouted a lot. He also kept getting into things. Every time I put him down he either found a trashcan or an electrical socket to play with. 

Pictures

This is a lego spaceship Johnny made for the small spaceship lego competition

Our 2nd 1000 piece puzzle of the year