It Has Started

School has officially begun in our home!

3 bright and cheery faces greeted us this morning as we rolled out of bed.

We had printed out a to do list for each of them the night before so they were already hard at work with their morning chores. Oh how I hope this excitement lasts!

( Goofing around )

 As Mr. is now working from home he is able to be a bigger part of our day. His main homeschool function is to lead the family in Devotions and Praise and Worship time. 

Little Mr. now 3 yrs. old created havoc wherever he went till I got smart and sat him down with his own "school work". That kept him busy for quite a while, later leaving the kitchen table with 

marker "tattooed" arms!  But the peace that prevailed was well worth it!

The girls were very excited to do school so we spent the better part of the morning getting reacquainted with all our learning items!

Victory on the first day! They love to learn! Yes!

Highly Organized Chaos

 I thought I'd share a look at my home on a typical day......

My home is fun, not always neat (rarely neat),

             My home is often the recipient of creative outbursts like paint swatches on the wall or as seen reflected in the mirror under "Bob The Deer", giant white cloud puffs painted around doorways.

My home also boasts clothes piles -folded and unfolded, dishes in the sink, and cheerio trails leading to kids with glitter and glue matted in their hair and marker stains on their hands.

My life and home are both full of adventure and love and that to me is worth a bit of highly organized chaos!

Enjoy your family and friends!

Adventures of Renting

This is the 9th house I have lived in since marrying my Mr. 11 years ago.
Only one of those homes was owned and the rest have been quite an adventure!
There are joys and woes of renting.... for one we don't have to pay for or fix any major problems. On the other hand, I and my entire family are artists and don't have the right to be as creative with the house as we'd like....for instance, we can't attach a giant flamingo to the roof.
  That being said 3 days after moving into our latest adventure ( just last week ) we had an Alice in Wonderland Tea party for our little Ballerina.

 I Know, I know, what was I thinking, right?  Well her actual birthday had come and gone the previous week. Since 7 year olds don't have the greatest concept of time , explaining that we would have a party soon.....wasn't working!

 As you can see I did manage to throw some charm and kitsch around the house but random items still rested here and there.  i'm an old pro at making quick work of unpacking and decorating!

So yes, the party was thrown together last minute and yes, there were boxes everywhere, but all in all my little girl was happy and had fun.......so it was a success and now on to the rest of the adventure!