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Baby Takeover!

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We know how to take care of babies around here. We know how to do school with babies, too. But our skills must be dusty because Little Mister took over everything! Not that we minded so much. 😉 Little Mister during literature and history Little Mister during our walk Little Mister during chore time Little Mister when we would have been doing anatomy Little Mister during dance Little Mister during literature, again Things we did do while he was with us this week: *Chores *Morning Meeting *Math *Cursive/Copywork *Grammar *Literature *Eastern Hemisphere *Independent schoolwork *Dance *Go on a few walks *Church Activities *CAP (technically after he left for the day) *Sewing *Sent kids to work *Last day of Beowulf's and Lola's gardening apprenticeship for the season *Had friends over *Had my parents over Things we did NOT do while he was with us this week: *Anatomy *US Presidents *Poetry *Anything else we might have done if we hadn't needed to cater to the needs of a 5-month-ol...
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The Skirts Are Sewn

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Our basement right now I have been only half-present with my family for the past couple of weeks.   As Baymax said, "All Mom does is sew, give us food, and sleep!" And he was absolutely right. But the skirts are finished. I still have accessories to make, but Nature Angel can help with those, and they are such a small project compared to 14 tiered skirts. Did I have offers to help? Yes. But I was designing each skirt as I went.  I was using sheets, cut up men's XXL shirts, and bed skirts--all from the thrift store--to make skirts individually without a pattern. It would have taken me as long to put kits/instructions together as it did for me to sew them.  I even talked it over with our director to make sure I wasn't being stupid, and she agreed that it made sense for me to just get the job done. And they're so cute!!!! Hopefully I'll post pictures next week after our dress rehearsal. Nature Angel sewed 3 new skirts for our opener. I didn't have to sew them...
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Surprise!

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  Here are my oldest four girls. My first set of babies. Looking so beautiful! A childhood friend got married this weekend, so Pixie flew out, and Super Star drove over, and all four of them attended the wedding an hour or so away from here. Pixie's arrival was a complete surprise (she loves to do that!).   And we have just laughed ourselves sick having all of us together. As I write, I have a ham in the oven, pumpkin desserts on the counter, side dishes to prepare, and dinner with all 13 kids (12+1 son-in-law) and Sir Walter Scott to look forward to. The weather also finally decided to be fall today. It's such a happy day!! As for school and all . . . after taking a kind-of-break while Little Princess was gone, I'm having a hard time finding our rhythm again. It doesn't help that I'm making getting outside with the kids a priority. And I know that the outside time counts! I do! It's kind of ridiculous that I feel guilty about doing bookwork because we need the ...
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