Pumpkin Patch 2010

It's that time of year again when we become Pumpkin Patch mistresses, visiting everyone we can find. Already have hit Clayton and now Peasant Hill.

I was lucky enough to have some of the best company on the planet during our adventure. Ellie has Lucas and Hava has Dashel two of the cutest kinds ever (minus the two others that were in school at the time of our visit)

I LOVE ELLIE AND HAVA

They are two of the most amazing Mom's I have ever met and to top it all off we all share the same Birthday, Ellie one day before Hava and I. It as if we were a meant to be Mommy troupe and I always have a blast when I am with them. Plus it does not hurt that they are hilarious and crazy just like me ... well the crazy part anyway.

Enjoy the trillion pics

Happy Harvest

Lucas,Cohen,Dashel

AKA Raccoon,Bear,Raccoon

PROOF

Sorry Ellie I had to put you and your phallic camera in for laughs

Science Today

Environmental Science 101

Turkey on roof

Gobble Gobble to turkey on the neighbors roof

Turkey flew away

Mom: "OMGOSH Parker, come check out this CRAZY turkey on our roof"

Parker: "OMGOSH Mom that IS crazy .... How did it get up there? Can Turkey's fly?Who is he Gobbling to?Is that a boy or a girl turkey?Why do they live so close to our house Mom? How much does he weigh? WOW this is CRAZY"

Mom: "Parker, I have and idea let's go inside and google all about turkey's and then write a funny story on how that silly turkey got on our roof"

Parker: "OKAY LET'S GO!"

= environmental science MONDAY DONE

This is a bit Strange

It does feel a little funny to be doing 3rd grade

curriculum planning. Cutting a creative writing page prompt

all the while listening to my ipod ... Eminem .... is that wrong?

TOTALLY EDUCATIONAL ... right?

The GANGSTA homeschooling Mom

WORD!

Parker is NINE and we had a GREAT Birthday celebration.

Parker is slightly obsessed with everything Garfield at the moment, so

the decoration of the wonderful cake was left to the master.

Then for his big Birthday celebration we took a drive to the Sonoma

Hills and took flying trapeze lessons. Parker

rocked it and Cohen made it half way up the latter. We decided

Beans is mostly brave when no one is watching, but with

an audience he second guesses himself.

Enjoy the CRAZY pictures of the out of the ordinary

Stockbridge experiences.

Happy Birthday Parker

Your eager heart and creative mind

make me a better Mom.

I love you with all my heart and I

am excited to see who

you become to this world.

Just Some Good Pictures

GIANTS JOBL Pee Wee Player COHEN

2010 GIANTS

Pee Wee Baseball

Cohen started Pee Wee Baseball for Fall ball this season

and is LOVING it!

At first Mom and Dad were a bit concerned because it is a 4yr-6yr range and

lets just say, when kids have played before that is quite a age gap.

I thought for sure it was not going to work when he started calling his

glove his mitten, but he proved us all TOTALLY wrong.

At last Saturdays game he hit his first ball and got all the way to second before

our last up to bat was struck out. BOO HOO...

His face was AWESOME, he was so stoked to have even made contact with the

ball that 2nd base was an added bonus. He received the game ball and it felt like he won the

world series for all of us.

The ball will be framed and kept under lock and key.

Can't wait for his first home run!

We are SO proud #3

game ball

right after coach handed him the ball he turned to me with this precious proud face.

I love you beans

coach handing him game ball

FIRST BASE

GO... SECOND BASE

"THE HIT"

Parker taking my picture at the port o potty NICE!

Coach and the Beans covering first base "baseball ready"

HOLY BUSY!!! we're going through changes

Glass blowing in Benicia

How many Licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop Kids VS. Mom



Salt Crystals

Melting sugar making candy

It started out like any other day of any other grade we have entered so far.

With me convincing myself this process is the only process. Me worried he was being left behind. Me hoping his little soul is not being crushed in this process. Me wondering is this the BEST thing for PARKER.

WEEK TWO

WEDNESDAY

I picked him up and we never returned

I spent long nights and long days researching homeschooling. What do I want to do ISP,Charter, PSP? What method are we going to use? What curriculum will we decide on?

Well, it is decided Parker is a 3rd grade homeschooler.

WE LOVE IT!!!!!!!

He is so happy and content. Days are long for me, but I finally am feeling light and airy about his learning process and he is not forced to keep up. We can get to it when HE is ready NOT when 34 other kids from his overcrowded class decide it's time to move on to the next level. Plus Field trips last week were awesome. We went to the candy store after watching candy making on you tube. Studying heat we melted sugar and went and saw glass blowing.

He does play dates and we start a homeschooliong bible study this Wed.

Also, we are still in the Mt. Diablo School Dist. because we basically chose independent study with me having the freedom to choose his curriculum. This means we can still be involved with his old schools extracurricular activities. On Fridays he goes in for some Language Arts tutoring and goes to an Art class with his old third grade class to keep the social stuff up to par.

Can't lie I was excited to get some time to myself. Wanted it for about 9 years now. Cohen started pre-K and I was looking forward to finding myself again with them both in school. A few shed tears and one look at Parker and the decision was easily made.

Cohen still goes to Pre-K 3 days a week and that gives me needed one on one time with Parker.

These pictures are what my life looks like now

LOTS of library time and working on the floor at home.