My 6 Little Ducks and Me.... Learning to Walk His Way: Puppies & Christmas

I can't believe it's been so long since I last posted an update. I partially blame fb. I can't blame it completely, really I am just slacking. Our days are filled with school, meals, dentist appts, meals, school, and puppy stuff. Yes, I said puppy. As if we didn't have enough mess making little ones, we added a puppy. We had 2, but one died from Parvo. It's a long story, but just a little advice. Be careful where you get dogs from. We named them Pumpkin and Patches. Patches had to be put to sleep, but Pumpkin is doing great now.

They are good friends. They eat cheerios and watch Mickey Mouse together. I am sure glad we have a 2 seater.

On the school front. We never got our usual Fall/apple lapbook done or our Thanksgiving one. We just seem to be running out of time. The kids are getting all their subjects done, so I am pleased. I am determined to get our Christmas lapbook done. We may be finishing up in the New Year. hahaha Carter is getting better at reading. Kiley is beginning to work independently more. We will be taking a day off here and there around Christmas. I usually just plan to do school if we are going to be home. If friends on their break call to get together or I make plans with them, we drop the books and visit. This system always seems to work good for us.

We have already started our Christmas celebrations. We had my Dad's family over this past weekend. The kids always get so excited to have people over. We are so thankful they are all willing to take the long drive out to the country to see us. One of the gifts my kids got were giant blow-up boxing gloves. They had a blast hitting each other and we dodged their swings and laughed.

My brother has 7 kids and I have 6. Here are the girls.

The boys never did sit and all look at the camera. I like to call these "life" pictures. They all have so much fun playing together.

I really did try...I have a few more of pretty much the same picture just a different boy not looking. hahahaa

We also had our annual Christmas home school party. It's so much fun the for the kids and we moms love to talk and visit. We all bring a dish and various supplies that are needed. The kids all brought a $2 gift and exchanged them.