Week at a Glance

You would think that I would go to bed since I am so exhausted. But I have a free moment. When everyone else is in bed and I can actually "think", is really the only time I can blog.

We got to go to the zoo again on Monday. This time we made it all the way around. Ashley was thirsty, so we quickly went through it.

When we got there, the first thing the kids did was get maps.

They all sat down and read their maps. I have no idea if they could actually read it or not, but they sure thought they were.

We did get to see some more animals. Someday, I'll have to go back and enjoy it by myself.

Here are some more pictures of the animals we saw.

I just love this picture of the leopard sleeping on the tree branch. I had only seen that in cartoons.

This is a little "tiny" cave along the path that the kids ducked into so Mommy could take a picture.

And in this picture Ashley is looking at the Alligators. I just thought it was a cute profile shot.

Then on Tuesday I took the kids to Centennial Park. They fed the ducks and geese with goldfish crackers.

I just love orange on my kids. I wouldn't have thought to buy them. But this is one of the hand me downs and I just love them.

Wednesday and Thursday were a blur, I don't even remember what happened. Friday was a BIG day! Greg and I went to the curriculum fair. We got or ordered everything for starting to homeschool in the Fall. I'm actually excited now. Everyone I talk to has such different oppinions on what curriculum you should use. I felt myself defending my decision before I even got it. That is very frustrating! Honestly I just don't know until I'm into it. I feel negatism (is that a word?) all around me. PLEASE, DON'T SAY ANYTHING UNLESS IT IS ENCOURAGING! Unfortunately, I am very affected by what people say and more times than not after talking to someone about homeschooling I feel like I'm going to be a failure. Or I think that that person thinks I'm going to be a failure. Either way it is not a healthy way to look at it. SO encouraging words only please. The kids ask everyday if they can start Kindergarten. They are very excited about me being their teacher.

So today was a BLAST! I went to Scrapin' Memories and had an all day crop. It was really fun. The owner of the plaza, Sophies Bistro, donated appetizers and they were incredible!!! I thought that was pretty smart, because I know now I will go to them. Tammy had lots of door prizes, games, contests and make-n-takes. Everybody got a door prize. I won the first game. It was several words that we needed to unscramble. They were not easy! But I finally got them all with a clue for the one word everyone was stuck on. And I won an 8x8 album.

Tomorrow is going to be a REALLY busy day. I'm not even sure we will get to do everything. Here are the events, but lots of them run into each other: Church, Church picnic, Graduation party, Usborne meeting, Harris Teeter (triple coupons), Greg works with Wes, I take kids to small group, I put kids to bed, love on neglected kitten, go to bed!

So that is my week in a nutshell! Or should I say this is Nut Chelle's week at a glance.

(My attempt at being funny late at night.) Ok so goodnight and God bless!