Homeschooling.. oh the joys :)

What do you do when your husband gets called in to work last minute for an over time night shift????? You first Thank God for His faithfulness and your hard working honey :) then...... You put the kiddos to sleep at 8:30, pop yourself a bowl of pop corn and then get cozy in your bed with a Masterpiece movie, a chocolate see sucker to enjoy after the bowl of popcorn ( got to have something sweet after you eat something salty :), and your laptop so you can print all the new Target coupons(thats a whole other post :) and write a post for your blog:) Yep that is what you do and what I am doing right now!
So I was going to share a few things we did for homeschooling last week.... First I want to say if you have Round Table pizza near you then give them a call and see if they do tours, then gather a group of kids and get down there to take a tour.... This is what I did on Wednesday morning for our Youngsters Club... The boys had so much fun seeing what happens "behind the scenes"... walking into the big fridge, making a pizza and then the best part they got to enjoy a pizza snack and soda... and guess what... it was ALL FREE!!!!

 

Next ..... Have Daddy's day off be science project day!!!!

There is no way I could have done it by myself with needing to read the very poorly written directions, have the kids make sure they are recording their predictions, and results, get the items needed, etc.. etc... etc.. and still been patience and make it fun.. :) you get the picture... so a daddy is a MUST... We did the tasty science kit.. and let just say it wasn't so tasty after all but we learn about acid and bases, made our own soda, saw a cake with/ without leavening agent, made rock candy, flavored sugar.. It was very eventful :)

 

Then... when you have fellow homeschool friends over... Reading history is so much more exciting when you have your friend read it to you... They read the story of Buffalo Bill and after reading it went and reacted it in the backyard :)

 They sat and read for 45 minutes!!!!

  Next when you have a very needy little girl.....

And the boys are looking like this.....

 Know that even though you didn't get everything done....  It is time to STOP and enjoy some lunch outside

 

Homeschooling.. oh the joys :)

We were attacked by.....

 The FLU!!!!!!  It has been over a week since my last post.... I will blame it on the stomach flu that had me not in my normal state of being for 5 days!!! Despite the stomach flu I was able to celebrate Mother's day in a very special way thanks to my amazing husband.... He surprised my mom and I with tickets to see Cats in SF and a night at the Marriot. ( Yes he did score himself some MAJOR brownie points with this one! Now I just have to find a way to top this for Father's day even thought he always says no don't get me anything... so if you have any ideas I would love it!! :) Back to Mother's Day.... We had an amazing time just the two of us.. This is the first time we went away for a night just my mom and I since before I had kids I think!! Cats was really neat even though I didn't know the story line at all and couldn't figure it out until the finale scene :) But I have to say that the beds at the Marriot were the best part of the WHOLE thing.. they were AMAZING and we both had one all to ourselves.... and having the flu made them feel even better :) I guess Kaitlyn wanted to keep daddy busy while mommy was gone because she ended up with the flu that night.... poor baby girl. But a week later and the flu has left the Petit house. I am finally getting back into the swing of things.... And am so hungry now.. I guess not eating for 5 days will do that :) Here is a view into our house this past week!!

 This was so funny.. I had got Katie dressed in a cute t-shirt and shorts outfit Monday morning.... Poor baby girl really wasn't feeling good and what put her over the edge was the outfit mommy picked out.. She kept crying "not this one.. not this one..." it wasn't so clear as she was tying (crying) so it took me a good 5 minutes to finally figure out what she was saying.. In hopes to help her feel better stop crying ( because mommy had a major head ache ) we went in her closet and I let her pick out whatever she wanted to wear... and this is what she picked... The skirt almost didn't come off for bath time that evening but a Popsicle in the bath was enough to finally convince her!!!

 She ended up taking a 3 1/2 hr nap that day.. and for this girl you know that means she is sick ;(

 Despite our lovely sick week we did manage to get a trip to discovery kingdom with our friends in before the plague hit us....

 Jayden and Kayley

 Isn't this soo cute :)

 This is what the kids enjoyed the most that day... the water... I think mommy did too because we were able to just sit and watch them. It took Kaitlyn a good 20 minutes before she decided this was something she wanted to do. While she was figuring it out she went around to everyone's shoes and admired them and even tried to put a few pairs on.... this girl and shoes :)

 I love Jayden's face here :) I just wish it was a closer shot

The boys are lovin T Ball so Tuesday we had a family practice day... First in our backyard and then we went to our neighborhood park...

I better  go conquer  the mountain of laundry before it over takes our house!! I will post later about a few fun things we have been doing for homeschooling!