366 Days of Pictures in 2012!-Day 46

The boy tested over the weekend to progress a belt level in Martial Arts, however the results ceremony wasn't until Monday night. The boy takes Drama on Monday nights and wasn't able to attend the ceremony so today at his Martial Arts Class he was able to have his own private results ceremony! He progressed from yellow belt to gold belt. What a proud little guy!

366 Days of Pictures in 2012!-Day 45

We had a great time bowling today to celebrate Valentine's Day! The boy just informed me that the ball he was throwing in the picture was a strike! 

Some Valentine's Day history and resources

Valentine's Day is one of the most celebrated days of love in history. Does anyone really know the true "history" behind it? In church every year our pastor tells of the story of St. Valentine, who defied Claudius II law that all men remain single so that they would be better soldiers, and continued to conduct marital services in private. Later Valentine was sentenced to death. In our homeschool we've looked up many resources for the history of Valentine's Day, here are some that we've found informative and productive;

History.com

Kaboose which also offers some pretty cool crafts for V-Day.

apples4theteacher also offers crafts as well as interactive computer games.

Holiday Cook complete with Valentine menu suggestions .

Everything Valentine's Day that also gives Valentine customs from around the world.

So off we go to celebrate and exchange Valentine's with our friends! Happy Valentine's day!

366 Days of Pictures in 2012!-Day 44~Valentine plans??

Today was a busy day. School work, drama, and many preparations for the much anticipated Valentine's Day tomorrow. The kids had their choice of box cards or homemade cards. The girl picked a little of both, but the boy picked box cards for his friends but bought a nice Hallmark card for his special someone that he wanted to be his Valentine. 

So Tomorrow, for the most part, we'll take time off from the academics to go bowling with our friends, exchange Valentine's, and all around enjoy good company! 

What are your Valentine plans?

366 Days of Pictures in 2012!-Day 43 Wrestling

Again I seem to be a day behind posting, the picture was however taken yesterday. 

My little wrestler was patiently waiting for his next match with daddy while watching other wrestling matches in the mean time.  

His older brother wrestled also. he came to me 13 years ago, six years old, big bright blue eyes, asking if he could wrestle. I visualized WWF or WWE whatever it is now and adamantly told him no. He persisted. He finally talked me into talking to the person in charge of the program who finally talked me into letting him give it a try. It didn't take me long to realized that the actually sport, wrestling, is nothing like what you see on T.V. 

It is a sport that teaches confidence, integrity, stamina, agility, balance, and quick thinking just to name a few of the positive attributes. My older son went on to finish his wrestling career taking second place in the state in his weight class before going off to college. 

The little guy, having so much admiration for his older brother has been wrestling since he was four, although we didn't let him wrestle in a tournament until he was five almost six. Being that he's only almost nine, we don't know if he'll want to continue wrestling, but what we do know is that we'll support whatever passion he has.

366 Days of Pictures in 2012!-Day 42

Delilah! She's a bit of an odd man out here in Casa Chaos. I'm not sure why, given the fact that all of our animals are related. She happened to be perched on the stairs just waiting for me to take her picture tonight. Good thing too! I hadn't yet taken even one picture today! My son tested in Martial Arts to progress a belt but it was so crowded that I didn't even bother taking my camera out of the bag. So Miss Delilah was just what I needed!

Keeping warm on a chilly winter night

On a chilly winter night some of my favorite things to keep warm are snuggling up with someone I love, and drinking hot tea with my princess! 

Maybe the tea was a little too warm.

Maybe we'll let it cool a bit more.

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