Homeschool Preparations Underway

I can't believe that we are already underway on our homeschool preparations! It seems like only yesterday that we were bringing our angel home from the hospital! Wow, how the time has flown!


The Lord so graciously provided this wonderful desk for us through our church family.




We were also given a very large map of the United States. Dacia Grace immediately had it on the floor and was laying down to inspect it. She really enjoys her maps!

Pointing out where Ma-Ma and Ye-Ye live.

Searching for Canada.

A map Mommy! A real map!

It's Official!

Yes, the Hom family has grown by one!

Without further ado, here is a picture of our latest addition.

Tiaberry is 3/4 shih tzu and 1/4 pekingese.
Tiaberry is 100% Chinese which is a very appropriate dog for us.

Shih tzu and Pekingese dogs were bred as guard dogs for the Imperial City.

Tiaberry spends much of her time guarding the Fanno Lodge!

We are very happy to have Tiaberry!

Too Precious To Forget!

Last night was a beautiful night for a walk with my dear daughter Dacia Grace and our dog, Tiaberry. The sky was a beautiful blue and the moon was just a sliver with the outline of the rest of the moon showing. The contrails in the sky were just dreamy. (Sorry no pictures.....just a word picture for you!) The temperature was beautiful.....not too cool not too warm....perfect short sleeve and skirt weather......

Dacia Grace pointing to the moon, "Is that God's finger, Mommy? Doesn't it look like He's drawing in the sky" as she points to the contrails.

Mommy responds, "It certainly is beautiful. Is that what it looks like to you?"

Dacia Grace in hushed wonder, "It DOES Mommy. His finger just for ME!"

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Today as I was taking a few minutes to read.

"Mommy, what are you reading?"

"A book about God."

"What's it called?"

"The Pursuit of God"

"Oh, it's about God. Would you please read it to me, Mommy?"

"It's a little hard to understand."

"That's okay. It's about God. Just 'plain it to me. I want to read about God!"

How precious! What a wonderful reminder to continually teach Dacia Grace about the love and grace Jesus has for each of us. Yes, I did read it to her.

"My soul followeth hard after thee:
thy right hand upholdeth me. Psalm 63:8"

After a brief explanation she began dancing and singing, "I am dancing and He is holding me up along with the WHOLE PLANET and Tia!" This is what she sang as she went off to take a nap!

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Fire Safety Unit Quiz

Mommy: Dacia Grace, what does it mean when the smoke detector goes off in the house?

Dacia Grace with innocent smile: Mommy is burning something in the kitchen.

Mommy thinks and then poses the question another way as any good homeschooling mom would do: Well what should you do when you hear the smoke detector go off in the house?

Dacia Grace approaching the wall where the smoke detector hangs: Stand under it like this with a towel and wave it until the smoke detector goes off....oh and say a few words that you don't like me to say.

Yeah.....Good teaching Mommy! I think you may win the Mother of the Year Award yet!

Card Making 101

Course Description: Learn how to make 6 quick and easy postcards for your beloved aunties using stickers on hand. The more stickers the merrier the card!

Course Objective: Have fun and bless aunties with surprise postcards.

Course Expenditures: Standard USPS first class postage applies.

Results are PRICELESS MEMORIES!

Magic Eraser Freebie

I learned about this offer from another blog that I have on Reader. I have found quite a few good deals here including a year's subscription FREE to Woman's Day, Business Week and Prevention.

Since I really think that the Magic Eraser is such a great product I just had to pass on the information on how to receive two FREE erasers in the mail. There is absolutely no strings attached. The Magic Eraser has been used at my house to clean crayon off of walls and floors, permanent marker off of dry erase boards and many other things.

Without further ado, just click on the link and fill in your shipping information. Wait a few weeks. Enjoy two new FREE Magic Erasers! :)

Note: I do not know how long this offer will be good so act quickly!

Cookie Monster

I was hungry for some Soft Ginger Cookies like my grandmother used to make me. Unfortunately I did not have a lot of time so I searched the pantry and found a box of Betty Crocker's Gingerbread mix. Looking on the side panel rewarded me with a modified recipe and we were in business. As might be expected they did not taste the same as what I remembered but they did hit the spot. Here are some pictures of Dacia Grace enjoying the process. She is the cutest little Cookie Monster in town!