Pretty Preschooler

Jordis will start kindergarten in the fall, but we have failed to enroll her in preschool. I know....tsk, tsk. Part of it is because we just don't want to spend the money, and the other part is that I want to keep her all to myself while Xander's at school. This is the last year EVER that she will be home all day, so I'm taking advantage of her company while she still likes to be around me. Don't worry, we don't play Wii all day.

We go to bible study on Tuesday mornings, volunteer at Xander's school on Tuesday afternoons and visit the nursing home on Wednesdays. We also try to go to the library once a week or every other week, we run errands, and she "helps" me with domestic chores. And sometimes, we have a little bit of school.

We're not having as much school as I had wanted, but we are learning what we need for her kindergarten testing. (Especially now that I know they expect five-year-olds to identify a rhombus). Look at this girl hold a pencil. She has some mad skills.

Since it's winter we did a little polar bear lesson recently. We read books about them, practiced writing the letter "P," did a worksheet, and made a craft.

Best of all, she enjoys learning. Christmas socks and all.

My great bargain!

I need some black socks to make a Halloween project, so yesterday I thought I'd head over to the Goodwill store to see if they had any. I didn't want to spend much money on them since they are to be used outside, but I knew they'd also probably be new because I don't think they sell used socks. So Goodwill was the perfect place to look.

I did find a nice new pair of thick black socks for .59-cents, so that will do for now.

But I also found this....


It was only $2 so I snatched it up. The kids weren't deserving of a new toy yesterday so I left it in the garage. But they've been really good today, so I went outside with them earlier, hosed it down, and cleaned it up. Now they're sitting in it as they watch Miss Spider.

The real question is how long we'll have it before they decide to turn it into something more suitable for their needs, like a stool.