Happy Birthday

Today is my 7th child's birthday,she is 10 yrs. old.'Busy Bee' is always full of energy!She loves to read,cross stitch,crochet,can play several songs on our keyboard and wants to learn to play violin.
She was born at a birthing center with a midwife,she was breech(hiney first),which was a big surprise but she came with no trouble.She weighed almost 9 lbs. and was 21 in.
She is a joy and a blessing!



'Busy Bee' when she was 3yrs



'Busy Bee' 10 yrs

Wordless Wednesday

Our House

Our House
By Edgar Guest
We play at our house and have all sorts of fun,
An’ there’s always a game when supper is done;
An’ at our house there’s marks on the walls an’ the stairs,
An’ some terrible scratches on some of the chairs;
An’ ma says that our house is surely a fright,
But pa and I say that our house is all right.
At our house we laugh an’ we sing an’ we shout,
An’ whirl all the chairs and the tables about,
An’ I rassle my pa an’ I get him down too,
An’ he’s all out of breath when the fightin’ is through;
Am’ ma says our house is surely a sight,
But pa an’ I say that our house is all right.
I’ve been to houses with pa where I hadTo sit in a chair like a good little lad,
An’ there wasn’t a mark on the walls an’ the chairs,
An’ the stuff that we have couldn’t come up to theirs;
An’ pa said to ma that for all of their joy
He wouldn’t change places and give up his boy.
They never have races nor rassles nor fights.
Coz they have no children to play with at nights;
An’ their walls are all clean and their curtains hang straight,
An’ everthing’s shiny an’ right up to date;But pa says with all of its racket an’ fuss,
He’d rather by far live at our house with us.

Wordless Wednesday

Explode The Code

Explode The Code is a wonderful set of workbooks to teach kids to read,I have used them with all of my children except the three oldest,I didn't know about them then.My children that have used this series are good spellers.I teach my kids the alphabet and letter sounds and then start them in these.I also use You Can Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons.

My son and his sweetheart

Valentines

188 million Valentine's Day cards are exchanged annually, making Valentine's Day the second-most popular greeting-card-giving occasion. (This total excludes packaged kids valentines for classroom exchanges.) (Source: Hallmark research)
Over 50 percent of all Valentine's Day cards are purchased in the six days prior to the observance, making Valentine's Day a procrastinator's delight. (Source: Hallmark research)
Research reveals that more than half of the U.S. population celebrates Valentine's Day by purchasing a greeting card. (Source: Hallmark research)

History of Valentines:http://link.history.com/services/link/bcpid6555686001/bclid1672160848/bctid1407959235

History of Valentines Cards:

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