Saturday, December 21, 2013

 Glory decided she wanted to write today   :)  All by herself 
 "Mama"  
"i wanna draw the word oswald! How do i spell it?" 
... She is watching oswald on tv right now ... This is so awesome!
 She had trouble with the s but didnt give up!

Monday, December 16, 2013

Now and then

 Adventure Aquarium homeschool trip   2011
Adventure Aquarium homeschool trip   2012
Adventure Aquarium homeschool trip   2013

Monday, September 9, 2013

Its been a while ... just checking in again.    :)   Here are some pictures to show what we've been up to ... and a couple videos as well.


 Glory had a way cool 3rd birthday full of amazing toys we found used including this amazing batcave she loves to play with dada
 Glory was diagnosed with Asthma
 We have entered the world of Quadrilla
Kindling fascination with nature as always <3
We added a new member to the family  <3

 Riding season started up again for the fall/winter season

 Glory = Nature
 Harley for her 3rd birthday ... pretty awesome
 decided to grow her hair long ... so we had a talk about taking care of hair vs cutting it and she now lets us wash brush and put clips in her hair to keep it out of her eyes  <3
totally cool 3rd birthday cake  ... can you tell she loves the movie Cars?  :) 
i can go on and on and on ... but i will end with these two videos and repeat she JUST TURNED 3

and yes ... she is  R E A D I N G ... 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200613834967672&set=vb.1213666705&type=2&theater

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Just checkin in ...





It's been a while since i've updated Glory's blog ... since time is precious around here.  Wouldn't you know it Glory has been doing so well in her horse riding program her instructor has asked us if she can enter her in the world's famous Devon Horse Show in may!  http://www.devonhorseshow.net/   What an experience this will be !  We are planning on taking the long way there .. leaving time for plenty of stops along the way as well as spending some extra time in the area to enjoy ourselves; we are planning on camping!  will be Glory's first camping trip!  yay!  ps   considering that i've pretty much turned 'unschooler' i was surprised to also learn that Glory's blog will be linked up with an article on homeschool preschooling !  double wow!


Friday, December 7, 2012

Horse Progam Day 1

DAY 1 Baker Stable





Just LOVE her attention to her instructor









Wonderful ... just wonderful day full of learning





<3  cant wait till sunday for day 2 <3

Monday, October 22, 2012

Ring around the Horsie



Just found out tonite some amazingly great ! possibly life changing news for Glory!  I took her to a farm in Galloway this past weekend.  I have been trying to find an outlet for her love of horses.  It started when she was only 10 months old and has been increasing ever since.  She is completely obsessed.  Well this farm i took her to, they had pony rides.  I started asking questions (although i didn't have my hopes up cause every place i've looked into has a 5 years old and up policy).  I have been emailing the owner since saturday, and well i found out tonite not only do they allow classes starting at age 3 ... they are taking Glory early because she is 'such a natural' ! she starts in NOVEMBER! next month !!!! .... AND ... they have a work for training program where as she gets older she can work off her lessons doing work on the farm!!  Our lack of being rich monetarily will not get in her way !!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!  oh i'm SOOOOOO excited for Glory!!!!!  I can't wait to watch her in her journey and help cultivate her deep love for horses.

I also found this link tonite ... posting it to keep track of it so i don't lose it.  

Horses and homeschooling:
 http://www.homeeddirectory.com/blog/horses-and-home-schooling-%E2%80%93-learn-about-animal-they-love

Glory's Words (in order of when spoken and constantly used)

Glory's Words (in order of when spoken and constantly used)

1. 'Dada' (3 months)
2. 'Mama' (4 months)
3. 'Kitty' (7 months)
4. 'Doggie' (8 months)
5. 'Baba' -bottle- (8 months)
6. 'uh oh' - when dropping something (or throwing something :)
7. 'No no no no' -when about to do something she knows she's not supposed to do- (9 months)
8. Hot (9 months)
9. 'This?' -what is this?- (10 months)
10. 'That' - i want that- (10 months)
11. 'mooooohh' - Elmo from sesame street (10 months)
12. 'Aeeyyy' - Abby from sesame street (11 months)
13. 'Ert' - Bert from sesame street (11 months)
14. 'Ernie' - from sesame street (1 year)
15. 'Weeee' - thanks to little people playground
16. 'Block' - building blocks
17. 'Fish' - because of a picture book
18. 'Tree' - because of a trip to the park
19. 'Cook' - (13 months)
20. 'Cup'
21. 'look kittie !'
22. 'Bath'
23. 'Kiss'
24. 'ook' - Book (she can't say the letter 'b')
25. 'Ducky' (15 months)
26. 'Coke' - when pointing to my can of soda
27. 'touch that?' - when pointing to the painting in the living room that we lift her up and let her touch.
28. 'No' (while shaking her head no) -when she doesn't want to do something or doesn't like something or is done eating or drinking
29. 'Woo Woo' (poop)
30. 'Yeah' (yes)
31. 'Clock'
32. 'I' (for 'I love you through and through' her favorite book)
33. 'Froggie' (16 months)
34. 'Wow!'
35. 'Giraffe'
36. 'Wash'
37. 'Yucky'
38. 'Horsey'
39. 'Eyes'
40. 'Rock'
41. 'Nice Kitty'
42. 'Mouse'
43. 'Hair'
44. 'Nose'
45. 'Mouth'
46. 'Cookie' 17 months
47. 'Monkey'
48. 'Elephant'
49. 'Kiss'
50. 'Alligator' (thanks to starfall)
51. 'Cheese'
52. 'Hi' (Hiiieeeey! LOL)
53. 'Nice' (gentle - after being told to 'be nice' ie don't hit)
54. 'Oh No!'
55. 'Splash!' (thanks to little people bath bar)
56. 'Dolphin' ("")
57. 'Pocoyo'
58. 'Bye Bye Dada'
59. 'No No No Bad Kitty!'
60. 'Arrrggh' (like a pirate - thanks to backyardigans)
61. 'Blues Clues'
62. 'My Paci!' (Pacifier)
63. 'Cool!'
64. ' A Clue ! A Clue!' (from blues clues -when she saw a blue paw print on the tag for her unicorn)
65.'Good dog woof!' (after Ubu sit at the end of family ties lol)
66. First song with actual words 'Blues cluuuuuues Blues clues'
67. 'Ooooo wow cool!!!' 18 months
68. 'Color?' (when she wants her crayons)
69. 'Chair'
70. 'Turtle' (blues turtle Torqoise)
71. 'A' (the letter)
72. 'Cheek' (learning names of body parts)
73. 'Doll'
74. 'B' (the letter)
75. 'Ball'
76. 'C' (the letter)
77. 'D' (the letter)
78. 'E' (the letter)
79. 'Juice'
80. 'Ooooooh wow!! Look!!!! Look !!!' (while pointing wildly at something she likes)
81. 'five?' (as in gimme five) :)
82. 'wazzzat?' ('what's that?')
83. 'Here ya go' (when handing us something)
84. 'Ostrich' ! (wow! thank you little people a-z zoo)
85. 'what's this?'
86. 'Oscar the grouch' (double wow! playing with her Oscar the grouch doll and she said 'what's this?' lol so i told her and now she knows !)
87. 'Big Horsey'
88. 'Dinasaur!'
89. 'Bye Bye See ya later' (19 months)
90. A reAffirmed Passion for saying the word 'No!' to just about everything.
91. The whole Alphabet !! (i'm not going to list each letter individually lol including their sounds!)
92. 'Blue'
93. 'Stop!'
94. 'Go!'
95. 'Igloo' (thanks to Starfall.com)
96. 'Car'
97. 'Shoes'
98. 'Apple!' (Finally! lol)
99. 'Yes!'
100. 'Thank You.' :) my favorite so far
101. 'Up'
102. 'Down'
103. 'On'
104. 'Off'
105. 'Nasty!' lol
106. 'Yucky'
107. 'Pig'
108. 'Cow'
109. 'Popcorn'
110. 'Girl'
111. 'Yellow'
112. 'Red'
113. 'Pink'
114. 'Green'
115 'Purple'
116. 'Black'
117. 'White'
stopped counting :)