Noo has been enrolled into Primary School as from next year. I’m not ready to discuss why we have decided to put him into school, all I’m going to say is “Its time”. He will be going to Grade 5 and is looking forward to this new adventure with a little apprehension. I’m sure its going to take a little adjustment for him, but he’ll thrive.
Koko, Fifi and Pixie will still be homeschooled for the foreseeable future.
After taking an extended break from blogging I’m back with allot of news.
Firstly, I’m pregnant. We found out in early January, Baby Bumble is due on September 14th, but will be born via c-sec probably on August 30th. I have Grade 4 placenta previa, so I’m on bedrest for the duration of my pregnancy. I must say, the bed rest is going better than I expected. I get more rest the days when no-one is here to help me than I do on the days when someone is here, go figure.
Secondly, Noo started Grade 3 in January and is doing really well. We are still using the Clonard Curriculum. He started reading the Beast Quest series and has finished the first book Ferno the Fire Dragon and now we are anxiously awaiting the second book, Sepron the Sea Serpent. I’ve decided that I will be ordering 3 books at a time to make sure the next one is here as he finishes a book in the series, LOL.
Here he is with his first science book completion certificate. He is so proud of himself ♥
Koko has officially started a preschool program, I’ll post more on that a little later. I’ve pooled a whole lot of resources from all over, including the bulk of which is from the 1+1+1=1 Raising Rock Stars Preschool program. The PowerPoint Presentations have made a huge difference in our school day. But more on that in a post yet to come.
“Driving” Daddy’s car before it was taken to the dealership and traded for a bigger car, Renault Grand Scenic, to make space for Baby Bumble ♥
Fifi celebrated her second birthday on February 4th, she is crazy about monkeys and I decided that was the theme we were going to go with, she loved it. She is also fully day time potty trained. She has grown into such a beautiful little girl ♥
The Birthday Girl on her birthday ♥ She had a few friends come over for cake and snacks and got spoilt rotten.
Fifi got the My Pal Violet from Leapfrog. She LOVES her puppy. She won’t sleep without her ♥♥♥
I couldn’t find a monkey themed top for her, so I painted a Monkey’s face on one of her T’s with glitter glue, unfortunately, it washed out, but it was so cute!
A very good friend made her cake (she makes all the children’s birthday cakes), isn’t it gorgeous ♥
Another friend made her cupcakes ♥
I’ll be taking an extended break from blogging for a while till my blogging mojo returns from its extended holiday.
See you all in the new year
I haven’t updated my blog in quite a while, I have SO much catching up to do *blush*
New posts will be going up during the course of this week, watch this space
~Koko is 34 months old~
Because space is such an issue here, I’ve modified Carissa’s Tot Trays to suit our needs. After realising how well workboxes have worked for Noo, I decided to create Tot School Tot Boxes. I bought 5 deep containers with lids, from Westpack, for the Tiny Tag Alongs and labelled each one Monday through Friday with the labels I created.
I am a planner and like to plan activities for an entire week giving me more time with the children during the week. I’ve made two labels per box, so that they can get accustomed to removing a label as they complete a box, as Noo does when he has completed a workbox.
Each box will be filled with an activity/tot book for a specific day at the beginning of the week and stacked. During our tot school activities the Tiny Tag Alongs will be given their relevant Tot Box to work on. I’m super excited to get this started. I’ve been so badly organised where it comes to their “lessons”. At this point in time I only have Tot Boxes for Koko as Fifi is still in the play and explore phase.
Here are the Koko’s Tot Boxes
In the storage container, packed for easy access. Activities that are to big to fit in the boxes, will be put in the storage container and a note will be put in the Tot Box explaining the activity
These tot boxes can be put away under the table. It has a “tamper proof” lid for the littlies.
Our Tot Box lables
Koko loves Lightening McQueen, so I made him “Cars” themed tags and Fifi has a Miffy blanky that she has adored since birth, and thats why she has Miffy themed lables.
Download Tot Box Tags
Plain black and white
Cars
Miffy
God blessed us with a son who is turning seven today,
every day we see His love in you, true as the purest gem.
from His all knowing heart, His very best He sends,
may He keep you always in His tender loving care.
we thank God for all you our son, we’re glad for all you tend,
from a strong yet tender heart and a core that never ends.
as cute as a bug, you are so precious to hug,
a dear child who brings out the sunshine to those who are near.
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