My Simple Woman's Daybook 8/31/2009

Outside my window... it is cool and I love it!I am thinking... we might need to take Tim to the doctor for his kidney stones.I am thankful for... the tile friends blessed us with for our kitchen.From our lessons plans... we are stating Five In a Row this week and going over The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack, working on days of the week and weather.From the kitchen...Monday- ChineseTuesday- Tater Tot CasseroleWednesday- BBQ SandwichesThursday- Garlic Butter Chicken and ChipsFriday- Hamburgers and Hot dogs (at the lake)Saturday- Toasted Turkey...

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Five In a Row

Monday is a big day at the Knox house, the boys and I get to start learning in a whole new way. We are going though a book called Five In a Row. Five In a Row focuses on the same children's book for five days with a different subject each day. For example, the first book will be The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack. For five days we will read though the book everyday and go over a different subject each day. On Monday we will learn about Social Studies, Tuesday will be Language Arts, Wednesday will be Art, Thursday will be Math, and Friday will...

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My Simple Woman's Daybook 8/24/2009

Outside my Window... I love that the weather is getting cooler.I am thinking... I need to start drinking more water for me and baby Abigail.I am thankful for... The family time that we have been having together at night.From our lesson plans... We are reading a lot, working on the days or the week, and weather.From the kitchen...Monday- Creamy Noodle and Broccoli Cheese SoupTuesday- BBQWednesday- Take outThursday- Breakfast BurritosFriday- Lemon Grilled ChickenSaturday- Beef StroganoffSunday- PizzaI am going...Monday-Gym, Ignite kickoff (homeschool...

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Time with my Mother-In-Law

We went and spent a day with my in-laws and had a wonderful time. I love the time that I get to sit with my mother-in-law and learn from her. We where talking about how my heart has changed so much over the past year on being a wife and mother and how much I enjoy it now. She gave me a card to put in my bible and I thought I would share it.A man's house is his fortress in a weary world, where a woman's hand buckles on his armor in the morning and soothes his fatigue and wounds at night. Frank CraneMy prayer is that I can become this type of woman...

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Baseball Game

My parents blessed us with great seats to the RedHawks baseball game. The boys loved everything about it. We had a wonderful family nig...

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Cooking More

I have decided I would like to start cooking more at home. Tim and I signed up for a new menu plan called e-mealz. I went to the store tonight to get all the ingredients for the 7 new meals I am making this week. While at the store I realize I did not know what half the stuff was on the instructions. I called my sweet friend Ali and she walked me though the store (she has been doing this for years now) and I made it though the store in an hour. Tim is really looking forward to me cooking this week, so pray it all works out=)1.Easy Chicken Meal2.Hawaiian...

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