In my life this week....

In my life this week…

The beginning of the week can be summed up with two words: Stomach flu. Only my husband and the baby got away healthy. We were literally up all night with a vomiting 2 year old. On the upside, my 7 month old slept "through the night" for the first time the same night.You win some you lose some. 

We also got a new (to us) minivan! A 2009 Town & Country. It's the newest car we've ever owned, and the best part is that we  paid cash! Very, very cool! My husband & father in law drove 6 hours (one way!) to claim this Craigslist find. The hubs insisted it was worth it.

I'm grateful for....

Our typically healthy state. It's pretty rare for us to get utterly wiped out like that, and, here we are, just a few short days later and we're all up & running again.

Things I’m working on…

A positive reinforcement chart. This is just as much for me as the kids. I find myself nit-picking lately. Not being clear as to what my expectations are. Like I said, we've all been sick so it's been an "off" week, but this can't become a habit.

We'll also be working on the 7 creative days for our Family Worship Evening, so we'll help the kids create a book depicting each 'day'.  I'm going to try to get most of the components ready before hand.  I'm ridiculously excited for this project.

My kids' favorite thing this week...

Corn meal in cookie trays. I saw this idea on Pinterest; initially I was utilizing it for honing pre-writing skills. The kids did that for awhile and then the cars came out to play. My oldest son (4) spent no less than an hour at a time driving the cars, making hills, burying the cars. He just couldn't get enough of it! My 2 year old daughter loved it too. She also spent a good amount of time using spoons and measuring cups.

Unsurprisingly, there was a lot of corn meal that ended up "escaping" their trays, but I'd say the mess was well worth it. 

I'm linking up to the Homeschool Mother's Journal over at the iHomeschool Network