Weekly Photo Collage :: 11/2/2012

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I didn’t get to a photo collage last Friday, it was just one of those weeks and I had to let something go.  We did have some nice weather, nice enough to do some school outside.  Jacob was working on some things when I wanted to take a picture, he wasn’t in the mood for a photo shoot!  We dog sat for a couple of days, the dog always provides lots of excitement to the house.  Good thing she is a good dog and really enjoys the kids because she never gets a moments peace when she’s here.
I posted about Jacob officially earning his 2nd degree junior black belt (same qualifications as a regular black belt, it’s considered a junior because of his age).  The pumpkin carrot tray was my contribution to the pot-luck after the Tae Kwon Do test.
We had a Halloween pot-luck to attend, and I made pumpkin muffins.  We had received some pie pumpkins from our CSA, the muffins were very good.  My husband said it was “the best muffin” he had ever eaten.  I’m not sure about that but they were good!  I’ll post the recipe next week.

I also needed to make a new batch of laundry detergent.  For some reason I always dread making it, it seems like an ordeal but it really only takes about 15 minutes, plus sitting overnight.  It’s so completely worth it, I will never pay for detergent at the store – what a waste of money!

Anna celebrated her birthday this week.  I love this picture, her siblings are just as excited as she is!

The bigger kids are almost done with their co-op for the semester.  They have thoroughly enjoyed all of their classes.  This week, Jacob made a robot in his Lego Robotics class.  

November is National Adoption Month and I did my first vlog.  It was fun to do and a good project for Jacob.  He got to tutor me in iMovie and YouTube 😉

Have a great weekend!

Homegrown Learners

First Holy Communion

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On Saturday Anna received her First Holy Communion.  She was both nervous and excited, she doesn’t like being the center of attention.  She did a wonderful job and it was a beautiful mass.  Her sisters were almost as excited as she was to help her get ready in the morning. Big brother Jacob helped serve […]

Summer Braids

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Summer curly hair can be a little bit of a challenge.  Finding a style that doesn’t take too much time, is easy on the hair, can be worn with a bike helmet, and while swimming?  That’s a tall order.  Thankfully there are moms out there who are much better at hair than I am, and […]

Swinging Braids

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I found a cute way to do Anna’s hair in swinging braids, or box braids.  In the past when I have tried to do a similar style, I couldn’t figure out a way to position the top braids so it wouldn’t look odd. I did the top in a bit of a side part and […]

A Hair Post

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This week when it was time to do Anna’s hair, I was inspired by a style at Happy Girl Hair.  One of our favorite styles is to leave it curly and loose with Kinky Curly hair products.  She has worn he hair curly for the last couple of weeks, so we were ready for some […]