I know, I know......

I don't get it.......why do I have this blog? I don't have time for this. Never did. This is how my life goes. You see, I think something is a great idea and without thinking about it, I do it. Now I have this nagging voice in the back of my head saying "What about your blog?" So here I am, 4 months later than the last blog (and I know I promised to write more often).

We've had an eventful year so far. Starting with my 38th birthday.....WTF! When did I get old!
Then, my twins turned 10. They are becoming young ladies not kids....that makes me sad. Before long, they'll be off with their own interests (not wanting to hang with "old" mom and dad).
So, for their 10th birthday I had one of those "great ideas" and took the girls "camping". Mind you, it's the middle of January and the high that weekend was 28 degrees. We were camping in a cabin (with no heat but a fireplace). It's a two story cabin with a loft. The loft has 20 bunk beds (no mattress's) and was the only warm place in the cabin. That is good considering that is where we slept. But the level floor was soooooo cold, the draft coming in from outside just froze your feet instantly. I kept my coat on the entire time. We had fun though. Lot's of games, junk food, and laughing.

Our homeschool co-op started in February. Just more stuff added to my already busy life. I decided to teach the 3rd-5th graders World Geography. Do you know where Uzbekistan is? Me either! It's been interesting to say the least. A few weeks out of the 12 we are there, I bring in food from the particular country we're are studying. I recommend not doing this ever! What a waste! Those kids, almost all of them....hated everything I brought in. By about the 4th time, I started asking myself...."Why am I doing this?". Of course that didn't stop me, it just gave me a bigger drive to make something they'd like. We are going on week 11. I haven't found anything they all like, yet. This Monday is Mexico (chips and salsa). I might just have a winner!
My other class I teach is Spanish (in case you are wondering if I speak spanish, I don't). So it is hilarious teaching these kids a language I don't know myself. I'm learning a lot though, right along with them. Mostly we are just doing the basic stuff like colors, numbers, body parts, food, family members, animals. They are picking it up just as fast as I am.....LOL! (by the way, these are K-2nd grade I'm teaching so it's not like a high school requirement class).

Well, that's all I have time for now. Gotta go get school ready. Hope you enjoyed this and next blog I'll get into March/April events. [Probably in July]