Saturday, March 26, 2011

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Talk about silly!!!

I think this was Shad's
first time doing hair...


Ouch...
Halee was such a good sport!!


The final product...


And of course ... Halee's turn!!

Just thought you
might need a laugh too!
(I can't stop laughing at the first pic)!

Monday, March 21, 2011

Our Cute 4-H goats!!!

My 10 and 12 year old kids are doing
4-H this year for the first time!!

They're SO EXCITED!!
Today we went and got their goats!!

Here is some pictures of the Cutie Pies!!



Halee named hers "Cody"


Chi chose to name his "Maple"




They like to eat shirts too!!

Saturday, March 12, 2011

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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Learning Link Technologies -- Learning Disabilities - Review


I received the opportunity to try out
Learning Link Technologies brain retraining program!
This program is for all sorts of learning Disabilities.
From their site...
  • 1 in 5 has dyslexia
  • 1 in 100 has autism
  • There are over 1 million diagnosed with ADD/ADHD
  • There are over 2.9 million students in Special Education
And this was a wake up call to me....
You Can’t Fix Poor Academics with More Academics.

Did you know that the brain can be rewired for learning? Which in turn leads to academic success. And this is all done through simple, repetitive exercises that build new neural pathways in the brain.

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My 12 yr old son is my main target with this program.
I do believe that he has Dyslexia.
He is not a great reader, often switches letters around,
hates to sound out words, several other dyslexia symptoms,
but probably the biggest one is VERY POOR spelling skills.
I gave him their assessment test here (pdf form here)
and he definitely missed more than he should have
and there was several signs that made it obvious!

I have only used the 1st month of this program, so
I've not seen much of an improvement yet.
The company says is usually takes a good 3 months to see results.

I am hoping to be able to continue to use
this program and give you updates
every 2 months or so. If you have a child
that is struggling with learning, I would definitely
recommend visiting their site here and checking it out.
They have tons of info on there that might shed some
light on a way to help your child out too!

I can't wait to see these results... (from their site)

When you sign up for the Brain Training System
and follow the simple directions given, your child will experience:
  • Increased self-confidence
  • Higher test scores
  • Grade level achievement
  • Increase in reading comprehension and fluency
  • Grades that soar
  • Writing that becomes legible and organized
  • Increase in focusing abilities
  • The ability to understand and perform math equations and problems
  • The ability to spell words correctly
Disclaimer -- I was sent a free copy of this program... All
opinions in this review are my own!

Saturday, March 5, 2011

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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Homemade English Muffins

I'll be honest... I'm SHOCKED this worked so well!
But I'm very excited that it did.

We used to buy english muffins quite often from the
store, but when I started making our bread I
stopped buying them.

I honestly forgot all about them until
Money Saving Mom posted this link....
Which led me to this recipe on King Arthur's Flour website.


It was really quite simple for a bread recipe!
The entire process was done in about 2.5 hours including rise time.


I won't rewrite the recipe because I didn't change anything,
but check it out here!!
If you like english muffins, TRY THEM!!!

These turned out just like the store boughten only
fewer and better ingredients!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Boating and Fishing!

Crazy kids!!



If you can't tell, in the top picture my daughter is
rowing as her brother pulls her through the mud on a sled!

And in the bottom picture they are fishing!

Hmmm... they might have gotten
a little bored that day!
But, they ended up having a lot of fun in the water!!

Monday, February 28, 2011

Spring Fever Garden Giveaway


Hurry on over to 8-Muddy Boots where
Sarah is giving away
two $5.00 gift Cert. to
Pinetree Garden Seeds!

Go here to enter!
Giveaway ends Wednesday!

Speekee Online Spanish Program Review


I was offered the chance to review the
Speekee Spanish Online Program!
I jumped at the chance since I've been looking for
a way for my daughter (10) to begin learning Spanish.

She is only on lesson 2 (ready to start lesson 3).
We have been doing 1 lesson per week.
There are 10 lessons total.

She simply sits by the computer and watches an online video
for around 15-20 minutes. I have her repeat the same
video everyday for a week.

She's really loving it, and reminds me that it's Spanish time.
Along with each video there are anywhere from 2 - 7
worksheets that you can print out to reinforce what she
is learning on the video.

From their website here is 10 reasons to use it...
  • Great fun and extremely effective
  • Created by specialist linguists and musicians
  • Accelerated learning methodology for natural success
  • 100% in Spanish (English and Spanish subtitles available)
  • Simple presentation style
  • Lively, engaging characters
  • Real Spanish children in real Spanish locations
  • Concise, essential Spanish vocabulary, with lots of repetition
  • Catchy songs
  • Highly acclaimed by our customers!
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You can also get the program on DVD.
The cost is $95. GBP
(Not sure of the exact price in US dollars)

You can also check out the online program
FREE for 2 weeks to see if it works for you.

Normally the online program is $7.95 per month.

Overall we really like the program, but are undecided as
to whether we will pay to continue after
our 2 month review period is up.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Country Life Magazine FREE!!



Sign up here to get a FREE 3 yr. subscription to
Living the Country Life magazine!

thanks Money Saving Mom
and The Freebie Blogger

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Pictures!!!


Here are a few pictures from the first couple
of days of our Disney Trip!



The Whole Gang!!
Everyone liked the airplane ride, but
everyone was a little tired from not getting
much sleep in the hotel!

Halee didn't like that it hurt her ears...
I didn't either...
It took Shawn and I 2 days to get our ears
to pop and feel right. I think it was
a little worse because we were still getting
over our coughs from the flu...

The kids loved the Character
Breakfast and we thought it was
actually worth the money!!


The house was Awesome!! Except for the T.V...
Ha! The colors didn't match up so you actually saw
3 of everything! They replaced it 5 days after we were there!
That's okay though cuz we didn't watch it much anyway!

The pool was 86* WOW!!

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Well I know I hardly scratched the surface, but that's
all the time I have for now.


BTW -- I took about 541 pictures for the trip!

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