Thirty-two and a half

Today a lot of time and money was wasted at two doctor's appointments. I would love to rant and rave all about it, but this is not a rant blog. Plus I am just trying to take deep breaths and forget it. Rainbows, flowers, smiles, bunnies! There, all better now. At noon today at the park we went to a P.E. class. Our friend Sarah Wixom, taught our kids ("our" being us moms that home school plus moms whose kids are on track break) some soccer skills. Luke and Isabel really enjoyed it.

Tonight for dinner the kids and I had planned a surprise HALF birthday party for Joey. This morning I had Luke read the directions and be in charge of us making the cake. They frosted the cake, wrote in the card, picked out the presents (disposable razors, deodorant and shaving gel) and helped me get the balloons set up.

I know that this isn't technically school, but it is certainly a reason why I home school. When Luke was going to public school I felt as though it took up so much time and we weren't able to do as many fun things like this that I wanted. Now that we home school, life flows at a much nicer pace.

Field Trip to Anderson's Dairy

Anderson's Dairy is located on the North end of Las Vegas. It is not a dairy in the sense that there are any cows there, but in the sense that they make the cottage cheese, ice cream, creamers, etc. and package it all there. There is a really great tour specifically for kids with cute (more like scary) animatronic barnyard animals that talk to the kids and tell them all about the "dairy."

At the end there is a little movie about the history of Las Vegas and Anderson's Dairy. (And judging by the hair and clothes was probably made in the early nineties, not that that matters.) At the end everyone gets a big bowl of cookies and cream ice cream.

We went with Kollen, her children, and her preschool kids that she teaches. The older kids, Aden, Luke, Morgan and Isabel, helped the preschool kids by holding their hands when we were walking in the parking lot etc. Everyone had a good time! It is a great kid friendly activity to do if you are in Las Vegas. You just need to call ahead to schedule a tour time. Here is the website for Anderson's Dairy.

Today

We got all of our work finished in the morning so that we could play!  For lunch the Marchants came over and the kids played outside for a long time since the weather is so nice.  Then the girls made Easy Bake Oven cookies together and the boys played Game Cube.  Right now I am lazying in bed while Sylvia naps and Luke and Isabel are listening to books on tape.  At 4:30 we will go to the park for cake to celebrate a friends birthday and at 6:00 we will have family home evening at the bishop's house.