Basketball, Sewing, Birthdays and Scouts

Lil Man started his new season of basketball in early November. He has the same coach as last year who also happens to be his baseball coach and this year's football coach. Most of the basketball team is made up of the same boys from the baseball team and they all work together. He also has one of his scout friends on the team with him. He was excited and anxious to get to practice and he looked confident doing the drills.



Legs has been wanting to learn to sew and even though I love to sew this is the one thing I know I do not have the patience to teach to beginners. I found an online class thru The Old Schoolhouse which is free. It is once a month and after the first class she now is trying to make cloth napkins for our table and possible some Christmas gifts.

November 11th is JB's birthday as well as his dad's. I made JB's favorite, roast, carrot and potatoes for dinner and Legs decided she wanted to try a recipe she found for dessert. The roast turned out perfectly and the dessert was a yummy fruit crisp.


The following day, JB and Lil Man left for their second scout campout this year. It was quite a bit cooler than last time so they had to pack extra blankets, long johns and a propane heater for inside the tent. Lil Man said it was so much fun.

More Field Trips (Jan. 25-31)

We started off Monday with a tour to Circle Cinema in Tulsa. Cheryl with Tulsa Area Home Schoolers arranged this tour.


We finished off the Circle Cinema tour with a yummy lunch at Spaghetti Warehouse. They have a special on Mondays that I got two of the kids meals free since I had bought an adult meal.


On Tuesday, Legs and I went with other families from Heritage Coop to tour the PSO plant in Oolagah. We had to wear safety glasses and ear plugs. Legs and I were pretty nervous when we had to go out on a catwalk five stories high.






One of Chubbles' favorite activities we do each week is going to the Skiatook Library to join Ms. Shelly for storytime. This week was Ms. Shelly's birthday so the kids and I surprised her with a song and homemade brownies.


The babies on the bus go "wah, wah, wah".


Waiting for the next song so she can wiggle along with all her friends.


And then onto the activity that Chubbles waits patiently for every week. "The Teddy Bear" song.


The end of January brought us a blizzard and very cold temps. JB got our pellet stove working which made a difference.


When snow storms keep us in the house, my kids gets to watch a lot more movies and they get creative in how they relax to watch said movies.


Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Our friend Vince brought us a sled over as a surprise for the kids. Chubbles hopped right on and went for a ride.