tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336208842011-04-21T13:07:11.452-05:00Blogging about homeschool and family life with my three kids.Muttixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00430828008052741473noreply@blogger.comBlogger551100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33620884.post-27532386374141095832008-11-11T15:55:00.001-06:002008-11-11T15:56:20.796-06:00

My blog has moved.Only Muttix

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In order to simplify my blogging life, I'd like to streamline my crochet blog with this one. That will take some time though, so I'll likely get to it sometime when things calm down.Snagged this from Tiff Crochets:a. Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.b. Bold all the items you’ve eaten.c. Cross out or italicize any items that you would never consider eating.1.

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First of all, OBAMA WON!!!!So, I found my Muzzy discs, everything except German. We used to watch German Muzzy all the time, I even automatically say his name in German. I really wish I could find the German one but because I can't, I'm going to play the Spanish and French one once a day for the kids.

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I'm always on the lookout for a good book.Pulitzer Prize Winners: Fiction2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Riverhead Books) <!-- end views-list-past_winners.tpl.php --> <!-- start views-list-past_winners.tpl.php --> 2007 The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Alfred A. Knopf) <!-- end views-list-past_winners.tpl.php --> <!-- start

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73 wordsTyping TestFinally! For a little vocabulary fun, visit FreeRice when you're done trying to beat my score! There are different subjects, perfect for kids and adults alike!Speaking of which, I think that the big present we get for the boys for Christmas will be a computer. I am not at all inclined to let them use my laptop and the old laptop that Husband was trying to Frankenstein just gave

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I'm thinking of making some Bubble Tea. I've never had it before and I think it sounds pretty gross. But pretty gross is exactly what makes a delightful kids' drink so I think this will be a payday splurge!

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I love Haba toys and thought I'd have to buy them through amazon. But recently I found Oompa, a site that I'd discovered before but forgotten about. A few things I'm going to get the kids for Christmas:Shake, Rattle, & DrumXylophone for BelleDrum for BelleMy Body puzzleMaggy Sorting Farm for BelleDolphin Bath Bucket for BelleBlocks ABC Blocks Some different block sets to expand the

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LibraryThing is a wonderful tool. Some people are LT purists but I am not. I like to add books that we've just read as well as books that we own. Since a library of my very own isn't in my immediate future, I have to keep the number of books that I own down to a "respectable" amount. Meaning, just under the amount that causes the Husband to sign heavily and explain the reasoning behind a bookcase

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WWITV has a station on the list that plays Nick JR. shows in Dutch. I am so jealous because this is exactly what I'm looking for, but in German.Nick.de has video clips in German.Nickjr.de Games to play with your preschooler in German.

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Uncontrolled Vocabulary A weekly live interactive roundtable discussion of all things library, every Wednesday at 10 PM Eastern.Annoyed Librarian@ the LibraryA Librarian's Guide to Etiquette A polite librarian is a good librarianForbidden Planet

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LanguageMultilingual Children's AssociationHomeschoolingCBeebies BBC for KidsPBS Kids Starfall ABCs and learning to read. My kids love this site.Brainpop Not completely free but great resources. I haven't paid for a membership yet but it is on my list of homeschool items to buy.4kids2play Preschool site, multilingual.Kidzone Printables, activities, worksheets.North Pole We don't do Santa here but

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Cold-brewed iced coffee. Something I've been yearning for all summer and have been paying out of the... Behind for because my attempts to make it at home failed. I'm going to try this way soon enough.The plan was to drag myself (and the kids, of course) to the park this morning. As much as I'm not a morning person, the fact remains that we live in an apartment and the kids need to get out and

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I'm obsessed with buying a house. I thought that I just wanted to live in an apartment but I don't. I want a big house and a big yard. I am tired of paying money each month to rent. That money is going nowhere but down the drain.

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I am not a kid person. My brain doesn't automatically think in "kid". I don't think of cool things and traditions and games and crafts on my own. I just don't. Prior to having kids I would coo over a cute baby but never (NEVER!) actually hold one. When in the last stages of pregnancy with my oldest, I went to visit my cousin and held her baby. She was cute. Then I handed her back.After having

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Dollar stores. The parents' best, and worst, friend.I walked in with a goal in mind. I wanted to see if I could find a few puzzles. 50 pieces or less, so that the boys and I could put them together in one sitting. I walked out with three puzzles and a whole lot more. The stickler is that everything is a dollar so of course when happening upon something wonderful, one can't help but exclaim, "And

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It looks as though I may be getting the U.S. version of Singapore Math. As much as I love California, the whole reason that I wanted SM is because of the approach and reading the FAQ has led me to believe that they changed up the approach in the Standards Edition. Today I'm trying to map out our week of learning. I'm thinking that I'm going to homeschool on just my three off days each week. Since

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So I'm deciding on buying curriculum. So far I've decided on:Science: Child's Play Science $4.75 Earlybird Start-Up Science $3.75Math: Earlybird Kindergarten Math Standards Edition Textbook, $21.25; Activity book, $13.50; Readers, $32.50English: First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind $14.95 Handwriting Without Tears Kindergarten Teacher's Guide, $7.50; Workbook,

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I try to remember to go to the click to donate sites each day. So far I just have two, Click to Give and Click to Donate. At Click to Donate you can sign up and keep track of how much you've clicked. I've just found this one today from another blog, Saradippity's Knits and Stuff and signed up. They also have interactive daily actions which are cool. Today it is to give up the bottled water

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Reading Bringing Up Baby Bilingual led me to a post about Tumblebooks. The cost led to me to a search on more e books. So with little ado, here's a listing of some (free!) e-books for kids!Children's Storybooks Online Mainly English books.Children's Books Online: The Rosetta Project Old books and the site is volunteer driven. The books have been scanned in and many have translations.ICDL

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Each day I'm trying to get some outside play in for the kids. But it is hard when I hear things on the news like I did last night.I was sitting on the couch, crocheting, and Husband was sitting on the love seat working on his laptop (the kids were all blessedly asleep). We had the news on in the background and I was watching bits and pieces when suddenly I hear, "If you have asthma as I do,

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By the way, I've added some features to the blog. If you scroll down to the bottom, there are word of the day widgets for German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Irish, French, and Leetspeak. On the sidebar I've put in a Babelfish Universal Language Translator. I still have both my LibraryThing and Shelfari widgets in the sidebar.

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The title explains how I feel. My German has improved over the years though honestly, I haven't been putting as much time into it as I should. Between working full-time (and at my old job, more than full-time), homeschooling, general parenting, and my various interests (you know, husband, crafts, reading, actually seeing my friends on occasion, etc.) I'm strapped for time in a good week. Catch me

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68 wordsSpeedtestYay! I upped my speed by four words a minute.

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I'm thinking of adding some bookshelves to the boys' room. I've hesitated putting some in because we're in an apartment that we don't intend to stay in much longer and I didn't want to do all the work only to leave the shelves behind. However I want some shelves in their room and definitely don't want to add any bookcases that Dul could climb and then jump off of. Plus, floor space is precious in

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The 100 Most Common Words is a fun little quiz if you have a little extra time. You have five minutes to fill in the boxes during which your mind will go deliciously blank, usually prompting an angry slap-typing of your keyboard as you repetitively type in word after word that you think must be in that list. I got the quiz from a blog I've got on my incredibly long Google Reader list: Language

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For this year at least, I've decided to continue homeschooling. I was just getting a little freaked out by seeing all of the back to school displays in the stores. I've decided to sign Fin and Dul up for some classes this fall. Mainly I need them to have an outlet with more little kids. They have their cousins (who we need to see more because they love playing with them) but that's about it.

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I've been reading one blog regularly for quite awhile now. Listen to Kirsten is about a little girl and they blog it so it seems as if she's posting. It is a very cute blog. Anyway, her parents give her a birthday present each month. For example, she just got her 21 month birthday present. I've always thought that was a cute idea and I've decided to start it. I like to buy the kids toys but I

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So I'm thinking of putting Fin in school. The plan was to homeschool but as time has gone on… I have to work, the Husband has to work, and daycare is not cheap, nor free. We don't use daycare as of yet but if we were to both obtain full-time employment during the day, daycare would be no joke with three kids. Plus if they'll be in daycare it might as well be school since school is just a big

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Today I put ponytails in Belle's hair for the first time! Her hair is kind of bald on the sides (wasn't always this way but she sleeps with her head to the side) so every time we've gone out her hair has been kind of odd-looking. Today I dressed her up in a cute new onesie and a pair of ruffled pants that I love and I decided to do her hair. At first I just put barrettes in but I really wanted to

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I'm loving My Registry. With the help of the website you are able to make one registry that pulls from many different websites. I've added the button to my toolbar so I can easily add things when I see them. You can even add things from Etsy which is really great. I'm using it to keep track of the things I want to buy for Husband, the kids, and myself. I'll probably pass the link out to

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Did you know about the risks of BPA in your canned foods, including canned baby food and formula?Belle did the cutest thing yesterday. She said "mama"! Ok, so it wasn't actually "mama", it sounded more like "Mom" but she was trying to crawl to me (she's doing a scoot/crawl/roll thing to get around these days) and she started crying because it was too much work for her and she looked at me and

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With my beautiful new app, YouPlayer, I'm able to watch things in a sidebar while I'm surfing the internet. I've added a few German clips to my playlist and now the kids are able to watch that while I'm typing away at what. Very, very cool.

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I just tried the clip mark add-on that I downloaded for Firefox. I don't think that it even posted to my blog which is odd. However, right now I'm typing this in a ScribeFire add-on and watching Janet Jackson's "Feedback" video in a sidebar through my YouPlayer add-on. Both are really cool. I love add-ons. I love Firefox!

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Though it is only June, I'm working on the Christmas lists for the kids. Most of the patterns that I'm getting are through Ravelry but some are from Crochet Pattern Central. So far…… I'm going to crochet:Pikachu (Pokemon)Mew (Pokemon)Jigglypuff (Pokemon)Hello KittyS'moresBowl of Ramen noodlesMushroom houseHot dogTurtleOwlDogStrawberriesBatButterflyFishLots of balls (different textures)KittenTeddy

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The baby will be three months in just a few days which means I'll be starting The Letter of the Week Nursery Program in the next week or so with her. I've decided to officially add Spanish to our languages. I wasn't going to do it but we have so much access to Spanish materials and there is such a huge part of our population that speaks Spanish that it is just senseless to ignore it. Money is

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"How will they ever learn to get along with people?" So many things are wrong with this statement. Schools are designed to separate children into odd little groups of people of all the same age and, in some schools, the same abilities. When else in life will one be surrounded by only their age mates, even spending "breaks" with only people of the same age? This doesn't teach children to get along

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Well, now I don't know what to think. Apparently you can add to LibraryThing from Amazon. That's cool (better than nothing) but I'd really like it to add from any source. Unfortunately, it doesn't. And just as I was getting happy because I saw that there was an option to highlight and click, I read the page and that option is old and doesn't work for the updated version of the browser. However, I

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Almost a month has passed since I last posted! Not cool, I know.Anyway, we went to the zoo as we do a few times a year. Once again, I was reminded why we go so randomly. The gorillas looked so sad. If you didn't hear about it when it happened, read about why the gorillas aren't happy. While the zoo now claims that the gorillas have recovered from that incident, I don't think so. They always seem

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I believe I'm finally in the groove of working and spending time with the children. I had to take a break from everything for awhile and just concentrate on relearning to balance work and home life. I'm just making a quick update to say that I'm back, I'll actually make a new post tomorrow.

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All we've been speaking lately is English. It has just been easier. I decided to raise my children bilingually because I wanted them to have the advantages that brings and also so that I'd have someone to talk to in my select languages as I like to study foreign languages as a hobby. But raising a child bilingually when you aren't a native to the language is harder than I'd anticipated. I don't

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Last year I hit up the back to school sales. I'm not sure how much I bought but I know that every time I ran errands I picked up at least $5 of crayons (when they were at the most twenty cents per twenty-four pack) and a few packs of paper (on sale for thirty cents per pack). I ran out of money before I felt even near stocked up. My mom and husband laughed at me when I expressed dismay at not

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Having worked in the library system for years, I find things hilarious that others just don't get. If you've ever worked in a library or even just spent a good amount of time there (on the internet doesn't count!) you'll find joy in these comics as I have.Unshelved I found this comic awhile ago and have been cracking up over it ever since.Shelf Check Just found this comic but it looks funny so

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Books:Booksense Find independent bookstores near you.Booksfree The Netflix of books.Toys and more:Nova Natural Lots of nice toys. Kind of expensive.Toys Made in America A list of toys that are made in America.Three Sisters Toys A work at home mama's website.Rainbow Turtle Family owned and operated Waldorf store.Jomamaco Natural parenting site. Lots of cool stuff.A Toy Garden Natural toys and

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I can't force Fin to eat. I have to accept that fact. Today I made stuffing, chicken breasts, cornbread, and carrots (boiled, yuck, but Dul likes them that way and anything that keeps me from pulling out my steamer/rice cooker combo if sushi isn't in the making keeps me happy) for lunch. I thought that at least Fin would eat the stuffing since it has a bread base but no such luck. He likes his

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Dul loves his Mega Bloks. We have the big ones made for toddlers and also some smaller ones that are made for older kids. He spends hours every day playing with the blocks, designing different things. A few days ago he made a helicopter with no help from anyone and just from his imagination. You could tell what it was by looking at it and it even had a non-working propeller. The boy loves to

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The week is half over! I hate kindergarten workbooks. The directions are idiotic and yet written out as if the child should be reading the one reading them. Circle this, underline this, write that, count those... Blah blah blah WASTE OF TIME blah. I believe I'm going to start making some worksheets online and just printing them out rather than continue wasting time on this refuse.The Math

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I forgot my password to Library Thing so I had to start a new account. Lesson learned: Always add an email address even if you don't want to so that you can retrieve your forgotten passwords when needed. Or at least let Firefox remember your passwords for ease of use.Making a new account reminded me that I hadn't updated to a lifetime account yet. If this were just something for myself I wouldn't

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Here's a couple more sites where you might find language materials.Alphabet GartenLanguage Lizard

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I'm going to post today's "To Do" list here. I'll update at the end of the day with what I actually accomplished.Read the 30 books to the kids. (Sounds like a lot but isn't that much when you consider we can go through five at each nursing session.)Make Fin's learning poster and review.Review Dul's learning poster.Write meal list for the week.Clean boys' room.Do four loads of laundry. (I wish the

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The baby is almost three weeks old. We are doing very limited schooling right now, basically we're just reading books and going about daily life. I plan to get back to homeschooling when the baby is a month old, so a little over a week more of "time off" for us.We love books and reading and since I'm trying to raise the children bilingually in German and English, I want to build a library for

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As a child I always loved "educational" songs. Really I had a deep love for music in all it's forms and educational music was an extension of that. Learning the fifty states in a song was a thrill. So now that I'm homeschooling my children I'm always on the lookout for new educational songs. I've recently found a great site. You can't save the songs but it has a variety of topics and clear,

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I'm going to try out Library Thing. Basically I'm going to use it to keep a running list of the books that we read. I'm starting from today as it would be much too big a project to go back over every book we've ever read. I've added a widget to the side that shows the recent books we've read and also a search function so you can search my "library". It seems really cool! Something I didn't know

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64 wordsfree Touch typingI never tested how many words per minute I type but I always assumed that I was around 40 wpm. I got this score with both my boys jumping around me screaming like banshees.

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World Book GuideDul *3 years old*Preschool Curriculum Guide Size * Understands big and little.* Understands long and short.* Matches shapes or objects based on size. Colors and Shapes * Recognizes and names primary colors.* Recognizes circles.* Recognizes rectangles.* Matches shapes or objects based on shape.* Copies shapes. Numbers * Counts orally through 10.* Counts objects in one-to-one

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I'm due to have the baby any day now and it suddenly occurred to me that I haven't read many books about new babies to the kids. So I proceeded to order about thirty from the library, hopefully they'll arrive in the next few days. Fin, my four year old, seems to realize that I have a baby inside me but I'm not sure that he's connected that the baby will actually be coming out to live with us. Dul

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