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Internets I Miss You So

So we continue our silent home situation past Sunday night and into Monday. That of course stopped SOME things but helped others to progress. The owl army has grown, Ken and I got started on sorting out the most awful of closets and, thanks to Karyn – a new craft. She lent me a book that her brother had given her called Felties (How to Make 18 Cute and Fuzzy Friends). So I am now in need of some brown felt… and MORE duct tape… and and and…

Last night we moved onto the external hard drive and our DVD collection (which is not overly extensive). IT Crowd and Nero Wolfe. We have the entire series of each (though I think there may be a 5th season of IT Crowd coming in the future… well I hope!).

I made another duct tape bow from memory. This time using the traditional duct tape… much easier to bend. Oh to have all the colours and patterns available at my fingertips. Ken is already committed to get me more colours and such, just need to wait until time and money line up. I have a couple more patterns online I want to try out!

The kids are rather aware of the lack of internet. Trinity wanted more fairy pictures to colour and I was unable to get her some more until going to Aunty Karyn’s (something she was VERY excited about at bedtime) and then there was the questions about things I could not yet answer due to a lack of search engines, but we managed. That definitely directed the focus for Monday’s lesson to anything we had on hand. So no possums or researching into local recycling policies yet.

We filled our morning with Perler beads, always something of a adventure. I do believe Trinity had her piece made FOR her by a brother and Emanuel was the slowest ever. He started and aborted his little leaf AT LEAST 3 times before completing.

BEADING

Didn't they do a great job?

My Monday was mainly spent (around the kids and cleaning) working on two little felties. I made the Babushka and the Panda (less his bamboo as I had a lack of brown). They are so much fun and rather time consuming but I am so pleased with the end results.

Babushka

The kids were go go go all day really… missing their Daddy who was at Karyn’s to use her internet (once he figured out WHICH apartment was hers – thank goodness her internets reach all the way to the parking lot and he could contact a friend who could in turn text me). So as a consolation after lunch we packed up and made our way to the convenience store where I emptied my change purse for chips and a slurpee. The day wasn’t too cool but rather sunny so it was a pleasant walk and a welcome use of energy.

Bench picture

This was also Trinity’s first opportunity to wear the hat I won for her last month. It is beyond cute! She was so proud of her outfit – we found the top and bottoms in a box I had yet to go through post move. Thank goodness I did as there were more than a few pieces in her size or to grow into that have been added to her dresser. I cannot wait to get the internets back and send one of these pictures to the store I won the hat from! You can check out the creator HERE.

Pretty flower

So pretty

So grown up

Three of the 4 big kids spent a portion of their time working on their jump rope skills. Gavin chose to sit inside and work on a book he is ALMOST completed. I was quite impressed with how hard they tried and very glad that NO ONE was injured in the attempt (although there were a few close calls). We only have 3 skipping ropes, all too short for Mommy and Cars themed so Trinity has explained to me it is VERY important that I get her a PINK one… a bit late in the season but I will definitely keep my eyes open, or make one of our own? I wonder if there is a good way to do that that is cost friendly… oh for the internets to have been back.

Jump!

And Jump Some More

Our Popcorn gnome has entered the Harley-Davidson Wetness Protection apparently, as she was proud to announce loudly on Monday (we tried to tell her that is something that best works in SECRET to no avail!). Popcorn has become an all time favourite in this house!

Wetness Protection!

I have to admit that facing TUESDAY without internet was a wee bit daunting. With Ken gone to Karyn’s once again and a cell phone I limit only to texting out of affordability it does get a wee bit lonely. We do depend on the internet and technology so much now! But it most certainly was NOT the end of the world and we are a well stocked, kid friendly home (though my children may dispute that as it always seems there is “nothing fun to do.” It makes you take a moment and imagine how homeschooling must have been without internet and all our technology. How much more work had to go into finding information and doing research. I am so glad we have not gone to a lot of online classroom and programs. Workbooks are awesome when you don’t have those outside lines. The kids are quite excited to watch our felties appear… and Monday night while watching Nero Wolfe I completed another – an alien.

ALIENSSSSS

Today Polar-roo (seriously cute – A feltie polar bear with marsupial tendencies – their words) and Pensive Rabbit (slight alteration with the colours as I have a limited supply). The addiction is complete. In a way I am lucky to not have the ability to find MORE instructions than I already had. And sadly (?) I found MORE felt on the hunt for fabric for Trinity’s barrette holder wall hanging. Brown has been found along with some more wonderful colours… I now have a nice sized Rubbermaid tub full of felt. Of course some colours are still missing but I can always alter colours for specific critters OR purchase some more! In fact I finished MORE than the two listed above. They rather consumed my spare time on Tuesday.

Cute cute cute cute

O-M-G the cuteness

Working the way to cuteness overload!

The boys started a pretty big project themselves and began to learn to cross stitch on Tuesday as well. That is AFTER Stuart Little had another adventure (did you know it is easy for a mouse to end up stuck in a fridge?). We had a few tears shed by Emanuel over drawing a bird – they ARE quite difficult to get the way you want them, but all 4 drawings were completed.

Stuart and his adventures (plus some Dora Stickers)

I made up some simple patterns for the boys on grid paper and set them at it. Zander started with a cat and Gavin a flower. Sadly Zander didn’t take the time to double check his counting so I did have to alter the pattern a bit. He has taken the full x at a time approach and was still working on his kitty at the end of the day. Gavin was much more interested in doing it my way… half the x from left to right and then the other half of the x from right to left. He finished his flower and was onto a cat by the end of the day. He LOVED it! They are already talking about making their OWN patterns!!!

First cross stitch in progress!

DONE!!!!!

So we stitched, we did some math, some sight words (Math Gavin, words Zander)… the other two coloured and such… it is amazing how quickly time goes by. A very quiet day without the landline or internets… a little too quiet for Mommy so I took a break and watched a nice chunk of the IT Crowd Ken had on his external hardrive.

I finished a page for Emanuel’s book, it was a picture I had had laying around for ages so it was nice to get it all done up and put away. Lots of layers and relatively simple but it was fun to make. There is a stack of pictures still waiting for me… and now that I have a desk and a corner to work in I can actually set out stuff and come back to it whenever I want!

BLUE

Ken seems to have solved our Shaw problem, it only is costing us a savings in our bill and a new phone number… we are changing providers and I will try and alert everyone of the new number as soon as possible. So this is a bit of a blessing in disguise – not only did I get some cleaning done that had been crying out for attention BUT we are now saving a nice amount with our phone and internet bill! Now to just await both the hook up times.

With Wednesday’s morning call and news I really have let much of the schooling slip. Ken stayed with the boys for a nice chunk of the morning to get started on their science though – they are learning the basics of programming… or so I am told!

Sciencing it up

We spent the bulk of our day while Ken was gone to Karyn’s to work doing crafting, playing and generally pretty much goofing off. I have to admit I was in no mood to do any work with the kids and they were really not in the mood to settle down to much. However, we did sit down long enough to work on Get Well Soon cards for Grandpa Reinsch. The distance has made it more difficult for them to see him but we talked about WHO Grandpa is to Mommy and how we are related and looked at pictures from our last visit. They want him to get better VERY soon and wanted to send cookies down to him…

Making Get Well Soon Cards

I am not sure how the rest of my night will play out but we should have our new phone number all sorted soon, internets by Friday.

A little bit more cuteness... just cuz I can

Patterns, Gallery and Other Things

Life is full of tests… I guess in my naivety I thought that once you finished school they would stop… or at least decrease. No such luck. You have to take tests to drive (which I have not), there are blood  tests… pregnancy tests… physicals (which are really one big battery of tests)… tests of strength, of memory, of courage… tests of worth… of morality… and then there are the silly tests in magazines… on the internet… our world is full of “measuring up” and it is exhausting. I wonder at the validity of most of these tests… are they truly necessary or even relevant when it comes to what matters or are we always in some sort of tug of war where we are trying to create our self worth from the externals instead of creating ourselves from the inside out? I wonder if I can figure out a better way to go about these tests? Or avoid them maybe? Or is it just too integral to our living within society to thwart?

Puzzling the Questions of Life in a Sailor Style Dress!

Puzzling the Questions of Life in a Sailor Style Dress!

Well anyway… today we added our 3rd piece to our Advent tree and the boys painted their 3rd page for their Advent colouring book. Then there was the Christmas worksheets that have to be corrected. Whenever the boys run out of room on a line and are copying words out they seem to loop around so that the next word or series of letters are actually written from right to left. Their letters are formed pretty wonderfully at this point just sometimes in the wrong order! But we are working on it.

Emanuel built his very own Christmas village today out of the nativity sets. Sadly he and Trinity cannot seem to compromise well enough to play with it TOGETHER but they are each enjoying the sets on their own to the fullest extent. Ken and I are already getting rather tired of the two songs they play but watching Trinity dance along makes it all worth it!

Emanuel and His Nativity Village

Emanuel and His Nativity Village

Sewing wise I have worked my fingers off on the Harley Davidson piece and am quite happy with the results. I am debating between flames around it and the wording Harley above and Davidson below on a slight curve… the final design will really be up to Ken but at least I still have the second version of the Chibi Dragon to complete… in green!

Skull is Done Now for Flames or Lettering!

Skull is Done Now for Flames or Lettering!

Tonight, of course, being Thursday is the guys’ gaming night! D&D for the win and in the middle of the living-room AGAIN. So no tv for Lisa tonight. I am debating between trying a new BigFish game or watching the newest episodes of Gintama that are subbed. Hard choice since I am not sure I am 100% in the mood for either. Funny how dependant I get on tv to be that distraction while I sew!

Note the Dragon ... it Roars Too!

Note the Dragon ... it Roars Too!

I am determined to get in some baking this weekend. We have a busy Saturday with a free crafting thing at Michaels in the morning and a puppet show at the library for the boys in the afternoon. Sunday is the long practice for the twins for their Christmas pageant so no church for the munchkins and I… BUT my cousin Elizabeth should be coming over for a visit. Company is always wonderful! So much to look forward to, especially Michaels – there are THREE activities for the boys to do! Not sure how that will go but we will give it a try. Hopefully we will get there at the beginning around 10 am.

I am a little excited – Ken got the Tardis pattern up and working on freebies! The text is not there but I am sure something can be sent out if people are interested. Again we are not able to sell these due to licensing BUT are accepting donations if you really enjoy them. I would love it is people DO stitch them if they send me out a picture so I can see other people’s interpretations on our patterns!

I have also almost gotten out family gallery up to date! So be sure to take a peek... Ken is weeding out the earlier stuff and I am trying to post fewer pieces but there is a nice selection of the Halloween pics up now.

My 3rd Advent Gift! Lotions... I love the Cherry Blossom smell... Thank You!

My 3rd Advent Gift! Lotions... I love the Cherry Blossom smell... Thank You!


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