How'd I Do? ~ January and February

It's kind of unreal that today is March 1st!  The year is 1/6th over.  I didn't post a "How'd I Do?" at the end of January, so I thought I'd combine them.  Overall, I think I'm doing great this year considering I was sick the majority of January.  In fact, I spent about 2 and a half months sick.  I have high hopes for March and April, so hopefully I will accomplish a lot.  We hope to be done with school at the end of April and that will really open up some time.

2017 Intentions
1. Purge 17 areas of the house (see below) (3/17)
2. Read 17 books for me (6/17)
3. Read 17 Chapter books to the kids (8/17)
4. Purge 17 items each week and blog it (3/52) *We've purged a ton more, I just haven't kept up with posting about it.  We've gotten rid of bags and bags of trash and donated so much!
5. Cross 17 things off of my 101 in 1001 list (5/17)
6. Have people over 17 times (0/17)
7. Go on 17 dates with Brian (2/17)
8. Try 17 new recipes (5/17)
9. Purge 17 pounds (0/17) *Haven't weighed myself, so no idea!
10. Run/Walk 170 miles (7/170) *Need to go to the Y more!                             
11. Go to 17 new restaurants (2/17) Sandy's Pizza, BruBurger
12. Post 17 Homeschool Highlights (2/17)
13. Spend 17 hours Scrapbooking (0/17)
14. Work 170 hours in the yard PURGING (0/170)
15. Pray the Rosary 17 times (13/17)
16. Pay It Forward 17 times (2/17)
17. Purge Negativity by writing 17 posts about blessings in my life (0/17)

17 Areas of the House:
#1 Kitchen
#2 Hutch and Credenza
#3 Macie's Room
#4 Gavin's Room
#5 Lilah's Room
#6 Our Bedroom
#7 School Room
#8 Laundry Room
#9 Garage
#10 Game Closet
#11 Coat Closet
#12 Downstairs Bathroom
#13 Upstairs Bathroom
#14 Storage Shed
#15 All Attic Storage (Garage, Lilah's room, Macie' room, Our room)
#16 Aztec
#17 Buick

Homeschool Highlights

 Wow..2017 has already been off to a crazy start.  Here are some of our Homeschool Highlights from January:

Write It/Repair It: The kids are really good at looking at my writing or someone else's writing and finding the mistakes.  The next step is looking at their own writing and finding the mistakes!

 Gavin's Graph: In Gavin's morning work, he had to make a family food graph.  We called upon our immediate families to help us fill it in.

 C is for Camouflage:

Painting Time!: Macie's mneme therapy has inspired us all.  One afternoon, we took time to paint.  Gavin used some watercolors he had in a kit and they didn't quite turn out how he wanted.  Next time, he wants to use different paint.  Not only was it art, but also an experiment!

 Macie's "Olaf" above done at Home and "The Ballerina" done during therapy below.

 Lilah's above and Gavin's below

 Homeschool Science Hour ~ Meteorology: 

 Before class started, Gavin had time to build a creation.

 When we got home, I showed the kids how we have our own weather station!

 Mneme Therapy ~ "The Puppy Dog":

Weekly Purge Challenge ~ Week 3

Some of the blinds in the living room were complete and total junk, collecting cobwebs and dust, and we didn't use them anyway.  So in the spirit of purging, we got rid of them!  So far, I've done a few minor things and haven't gotten to as much as I wish.  Life is crazy, I'm trying to give myself grace...hard, but trying!

Happy Birthday, Ari!

My sweet niece turned one on New Year's Eve.  Annie had a cute Minnie Mouse party for her.  Poor baby wasn't feeling the best, but we still celebrated and had a good time.  We got her a cute elephant chair.  Happy Birthday, sweet girl!