Best Giveaway EVER!!!!!

So here is the deal, I am blogging about this giveaway to get another chance to win. But I really really really want to win this, so if you go check it out you may NOT sign up to win it!!! Like I said I REALLY want to win and I don't need any more competition!

Tiffany at My Litter of Six, one of my most favorite blogs, is giving away a coupon organizer loaded with goodies! I know isn't it awesome! Like I said go check it out, but do not enter to win! If I found out someone who found this from my blog won... it is not going to be pretty!

If I win, did I mention I REALLY want to, I will give you my old binder. It isn't as fancy as the one Tiffany is giving away, but it is still a good binder. I know you may be wondering why I want to win if I have a binder, because like I said mine isn't as fancy as the one she is giving away. I want to look like a business woman or vendor when I am out shopping not like the crazy coupon lady that I am;-)

So anyway go check it out, but DO NOT enter to win!

How Does a Should Be Kindergardener Spend Her First Day Not in School...

The kiddos started back to school today. I thought it would be fun to document Lyrics "first" day as an official unschooler. It really was no different than any other day. Since we are unschoolers we see learning no different than living, but her school career would have officially started today had she chose to take that route.

• Around 8:30 woke up.
• She wore her jammies the entire day. I heard jammies called "life clothes" on a blog recently. I think we will start using that term around here too.
• She played outside with her sisters.
• 9:00 she decided she was ready for some breakfast.
• We all played with one of their puzzle games. It has shapes and you make different objects (house, train, butterfly...) using the shapes.
• She then decided to draw the shapes and I spelled the words so she could label them.
• 10:00 For a few days now she has been wanting to make a game. After playing the shape game she decided she wanted to make a shape game. I helped her cut some card stock and make a memory game. I drew the shapes on one card and she colored them and on a matching card I wrote the name of the shape (in all capital letters- her instructions).
• After making the shape game we played it.
• She then decided to make another game. We brainstormed ideas, we thought about making a game to go with a book, but decided that wasn't what she wanted to do. I really wanted to make a spinner (we have never made one together and I thought she would like it:) We finally came up with an idea of a silly face game with a spinner. So, we made faces and then all of the pieces to go with a face (eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and hair). To play the game you spin the spinner and get the different pieces of your face. The first person to complete their face wins. We made the faces and all of the pieces to go with them, but still had to make the spinner.
• After making the funny face game, Lyric, Cadence and I ended up all on the bed. She jumped on the bed for a while. Then she decided to be a hawk and try to get Cadence and I while we were hiding under the covers.
• 11:45 Decided she wanted lunch or maybe it should be called a snack. She had apples and pretzels with peanut better. She watched Dora while she ate.
• Story and I started to play goldfish, so Lyric left Dora to come join us. After we played goldfish then she went back to Dora.
• 12:20 Left Dora to play with Cadence. After being in the bedroom for a little while, Lyric walked out wearing one of my bras and Cadence was wearing Daddy's pool flip flops. They paraded around and then went back into the bedroom.
• A few minutes later they came out wearing toboggans.
• Story started acting like a lion, so Lyric and Cadence ran away screaming.
• 12:30 All three girls decided to have cookies and watch Barney.
• 1:00 Daddy came home for lunch. She showed him her games and we finished the spinner.
• After Daddy went back to work we decided to play the funny face game. It was a little slow moving ( I don't know if it was the game or playing with the little sisters), but she got mad in the middle and said it was the most boring game ever!
• She took a stack of books into the bedroom to read alone.
• After finishing her books she played Starfall on the computer for a little while.
• She then decided to do some Yoga with their kids Yoga video. That lasted about 10 minutes:-)
• She and Cadence decided to listen to some music and dance. She put on Alan Jackson. They sang, dance, and laughed.
• After their dance session, she moved back to the computer. This time she read a story on Storyline Online.
• 2:30 We all watched Martha Speaks together
• 3:00 We watched Arthur.
• 3:45 She played in her room. She came out wearing her backpack saying, "I'm a study girl and I study dinosaurs. Do you have any questions about dinosaurs?"

I stopped keeping track after that because technically her school day would be over. I completely trust unschooling and I know she is going to learn, but it is kind interesting to see it all written out and see how one interest flows into another. I think that is one of the biggest things about school that I think is so sad. Kiddos don't get to decide what activity is next. If they are doing something in school and it sparks an interest into doing something else they can't because they have to go with the flow of the teacher and the classroom. So, I guess Miss Lyric will continue to wear her life clothes while having a good time living and learning!

Actually...

The girls and I were watching Martha speaks on one couch today while Cadence read books to Hokey Pokey Elmo on the other couch.

She had been sitting there reading for a good 10 minutes when she leaned over the arm of the couch, "MAMA! MAMA!"

I looked over and said, "Yes?"

She said, "READ BOOKS!" (I have no idea why she was yelling, but she was)

"You want to read me a book?" I asked.

"NO! pause, pause, look around.... At ully, Elmo read book."

I seriously almost fell off the couch, she really did just say 'actually'! She is not going to be two for 11 more days, she shouldn't be talking like that!

So Sweet!

Story and I were eating ice cream and watching a movie she checked out from the library today. Cadence walked up, "What you eating?"

Story and I both said, "Ice Cream."

Cadence said, "I want some."

I started to ask if she wanted to share with me or if she wanted her own when Story interrupted by putting the spoon in Cadence's mouth, "I'll feed her."

She fed Cadence for a few minutes until Cadence decided she wanted her own.

So sweet!

Protein Please

Tonight Story and I were working at our computers. She said, "Mama, I'm hungry."

I said, "Okay Sweetie, what do you want to eat?"

She looked at me and said, "Something with protein in it."

"Um, okay, what would you like with protein in it?"

She said, "Just surprise me."

So I go into the kitchen and start making her macaroni and cheese. Yes, I know it doesn't have protein in it, but at 9:00 at night you tend to forget things like that...

She walked into the kitchen and I told her I was making her mac and cheese and it didn't have any protein in it. She looked at me and said, "What's protein?"

I suggested we add some ham, but she decided she just wanted something with milk in it, so I was covered:-)

Tie Dye Purse for Daddy

Story was doing a little painting tonight. She came running into the room, "Daddy I painted you a picture!"

"Okay," Daddy followed her into the dining room.

As she was walking, "It's a tie dye purse..."

Just what Daddy needed.

Na-Kin Please

Cadence had some pudding after lunch today. She walked in the office and said, "I need na-kin please."Baby Cadence, I would be more than happy to get you a napkin, but I don't think it would do much good:-) We decided to skip the napkin and head straight to the bath.

Sleepy Heads

Devon and I took the girls to a parent tot swim this morning. It is amazing what an hour and a half in the water will do to the little people!

Cadence didn't even make it home before she was out. Poor baby slept in her wet swim suit!

Story Bell made it home and had some lunch. She was watching a movie after lunch, but she just couldn't hold out.

Mud Bath

Miss Lyric decided to play in the mud this evening. The place that was the garden made a great place for a mud bath. I reminded her we were in a drought and she shouldn't be wasting water, but unfortunately she didn't listen:-)

Cinderella Loving Girl

Story LOVES Cinderella right now. She will watch it 20 times a day if she can. We have had a few funny Cinderella moments with our quirky girl lately.

This first one I started not to blog about because I know some people may find it offensive, but I think it is hilarious! The main reason for this blog is to capture our memories and this is something I would like to remember in 20 years, sorry if it offends you:-) The other day Story said, "Mama, do you know what Cinderella says instead of shit?" I knew I didn't hear her right, so I asked her to repeat herself. She said, "Cinderella doesn't say shit mama, do you know what she says?" I of course had no idea what she was talking about, so she explained it... "When the bells ring, she says, "Killjoy!" Glad to know Disney is keeping it clean.

Tonight we were watching Cinderella when Story started walking out of the room, "I'll be right back mama."

"Where are you going? Are you coming back?" (I have been known to sit and watch a children's movie for 10 to 15 minutes before realizing the child has lost interest and left, Devon has been known to watch an entire movie before realizing he is alone).

When she came back I asked her where she went. She showed me her teeth. She loves how white Cinderella and the Prince's teeth are, so she left in the middle of the movie to go brush.

Another time, while we were watching Story said, "Mama you know what is weird, at the stroke of midnight her shoes didn't turn back like everything else."

Yep, Story Bell you're right,"at the stroke of midnight"...