Time to Catch Up {Photo Style}

I haven't posted many regular posts for a while. So I have decided to catch you up on what has been going on around here using photos. It has been a CRAZY few months!

Monkey and Ladybug spent their birthday money at IKEA. Monkey bought trains and Ladybug bought art supplies.

Monkey beat MarioKart Wii and played a lot of Wii Fit.

I became a Thrive Independent Consultant.

Flash vacuumed the floor.

Frackle mopped the floor.

Our old washer and dryer died so we had to get new ones.

A HUGE storm came through!

A leak in the wall during the HUGE storm.

The tarped roof because we lost more than 70% of our shingles during the HUGE storm.

Another leak during the HUGE storm.

A huge moth that Ladybug found.

Monkey loves to learn!

Taking care of Frackle.

Hanging out with Flash.

Monkey finally overcame his fear of floating on his back.

Monkey loves Happy Handwriting.

Watching them load shingles onto our roof.

Working on the roof.

Swimming with Frackle.

Swimming with Flash.

I became a Norwex Independent Consultant.

Ladybug finally got her swimming party.

Monkey loves Math.

Monkey starts Kindergarten

Ladybug starts 2nd grade

Unicorn starts 9th grade

Ladybug learning cursive.

Monkey working on Calendar Math.

Unicorn working on Oceanography.

Unicorn gets glasses.

Ladybug's creative sentence.

Monkey learning even and odd.

Cleaning/organizing/unpacking (after 17 months in the house) the school room area.

View from My Desk.

Another view from My Desk.

Another view from My Desk (this area will be Unicorn's new room).

The little kid's learning area.

Unicorn at work.

A ninja with a samurai sword.

Another ninja with a samurai sword.

Unicorn's new English curriculum...so excited for this one!

Termites! (not cool)!

Sink or Float Lab.

Ladybug's paper cup pyramid! It was almost as tall as her!

Unicorn's new room! Just needs walls!

Last night...

we had an Amazing storm roll through our community. I have lived in the Phoenix Metro area for about 16 years now and while I have heard of these storms I personally haven't experienced one...until now!

At about 7:30 last night I looked out the window and saw this happening:

Then the power went out and the wind started to blow more and the grill blew off the patio and the shingles started blowing off the roof!

The power came on about 10:20 last night and this is what the roof looked like this morning!

Now we wait and see what the insurance company says.

Week in Review ~ the one with Snow

This has been a crazy week! Especially Wednesday! For those who don't know, we live just outside of Phoenix, Arizona and this is what it looked like here on Wednesday:

This is NOT normal! Click here for more photos of snow in Phoenix.

Also, on Wednesday, on Arizona State Route 89 this happened:

 This is a MAJOR route between Utah and Arizona about 25 miles South of Page, Arizona. Click here to read more about what happened!

On to the more normal occurrences. We are loving our new curriculum. We are loving the products we are reviewing (to see what is coming just peek at my sidebar). Unicorn (with help from Ladybug and me) is crocheting scarves to sell to raise money to go to girl's camp. She has sold 4 and needs to sell about 6 more (Email me if you are interested in purchasing one).

Playing a Latitude/Longitude game

Coloring by Sight Words

Writing a Thank You note to someone who purchased a scarf

Yarn to make scarves

White Knitted Scarf with Gold Trim ($20 plus $2 shipping)

Purple Knitted Scarf (it is a dark purple-$20 plus $2 shipping)

Burnt Orange, Burgundy, Deep Purple, Red Crocheted Scarf ($15 plus $2 shipping)

Chocolate, Ivory, Tan, Silver Crocheted Scarf ($15 plus $2 shipping)

Orange, Blue, Olive, Purple Crocheted Scarf ($15 plus $2 shipping)

Hot Pink, Pink and White Crocheted Scarf ($15 plus $2 shipping)