Yum, that sounds delish!!

Good, question, I'm not sure, but I've made a note on my calendar to download it on the 30th:)

That's so awesome; she really is such an inspiration!

Haha, yes, but now that you mentioned it, it was a nearly perfect match!

Yes, it's only a tiny bit of yeast; sorry to hear it didn't work! Give it another shot and hopefully it'll rise for you:)

Thanks for the encouragement, Sarah! It's a good thing to remind myself of:)

Ooh, I think I would! Thanks for the tip!

Thanks, I'll check that one out. Trouble is, I'm not at a loss for ideas, just for time:) Because I do some freelance writing, projects that require much advance planning often don't happen, so I figure that if I can hire out a few of the more labor-intensive subjects (thinking about starting an art club too; either hiring an art student or just taking turns planning projects with other moms), then I can focus on the subjects that are my strengths. I should definitely reach out to more moms though; people are always moving into and out of our neighborhood, so it's hard to keep a good group going. But we've had some really awesome experiences with learning co-ops in the past:)

Thanks for your comments, Sarah. I'll have to check out the Kumon books. And the early morning reading is definitely one of my favorite parts of the day. I also love the history book; I'm learning so much! For scriptures we just read from that big, hardcover family Book of Mormon or the illustrated scriptures (with a few of the real verses too; I think it's important to hear the scripture language and to read them as they're written, as well as to just learn the stories) before story time at night. There's a blog called Women in the Scriptures, and the author has started a values-based home school thing that she's devised and I thought it looked pretty interesting: http://womeninthescriptures.blogspot.com/

Vivi loves to listen to everything we do with Sam too and I'm curious to see how it impacts her when she starts to read and write and study these same things:)

That sounds awesome, wish you were my neighbor:) We did a co-op when Sam was younger and it was great, but half the group ended up moving away. We're in an area where families with young kids tend not to stay too long; the houses and yards are smaller so people outgrow them (we're nearly there ourselves:), but I definitely want co-ops to part of our homeschooling down the road. In fact, I was thinking of hiring a college student to come over once a week to do kid-friendly science experiments with Sam and see if I could get some other neighborhood kids interested too.

Shirley, how lovely to know their names, and what fitting names they are:)

Such good advice; we're so eager for all the firsts that come along, often more eager than Sam (we got him a two wheeler a full year before his legs were even long enough to reach the pedals!), so it's such a good reminder to just slow down and enjoy, that there's no rush:)

I haven't been in touch with him for awhile, but this is the number I have for him: 801-766-9191.

That's a great idea thanks (and dogs have some of their strongest muscles in their neck and chest, so I think a knee bump wouldn't hurt:). We've taken to putting him outside while we greet our guests, prepping them about what they're about to encounter and then releasing him in all his furry, enthusiastic fury. After about ten minutes he winds down and is perfectly calm. But I've been needing some tactics for guests to do to discourage jumping. He doesn't jump on us anymore because he knows we don't like it, but he definitely tries it out on every knew person that comes to visit! We've got guests coming for dinner tonight; I'll definitely suggest the knee bump!

Oh my, I didn't even know! I'll have to check it out; thanks for letting me know!

Thanks Ashley, I love hearing from everyone again:)

Haha, thanks:) It's easy to sound interesting when you condense several months worth of activities into one post! Our day-to-day lives are pretty ho hum:)