Chloe Poppins

We just realized that this toy, Woody, will be turning 10 in a couple weeks. We hadn’t seen Woody, or Buzz for that matter, in quite a while. Like all toys, they somehow were forgotten amongst the iPods, Wii’s and other new toys.

At Christmas though, these toys were rescued from oblivion by Claire and her cousin, Piper. And since their return to the playroom, even Sam, Sophie and Wilson have enjoyed their presence. They did acheive a new level of playroom status this week. Woody and Buzz were invited to “Library Time” with Claire. She set up her spot and proceeded to “read” The Nutcracker to them.

The biggest laugh this week though came when Claire came out and told me “somebody’s poisoned the water hole.”

So … yesterday, I took a veteran homeschooler’s advice and asked my three older children what they would like to study as electives as they move into Middle School, and eventually High School.  Here is the list they compiled, in no particular order.

I’ve been receiving all kinds of catalogs in the mail the last few weeks.  Some of them have actually had some good deals on shipping and decent discount amounts on purchases.  So, if you shop with any of the following retailers - check out these discounts.

Christian Book Distributors 10% OFF your order of more that $35 with CODE 251523FF until December 24th, or Free Shipping until November 14th with CODE 275405.

Snapfish is offering 20% OFF until December 31st with CODE - WINTER08.

Get four free Greeting Cards from Shutterfly until November 20th with the following CODE : TCCA-AET0-H1JA-NM2UFK.

FREE shipping at Landsend on ANY SIZE order placed by November 18th. Now, this CODE can only be used twice, so if you want to use it, email me and you can have the PIN number.

Also, if you are a BELK’s Department Store shopper, there is a coupon in the Sunday paper for $10 OFF your first $25 purchase on Sunday, November 9th and Monday, November 10th, 2008. It’s on the front of the Veteran’s Day add.

Have fun and save, save, save…..

Okay, well this doesn’t happen everyday. I got an email this morning offering us a free puzzle if we passed on the info via blog or email. I was a little bit skeptical, so I watched the YouTube infomercial about the “Pieceless Puzzle” from Ceaco (Parent Company of GAMEWRIGHT). It’s VERY cool. Click the link here to watch the short movie about this nifty invention the Pieceless Puzzle.

As you can see, we use puzzles frequently for school projects and studies, and often just for fun! Check it out! I think we’ll be trying this new kind for sure.