Preschool Graduation

We are a homeschooling Family.

We LOVE it.

Lil' Monster is about to graduate from Preschool course to his Kindergarten course.

We have moved at a leisurely pace throughout the Pre-K Sonlight course,

as we believe every day is an education,

and

we fit our education around our life experiences;

which over the past couple of years has had numerous changes with lots of ups and downs.

We love the Sonlight program for its flexibility to accommodate families and their lives.

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Today 

Lil' Monster finished off one of his last "assignments."

Over the past year, as we have studied the Alphabet using Dr. Seuss,

I noticed that Lil' Monster was able to recite the words.

This made him feel as if he was reading.

What a glorious skill reading is.

He kept this skill a secret from Mr. Elskan.

He wanted to surprise him.

Surprise him he did,

when he 'read' the WHOLE book to him.

What a proud moment! 

Post Update:

Here is Lil' Monster with his diploma

Soon, we will begin his year of kindergarten.

Lil' Monster can't hardly wait!



The Model

Here's a follow up to this post:

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 Still confused?

 VS.

 The Recipient of Mamma's Endeavours,

And

The Handsome Model:

 He always melts me at the knees,

Even when he is hamming it up...

 This is my first handmade scarf.

Don't look too close, you might see what an amateur I am.

But it will keep him warm, and it provided good activity for my hands these cold dark nights.

Next goal:
Make a scarf for a Christmas gift for a special woman out there...

details to follow.

Simple Delights

Received a

special

Delight

today

From the sweetest and loveliest man I know:

Mr. Elskan.

Thank you, my dear husband.

Glad I have you for eternity.

Great Pumpkin

Great Pumpkin,

For enticing the eye with your beautiful orange glow and for delighting the tongue with your rich flavor. Your delicious delectable divinity can make almost any food a heavenly party that dances around in the mouth.

This morning, you helped a handsome and thoughtful husband delight his wife upon her waking; as he surprised her with your yummi-ness melded into these delightful treats. Who knew muffins and doughnuts could be made worthy of consumption all because you were willing to add your spice into these rather mundane food items. Who knew crumble top, cream cheese, glaze, and chocolate could taste so inspiring.
Thank you for delighting a mamma to such an extent that even fits and tears later in the day could not destroy her happy high!

Sincerely Satisfied,

Mamma Sass

 P.S. Thank you dear sweet husband for going out of your way on such a busy work-day to bring a little joy into your wife's daily routine. These thoughtful acts of love and consideration only make her fall even more madly-in-love with you. If you continue to persist with such behavior, you will only cause a heart to beat with such depth of love that there could be no way of releasing you from such a connection!

"The Moose Is Loose" Fall Pumpkin Treats

Peace amidst the storms

Have you ever been walking along and fallen down so hard?

Most of us haven't since toddler-hood.

 Mr Elskan's first steps.

(circa mid 1970's)

Today we recieved a blow and we have certainly fallen down.

Pabbi has lost his job.

Economic cutbacks by his workplace have created a loss of job for several employees. We happened to be in that cut.

Despite this blow, we are at peace.

We thank God for this.

And we will soon be up and walking as if we had never fallen.

In this we are confident.

Celebrating my Man's Birthday

Tonight, I had the chance to sit across from this incredibly handsome man who just knows how to melt my heart. I am one lucky woman to be married to a true-blue VIKING man.

Tonight we celebrated our birthdays - in our traditional fashion:
Just the two of us.

For the first 7 years of our marriage it was only the two of us.
Then our beautiful boy joined us and we get to celebrate as the 3 of us.

But tonight
we escaped,
leaving our beautiful boy with friends,
so that we could have a
fun
romantic
night connecting
and
commemorating
each other's births-
Just the TWO of US.