Military Brats

I have two of them! The kids think it's hilarious they are called military brats. I ordered our deployment t-shirts and just got them today. I thought it was funny the back of their t-shirts say "VP-26 Brat Pack."




Oh, and don't mind Brenalee's eye. I have no idea what she did. Tyler and I were downstairs yesterday and she was upstairs. All of a sudden she was screaming. She says fell into her bed.

Volcano science experiment

On Tuesdays and Thursdays we do science. The kids got this flask with different experiments at Chick-fil-a one day. Instead of trading in the toys like they do all the time for ice cream, I told them we needed to keep this one. We did the exploding volcano and the kids loved it. We have been homeschooling for about 1 month now and it is going so good. We are all loving it. I am grateful for the extra snuggle times we get and that my little boy is back to being sweet and happy! It's funny, TJ and I use to think we just had average kids. Now I realize that public school was making them "average." Tyler is 100x smarter than I ever thought. It's just amazing how much he has learned, and the kid can memorize like nothing I've ever seen! We have never worked on the U.S. states before. He just likes looking at the map on the wall. For Christmas my

sister gave him flashcards of the states (examples above). One Friday I pulled them out and decided we would start memorizing states and capitals. I pulled the first card out thinking he was going to need a lot of help on these - I mean look at those tiny states! My jaw dropped to the ground when he knew every single state. He didn't miss one! We showed TJ the flashcards on Skype one night - he couldn't even get every state right! There's no way I could either. He has memorized many scriptures, articles of faith, poems and on and on. I can't begin to tell you how much he has memorized. I have one smart little cookie :)

Sparklees

My kids never have had a security blanket, stuffed animal, or toy they were attached to. Until TJ left. Now Brena always has her puppy - Sparklees - in tow. So the other night I found this:

I asked Brena why Sparklees was sleeping in the hall and not with her. Brena's reply was "'Cause she's gettin' me so sick!" Well, she woke up with pink eye so I guess she was right!