Our First Day

First let me give you a little introduction to my family: my husband, Matt, whom I have been in love with for 11 years and we have been married for almost 9 years; we have had our share of ups and downs, but with God, family, and love we make it through it all and the plan is for many, many more years to come. Next is me, Lauri, I have mainly been a stay at home wife and mother, besides a short 6 months were I worked in an assisted living facility as a nurse; both jobs are very rewarding, but I believe God has placed me in this family to be a wife, mother and mentor to my kiddos first, I will work again outside the home when the time is right. Then there is our awesome boy, Liam, whom has recently turned 4 and is full of life, love and curiosity. Last, but definitely not least, our spunky, silly, and mischievous princess Alexandra, who is 2 1/2, with a personality that gets bigger every day.

 Now, for the reason of this blog; my husband and I have talked about trying home-school for our kids even before there were kids to consider. Then as we had our kids we talked about it a little more, but nothing serious because they were just barely walking and couldn't talk or color or write. It has always been on our hearts as a possibility, and now that our first born, our awesome son Liam, has turned 4 it is time to get serious. We have never talked about sending either of our two to preschool; since I stay home with them, we decided that it was time to try homeschooling, to see if it will benefit our children and their personalities. Today was our first day, I have been procrastinating starting, because to be honest I am unsure of my abilities to give them the foundation they need for school. But, I hope you will join us on our journey and maybe this could give other preschool homeschooling families some fun (inexpensive) ideas and maybe you can help and inform me along the way. I am definitely open to advice and as any one would like, encouragement would be great!

Here is a look at our little set up of our worksheets, crayons, paints, books, things like that:

 Our little classroom:

 I picked these workbooks up at Target in the $1 section to use as our curriculum for now, instead of buying curriculum this year (I will let you know where we find our resources, I have a lot of print outs I found on pinterest all ready to go too) 

 Liam working on his worksheets for Day #1

 After his worksheets it was time for a little dancing and learning through song, this song to be exact.

Little sister, Alex, came to join us for music and dancing.

 Here are the worksheets Liam completed on his first day:

His numbers and letters still need some work, but hey that's what preschool is for right?

Thanks for reading and I hope you follow us on our journey. I hope to show all the honest ups and downs, what we have learned through this journey, and I hope mainly to be a good example to our kids and make sure they know that Matt and I support and love them no matter what may come in life.