Happy New Year!

Wow! I can't believe it's already 1/1/11!! As I look back at last year, I can count all the blessings! Hubby having a steady job, Princess turned 3, Junior turned 2, the birth of Marshmallow, just to name a couple. I know that this year will be full of many more exciting things! Who knows, we may just be blessed even more this year!

We are so excited to really start getting into our home schooling now! We'll start Monday with a unit on Farms! We can't wait. I also read on my new FAVORITE blog (Shower of Roses) about a program called "Along the Alphabet Path". The program incorporates teaching letters with a fairy, a saint, plants, and art for each letter, along with TONS of activities! We're hoping to be able to get enough Swagbucks to get Amazon gift cards to help pay for some of the books. I just know that Princess will LOVE this program, and I can't wait to start it with her.

We're going to try to bake something fun at least once a week, and we're going to make personal goals as well. Princess has already decided she is determined to learn how to tie shoes. I'm going to make her a practice board with laces so she can actually practice "tying". We haven't decided on Junior's goal yet, but it will probably be something as simple as stop wetting his pants. Marshmallow's will be to start sleeping through the night, though that is more up to me than him. LOL. As for me, I am DETERMINED to try to walk at least 3 times a week, and lose these last 10 pounds to get back to being a lifetime member for Weight Watchers! It will be wonderful to be able to go for free again!

As a family, we are going to make sure that we continue going to Sunday Mass as a family, as well as start reading bedtime bible and saint stories (from their "new to them" Picture Bible, and other misc. books). I'm also going to try to get to daily Mass with the kids at least once a week. Hopefully I can work up to more than that, but once a week is a start.

Well, here's to a prosperous, joyous and blessed New Year!!

Happy 2011!