Feeling official...

I am enjoying so much (despite my own personal struggles with time and the computer) how the internet makes the world a smaller place. There is no shortage of awesome Titus 2 women with blogs, from whom I can gain perspective and wisdom! A blog I just recently found but have been enjoying so much lately is In the Nursery of the Nation. She's doing a series about homeschooling right now, and I linked this morning's post on my facebook feed; it's about how our heart attitudes (and face, and tone of voice), towards the tiniest interruptions to our school day teach our children so much. I needed to hear that! It's something we know logically, but I can have a hard time translating that to real life.

Soon she'll post about practical tips for keeping the littlests happily occupied, and friends, I need those, too. My Little Man is trouble with a capital T. I use baby gates. Because if I don't, this happens:

"Ha? Ha, Mama, ha? Srash?"

Yup, he went and dug out a hat ("ha?"). And a dirty diaper from the bathroom trash can. And little bro' can climb now. Wheee. He loves the bunk beds in the boys' room. Ere go, baby gates. And hopefully some fun ideas from around the web.

In other news, I done gone and lost my mind.

Y'all. Seriously.

(sigh)

There are ants in my kitchen.

On purpose.

I really love My Father's World kindergarten. It's so.stinkin.fun, and we get to have a blast exploring God's creation. The program is interesting and captivating, and the kids love everything we learn about. Plus, they make it really easy for you to get outside your comfort zone, by things like having an ant habitat.

Seriously, I feel like a "real" homeschooling mom now that I have critters in my house that would otherwise have me panicking on the phone with our pest control company. And actually? The ants are really, really cool to watch.