Yocum ISD: Letter L, Week 1

It took me a couple of month to find a "program" that worked for us! I am using SEVERAL different websites and kinda created our own syllabus!

We will spend three weeks on a letter. We are going OUT of order and doing the Kumon approach for the order of the letters. I am liking it SO much!!!

Curriculum for each week:
Week 1- Raising Rock Star Preschool AND Raising Rock Star Kindergarten by 1+1+1=1
Week 2- Letter of the Week by Confessions of a Homeschooler
Week 3- Totally Tot ABC and Tot School Print Outs
Week 4- Seasonal
*Tray- Ideas from Tot School

Our schedule
10:00- Morning "Play Station" (While I put Henry down for his 10am nap and clean up the upstairs- 20min)

 

10:30- Calendar Time, Bible Verse, Letter, Shape, Color, Sight Word, Numbers, and Song

 

10:45- Math

11:00- Letter

11:15- Trays

12:00/12:30- Lunch

 

This week:

Letter: L

Color: Yellow

Shape: Circle

Sight Word: See

Number: 1 & 11

Verse: Matthew 5:16

Song: This Little Light of Mine

My Lesson Book

calendar time

Working on some Math

James' work from last week: L



Paps' work from last week: L

 

 



Yes it is True

I deleted Facebook. No, I am not depressed and our marriage is doing great, I just got to the point where it was too much! I was on it ALL the time. It took MOST of my days. The boys called my facebook page my "work"....THAT is SAD!!!! The politics became ridiculous, people fighting over dumb stuff....DRAMA. At times, I felt like the "creepers" were laughing AT me NOT with me and judging me.
NOW, I feel free! I have my time back! Facebook is STILL something I think about, I am having to train myself that, "it is ok, and NO I do NOT need to post anything on Facebook". Yes, i repeat that to myself often! Ha

Here are some pics from the week!

The boys are LOVING school. I will start blogging about Yocum ISD on Sundays!

Snuggles got a sweet snuggle from one of my childhood best friends

the boys received some DARLING place mats from one of our dear Baylor friends

we are NOT in Texas any more

Watching the snow fall

 

SNOW

Henry withOUT his swaddle

This weeks verse Matthew 5:16, Lessons from 1+1+1=1

 

The HUGE Moose John saw in the 'hood on the way to work

 

Paps' love for hummus

 

I fit into my FAV pj pants again!

Forgot I had this on! I was a "walking" queen that day! My goal is 10k a day

Boy SO excited about their new Baylor dino Hats! SO Alaska

 

Sweet Brothers

Henry is starting foods!
 

Hen's first Meal. Peas

My abs work out view

Henry's new view

Working on the weight

Another view for Henry

Our NEW couch broke!! SO they came and got it to fix it!

Hen was finished (that is his bottle pillow)

The boys morning Play Station. I try to have a different station each morning

I had our SSA playgroup, very blessed by these women

 Sorry if I have disappointed my facebook family BUT this is what I need for MY family! This has been on my heart for sometime now and I finally did it. I will still use my instagram and maybe even post a tweet every now and then. But good bye Facebook! It was a fun four years!

 

 

Coming to the blog:

Family stories

"FB update"

Recipes

Home school

And much more!



Week 1: 3.1 pounds

Down in week ONE by 3.1 pounds, how did you do?

 

What worked for me last week:

-I went on one walk, and did 4 videos.
-I ate my WW oatmeal each morning
-Drank at least 64oz of water a day
-Only 3 diet sodas all week
-Used my pedometer
-Tracked my food intake all but one day
-No fast food

This weeks goals:

-do a Workout video, 6 days
-10k steps a day
-Drink my shakeology EVERY day
-No snacks after 9pm
-32oz of water b4 i have a diet soda
-try NOT to step on the scale until weigh in day

 

Recipe of the week:

Crock Pot Chicken
-1 can of chicken broth
-2 cups of baby carrots
-1 cut onion
-garlic
-salt/pepper
-4 seasoned chicken breast (like salt/pepper, oh so garlic, and some Old Bay)
Place everything in Crock Pot (chicken on top) cook 4-6hrs. Serve with rice

What worked for you last week? What are your goals this week? Have a great recipe? Feel free to email me! amanda@tinybitmore.com

Shop the Outside

Thank you SO much for all your sweet emails, comments, text, and calls! Yall make my heart feel full and make my mind know I am doing the right thing! Some have asked "How can you write your real weight out there" WELL those that know me, know I am NOT shy. And I have always been one to tell the truth no matter what. I also feel like writing out the "numbers" makes it even MORE real!

I got a beautiful email from a friend back home. She shared her weight journey with me! She is making it happen!!!! One thing she said made a light bulb go off and I am pretty sure it may for ever change the way I grocery shop. She said, "I do cook dinner every night, but took away the box sides and processed foods. I shopped on the outside of the store, which was hard, I liked all the goodies on the inside." AMAZING way to look at the store, it speaks SUCH truth and great goal to start with!

SO this weekend my shopping goal it to shop the "outside of the store"!!! Who is joining me??

xoxo- amanda

The Ugly TRUTH

I sit here at 175.7 pounds, 3 months and 13 days after having our sweet baby #3. At 6 weeks post baby I was ALL about loosing the weight. I had my BFFL wedding in CABO (of all places)! I got down to 175 and found some great dresses that fit and I was NOT going to let my weight stop me from enjoying my mini vacay! I THOUGHT I looked SO cute in my dresses, UNTIL I saw ALL the other 20 something (no babies) women and then I wanted to hide, BUT I did NOT hide! I enjoyed myself and knew deep inside my husband loves me and my body. My family thinks I am pretty, That's all I need. In my head I swear I am a size 4 or 6 NOT a 14. I am the MASTER of cropping my pictures, I know the perfect angle to stand for pictures to look 1/2 my size. I buy what I think is "cute" in style clothes, but when I look at the size (XL) I see "big" girl clothes and kinda makes me sick to my full tummy. So I add a cute scarf, big earrings, and great make-up, so no one looks past my neck (so I tell myself). I am for the most part a VERY (over) confident person. I use humor to fill in my short comings BUT the other day on facebook I saw a picture of a SWEET friend who had a baby on the SAME day as I did and she was STUNNING! She was in a bikini with a six pack....I will never be in a bikini (I never have, my chest is WAY to large for one, no matter what size I am) but it made me think...I am pretty sure i DO NOT need to eating that AMAZING "Baconator" even though it IS just "the son of" one. Her picture has been all I can think about! I was talking to my husband about it and he said (in a NICE way), "Well, you are not one to care about what your body looks like." Well, he is right AND he is wrong. Would I rather eat that number one then be a size one YES! Would I rather order a number one and have diabetes NO! I have a CRAZY life, I have three boys, a home to maintain (and I LIKE it to be clean), dinner to cook, meals to make, home school to teach AND lets add working out and eating healthy ARRRRR! it is too much! What do I give up??? After taking a picture of myself in just a bra and unders and MADE myself look at it, I realize I AM LARGE! I am only 5ft 2in and I should NOT be this LARGE no matter how many kids I have had in four years. THANK the sweet Lord that my husband DOES love me and ALL of me no matter what size BUT come on, I could stand to loose a little, well....I could loose about 50-55lbs. SO today my mind, heart, and attitude was ready for this change. You can ask my sister and she will tell you NO one can talk me into a change or an action BUT AMANDA will do it or not do it on her OWN time! She is right, watch out fat because I have hit the ground "running". September 13, 2012 is the day I, AMANDA, decide to get MY body back! I would love for you to follow my journey and PLEASE join in and START yours! Email me with any question to amanda@tinybitmore.com.

175.7

xoxo- amanda