Ten on Tuesday

1. In regard to yesterday's post, I wanted to add that I'm incredibly thankful that Nathan's job pays well enough that we can afford for me to stay home. ;) I get that I'm blessed. :)

2. JOAD season is underway again! Noah and Micah are both participating again and are in the same compound bow divisions as last year. Here's hoping that they enjoy the year and continue to make personal progress. 

3. Micah, meanwhile, is about as interested in convincing teams to give out stuffed animals for prizes as he is in winning or beating personal records, lol.

4. Last month, we did a unit on nutrition. While I wasn't thrilled with the curriculum's grammar (reading it out loud drove me crazy), it did cover some good stuff. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have persuaded Asher to eat better (as hoped) so much as it's given Noah ammunition against me and my vices when grocery shopping. (For example, I took the boys to the grocery store the other day in search of a snack. All I got from Noah were comments about how donuts weren't good for me (and why), nor was soda. Poo.)

5. Great. Now I really want donuts and pop again. (Especially since I didn't get any the other day, lol.)

6. I bought new boots yesterday. They were on a smokin' sale, and it had to be done. ;) So enjoying this fall weather...

7. Now, though, I feel the need to reorganize my closet. I need a new boot/shoe storage solution. ;)

8. Speaking of organization, though...I've been putting our weekly schedule on the inside of the armoire doors in our "school" room (trying to just use what I've already got and also keep it from being in the way):

There are columns for each day of the week (just one, though, for the weekend). I then used color coded post-it notes to show each boy's individual work, afternoon group work, things that involve leaving the house, and stuff to do on each boy's own time. The point is to get boys to look here rather than ask me every ten minutes. So far, it's going okay.

9. Further, if you happen to need a solution for displaying award medals, belt/tie racks work really well:

(These are Micah's science fair, karate tournament and JOAD tournament medals. They were getting too heavy strung up on the display wire in his bedroom.)

10. Okay, need to go get boys to take a break from a card game so that we can do more afternoon schoolwork. ;)