Music

  So my question is : Who Doesn't like music?? I know I myself I Love Music ~ it cheers me up when I'm feeling down ~ it gets my energy level pumped up ~ it makes me want to sing along (lol) and also my favorite ~> Dance...
Anyways I guess my main focus tonight with the topic of music is: Allix Nicole has a sparkle in her when it comes to music. Its actually pretty funny because if you sit back and watch her sing it is one of the sweetest things you will ever hear & see!! I could listen to her sing all day  ;) just the way she sings - its so Beautiful.She pours her heart into it. Passion that's what its all about!
I've been struggling with this for the past few months because we all have special gifts and talents...I truly believe this child's Passion is Music!!! No doubt about it. Allix is definitely unique in many ways its so hard to describe - but this girl is a hands on learner and everyday she throws me a new loop. I'm blown away with some of the things she comes up with. Between Allix and Cecille both I'm not sure who is learning more everyday me or them. I believe that's the best part about homeschooling we learn together.
 Allix - you think she is ignoring the lesson for the day but in truth she running everything through her mind over and over and over again. Allix is  always thinking of ways to improve things! She is learning - but in such a Unique Way. Trust me I have to change the way we do things EVERYDAY  ~> Don't get me wrong it adds more adventure to our week. I love it the other day you could just tell she was a little gloomy - not having the best day so what did I decide to do...Hmm... Pandora to the Rescue!! I Love music (I have no vocal skills but that's alright as long as you have the knob twisted all the way up) lol. All I have to do is get it started.I love how Pandora has all the lyrics ready to go. Just ask Jason I can make up my own words to go with any song...depending on what type of mood I'm in that could be a good thing or bad thing. The girls do the same thing when they get to a part in the song and they forget the words they just throw some in there and go with it.lol
  Now Cecille she loves to sing and she too is excellent at singing. Its just she doesn't quite have that sparkle when she is singing. She doesn't pour her whole heart into it. That sounds horrible but its the truth. I could be wrong I know she does really wants to learn how to play guitar. I'm thinking about getting that set up sometime in the near future. Sometimes you just have to try things to see if it is really something your interested in. Cecille she is really into art, animals & nature. She Loves animals!  We are thinking about joining 4-H sometime soon. Cecille and Allix both will really enjoy this when we do. See they both like doing  all these things but where is their heart?? What do they pour their heart into??
Cecille is such a smart girl. I think she can intimidate a  few adults. (LOL!!!) I've actually witnessed  it and had to chuckle under my breath as I'm saying to myself in my head "You Go Girl" LOL. Most parents would over react about the "Know It All Situations" but as long as your correct and you speak your knowledge - go for it!! She will let you know if your wrong and she has a head strong personality ;)
She would be mad at me for saying she doesn't have the same Passion for music as Allix and maybe I'm wrong.


I don't know I have been praying for months about this. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe both my oldest daughters have a Passion for Music. I do know they both enjoy singing and Sydella is finally breaking out of her shy stage. She also sings along with all the songs here recently. Its cute because she remembers the parts that I forget. 
Joslyn she loves to be Vocal all around!!! She walks around yellin $5.00 Pizza Whoo!! I need to record her doing this because it is Hilarious! She should be on the commercial....

 

"The Owl Named Owlvester"

Cecille's book she has been working on is now finished.
We scanned it in and uploaded it.
You can download it at the link below!

Click Here to Download the book in PDF format.

Gunpowder Creek "Snake Hunt" 08/19/12

 The only type of snakes we caught were garter snakes.

She is all wet because they had to "look for snakes in the water", or so they said. It turned more into a swim in the creek for the younger girls.

Alot of people go there just to walk or jog up and down that hill. We should have taken a picture of it. Jason forgot his sun glasses down at the bottom by the creek...it was pretty funny because I knew I wasn't walking back down that huge hill!! So him and Cecille hiked back down to get them.

 Joslyn likes to pose for the camera!

Cecille holding a frog.                                                      

Kenton County Farm Tour 2012

This looks interesting!
We are going, anyone else?
http://ces.ca.uky.edu/kenton-files/ONLINE_FARM_TOUR_2012_info.pdf

Know your Snakes!

This website is very helpful for identifying local Kentucky snakes.
It has lots of good photos and information on all of the species native to Kentucky.
http://kentuckysnakes.shutterfly.com/

How many of the species have you found?

Species we've found:
Garter Snake \ Water Snake \ Ring Neck Snake \ Milk Snake

Natural Bridge Trip 8/18/12

So we had to go back to Our Stress Free Hideout!
As we began our journey for the day Cecille spotted snails on the leaves. They are soo Cute!

The suspension bridge the girls love to walk across, run across, jump across :) Out of all of the trails there, the girls wanted to go to the "big bridge" trail; NOT the big arch trails.

 Cecille, she is growing up Way to fast!! Next thing you know she will be driving herself on adventures like this.

So this picture I Love! Jason just simply said a boys name to try to get her to smile... she claims she's not Boy Crazy.
Its funny they think you can't hear them talk in the back of the car with the radio on. Mom can hear everything and its Cute to think she starts the conversations with her big sister.

















  They love playing in the dirt!!

 

After they played in the dirt for awhile we talked them into getting a picture all of them together. Its always a challenge getting everyone to look and smile at the same time.

 We are almost there...

It is such a pretty place. Anyone who has been there knows how beautiful and relaxing (sitting up top)  it is. The hike itself is a .....










 Sydella playing in the dirt again!

 Allix Nicole taking it all in!

Cecille wanted to take some pictures. We usually let her take some picture's with her daddy's camera when we go different places. She is our cameragirl!









           












Cecille & Allix they aren't always this nice to each other actually this is a rare occassion so we had to catch it on camera. "Joking "

 Joslyn playing in the dirt (sand?) again. She was a dirty little girl on the hike...note to self : pack wipes in the hiking backpack.

We have so much FuN!! I cherish every Second of "US - TIME". It only occurs in second intervals...the background screams: mommy,mommy, MOMMY!! I would have it no other way though!

 Walking down the Devils Gultch.

 Looking up from below!

Looking down. Its all down from here!! Its exciting every time... except this time it was dark and a little scary. We've never seen Bears but everything in the area is made Bear-proof. So I'm assuming maybe one day we might see a Bear - hopefully from a distance!!

Big Bone Lick Hike 08/11/12

We decided to take another hike with the girls & Sam (our neighbor) wanted to go with them on the hike. Jack was at Coney Island with another friend of theirs.

The fake animals stuck in the bog at the visitors center are always cool for the kids.

Cecille found this baby Eastern Milk Snake near the creek bank. It was really cool because we've never caught one of these before.

Right after that, Allix threw a stick at a rock in the water. When it hit the rock, it splashed its tail on the water and took off - it wasn't a rock - it was a beaver. "Justin Beaver" swam around back to his lodge and sat in the entry hole looking out at us.

After a minute, he came back out and swam around the creek. It was cool seeing a beaver, since it's been a while since we've seen one.

I don't think Sam has ever seen a beaver in the wild before, he thought it was really cool.

The girls liked their hike. They all found some sticks towards the end of the hike and challenged each other to see who could balance them on their hands the longest!