Raisinglittlegrays

SO MUCH FUN! Hasting really enjoys it! We've always been on and off with crafts and cooking together, we've just added more crafts and a couple worksheets. Our first week was full of fun worksheets, crafts, a lot of park time, and a trip to the park in Greensboro for a play date and picnic with friends!  We have very limited structure to our curriculum that we have ordered, but I am still a planner! We do school 3 days a week-- Monday, Wednesday, & Thursday!  Our curriculum we use is Alpha Omega, and is the Homeschool Preschool for threes. I ordered it when they had a great deal going on, and paid no more than $60 shipped. It is a Christian based curriculum. It came with the teachers handbook, children's workbook, children's workbook companion, and bible story book. I just incorporate extra crafts I find via Pinterest! I really enjoy this curriculum. It can be as structured as you want it to be, and all of the subjects (math, science, music, shapes, PE, etc), can be...

The rules are simple... 1. Sign up using the below form. Click on the link below to be taken to the form! Open to all US residents ONLY.  2. Sign ups close August 28th and you will receive your partner by the 30th at the very latest. if  numbers are un-even we will open for a couple more days!  3. Spend a couple weeks chatting with your buddy, getting to know them.  4. Send out a mug to them BY September 30th. The MAX you should spend on the mug is $15. Remember, you still have to pay shipping. You CAN order online like etsy or Amazon and ship it straight to your partner. You may also include other goodies inside our package. That is your choice and not mandatory.   5. We'd love to see your mugs when you get them. Use the hashtag #fallmugswap2015L&K (because apparently mug swapping is a thing and its already got a handful of taken hashtags!)  6. Share it! Make sure to tell your friends about the swap...

Trigger warning** If you have a weak stomach, or talk of loss is painful, please do NOT read this post. This post is about my traumatic laboring experience during a loss.  Wednesday, August 5th I felt great all morning. In the evening I started just feeling off. I laid down, and Chad cares for the kids so I could rest. I woke up to some sharp, excruciating pains in my abdomen. I kept up with how frequent they were coming, and noticed they were coming every 2-3 minutes, just like contractions. Eventually, they became unbearable, and so painful I began to cry. Annestyne was nursing, and luckily unlatched herself. Chad noticed how much pain I was in and volunteered to take the kids and just go through a drive-thru somewhere for dinner, and go get me some medicine.  He left, and I decided to take a hot bath to help ease the pain of my stomach. I immediately began clotting and losing blood. I could feel every time I was contracting I was also clotting. I felt like I w...

This is the type of post I never imagined I would ever type out. But sometimes things happen, and The Lord has other plans for us.  I had minor spotting ONCE the Monday before we were scheduled for our first ultrasound.  July 10 (Friday) was scheduled to be our first ultrasound, at a new office. I had originally decided a new office because the location was closer than our last office we used with Annestyne, and I was  planning a homebirth with this child.  We arrived at the office, Annestyne in tow. Chad's mom kept Hasting for us. I knew going in I should have been 9 weeks. We were excited, and had no sense of nervousness in our bodies. I had been feeling every symptom, very strongly. I was sure a healthy child was thriving within me. I'd had 2 precious perfectly healthy pregnancies. So going in to the doctors office feeling confident was expected.  The nurse was really nice. We talked about A's birth and how awesome it was. Went over previous births, pregnanci...