Chocolate Kingdom

Okay it was the 4th day of school... We need a Field Trip! 

One of the many blessings of homeschooling your children. Off to Chocolate Kingdom! 

Theobroma cacao or also known as the Cocoa Tree is what gives us CHOCOLATE! 

Do you know what pollinates a the flower produced on the tree?.... Bees? WRONG! Flies actually do, to be exact a midges is the correct name for these little flies! 

Kerhia was able to old one of the pods which is filled with cocoa beans! 

Did you know you need 300 cocoa beans to make only one pound of Chocolate? WOW! 

Chocolate Kingdom provided with a wonderful interactive tour perfect for the kids!! They have a wonderful cartoon too watch along the tour along with a very energetic tour guide! 

Who doesn't LOVE nice smooth chocolate? Well you can thank this machine; The Melangeur!

.... and now we know how to make the Chocolate shoes! If I have you wondering, I highly suggest touring Chocolate Kingdom! Your Kids and even your adult inner kid will LOVE it! 

Following the tour we all were able to watch our very own chocolate bar creation be prepared before our very own eyes! YUM! The girls loved picking their own custom bar! 

Did you Love it Mia! I think so! 

The Chocolate Kingdom tour was a wonderful kick off to our homeschooling year! I am very thankful the Lord has blessed us with the opportunity to home school and enjoy the days we have together! 

But if you're ever in the Kissimmee area, don't forget to check it out! 

Thanks for the FUN day Chocolate Kingdom

Let's learn about.. Seasons

Well the down fall of being Florida residents is the lack of season changes! Teaching the seasons was a tad bit of a difficult lesson in our house. "Well when do the leaves fall off our trees?" Lets just say we spent a lot of time discussing the Earth's position to the sun and the equator. After about an hour science lesson we figured it all out and she wants to move up North! She drew the different things that she thinks of during each season. Her artistic ability was gifted to her from her mother. There is not much of it! 

P.S. Spring is rain.. I got yelled out for saying blue skies! 

Pluto is NOT a planet!

Momma may have looked a little frazzled at Mia's 4o'clock dance class today! 

We have the wiggle in our seat all day virus to work on the next few weeks. 

(They're little, they're suppose to wiggle!!) 

Science and history have been big hits in our house the last few days. I'm really considering supplementing a new bible lesson. I don't feel they're getting what I want them to grasp from the Bible storybook that goes along with our sonlight curriculum. I need something a little more hands on for them. They LOVE their bible stories and I want to keep that passion! 

History was the hit in our house today as we learned a little bit about what the 1st people on earth's lifestyles were like. 

I took the time today to hide some sunflower seeds, berries and spinach leaves around the house. I explained to them how the children and adults had to search for food, they couldn't open their fridge! 

So we went on a food search! 

A little Strawberry Balsamic will help the modern day girls eat their spinach!

They seem to learn a little better if their is food involved! hmm.... They're like their mother! 

We also discussed the Solar System a little more in detail today. I had some very excited little girls to hear there "was" a planet named PLUTO! "Just like Mickey's dog?!" 

Then quickly disappointed little ones to discover he is no longer named in our solar system. We now have only 8 planets!

Hey.. it's the 1st Day!

Woooah! Many routine changes for my sweet ones and they're handling it wonderfully! 

I'll try to share some of the highlights of our days! 

The first day science lesson was about planet EARTH! 

CRUST, MANTLE, CORE.... eat!

What a wonderful explanation of the the three layers!

 We also were able to spend sometime talking about the other planets and the rotation of the earth to cause Day & Night. 

Overall I think the 1st day of school was a SUCCESS! We had many changes and even implemented a new allowance policy all in one day! 

Thank you Popp-E & Gigi for the wonderful delivery! It meant a lot to us for you to remember our first day at school! 

My Home School Space

Aa: All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23 

is our memory verse of the week! 

What a blessing it is too start our new schooling year. The curriculum my family has chosen this year:

Sonlight Core A

Hand Writing without Tears

Math U See 

Piano: Music for little Mozarts 

Last night as I was finishing preparing for our first year of home school, I began to feel sad. If only I had a school room how fun that would be. I quickly had to stop myself. How silly of me! The Lord has BLESSED me with everything I need to do his work of raising and schooling my children! I don't need a big room filled with everything I want. I just need a home! Which I pray each day, my children see Christ here.

So friends, if you're invited for dinner don't be surprised if you have a lesson on your colors or asked if you can locate your states! 

Kain Alexander Stacy (July 2009)

The death of Kain was the hardest thing I ever had to deal with. God had a better and higher plan for him that was too good to be on earth. He was beautiful, so very premature but had the most beautiful features. He looked peaceful and happy as he lay to rest in my arms. He didn't look like a normal baby, he looked to be an angel. My family's angel. His death made me angry, sad and confused. "Why would God take an innocent child from me?" I don't live a sinful life and the things that mean the most to me in life are my children. April 30th, 2009 I lost a part of me. There is not a day that goes by that my son is not on my mind. I miss him more than simple words could ever explain. I wish I would have had a chance at raising my beautiful innocent son.

My children have taught me more than ever. To be strong, to not give up, to love more than I thought possible, to see better in people and to believe.

Welcome Mia (April 2010)

Mia Alexandria Stacy was born.

6lbs. 0 oz. 19 inches bundle of joy

April 9, 2010

We are excited to welcome a new beautiful little girl into our family. I went into labor April 8th, 2010 (I give credit to red raspberry leaf tea)! I had been having contractions but they were not staying consistent enough to go into L&D. So after some research Corey and I went out to Mother Earth's food to purchase this miracle tea. I did not have too much faith in the tea working to help progress my labor. We went there at 4:30 p.m., then came home to start drinking some tea and were admitted into L&D at 7:00 p.m.! Labor was not an easy one. After 18 1/2 hours, Mia decided that she would go ahead and come out into this world. She is in great health and such a great addition to our family.