Things are moving along quickly at The Nut House! I am starting to feel like my old self again. And by old, I don’t mean that I am starting to feel like my old tired 40 year old body, I mean I am starting to feel like the young old self where I run...Keep Reading Here »
Projects
Take It On! Organizing and Reorganizing The Nut House
Since we moved the kids into our addition over the summer, The Nut House has been in a constant state of organization and reorganization. It felt a lot like we were moving to another home. Everything in 1 bedroom got divided up into 3 new bedrooms and many things from around the house got...Keep Reading Here »
Homeschool Room Makeover Chalkboard Paint and the Finished Room
You may have remembered a few days ago when I mentioned that I was done showing off my Homeschool Room Make over photos, but I lied. I actually have a few more photos that I can’t believe I missed. If you have not seen all of my other post about our Homeschool Room Makeover,...Keep Reading Here »
Homeschool Room Makeover Organizing my Teaching Space
If you have not seen all of my other post about our Homeschool Room Makeover, you can find them all here Repairing the Walls in the Homeschool Classroom Homeschool Room Makeover after the Walls are Painted Homeschool Room Makeover Organizing the Closet and Curriculums Homeschool Room Makeover Chalkboard Paint and the Finished Room While...Keep Reading Here »
Homeschool Room Makeover Organizing the Curriculums and Closet
Last year I just taught my oldest Nut and it wasn’t that big of a deal to have just 1 child’s curriculums to organize. I had a small space that I created in my office, but it still ended up all over the house. This year I took 3 shelf units from our bedroom...Keep Reading Here »
Homeschool Room Makeover After the Walls are Repaired and Painted
It took us 5 years to finally finish caulking around the windows, fill in the nail holes and paint the trim and the baseboards. The Classroom was Wing Nut’s bedroom for 7 years, E Nut’s bedroom for over 5 years and Little Nut Nut’s room for 2 years. Have you ever noticed that sometimes...Keep Reading Here »
Repairing The Walls in The Homeschool Classroom
Until the middle of June, our three oldest Nuts shared a bedroom. It was a tight fit, with a set of bunk beds and another bed, bookshelf dressers and all the toys of the three Nuts packed in. After they moved out we started repairing the damage caused by 3 boys and the way...Keep Reading Here »
My Five Dollar Make-Over
Actually it was less than 5 bucks, the henna was four something, I don’t remember exactly. I have seen some Henna for much cheaper, but I am brand loyal to my Henna color. And I was ordering it online, and the last thing I wanted to do was try out a new brand and...Keep Reading Here »
I Made a Pink & Ruffled Hat for Baby Girl
I sat around with my kids this weekend and took a much need break. Saturday I parked my butt on the couch and finished She Nut’s hat that I started months ago and thought would be done for her for Christmas. This was the type of project I soon realized that I couldn’t just...Keep Reading Here »
Honey Nut
Honey Nut is the Latest and Last Addition to the Family. She is our 5th Little Nut and our 1st and only Little Girl. She spends her days pretty much running after her brothers and pretending she can talk. She has no trouble being heard around here and loves her big brothers as much as they love her. Right now it is pretty much her job to just hang out and be cute.
Wee Nut
Owain is my 3 year old, my Little Heart Kid & my Hero. He is Double Inlet, Single Ventricle with Pulmonary Atresia and Malpositioned Great Arteries. He has had 3 out of 3 Open Heart surgeries needed to “fix” his heart. The Heart is an amazing thing and I never know what to expect. He also has asthma and we are doing our best to manage that. He finally had his last surgery on June 24th 2011.
Wee Nut and Honey Nut have become a pair of serious partners in crime. The two of them together can cause more trouble than the older three. They keep me on my toes!
Owain is our Miracle Baby. You can read his Congenital Heart Defect Story from the very beginning if you click on his picture.
E Nut
E Nut is 8 and wicked crazy! He is my fearless child and spent much of his life thinking if he could just jump high enough he could fly. If I let him, he would play Wii all day long, that is IF I let him. He has no trouble waking up before 6am and made me a morning person when I never thought I would be. He recently lost his first tooth and FINALLY feels like a Big Kid. E Nut and Wing Nut are the Big Kids around here and while they fight like enemies, they love like brothers.
Thank you for praying!
After his Fontan on June 24th he went home after 6 days! Now we are back in the hospital waiting for fluid to stop draining from around his right lung.
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Little Nut Nut
Little Nut Nut is my 5 year old boy genius and totally freaks me out with the things he can do. What type of child learns to read at 3 years old?!? He is his Big Brothers shadow and wants to do what ever they do. He doesn't have any trouble letting everyone around here know what he thinks, has no inner voice and talks non-stop all day long. If he thinks it, he says it. He says things like "I love life" and "I am made of Awesome" and always makes me smile, even when I don't want to.
Wing Nut
My Wing Nut, 10 years old, is my first born and is a Lego Fanatic. He talks in his sleep about "interesting number combinations" and insists that he is going to work for Lego when he grows up. From the moment he gets the current issue of Lego magazine in the mail, he anticipates the arrival of the next one. He has crazy mood swings, has recently been diagnosed with ADHD but I am not so sure that is correct. He is considered Failure to Thrive and I struggle everyday to get him to gain weight, he keeps getting taller, but not gaining any weight. I think if we can figure out why he his Failure to Thrive, his ADHD will go away.
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