Lazy Mondays, Preschool, & Lemon vehicals

For some reason Mondays are my worst days for house work. I don't ever want to do anything on Mondays. I guess its the fact that its the first day after the weekend and I am still recovering from having everyone home all weekend. I love the week days when Hannah is at school, James is at work, and my mother is at work as well. I only have my 3 youngest at home. They are great. Chyenne & Jordan play great together most days and Adam is a great baby.
Now don't get me wrong, I love my family and love spending time with them. It's just that when everyone is home it gets pretty crazy and loud(mostly James LOL). So by Monday I am glad for the quiet and I just soak it up on and lounge around playing on the net, reading, or watching TV.

Our van, that we just bought in April, has stopped working yet again. This time we cant take it back to the dealer and say fix it even though i know they never really fixed it. They just did something to get it by for a month or two so we would have to fix it later on. So now, I can't go anywhere. Even if I took James to work and my mom put Hannah on the bus it wouldn't work because then Hannah would get home after school and I wouldn't have anywhere for everyone to sit in the car to go back to get James. So I can't go anywhere with out some one else taking us or getting James from work. Hmmmm. House arrest again! Not that I would be going all the time all over the place but it is a good thing to be able to take the kids to the doctor when they need to go. Adam has gotten his siblings cold and is really congested but I have no way of taking him to the doctor. Or take the kids to the play group that just started back up. We dont have the money to get it fixed so I dont know what we are going to do. I just hope something happens that we all need to go somewhere at the same time!

Yesterday was our first successful home preschool day. We are learning about the ocean this month. Yesterday we sang songs and counted, colored, cut out, and pasted seashells. The kids had a blast doing it. I also think they loved having some structured "play." That's all it was to them was playtime. I made sure not to focus on "teaching" them and focus on playing with them and enjoying the time we were spending together. Today we will be "making" a sand pail and adding sand and shells to it.
I ordered these lessons that we are doing from Home Preschool Program. If it wasn't so costly I would be ordering their programs each month because I think they are great. They provide everything from the lesson plans to the crafts and supplies to the music. About the only thing you have to get is the snacks!