This and That

Summer is flying by!!  We're having tons of fun and getting things done for Poppy's big arrival.  

My to do list is still pretty lengthy but here's some of it:

Clean unfinished space in basement

Clean carpets

Finish organizing playroom

Tackle mountain of paperwork

Clean out refrigerator and all freezers

Straighten garage

Make freezer meals for after baby arrives

Clean out laundry room

Plan for 8 weeks of homeschooling

Finalize our homeschool schedule

Deep clean the van

Finish plan for Abby's party (it's already scheduled for somewhere outside of our home, just need to do food and decor plan)

Those are the big ones.  The things I"ve already gotten done include:

Put together and set up baby furniture

Make baby registry

Clean and reorganize kids rooms

Go through old baby clothes and pull out what I want to use for Poppy

Wash and hang up all of Poppy's clothes

Come up with boy and girl names for Poppy (finally done!!)

Finish ordering all homeschool curriculum for next year

Have the kids assessment's done

Write out next year's notification letters and sample curriculum and book lists

Send in all forms for homeschooling

Take a big load of things to Goodwill

Put together stroller and carseat

Set up new playroom

Catch up on coupons (I was behind 5 weeks, it took 6 hours last Sunday, but I got it done!!)

Get Mt.Laundry down to a reasonable level

Begin plannning Abby's party and schedule it (her Birthday is only 8 days before the due date!!)

Have fun with the kids!!  (We just went to the Beach yesterday!!)

I still have 11 weeks to complete my list (unless Poppy arrives early!!) so I should be able to get it all done.  This week has been our first of two weeks "off" from school.  We're only taking two weeks off and then getting started on our next years curriculum.  Next week is VBS.  The kids will be there from 9 to 12 all week and I'm planning to use that time to sit at a restaurant (Panera, Chick Fil A, etc..) and plan our 8 weeks of schooling.  I'm actually excited about that.  I get really excited during the planning stages.  It's so fun to see ahead into what we're going to be learning and the fun things we're going to do with it.  I'm just planning 8 weeks worth for now and then after the baby comes, we'll decide when we're going to start again and I'll plan more then.  

We still have lots of fun things planned for the summer including another Reds game (Noah also won the Step up to the Mike contest and will get to announce a batter for the Reds!!) and a Kings Island trip with my family.  I'm also having 2 baby showers next month which I'm very excited about!!  With all this going on, I know the time before we get to meet Poppy will go very quick and I'm both happy and sad about that.  I cannot wait to meet this little one and see what they look like and if they're boy or girl of course, but I also love being pregnant and hate to see that come to and end.   But only the Lord knows if this will be my last pregnancy, as we've decided to leave that in His hands now (He knows way better than we do), so maybe I'll get to do it all over again.  

Well I better go tackle something on my to do list now.  I'm just doing a clean up day today, so I'm off to the family room!  Have a good day!