Ruby Girls

Since West was born life has slowed down a little and we've been enjoying long afternoons playing and reading together. We usually finish up our school work in the mornings and in the afternoons we enjoy taking walks or bike rides around Silverton, visiting friends, baking and reading. We recently canceled our TV service since we all choose to read when we have free time. I've been teaching Annah to read with The Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading and Mira still devours at least two (more if we let her) chapter books a day. We try to stick to classics (she recently read A Midnight Summer's Dream, The Canterbury Tales, Les Miserables and Moby Dick) or Christian fiction like the Mandie series or the Trailblazer historical fiction series. She also enjoys the American Girl books and the Ramona books. Shane often spends his time on his Bible Study Fellowship, reading a novel or watching a Netflix movie. I enjoy non-fiction and recently read Parenting From the Heart, Managers of Their Chores (to help implement a chore system in our home) and Hands on Character Building. We are almost through with school for the year and are looking forward to another year using Sonlight and The Well Trained Mind curriculum.

This year the girls and I have really enjoyed our Rubies girls club that we attend with other mothers and daughters at our friends, the Rawie's, house. At Rubies we do a devotional, a craft or home ec activity like baking, have a snack and fellowship together. Rubies is by far Annah's favorite activity and she counts the days until Rubies night. Here are a few pictures from our last Rubies club. We had a pajama party and we decorated pillow cases with phrases we've learned about God's Little Girl taken from Proverbs 31. Mira choose God's little girl is cheerful for her pillowcase and Annah choose God's little girl is careful for hers. The phrases they choose couldn't have fit their personalities better!

The Ruby Girls