Ruby's Bottom Is On The Mend

Thank You Aunt Faye for my beautiful quilt!


For all of you who are curious, Ruby's extreme diaper rash is healing up. She had an allergic reaction to disposable diapers. Keeping her in the cloth diapers helped, but she is always so wet. I have ordered some really neat cloth diapers that have a waterproof outer-layer and wick the moisture away from her skin. www.bumgenius.com (product placement) I think this will be what we need to get it all the way healed up. Plus, it will be a little easier for me. We just have to wait until they get shipped here which should be Monday. I have also been using Eden Salve from the bulk herb store thanks to Jennifer for reminding me of it. I oftentimes need my friends to tell me what I already know because I get too wrapped up in my problem to figure out the solution.

Other than that, we are just getting ready to start schoolwork again. Emily finished 2nd grade the day before I went to the hospital to have Ruby, so we've been taking our summer break. This week has been full of placement tests. She did quite well so we will be starting mid-way through 3rd grade in math and language arts. There was so much of it that she just figured out for herself. No one taught her how to multiply, she just knew it. She gets very disinterested if she's not learning something new each day, so there's no use wasting time on review work if we don't have to and boring her which will just frustrate me. We will start Bible and Social Studies at the beginning of third grade and we will wait to buy the Science curriculum at the Homeschool conference. I really want to get the Answers In Genesis stuff for science. Paul and I are interested in learning from it, too. For handwriting, I'm having her write the verses she memorizes for AWANA, so she practices both at the same time. She also taught herself cursive just by looking at the letters and I just had to show her how to hook some of them together. Nolan and Lily are just busy with painting, play dough, cutting with scissors, rhyming and letter recognition. Lily told me she wants to read so I better hop on it while she is interested.

We are also trying to plan our next trip to Texas. I like to take each baby by the time they are 12 weeks old to get them used to traveling. It's great that I finally have a baby that doesn't mind sleeping in a car seat. My others were all tummy babies and acted like the car seat had needles in it. Mother's Day is what we are planning for. Paul needs some time off, too. We're headed outside now to take advantage of the beautiful weather.