Hi everybody,          its been a while since I blogged last so I'll try to catch up. The turkey was great- my husband was sick again but some friends of mine from church pitched in to help and we still had a great thanks giving.We have a lot to be thankful for since he didn't have to have heart surgery again-just balloon angioplasty . I chose this new theme since we're getting ready for Christmas around here and Jesse loved the train- i love the teddy bear on it. I love cute little critters. I  finally last week got my tree dug out of its spot in the garage and put up in the living room then after the parade last night the boys and I went shopping for some outside stuff to put up.We wound up getting a light -up crystal reindeer whom my youngest child has dubbed Prancer and some candycanes that light up. I want to get a Santa Claus to go out there too. We have been working on our Christmas musical production at church, theres only one more practice to get it all together so i'm crossing my fingers hoping everybody stays well and it works out good. I have gotten some of my shopping done but theres still a lot I haven't done yet. It seems like every time I go out the kids are with me so it makes shopping for them hard.My guys bought Lady , our cocker spaniel dog, some reindeer antlers at Walmart that light up, she wont keep them on for very long but they look cute on her. I'll have to take a picture. I found a floor size world map for Jesse that we can use for his schooling too. I think after the first of the year we're going to try unit studies and learn about a different country every 2 or 3 weeks. I may look up on the internet about how they do Christmas in different areas of the world, that would be fun. Anybody else thats homeschooling and has any ideas along these lines feel free to pass them along to me.Well thats about all I can think of to write about now, it I don't get another blog off before Christmas ,  Merry Christmas to you all.