Mr Snowy
Miss Lily
Miss Lily close up
Snowy, Molly and JittersWill have to hunt down a picture of Yoshi.
Shearer Family 2015
Monday, January 30, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
My take on the mail box and household binder system...
I started off hunting on Pinterest for ideas and found two I really liked! One was on The Nest Effect and another was on Lovely Crafty Home then I found ideas for the household binder on pinterest too.
So here is what I came up with...
First the Box..
My dividers, Mail in, mail out, to file, my 2 kids in public school each have a folder, store ads, coupons, recipes, receipts and my cleaning folder.
My cleaning folder- I am planning to start Fly Lady again.
Our Homeschool Binder, it will hold our Sonlight lesson plans.
My Organizher binder I got on clearance at Target last year!
The last section of my binder, I plan to keep our daily homeschool schedule in here, I just copied the page from my Well Planned Day planner.
Curriculum Planner pages I found online Donna Young
I put a business card holder at the front to hold all those cards you get from doctors and businesses.
Here is what my meal planner pages look like, they are from The Homeschool Mom
Page that lists everything that is in my binder.
My pen/pencil holder.
So here is what I came up with...
First the Box..
My Box, I used a clear plastic file box. The calendars were printed off Google.
My dividers, Mail in, mail out, to file, my 2 kids in public school each have a folder, store ads, coupons, recipes, receipts and my cleaning folder.
My cleaning folder- I am planning to start Fly Lady again.
Our Homeschool Binder, it will hold our Sonlight lesson plans.
My Organizher binder I got on clearance at Target last year!
The last section of my binder, I plan to keep our daily homeschool schedule in here, I just copied the page from my Well Planned Day planner.
Curriculum Planner pages I found online Donna Young
I put a business card holder at the front to hold all those cards you get from doctors and businesses.
Here is what my meal planner pages look like, they are from The Homeschool Mom
Page that lists everything that is in my binder.
My pen/pencil holder.Thursday, January 12, 2012
The operation organize the Shearer house continues......
So the fridge door is a giant dry erase board now :D Yep the to do list is staring at me ALL the time now. 
The kids chore charts are now on the side of the bookcase in the livingroom.
The school stuff organized on the shelves. Not sure if you can see but the shelves are labeled.
Close up of one of the shelves this one holds some Sonlight books that didn't fit on the shelf above and science books.
Top shelf holds world history books, bottom is US history.Sunday, January 08, 2012
our attempt at workboxes!
Since we live in a small house I don't have the space to use traditional workboxes so we are making use of plastic hanging file boxes. They work better for us since they are portable.
First off I hunted pinterest for the tags :D HEy why re invent the wheel if someone else has done it before right? Then I picked 4 colors for my kids and we even have matching color dot stickers for their books that I will eventually get color coded! So since I am only homeschooling 2 I started with work boxes for them. WIsh I could have found the file boxes in the matching colors but I couldn't so I picked up 2 on clearance for walmart $5 each.
First off I hunted pinterest for the tags :D HEy why re invent the wheel if someone else has done it before right? Then I picked 4 colors for my kids and we even have matching color dot stickers for their books that I will eventually get color coded! So since I am only homeschooling 2 I started with work boxes for them. WIsh I could have found the file boxes in the matching colors but I couldn't so I picked up 2 on clearance for walmart $5 each.
Top 20 Reasons Moms of Kids With Special Needs ROCK
Saw this on a friend's blog and had to share!!
Top 20 Reasons Moms of Kids With Special Needs ROCK
1) Because we never thought that "doing it all" would mean doing this much. But we do do it all -- and then some.
2) Because we've discovered patience we never knew we had.
3) Because we are willing to do something 10 times, 100 times or 1,000 times if that's what it takes for our kids to learn something new.
4) Because we have heard doctors tell us the worst, and we've refused to believe them. Take THAT, naysaying doctors of the world!
5) Because we have bad days and breakdowns and bawl-fests, and then we pick ourselves up and keep right on going.
6) Because we gracefully handle the stares, the comments, the rude remarks. (Well, mostly gracefully.)
7) Because we manage to get ourselves together and get out the door looking pretty damn good. Heck, we even make sweatpants look good!
8) Because we are strong. Man, are we strong. Who knew we could be this strong?
9) Because we aren't just moms, wives, cooks, cleaners, chauffeurs and women who work. We are moms, wives, cooks, cleaners, chauffeurs, women who work, physical therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, teachers, researchers, nurses, coaches and cheerleaders. Whew!
10) Because we work overtime every single day.
11) Because we also worry overtime, but we work it through. Or we eat chocolate or Pirate's Booty or gourmet cheese (which aren't reimbursable by insurance as mental-health necessities, but should be).
12) Because we are more selfless than other moms. Our kids need us more.
13) Because we give our kids with special needs endless love, and then we still have so much love left for our other kids, our husbands, our families. And our hairstylists, of course.
14) Because we inspire one another in this crazy blogosphere every single day.
15) Because we understand our kids better than anyone else -- even if they can't talk; even if they can't gesture; even if they can't look us in the eye. We know. We just know.
16) Because we never stop pushing for our kids.
17) Because we never stop hoping for them, either.
18) Because just when it seems like things are going OK, they're suddenly not OK, but we deal. Somehow, we always deal -- even when it seems like our heads or hearts might explode.
19) Because when we look at our kids, we just see great kids -- not kids with cerebral palsy/autism/Down syndrome/developmental delays/whatever.
20) Because ... well, you tell me.
2) Because we've discovered patience we never knew we had.
3) Because we are willing to do something 10 times, 100 times or 1,000 times if that's what it takes for our kids to learn something new.
4) Because we have heard doctors tell us the worst, and we've refused to believe them. Take THAT, naysaying doctors of the world!
5) Because we have bad days and breakdowns and bawl-fests, and then we pick ourselves up and keep right on going.
6) Because we gracefully handle the stares, the comments, the rude remarks. (Well, mostly gracefully.)
7) Because we manage to get ourselves together and get out the door looking pretty damn good. Heck, we even make sweatpants look good!
8) Because we are strong. Man, are we strong. Who knew we could be this strong?
9) Because we aren't just moms, wives, cooks, cleaners, chauffeurs and women who work. We are moms, wives, cooks, cleaners, chauffeurs, women who work, physical therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, teachers, researchers, nurses, coaches and cheerleaders. Whew!
10) Because we work overtime every single day.
11) Because we also worry overtime, but we work it through. Or we eat chocolate or Pirate's Booty or gourmet cheese (which aren't reimbursable by insurance as mental-health necessities, but should be).
12) Because we are more selfless than other moms. Our kids need us more.
13) Because we give our kids with special needs endless love, and then we still have so much love left for our other kids, our husbands, our families. And our hairstylists, of course.
14) Because we inspire one another in this crazy blogosphere every single day.
15) Because we understand our kids better than anyone else -- even if they can't talk; even if they can't gesture; even if they can't look us in the eye. We know. We just know.
16) Because we never stop pushing for our kids.
17) Because we never stop hoping for them, either.
18) Because just when it seems like things are going OK, they're suddenly not OK, but we deal. Somehow, we always deal -- even when it seems like our heads or hearts might explode.
19) Because when we look at our kids, we just see great kids -- not kids with cerebral palsy/autism/Down syndrome/developmental delays/whatever.
20) Because ... well, you tell me.
Wow it's been a long time once again!!
I really need to keep this blog more updated!! I have spent this weekend working on setting up workboxes for my 2 homeschoolers. I will post pictures when I am done. I hope this is the answer to us staying on top of school work and the kids knowing what they should be doing when. I am using file folder boxes and hanging files instead of boxes so it takes up less space and it's portable since we are a family on the go.
A family update- For those that don't know our DD #2 has become a medical mystery to the doctors at this point. A year ago we started seeing specialist at CRS Flagstaff. We saw the Neurologist and he wanted her tested for Muscular Dystrophy so when she had the last surgery on her feet in January 2011 they also did a muscle biopsy to test for MD. That came back clear, she also had a brain MRI and that came back inconclusive. Next step was seeing a Genetic Specialist. So last month we saw Dr Amato at CRS Phoenix and had genetic testing done. We are now waiting for results. So at this point in time she has mild cerebral palsy but we aren't sure why. The doctors really want to know WHY she has all the issues she has and to be honest we would like answers too.
It's been a LONG 10 year road starting with the club feet at birth and weekly cast changes. Then the doctors originally telling me ohhh she's just behind because of everything going on with her feet. To then when FUSD did testing on her to go into K we were told she was mild mentally retarded. Then to be told oh no it's not that she has a severe language disorder both expressive and receptive and she has mild cerebral palsy. To last year being told we think your daughter has Muscular Dystrophy. Now being told yes it's CP but we don't know why. I have certainly learned to just turn my fears over to God because he's in control anyway.
A family update- For those that don't know our DD #2 has become a medical mystery to the doctors at this point. A year ago we started seeing specialist at CRS Flagstaff. We saw the Neurologist and he wanted her tested for Muscular Dystrophy so when she had the last surgery on her feet in January 2011 they also did a muscle biopsy to test for MD. That came back clear, she also had a brain MRI and that came back inconclusive. Next step was seeing a Genetic Specialist. So last month we saw Dr Amato at CRS Phoenix and had genetic testing done. We are now waiting for results. So at this point in time she has mild cerebral palsy but we aren't sure why. The doctors really want to know WHY she has all the issues she has and to be honest we would like answers too.
It's been a LONG 10 year road starting with the club feet at birth and weekly cast changes. Then the doctors originally telling me ohhh she's just behind because of everything going on with her feet. To then when FUSD did testing on her to go into K we were told she was mild mentally retarded. Then to be told oh no it's not that she has a severe language disorder both expressive and receptive and she has mild cerebral palsy. To last year being told we think your daughter has Muscular Dystrophy. Now being told yes it's CP but we don't know why. I have certainly learned to just turn my fears over to God because he's in control anyway.
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