What we're doing at Gist Academy :)

Wow, hard to believe how far into the year we are! Seems like we just started the other day!

Just wanted to share some pics of Danielle making a pyramid out of sugar cubes for her language arts ;)

S'mores Science!!

We made s'mores in the oven to show how the carbon in sugar turns brown when exposed to heat. Danielle made observations every minute and recorded how the marshmallows changed color and shape.

Sadly there are no pictures of the completed s'mores, as they were eaten up so fast I didn't have a chance to grab my camera!!

More titillating bath and body products from EdenFantasys...

EdenFantasys has been adding a bunch of tempting new products to their beauty and body products in addition to their fantastic selection of sex toys!  I am completely drooling over the Terme Trio Hair Care Set, pictured above. I even love the hat box style packaging! 

Anyone who knows me knows I am a bit of a lipbalm/lip gloss addict. I am so excited about some of the new lipbalms available at EdenFantasys. Let me point a few of the more interesting ones out for you:

• Kissaholic aphrodisiac infused lip plumping gloss ~ This one does it all! 
• Diamond Lip Gloss ~ vanilla cake batter flavored!! 
• Double Dipped Lip Balm ~ in some super tasty flavors!

Valentine's Day is coming up, and it's never to early to start thinking about gifts for your significant other. A massage certificate is nice, but giving them a massage is even better! EdenFantasys has you covered, with massage oils, massage candles, massage tools and even massage instruction (DVD and books)!
And if you are on the fence about what to purchase, there is always gift certificates! Make it extra romantic by telling them you want to shop with them! 

Half year homeschool check in..

Well, we are half way though the year, and it's time to see how we are doing. 
Both kids did awesomely on their math benchmark tests, and both could use a little work on their Language Arts benchmarks. We are still using the curriculum mentioned in my beginning of the year post, and it's all still working really well! 
We have implemented a new reward system, Warm Fuzzies. I have a bank of little sparkly pom-poms, which I dole out at random times to reward good behaviors. Asking for a Fuzzie will get one taken away, leaving your Fuzzies out will get them returned to the bank, fighting, tantrums and other undesirable behaviors will get Fuzzies taken away. On Friday, they can turn their Fuzzies in for a quarter each. They have the option to take the $$ or to bank it for the next week to save for something bigger. So far, it's working quite well. 
Also, we have made the decision to move the children to a new charter school next school year. Central Valley Homeschool was good to us, but Jack has more needs then they can handle. So, we are moving to Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center in Visalia, CA. Hopefully (fingers, toes and eyes crossed) they will have a center here in Fresno by next year :)
Danielle is working on preparing for STAR testing later this spring. It's making me wanna tear my hair out, but it's sadly a fact of life. 

Why my blog will be dark tomorrow..

I along with many other websites (such as Wikipedia, Reddit, ICanHazCheeseburger Network and others) and hopefully many of my fellow bloggers will be going dark tomorrow to protest the anti-piracy bill known as SOPA (Stop Piracy Online Act). The point of SOPA was to target overseas sites that allow people to illegally download content, such as movies and music. While we are all in theory against internet piracy, this bill would not hold the overseas sites accountable, but rather turn the blame and the punishment on to sites that allow those sites in their search results (such as Google) or YouTube for hosting a video where a copyrighted song is playing in the background of a video of a cat sneezing. Punishment for such infringement? Your site goes dark. It's all the wrong way to go about it, and worse, it could be used in ways it was not originally intended to increase internet censorship. 
Free speech is our given right, and allowing our government officials, who quite possibly know less about how the internet works then my mom does, to make wide sweeping laws about it's use and available is one way to give our own access to free speech away.  Join with me, and make your voice heard, say FUCK NO to SOPA!! 
Feel free to click the little black ribbon in the upper right hand corner of this page to send a message to your representatives. 

http://americancensorship.org/infographic.html

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Or Yule, or Hanukkah or what ever Winter holiday you celebrate.. Around here we do a mixture of Yule and Christmas. And the whole month of December is occupied with the pageantry of the season. I don't know about you but tis the season to forget about me, and focus on the little ones in my life. But it doesn't have to be that way!! Here are a few ideas for gifts and stocking stuffers to get yourself or a loved one! Feel free to share this page with your significant other as a not so subtle hint about some fun you might want this festive season! 

Did you know that EdenFantasys carries bath and body products? YES! They have a whole section of bath and shower goodies, plus moisturizers! This one look especially yummy, a set of vanilla body wash, body mousse and lip gloss!

EdenFantasys also carries make-up, for the great look for a special night out! 

Now that you are bathed and all made up, you need something to wear, and EdenFantasys has you covered there as well :) Club wear if you headed out for a night on the town, or Holiday Lingerie for a more intimate night in..

Have I mentioned that EdenFantasy has a wishlist feature? You can add anything that catches your fancy as you check out their well laid out website. Read reviews from real people, and ask questions on the message boards! EdenFantasy is more then just an online store, it's an entire community. 

EdenFantasys, an online retailer of sex toys, provided me with a gift card in exchange for this post. All opinions are my own.