Wednesday, September 19, 2012
WW: Pretty!
Friday, September 14, 2012
This Week At Home, 2012, Volume 36
{Little notes written in order to remember each precious day!}
Monday...
We started our lessons a little earlier than usual, hoping to be done before Grandma and her "manfriend" came for lunch. They were bringing Trevor an old desk that used to belong to Jeff. In return, we were giving them two bikes the kids have outgrown. (Yes, our kids are taller than their grandmother and her friend!) It was a quick exchange, as they had a long drive down and back home. Still, it was good to see them, to hug them, to see them try out the bikes. I loved the looks of joy on their faces. I am so glad they are healthy and able to enjoy their retirement, and make the trip on a beautiful sunny day. I wish I had thought to take a picture of them. Oh well. She also brought me what remains of her 1970's Butterfly Gold Corelle dishes. I love those things! I now have parts of three sets, a 90's floral set from a friend's great aunt, some unknown florals from Good Will, and now my mother-in-law's. All together, I almost have enough. :-) I'd like a butter dish.
Tuesday...
Another full day. Lessons went mostly well. Still there are tears over fractions. *sigh* Fortunately, everything else is going smoothly in the home education department.
In the afternoon, the younger two went to their friends' home while Ryan and I ran a birthday errand. You see, Sunday was my mom's birthday and she was out of town. I wanted to surprise her, so Ryan and I went to her condo and left the above flowers and a card for her to find when she returns home tomorrow. We also stopped at Starbucks to enjoy a cold drink together. It is not often that he and I spend time alone. It was a grand afternoon, although I know he'd probably rather been editing something on his computer, truth be told.
In the evening, Grace went to art class. She was invited to join the afternoon homeschool class beginning next Wednesdays. I think we will do that. I would rather have one less evening commitment.
Wednesday...
It's already Wednesday again. I am so thankful that I am feeling almost 100% back to normal.
The day started at 5:30 AM, as Jeff has a lot of work to do getting business taxes filed this week. I was a good wife and got up with him, making him coffee and a good breakfast, too. I am going to need a nap before AWANA tonight, though. :-0
Speaking of AWANA, it went well. I have seven 5th and 6th grade girls. They all wanted to say so many verses! After saying their verses, we move to game time which is fun, but crazy. Lastly, we have chapel time, and the girls find it hard to sit still, even at their ages.
Thursday...
The weather is about to change. Today is our last warm day of the week, and it only got in the low 80's. I am so eager for cooler, fall temperatures to stay.
The younger two kids and I went to Costco after lessons. We were able to have a quiet afternoon just working on things that interested us. Grace and I have been working on a recipe to make homemade Lara Bars. Have you tried those? They only have a few ingredients. I think the homemade ones are really good, but they have a ton of calories, so we can't eat too many at one time. Self control is being tested for certain!
Friday...
Because we were in such a good school groove this week, we went right on and did our lessons today. Normally, we use Friday for a catch up day and a trip to the library. We didn't need any library books today. We did need bread, so we made a quick trip to Great Harvest after our lessons and before lunch. The kids always enjoy being handed a (free) big slice of cinnamon bread. I usually decline, again, the calories! Today I was saving them to have a nice gooey grilled cheese on the fresh honey whole wheat bread I bought.
It's nearly 2PM as I write this. I have a list of things to do to get us ready for our weekend. Tomorrow, Jeff and Grace will ride in a bike tour. I will bake a cake and make food for our family reunion on Sunday. It will be good to see my extended family. Thankfully the weather is supposed to be wonderful on Sunday, too!
Thanks for taking the time to read about our week!
~Jenn
We started our lessons a little earlier than usual, hoping to be done before Grandma and her "manfriend" came for lunch. They were bringing Trevor an old desk that used to belong to Jeff. In return, we were giving them two bikes the kids have outgrown. (Yes, our kids are taller than their grandmother and her friend!) It was a quick exchange, as they had a long drive down and back home. Still, it was good to see them, to hug them, to see them try out the bikes. I loved the looks of joy on their faces. I am so glad they are healthy and able to enjoy their retirement, and make the trip on a beautiful sunny day. I wish I had thought to take a picture of them. Oh well. She also brought me what remains of her 1970's Butterfly Gold Corelle dishes. I love those things! I now have parts of three sets, a 90's floral set from a friend's great aunt, some unknown florals from Good Will, and now my mother-in-law's. All together, I almost have enough. :-) I'd like a butter dish.
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| From the garden |
Another full day. Lessons went mostly well. Still there are tears over fractions. *sigh* Fortunately, everything else is going smoothly in the home education department.
In the afternoon, the younger two went to their friends' home while Ryan and I ran a birthday errand. You see, Sunday was my mom's birthday and she was out of town. I wanted to surprise her, so Ryan and I went to her condo and left the above flowers and a card for her to find when she returns home tomorrow. We also stopped at Starbucks to enjoy a cold drink together. It is not often that he and I spend time alone. It was a grand afternoon, although I know he'd probably rather been editing something on his computer, truth be told.
In the evening, Grace went to art class. She was invited to join the afternoon homeschool class beginning next Wednesdays. I think we will do that. I would rather have one less evening commitment.
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| Red cabbage is ready! |
Wednesday...
It's already Wednesday again. I am so thankful that I am feeling almost 100% back to normal.
The day started at 5:30 AM, as Jeff has a lot of work to do getting business taxes filed this week. I was a good wife and got up with him, making him coffee and a good breakfast, too. I am going to need a nap before AWANA tonight, though. :-0
Speaking of AWANA, it went well. I have seven 5th and 6th grade girls. They all wanted to say so many verses! After saying their verses, we move to game time which is fun, but crazy. Lastly, we have chapel time, and the girls find it hard to sit still, even at their ages.
Thursday...
The weather is about to change. Today is our last warm day of the week, and it only got in the low 80's. I am so eager for cooler, fall temperatures to stay.
The younger two kids and I went to Costco after lessons. We were able to have a quiet afternoon just working on things that interested us. Grace and I have been working on a recipe to make homemade Lara Bars. Have you tried those? They only have a few ingredients. I think the homemade ones are really good, but they have a ton of calories, so we can't eat too many at one time. Self control is being tested for certain!
Friday...
Because we were in such a good school groove this week, we went right on and did our lessons today. Normally, we use Friday for a catch up day and a trip to the library. We didn't need any library books today. We did need bread, so we made a quick trip to Great Harvest after our lessons and before lunch. The kids always enjoy being handed a (free) big slice of cinnamon bread. I usually decline, again, the calories! Today I was saving them to have a nice gooey grilled cheese on the fresh honey whole wheat bread I bought.
It's nearly 2PM as I write this. I have a list of things to do to get us ready for our weekend. Tomorrow, Jeff and Grace will ride in a bike tour. I will bake a cake and make food for our family reunion on Sunday. It will be good to see my extended family. Thankfully the weather is supposed to be wonderful on Sunday, too!
Thanks for taking the time to read about our week!
~Jenn
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
WW: Disc Golfers
Yes, you do need several discs to play. Each one has a little different "edge" to it. Some have no fade. Some go farther. Some curve. It's rather interesting!
Friday, September 7, 2012
This Week At Home, 2012, Week No. 35
Notes written about our days...
* Just a little side note here to take a moment to talk about why I blog. I'm a busy homeschooling mom. I don't have time to blog, but wait! If I don't record the details of our lives, I will forget them. So, I make the effort to write down little things that I want to remember, and then I invite others to read them. That's the weird part! :-)
Monday...
It's Labor Day, and Jeff is still with us at home. I've been on the couch sick with a cold for a few days. It feels like a full blown sinus infection and I have zero energy, well almost. I did manage to drag myself into the kitchen to make us a big pan of tasty lasagna. Really, I am feeling better each day, but not my normal self.
I spent today on the couch reading a great book, French Kids Eat Everything. That's a whole other topic for another time, but if I could go back in time to do it all over, I'd work harder to have better eaters! *sigh*
Life was not all bad today, Jeff and Ryan went out to play 18 holes of disc golf and stopped at the store for more fruit. We're always out of fruit. The most exciting part of our day was watching Deep Space Nine episodes. The house is starting to get on my nerves, too. No one is interested in cleaning, least of all me. I think I have the end of vacation blues setting in...
Tuesday...
It's time to get us all back to work. Jeff is missed today. I am feeling better, able to do what I need to do, but still gravitating to the couch when those things are done. I feel so weak and am congested.
The kids and I do a full load of our lessons. I am so thankful that we can jump back into our work without much fuss. Plus, they are super motivated today. They want their two friends to come over when they are done. That also gets me housekeeping minions. The younger two spend an hour getting the house dusted, vacuumed, and tidy. I direct from the couch.
Grace resumes art class tonight. I'm excited to see what this season brings. I enjoyed all she made last year.
Wednesday...
Woke up feeling much the same as yesterday, yucky, so I decided to haul myself to the doctor. Since I've not been sick long enough, there was nothing he could do. I wore myself out for nothing. I should have known better. I usually wait it out, but I didn't feel like waiting longer. Oh well. On the way home, I got us bread, which we were out of, and picked up a library book hold for the kids' schooling. Back at home, I decided to heed my doctor's advice and lay low, including not going to AWANA, which I hated because our crew is light this year. We have 7 girls each! We don't even all fit at the table.
Our camping trip for the weekend with our small group was canceled today. The weather is going to be rainy at the park we chose. Bummer. We need the rain, so I won't complain, too much, although, we did get 3/8ths of an inch already today! It was a beautiful rain, much appreciated.
Thursday...
Another book came available, this time for me, so I went back to the library between morning lessons and lunch. I figured this way I'd have something to read this afternoon while resting. I feel better, but get exhausted easily, so I spent a lot of time reading this afternoon. I am surprised that I got the book at all as it was just released this week. I must have been first on the list at the library! More about the book later. So far I like it and find it inspiring.
Tonight is karate for the kids and Jeff is going to get groceries for us. He's such a great guy. (Thank you, Honey!)
Friday...
It's Friday!!! We made it through this rougher, but short week. I feel almost human again, too. Yay! We don't normally do lessons on Friday, but since we were off on Monday, we need this school day to count.
Let's talk school a moment. For one, I am happy with attitudes, mostly. There are still tears with math from the 7th grader. But for the most part, everyone is doing a good job having happy hearts.
We started two good books this week, Out of Many Waters and The King's Fifth. I read Out of Many Waters aloud in the morning and we all listen to the audio CD of The King's Fifth in the evening.
All this great reading got me to thinking about my own childhood. I loved books and was always reading, but I don't remember reading books like the ones we are reading, living books. In school, we didn't read a lot of books. The books I chose for pleasure reading would not stand the test of time, except the Little House series. Textbooks and workbooks were my steady educational diet. (Boring!) I love the literature that we are devouring these days.
Well, it's been a week, that's for certain. I am thankful for so many things this week, a husband who takes care of us, kids who can help when needed, the freedom to rest when I needed, and a body that can heal itself!
Until next time,
Jenn
* Just a little side note here to take a moment to talk about why I blog. I'm a busy homeschooling mom. I don't have time to blog, but wait! If I don't record the details of our lives, I will forget them. So, I make the effort to write down little things that I want to remember, and then I invite others to read them. That's the weird part! :-)
Monday...
It's Labor Day, and Jeff is still with us at home. I've been on the couch sick with a cold for a few days. It feels like a full blown sinus infection and I have zero energy, well almost. I did manage to drag myself into the kitchen to make us a big pan of tasty lasagna. Really, I am feeling better each day, but not my normal self.
I spent today on the couch reading a great book, French Kids Eat Everything. That's a whole other topic for another time, but if I could go back in time to do it all over, I'd work harder to have better eaters! *sigh*
Life was not all bad today, Jeff and Ryan went out to play 18 holes of disc golf and stopped at the store for more fruit. We're always out of fruit. The most exciting part of our day was watching Deep Space Nine episodes. The house is starting to get on my nerves, too. No one is interested in cleaning, least of all me. I think I have the end of vacation blues setting in...
Tuesday...
It's time to get us all back to work. Jeff is missed today. I am feeling better, able to do what I need to do, but still gravitating to the couch when those things are done. I feel so weak and am congested.
The kids and I do a full load of our lessons. I am so thankful that we can jump back into our work without much fuss. Plus, they are super motivated today. They want their two friends to come over when they are done. That also gets me housekeeping minions. The younger two spend an hour getting the house dusted, vacuumed, and tidy. I direct from the couch.
Grace resumes art class tonight. I'm excited to see what this season brings. I enjoyed all she made last year.
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| Disc golfer! |
Wednesday...
Woke up feeling much the same as yesterday, yucky, so I decided to haul myself to the doctor. Since I've not been sick long enough, there was nothing he could do. I wore myself out for nothing. I should have known better. I usually wait it out, but I didn't feel like waiting longer. Oh well. On the way home, I got us bread, which we were out of, and picked up a library book hold for the kids' schooling. Back at home, I decided to heed my doctor's advice and lay low, including not going to AWANA, which I hated because our crew is light this year. We have 7 girls each! We don't even all fit at the table.
Our camping trip for the weekend with our small group was canceled today. The weather is going to be rainy at the park we chose. Bummer. We need the rain, so I won't complain, too much, although, we did get 3/8ths of an inch already today! It was a beautiful rain, much appreciated.
Thursday...
Another book came available, this time for me, so I went back to the library between morning lessons and lunch. I figured this way I'd have something to read this afternoon while resting. I feel better, but get exhausted easily, so I spent a lot of time reading this afternoon. I am surprised that I got the book at all as it was just released this week. I must have been first on the list at the library! More about the book later. So far I like it and find it inspiring.
Tonight is karate for the kids and Jeff is going to get groceries for us. He's such a great guy. (Thank you, Honey!)
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| How does she sleep like this? |
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| Ryan in his usual posture. |
Friday...
It's Friday!!! We made it through this rougher, but short week. I feel almost human again, too. Yay! We don't normally do lessons on Friday, but since we were off on Monday, we need this school day to count.
Let's talk school a moment. For one, I am happy with attitudes, mostly. There are still tears with math from the 7th grader. But for the most part, everyone is doing a good job having happy hearts.
We started two good books this week, Out of Many Waters and The King's Fifth. I read Out of Many Waters aloud in the morning and we all listen to the audio CD of The King's Fifth in the evening.
All this great reading got me to thinking about my own childhood. I loved books and was always reading, but I don't remember reading books like the ones we are reading, living books. In school, we didn't read a lot of books. The books I chose for pleasure reading would not stand the test of time, except the Little House series. Textbooks and workbooks were my steady educational diet. (Boring!) I love the literature that we are devouring these days.
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| A battle from Trevor |
Well, it's been a week, that's for certain. I am thankful for so many things this week, a husband who takes care of us, kids who can help when needed, the freedom to rest when I needed, and a body that can heal itself!
Until next time,
Jenn
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012
This Week At Home, 2012, No. 34, Vacation!
Little notes written as a remembrance of these fleeting days...
Sunday...
After a full morning of church and Sunday school, we came home with eager anticipation of our trip up north to "our" lake. There was actually no hurry, as check in at the campground is 5PM CDT. We are in EDT and it's a little under 3 hours up there, so again, we were in no hurry. Good thing, too, cause it was raining up there, a very slow moving rain. When we finally were able to go, we had a delay as we found a tail light out on the camper. A quick trip to the auto parts store and we were finally off!
We were blessed with an uneventful trip and when we arrived there was a pocket of no rain, just long enough to set things up at the campsite and stay dry. Thankfully, Jeff's mom invited us to her home for a spaghetti dinner, so we had a dry evening, despite the wet weather. And it continued to rain the entire night! Rain dropping on the camper sounds quite loud, so I did not sleep my best that night. Oh well.
Monday...
We, along with Jeff's mom, caught the 9 o'clock South Shore train to Chicago! It was a beautiful day, too. Probably about 20 degrees cooler than last year's trip.
We so enjoyed the train ride. There was so much to see, and there is less stress for Jeff not having to drive and then pay for parking. When we got to Chicago, we walked a little more than a mile to Water Tower Place, as the kids had been saving some money to buy Lego sets. We also stopped at the American Girl store for Grace. Then we headed to our favorite pizza place, Giordano's.
We caught the 2:34 PM train back and then grilled burgers. Jeff's mom's boyfriend joined us for those. He also spoiled the kids with ice cream from the camp store.
We also put up Ryan's tent since it was going to stay dry for the rest of our trip. I think we all enjoyed a good night's sleep this night.
Tuesday...
We started our morning with a naturalist led hike of IN Dune's State Park trail number 3. We had never walked this trail. It starts out a little intimidating with stairs straight up and then some sand dune walking, which is HOT. Thankfully, the trail turns into a wooded section and we are once again enjoying the walk. In the sand part of the trail, we saw tumbleweed, cacti, and lizards! It's quite diverse for Indiana! We also saw a lot of different animal tracks on the trail.
After lunch, we headed to the beach. There was a cool breeze today, although it was in the middle 80's. The water was warm enough, but with the breeze, I decided to stay on the beach. The polar bears jumped right in, of course. It was a gorgeous day!!! Not many people were on the beach, too. I love off peak vacationing.
We grilled again for dinner and also ate more ice cream. (It is vacation, after all!) When it got dark, we had a little fire and then retreated to the camper when the bugs started biting. We played Apples to Apples (kid version). It was another nice night to sleep, too.
Wednesday...
Today was the day to pack up and head home, as we had church commitments in the evening. It was tempting to stay another day, as the weather was perfect, but duty calls! Again, we were blessed with a good trip home. Little Dorothy was excited to see us, but as she is a cat, gave us the cold shoulder treatment for leaving her. *grins*
Church (AWANA) went really well, despite being a little tired. I have six 5th and 6th grade girls under my watch this year. They seem as if they will keep me on my toes!
Thursday...
Now that we are home, we need food! The kids are so tired. We spend the day taking care of laundry, getting food, and other things. Jeff grills our dinner and enough for several more meals, making meals easy for the next couple of days. The guys mow as it has really grown since we left and the remnants of Issac are on the way. I do hope we get some rain from that storm! They are making grand predictions of 4-7 inches of rain by the end of Monday. That means we'll probably see an inch, if we are fortunate!
This evening, the kids went to karate and Ryan got his promotion to Jr. Leader status. He's worked for a couple years to get this promotion. I'm so proud of him!
Friday...
We know that this is probably our last dry day, so we decide to go check out a "new to us" disc golf course while the sun still shines. We also have to drop Trevor off at grandparents for his sleep over and Grace has a gift card to spend at the mall. (We never go to the mall here, so it is an ordeal to me to go. I feel so out of place there. I am not much of a consumer!)
After our errands and a good lunch, Jeff cleaned the gutters in anticipation of the coming rain. It's now very cloudy, humid and too muggy to enjoy open windows.
This weekend we are going to hunker down and hopefully watch the rain fall! I'm going to make a big pot of chili and cornbread. We are also substitutes in Trevor's Sunday school room, which should be fun. It's nice having some down time before we start back to work and school next week!
Thanks for reading!
~Jenn
Sunday...
After a full morning of church and Sunday school, we came home with eager anticipation of our trip up north to "our" lake. There was actually no hurry, as check in at the campground is 5PM CDT. We are in EDT and it's a little under 3 hours up there, so again, we were in no hurry. Good thing, too, cause it was raining up there, a very slow moving rain. When we finally were able to go, we had a delay as we found a tail light out on the camper. A quick trip to the auto parts store and we were finally off!
We were blessed with an uneventful trip and when we arrived there was a pocket of no rain, just long enough to set things up at the campsite and stay dry. Thankfully, Jeff's mom invited us to her home for a spaghetti dinner, so we had a dry evening, despite the wet weather. And it continued to rain the entire night! Rain dropping on the camper sounds quite loud, so I did not sleep my best that night. Oh well.
Monday...
We, along with Jeff's mom, caught the 9 o'clock South Shore train to Chicago! It was a beautiful day, too. Probably about 20 degrees cooler than last year's trip.
We so enjoyed the train ride. There was so much to see, and there is less stress for Jeff not having to drive and then pay for parking. When we got to Chicago, we walked a little more than a mile to Water Tower Place, as the kids had been saving some money to buy Lego sets. We also stopped at the American Girl store for Grace. Then we headed to our favorite pizza place, Giordano's.
We caught the 2:34 PM train back and then grilled burgers. Jeff's mom's boyfriend joined us for those. He also spoiled the kids with ice cream from the camp store.
We also put up Ryan's tent since it was going to stay dry for the rest of our trip. I think we all enjoyed a good night's sleep this night.
Tuesday...
We started our morning with a naturalist led hike of IN Dune's State Park trail number 3. We had never walked this trail. It starts out a little intimidating with stairs straight up and then some sand dune walking, which is HOT. Thankfully, the trail turns into a wooded section and we are once again enjoying the walk. In the sand part of the trail, we saw tumbleweed, cacti, and lizards! It's quite diverse for Indiana! We also saw a lot of different animal tracks on the trail.
After lunch, we headed to the beach. There was a cool breeze today, although it was in the middle 80's. The water was warm enough, but with the breeze, I decided to stay on the beach. The polar bears jumped right in, of course. It was a gorgeous day!!! Not many people were on the beach, too. I love off peak vacationing.
We grilled again for dinner and also ate more ice cream. (It is vacation, after all!) When it got dark, we had a little fire and then retreated to the camper when the bugs started biting. We played Apples to Apples (kid version). It was another nice night to sleep, too.
Wednesday...
Today was the day to pack up and head home, as we had church commitments in the evening. It was tempting to stay another day, as the weather was perfect, but duty calls! Again, we were blessed with a good trip home. Little Dorothy was excited to see us, but as she is a cat, gave us the cold shoulder treatment for leaving her. *grins*
Church (AWANA) went really well, despite being a little tired. I have six 5th and 6th grade girls under my watch this year. They seem as if they will keep me on my toes!
Thursday...
Now that we are home, we need food! The kids are so tired. We spend the day taking care of laundry, getting food, and other things. Jeff grills our dinner and enough for several more meals, making meals easy for the next couple of days. The guys mow as it has really grown since we left and the remnants of Issac are on the way. I do hope we get some rain from that storm! They are making grand predictions of 4-7 inches of rain by the end of Monday. That means we'll probably see an inch, if we are fortunate!
This evening, the kids went to karate and Ryan got his promotion to Jr. Leader status. He's worked for a couple years to get this promotion. I'm so proud of him!
Friday...
We know that this is probably our last dry day, so we decide to go check out a "new to us" disc golf course while the sun still shines. We also have to drop Trevor off at grandparents for his sleep over and Grace has a gift card to spend at the mall. (We never go to the mall here, so it is an ordeal to me to go. I feel so out of place there. I am not much of a consumer!)
After our errands and a good lunch, Jeff cleaned the gutters in anticipation of the coming rain. It's now very cloudy, humid and too muggy to enjoy open windows.
This weekend we are going to hunker down and hopefully watch the rain fall! I'm going to make a big pot of chili and cornbread. We are also substitutes in Trevor's Sunday school room, which should be fun. It's nice having some down time before we start back to work and school next week!
Thanks for reading!
~Jenn
Friday, August 24, 2012
This Week At Home, 2012, No. 33
Little notes to remember each precious day... because the days are long, but the years are short.
Monday...
Our routine was thrown off a little today due to a doctor's appointment for me in the morning. When I got home, I wasn't sure what I'd find. I had hoped they would automatically think to do their independent school work, but to my surprise they had played 3 full games of Life instead. I call that a pretty good morning. They did not resort to their default... computer or TV.
We got right to work and were able to get most of our subjects covered. We also worked on some life skills today. Somehow, Grace has not learned how to work the washing machine at the age of 13. We are fixing that. :-)
Tuesday...
Today we took our weekly walk around our favorite pond for PE. The morning was so bright and crisp! We did our lessons, had lunch, and then went to get bread. We still had a little more school work to do when we got home.
I am glad to report that spelling, for the first time in our homeschool career, is going well. I was skeptical about buying yet another curriculum. I think this is our 4th one! We are using A Reason for Spelling, in case you were wondering. There is nothing magical to their method. The best thing is that they use a multi-sensory approach that my kids like. I can see us actually finishing this program this year!
I got to go to my monthly bunco group in the evening. I have some really sweet friends and it is always fun to spend time with them. Next month, bunco is at my house. Oh boy! Need to start planning.
Wednesday...
Weather wise, the week is shaping up to be nice. It's cooler in the mornings and then warm in the afternoons. Lessons are going well. I almost hate to take a week off next week, but I am sure it will be fine. They seem to be able to jump right back into lessons as is required at times.
This evening, the guys mowed the grass again. I am happy to see how the grass continues to grow.
Thursday...
After lessons today, we went swimming. It was a great afternoon to swim. Actually, I did not get in as the water is now too cold for me with the cool nights, but the kids loved every minute. And the bonus was spending time with my mom, too. (Love you, Mom!)
We also had to go get groceries and take the kids to karate in the evening.
Friday...
This morning, we went to the library. When we got home, I graded Ryan's Biology and Grammar tests, both 95%. We also went over how the week went for him. He's about to finish his 3rd week of high school!
This afternoon, we're going to work on the house and then our small group will come in the evening. I want to make lasagna in my slow cooker, too. Doesn't that sound so good? It may even reach 90 today, so cooking in the slow cooker will help to keep the house cooler. I turned off the air a few weeks ago and really don't want to turn it back on. Thankfully, having big old trees help in that department.
Thanks for dropping by and taking time to read about our week!
Jenn
Monday...
Our routine was thrown off a little today due to a doctor's appointment for me in the morning. When I got home, I wasn't sure what I'd find. I had hoped they would automatically think to do their independent school work, but to my surprise they had played 3 full games of Life instead. I call that a pretty good morning. They did not resort to their default... computer or TV.
We got right to work and were able to get most of our subjects covered. We also worked on some life skills today. Somehow, Grace has not learned how to work the washing machine at the age of 13. We are fixing that. :-)
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| Grace learned how to quill. |
Tuesday...
Today we took our weekly walk around our favorite pond for PE. The morning was so bright and crisp! We did our lessons, had lunch, and then went to get bread. We still had a little more school work to do when we got home.
I am glad to report that spelling, for the first time in our homeschool career, is going well. I was skeptical about buying yet another curriculum. I think this is our 4th one! We are using A Reason for Spelling, in case you were wondering. There is nothing magical to their method. The best thing is that they use a multi-sensory approach that my kids like. I can see us actually finishing this program this year!
I got to go to my monthly bunco group in the evening. I have some really sweet friends and it is always fun to spend time with them. Next month, bunco is at my house. Oh boy! Need to start planning.
Wednesday...
Weather wise, the week is shaping up to be nice. It's cooler in the mornings and then warm in the afternoons. Lessons are going well. I almost hate to take a week off next week, but I am sure it will be fine. They seem to be able to jump right back into lessons as is required at times.
This evening, the guys mowed the grass again. I am happy to see how the grass continues to grow.
Thursday...
After lessons today, we went swimming. It was a great afternoon to swim. Actually, I did not get in as the water is now too cold for me with the cool nights, but the kids loved every minute. And the bonus was spending time with my mom, too. (Love you, Mom!)
We also had to go get groceries and take the kids to karate in the evening.
Friday...
This morning, we went to the library. When we got home, I graded Ryan's Biology and Grammar tests, both 95%. We also went over how the week went for him. He's about to finish his 3rd week of high school!
This afternoon, we're going to work on the house and then our small group will come in the evening. I want to make lasagna in my slow cooker, too. Doesn't that sound so good? It may even reach 90 today, so cooking in the slow cooker will help to keep the house cooler. I turned off the air a few weeks ago and really don't want to turn it back on. Thankfully, having big old trees help in that department.
Thanks for dropping by and taking time to read about our week!
Jenn
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