Week 14

This week was Thanksgiving week so we didn't do too much schoolwork.  We decorated our Christmas tree:

We learned more about Thanksgiving and played Native American games:

Samuel had therapy:

My Mom, sister and I made holiday wreaths:

Finally, it was Thanksgiving!  The twins got to go with Brian to the Kreger meal.

I stayed home with these two sickies.  Nathan woke up with croup and Samuel was not feeling too great with his sore throat.  Thankfully, we got another chance on Friday and we got to go to Thanksgiving at the PJ's.

Brian spent Saturday with the kids while I went to a baby shower.  They returned cans, got pizza, played pool and did some nature activities.  :)

We are ready to get back to regular schedules for the next few weeks.  Christmas break will be coming before we know it!!

Week 13

Nathan finished up T for Turtle this week.  He learned that "we don't quit, we persevere!" and he talks about it all the time now!  :)

In science, we are doing a nutrition unit.  The kids were testing food for starch in this activity:

We also tested food for fat:

One day this week, we enjoyed some hot cocoa with school:

Hunter and Lily finished up their Marion classes for the calendar year.  Hunter and I shopped Wal-Mart while we waited on Lily.

The excitement of a snow storm!!!!

Lily went to see her cousin, Lainey, in The Nutcracker with another cousin, Kathryn.  This is good timing because we just started learning about Tchaikovsky in our music lesson for the big kids.

Week 12

This was a rough week with a sickness invading the house and messing up plans!  Here's what we did accomplish:

Making amusement parks maps, inspired by our digestive system:

Our supervising teacher thought Samuel should start some Explode the Code books while we wait to get him more involved in Barton so we started that this week.  He loves the pictures because he can add to them!

Lily all set up for a sick day!  :)

Hunter passed Barton Level 2 and got his prize!

Thankfully, everyone was feeling great for the twins' birthday on Friday.  Brian had the day off and we celebrated all.day.long.  :)  

Here's to a new, healthy week!!

Week 11

We had a busy school week and somehow I missed out on taking a lot of pictures.

Nathan finished up the letter 'N'.  This is the craft that he asked, "Is this a joke?" when I told him what we were going to do.  :)

All the kids made bird nests to eat:

School on the couch!

Samuel working hard on math:

Science experiments:

 Tricorn hats, in honor or George Washington:

Hunter and I spending some time together after art:

 Our weekend included a trip to the Festival of Trees!!

Weeks 9 & 10

We were without internet for a bit so I haven't been able to update this blog!  We'll see how much I remember about these last two weeks of school.  :)

Nathan made a chart to show his apple colors:

He also made this cute apple craft.  He was supposed to make apple fingerprints but he really did not want to get his hands dirty so we had to use q-tips.  :)

We made canoes in history:

We've been studying the digestive system in science.  The kids were mushing bread in water to demonstrate the stomach:

We also had to show how long our small intestine actually is!!

Samuel is doing great with his math!  He made these tally stick numbers and wanted it left up to show Brian!

Last Friday, we didn't get our schoolwork done until after supper.  It was a fun change, actually.  Brian was requested by Samuel and Hunter to do some work with them.  This memory game was from Samuel's math but Hunter wanted a turn to play it. 

In other news, we have a Sephora close by!!  Lily and I are thrilled!

Of course, we had Halloween recently, too!!  It was a full day and the kids had a blast!!