Week 10

We carved pumpkins this week.  Lots of fun creations!!

We finally got to our science experiments.  We finished up our unit on heat.  Meanwhile, our bread still has not grown mold from last week!!!  

I slacked on pictures and now I'm sick so I can't think of anything else we did last week.  Lily did start a new grammar program because we both hated the one I got for this year.  She also started science and art at the homeschool building!

Week 9

This was an eventful week.  On Monday, Nathan had some dental work done so Brian took the day off and we spent some time at the park:

On Tuesday, we had our annual visit to Bloomsbury Farms.  The kids wanted to do the jumping balloon 1st thing, which is good because after that, Hunter was miserable the rest of the time.

Nathan feeding a goat:

They have to stop for pictures for me!

We get this picture every year!  

Trying the corn maze--this always stresses me out!  Ha!

Samuel riding his "horse" backwards.

 Hunter and I hung out in the shade while everyone else had fun.

Making Hunter pose for one more picture:

 We got home from the field trip and realized Hunter had a fever.  We took him to urgent care and eventually found out he had strep.  Poor guy!  He missed a couple days of school but was able to listen in on our read aloud, at least.

Some schoolwork we did accomplish... We are reading a book about microbiology for science.  We have an experiment going but nothing is happening yet.  The 1st piece is our test bread, placed in the bag using sterile gloves and sprayed with water.  The 2nd piece we passed around so everyone got to touch it and put germs on it, then in the bag and sprayed.  The 3rd piece was just touched by Lily AFTER she washed her hands, in the bag and sprayed after that.  So, we'll see what we grow! Especially with the sickness we've combated this week!

In history, the kids had to name their own colony and set rules for it.  Each one shows much about that child's personality!  Ha!

Samuel's is called "Poopland" and the rules are to wipe and flush.  

Hunter's is called "Hunterland" and the only rule is to not kill animals.

Nathan's is called "The Best Land of All Time" and the rules are no WWE, no pets--only cats and no cutting down trees.

Finally, Lily's land is called "The Bonair Colony" and the rules are pictured below (hopefully, you can click the picture to enlarge and read).  There was 20 rules so too many to list but examples are to not be rude to pirates, no chewing loudly, no taxes--only donations.  :)

Nathan has a stomach bug now so I'm hoping this weekend gives us all a chance to rest and recover!!

Week 8

We had a busy, productive week!

We finished up our scientist's wanted posters:

Painted some salty spider webs:

Made a Pocahontas museum:

Visited a park we hadn't been to (it wasn't a hit):

We traveled with my parents to a nearby trail and saw a lot of snails out!!

We also found these fun rocks along the trail so that added a lot of fun to the cold, misty walk.

On Friday, my Mom and I took the kids on a homeschool field trip to Boone to ride a train.  It was horrible weather for travel but stopped raining to enjoy the fall colors on the (long) train ride.  

Week 7

For art this week, the kids designed their dream room.  The pics are in order from Nathan-Samuel and then Hunter-Lily.

We learned about the Roanoke Colony in history, watched a quick video about it and then they wrote/drew their theory on what happened to the colony.

Nathan playing a number game:

In science, we started our unit of experiments on heat.  Here, we were boiling an ice cube and holding a cold spoon over to watch condensation:

We also had prize day this week!  It was Halloween-themed with glow-in-the-dark silly string, bubbles in a bloody finger container and halloween pencils:

Our night time silly string fight was a success!

This weekend, we attended my Grandma Hill's funeral.  The kids were pretty sad, especially the older two, but they did well.  We ended the day at Pizza Ranch and enjoyed the break from travel!