Saturday, September 5, 2026

Week 2




This week was a pretty busy one for us!  We did some chemistry bingo to become more familiar with the abbreviations on the periodic table.  Nathan also had his first chemistry lab and it was testing unknown powders so I set it up because I had to put the powders in cups and make the testing solutions.  After that, though, it was a completely independent lab so that was weird!  Ha!  Sam bought a new kennel thing for the puppy, which has changed our life for the better!!  Nathan did some schoolwork inside it with Teddy a couple days. :)


Unfortunately, we had to take Friday off this week due to the unexpected loss of our sweet cat, Cinders.  She was the 1st family pet and the superior family pet.  We miss her so much. 😞



 

Sunday, August 30, 2026

Nathan's Junior Year

 





A new school year is upon us!  Nathan was up and ready for the new year.  We had a busy first week of school and weren't able to get as much done as I had planned.  But it's early!  We'll get the schedule figured out  We played Abducktion (spelling is right for the name of the game) and ate out and spent time getting to know the curriculum we'll be using.  I'm excited for the year!

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Last week of School!



We wrapped up our school year this week!  Every day we finished at least one subject so by the time Friday got here, we barely had work to do.  We played a game and watched the last episode of Lord of the Flies. I always give a gift for the 1st and last days of school so he enjoyed the fun summer treats and the cash!  Nathan is done with sophomore year and it is flying by!!  This summer is mostly a break for him but he does have online drivers ed coursework and then driving with us before his driving time with an instructor this fall.  
 

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Week 36



We had a full week again and are so close to wrapping it all up.  We have been doing a quick skim of the human body lessons in Biology.  We also finished our read aloud.  Nathan reviewed Lord of the Flies as a 4 star read and I said I'd give it 1.  I'm not a fan but we are going to check out the new series on Netflix and see if we like it.  Nathan wrapped up his literature reading but will read one more piece next week! Nathan also joined us for some steps at the arboretum on a nice evening.  Nathan decided to climb a few trees while we were there. 

 

Saturday, May 9, 2026

Week 35


Just Cinders sitting on Sam's work pile because we don't have any pictures from our school week!  We kept busy and on schedule to finish things up by the end of the school year. We did finish our Bible curriculum so that's one thing off our list these next 2 weeks!!

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Week 34


Nathan finished his last art project this week!  He had two projects that he really enjoyed but one was not a win.  We'll see what we can find for next year!

Nathan also wrapped up his research paper and I let him have a few days off from writing before we start a new paper next week.  I think we can get through one more before the school year wraps up.  Otherwise, we kept up with all our other subjects and I'm going to be preparing for the final weeks to finish things up.

 

Saturday, April 25, 2026

Week 33



This week, Nathan got closer to finishing his writing and art projects.  We finished our taxonomy chapters in Biology and dissected a flower.  We had a half day of school on Friday to leave me plenty of time to take care of Sam's wisdom tooth recovery!!