Week 17

This week we did an easy, festive art project. We finished up the Middle Ages in history and wrapped up the reading on Venus. The 2nd picture is Samuel coloring in our model of Venus, with Oliver watching closely. We finished our Christmas read aloud and our advent readings (early but we had to fit it in). It was a full week but we had a Christmas escape room activity on Friday to wrap up school before break. We’re now off for 2 weeks!

 

Week 16

This week was pretty much normal for us. We wrapped up our study of Mercury and started on Venus. We finished our art project and continued our other work. We’re focused on wrapping stuff up for break!!

 

Week 15

Back to school for 3 weeks!  We are focused on the upcoming Christmas break!  This week, we began an art project that has already challenged us a bit.  We'll see how it turns out next week.  We started our study of Mercury and continued our study of the Middle Ages.  We paused our read aloud to start a Christmas story about mice.  It's definitely for younger kids but it's fun to have a seasonal read aloud! Our writing is interesting because we are using pictures to create an outline for our paragraphs.  I think they enjoy being more creative.  We had a visit from our supervising teacher this week so we're done with all MHSAP duties until the new {calendar} year!

 

Week 14

We had 2 days of school this week so it was pretty easy. We reached a stopping point in our read aloud because we’re starting a Christmas book next week! The boys made grilled cheese and soup for their culinary lab under Brian’s supervision. We played Middle Ages bingo and did a turkey escape room for math so we had a fun break from the usual! Back to regular subjects Monday for 3 weeks until Christmas break!

 

Week 13

The boys wrapped up their art class this week so we celebrated with Cold Stone.  Neither one liked it that much so I guess we won't do that again!  Ha!

We also got the trees decorated this week!  Just the boys wanted to help but I'm glad for any help.  It's a big job!

We were unable to complete our science activity this week because it required sun.  We are moving on to the inner planets and worked on creating our own mnemonic to remember the names.  We also learned about life in the Middle Ages and they wrote a paper on spacesuits.  It was a productive week!

 

Week 12

This week was a birthday week!  This is the 1st time we have had school on a birthday because the twins both worked all day.  They are growing up!  We celebrated at Red Robin and Hunter's manager sent a cake home with him.  It was a fun night!

For school, the boys finally got their culinary lab done, which was making mac and cheese.  It was really good!!  Otherwise, we started the middle ages in history and are still finishing up our study of the sun.  I was counting the number of days until Christmas break and it's coming up fast!!  We'll see what all we can accomplish before that!

The boys watched the Mike Tyson boxing match on Friday night but had to use the iPad because of a Netflix issue on our TV halfway through.  It was funny to see them all gathered around the small screen.  

Week 11

This week, the boys had art class on Monday. We had to take our cat to the vet Tuesday so that was quite the excitement! We also got our trees up but it’ll be another week or so before they’re decorated. School is pretty much the same old thing. I’m trying to keep us on track to make a dent in our progress before the holiday break!