McKinley Point Academy

By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. ~Proverbs 24:3-4

• Feb. 4, 2008 - German Week and the rest of our week

We just finished up week 21 of school.  Only 15 more to go!  My kids are starting to count them.  Of course, since they love math, they are zooming ahead there.  LA has been okay.  Mark's spelling started again and that was a struggle to get him back in that groove.  Note to self: change that in next year's schedule! We read about Germany and Poland this week.  Mark was really interested in the Berlin Wall, so we read and talked quite a bit about the history behind it.  We also had a German meal: - Wiener schnitzel - Bratwurst - Spatzel with an optional German cheese on top - plain green beans - plain corn - French Bread - Black Forest cake - sort of - see below I know, I know - but the French bread looked so much better than the hard rolls at the bakery. My dh's father was stationed in Germany twice - in fact, my dh was born there at an Army base. My dMIL makes us schnitzel whenever we visit, so my children all like it. She usually uses pork because it is easier for her to find. I used veal because my dh and I like it better. The kids decided they like the pork better. The pork sure is cheaper!! We made the Black Forest ice cream recipe in the CAtW book. We also had some chocolate cake left over, so some of us had chocolate cake with our cherries and ice cream. Regardless, it was yum! In American History, we started Jed Smith, Trailblazer. My children are enjoying the story. We are also starting Little House on the Prairie this week.  I am curious to see how the kids will like it. Mark had his Pinewood Derby race in Cub Scouts.  His last, since he moves to Boy Scouts next month.  His car didn't win a race but it got third place Most Original. Paul got his grades for the first set of classes.  They are on block schedule so they have different classes each semester.  He got straight A's in the college-level American history, honors Calculus, honors English and Tech Theater II.  This semester he has honors French 4, AP Chemistry II and 2 computer science classes. A boy and his cat do AP Chemistry II: We had a Chili Cook-off and Super Bowl Party at our church.  We had a big crowd all together in the same room, but each doing their own thing.  BTW - us ladies just hung out where ever and talked. The teenagers hung out behind the screen that had the game on it.  They did venture out for a commercial or two. The few serious football watchers.  See the young boys in the back playing football on the Xbox? The Spades tournament started at half-time and continued until ??.  We left about 9:30pm. p.s. I used a secret ingredient in my chili that was James' idea this year.  It was good, but we did not win.  Mark made his own chili.  Some people liked his better than mine.  His was good too. We have been growing salt crystals at our house.  Here is Mei's: The instructions and cool pictures are here: Science of Cooking

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