Daddy began his five-day stretch at work and we continued on w/ some schooling on Saturday...yes, on Saturday...  :)   Yet it's basically only for Bible & Copywork, and Nathan's Language Lessons for Little Ones.  Breanna didn't complete all of her schoolwork on Friday, so she had some of that to complete this Saturday too.

Saturday, August 23, 2008~Day 6: 

On Breanna's assignment sheet for Saturday:

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”  Matthew 28:19-20

Jesus before He ascended back into heaven gave this command to us.  Jesus has forever changed our lives; we are to continually be open to God’s leading to share the Gospel w/ others and show them how He brings salvation.  J 

It was another full day on Saturday. 

In the morning,  Breanna worked on her own.  She completed Bible (Elsie's Life Lessons Walking in the Fruit of the Spirit)--  First, Friday's assignment~ Chapter 1-Walking in Love- Lesson 1 - God’s Love Makes the Difference:  Read p. 18-19 (Stop after reading “The Bible declares, “If we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us” (1 John 4:12). Chapter 1-Walking in Love- Lesson 2 – First Love: Read p. 19 (Begin at First Love) – top of p. 21 (Stop after reading “How then do you show your love to your parents?”) Scripture was:  Matthew 22:37-38, John 14:21, and 1 John 5:3. For both assignments, she notebooked answers to study questions and reflected on Scriptures(I hope. :) ). Copywork (Copywork for Girls)-- Lesson 6, Science/Nature Study (A Nature Walk with Aunt Bessie)-- She finished notebooking from Friday's assignment which was about earthworms and cockshafer, and ACE Math PACE 1068-- p. 17. 

It was a busy morning, afternoon, and company over in the evening.  :)

Nathan and I did his Language Lessons for LIttle Ones in the evening after company was gone.   Lesson 6-- Introducing the Letter "A"   There was a row of letters and he had to find all the capital and lower case A's and circle them.  He found them easily.  :)

Breanna, Nathan, and I ended our time together w/ Bible & prayer late tonight.  (365 Days of Celebration & Praise - Daily Devotions and Activities for Homeschooling Families)-- Today we read about it being National Smile Week.  It takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile. :)  So, let's keep smiling!  :)  We read in John 11:1-44 about how Jesus' friends, Mary and Martha, were able to change their sad faces to happy ones again.  :) Then, answered discussion questions and reflected on the Scripture John 11:25-26a--"Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life.  He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die."  Our prayer focus on Saturdays is Salvation.  I prayed for 7 family members salvation and one of their longtime girlfriends.  What a wonderful way to end the day together!  :)

Monday, August 25, 2008~Day 7:

“Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.  Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field.”  Matthew 9:37-38

One of the things I treasure w/ my children is simply visiting w/ them.  After Breanna was up this morning, she and I spent some time sitting in the living room together and chatting about a book that she is reading (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) and compared the book and the movie.  And, we talked about other books/made into movies and whether they were good or not.  I so enjoy this relaxing time of communicating w/ Breanna. :)

We began our lessons together w/ Bible and prayer.  (365 Days of Celebration & Praise - Daily Devotions and Activities for Homeschooling Families)-- Today is Friendship Day.  We read in 1 Samuel 19:1-20-20:42 about Jonathan and David's friendship.  And, we answered study questions and looked at Scripture, Proverbs 17:17a, "A friend loves at all times."  :)   Our prayer focus on Mondays is Missions.  I again prayed for a dear former college floormate of mine and her family who were missionaries in Hong Kong and just relocated to TX in mid-Aug.!  We had a praise & answered prayer this week that they found an 8-passenger van.  And, prayer for Baby #6 (They found out she's carrying Boy #6) and due in Dec.  What a joy to lift this precious family up to the Lord!  :)

Breanna completed the majority of her schoolwork this morning.  Bible (Elsie's Life Lessons Walking in the Fruit of the Spirit)-- Chapter 1 - Walking in Love - Lesson 3 - The Word of God: Read p. 21 (Begin at: The Word of God) - p. 22 (Stop after reading: Why do you think reading the bible is different from reading any othr book?)  The Scripture was:  1 John 5:3, Psalm 119:72, and Psalm 119:127-129.  Then she was to answer study questions, pray, and reflect on Scriptures.  Copywork (Copywork for Girls)-- Lesson 7.  These last 3 lessons she did in more of a hurry. I talked w/ her about slowing down and writing neatly again.  The lesson for each day is not long.  Science/Nature Study (A Nature Walk with Aunt Bessie)-- Read in Chapter 2 - p. Read bottom of p. 18 (Beginning at "Auntie, come here!” ) - p. 20.  Take all the notes on Earwigs, Squirrels, and the Hummingbird.  Math (ACE PACE 1068)-- she went to Jacqui's from 12:15-1:30 pm.  And completed p. 18-26.

This morning and afternoon, Nathan and I had to go on errands.  One of the places we had to go to was the pharmacy to pick up his daddy's new inhaler.  While we were waiting in the drive thru, observant Nathan said to me,  "This is a nice building." (He'd said that when we were at the bank too. :) ) I said, "Yes, it is." Then, he said, "And, they make money too."  hee hee  On our way leaving to take Breanna to Math as we were passing by our house, he exclaimed, "Our house is pretty!" (Our newly painted Hazy Dawn--cheery yellow w/ white trim) :)  He's sooo encouraging!  I think one of Nathan's gifts is as an Encourager! He says so many thoughtful things through the day! (A very special example was on Sunday when he said to me, "You are a sweetheart." Followed by, "And you are precious and beautiful."  Then, a lil' while later as he was leaving the kitchen, he said to me w/ much feeling, "I love you, Mommy" )  :)

This afternoon, Breanna enjoyed time w/ a cousin and Nathan spent time w/ another cousin. 

Tonight, Breanna (who really enjoys working w/ preschoolers) is doing Nathan's Little Hands to Heaven preschool lesson w/ him. :)  They had a fun time w/ his Bible lesson~ Unit 2-Day 1~The Earth and the Flood.  They did a new fingerplay called, Noah's Big Boat.  The Bible story (The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes)--  Read p. 24 "Noah Builds a Big Boat"  based on Scripture Genesis 6:13-22 & looked at picture on p. 25 of Noah and one of his sons building the Ark. Answered 2 discussion questions about the story. He had a Letter Activity was of seeing the Letter B flashcard & making the motion of it and sound of it. He came to me and had to accentuate pronouncing the "B" sound for me. :)   His Bible activity was to cut out 2 hands from a magazine and he taped it on his Number 2 paper.  They listened to a new song called, Noah Built a Boat on The Singing Bible CD.

Also tonight, Breanna finished History (The Chimney Sweep's Ransom)-- Chapter 3 - Notebooked Ideas for Discussion and Writing and Reading Activity: Fact and Opinion.