May. 17, 2007
Lately
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I thought we were going to go ahead and have summer vacation..........then I thought we were going to continue...........now I am not sure what we are doing. I have to say I am enjoying the pace of our days though. I made those bookmark folders for internet sites for the two middle boys(8 and 9)....they are studying math, reading, and US geography on the computer. My middle daughter(12) is designing a website for her reports. We have struggled to find an educational style that fits her. She enjoys web design and doing reports so we combined them. She does research and writes the reports online along with graphics. Her report on Norway....she is making a music video of scenes from Norway to go along with the written report. It seems for the moment we have found a nice way for her to learn. My oldest are trying to finish up their math and reading classic novels. My oldest son(15 almost 16) has taken up playing checkers online while listening to classical music. He swears this is improving his brain power mightily. We catch good documentaries when we find them. Sunday was the last week for Bleak House on Masterpiece Theatre. We all loved it, most especially the younger boys. I looked over Net Flix this morning....usually we are instant gratification people so we have delayed joining. They have 161 Imax documentaries! What a summer vacation that could be! We watched the Republican debate the other night and had good conversations over it. My oldest daughter will be able to vote for the first time this election. I came away confused. The person I expected to like ....I did not. Someone I would have sworn I would not....I did. Lots to think about. The boys have been fishing three times this week. This morning, our second oldest son(14) willingly and even cheerfully agreed/offered to take his younger sisters, 3 and nearly 5, fishing as well. They had a great time though so far all I have heard are guppy tales. Just this afternoon, (I even delayed writing this morning so I could write about it) we went down to the nature trail. It is not much, but we think it is charming. Some one set it up long ago and it has suffered benign neglect ever since. So it is a pretty little wilderness with bark trails and signs naming some of the trees. We saw peppermint in the woods, as well as lambs ear and two types of pretty wildflowers though I have no idea the name and the guide books are packed. We saw beautiful brown butterflies with orange stripes (dd3 especially wanted to see butterflies so this was sweet). There was an absolutely beautiful tree called a "Sunburst Honeylocust". It was smaller, had fern like leaves that at the moment are a beautiful yellow. Gorgeous tree, I want one! The children also played by the river bank for a few minutes in the sand. It was a lovely spot....dabbled shade, the sound of the aspen leaves blowing and the river floating along. I could have sat there all afternoon. In fact, next time they want to go to the park, I might just pack the sand toys and take them there instead. On the way home, I pulled over to the side of the road for my son to pick some wildflowers for me to press. I am not sure if that was legal or not.......I know you cannot in a national forest. They sure are pretty though. They will make a beautiful picture. So that is us. Not much. What I really hate is that we keep forgetting to read our scriptures. I hate even admitting that. We used to do it in the morning, as part of school but then dh was not able to be there. So we moved them into the evening and cannot find a good time. We did it for 21 days straight and treated ourselves to Dairy Queen. But since.....some here and then not. I hate moving them back to the morning though. It is so nice having dh with us. Oh, well, we will keep trying! Stephanie |
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