On Saturday in the mail we got Mieke’s test scores. Just as I suspected she had all the questions right in both the language and math sections. Smart girl :-) She did really well and at least I’ll have the hubby off my back for a couple of months.
Our Bible memory verse for the week came from 1 Peter 2:22 “Jesus committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth”
Just another reason why we can believe EVERYTHING He says...He is incapable of lying or deceit. He committed NO sin. Wow, as a sinful being I cannot even imagine what it must feel like to never have committed any sin...
Our Bible studies this week focused on Joseph, Joseph in Egypt and his role there. Joseph facing his brothers, testing his brothers and finally revealing himself to his brothers. Yikes, can you imagine the therapy this family would’ve needed. For years they lived with the lie, the brothers knowingly deceived their father into thinking that his beloved son, Joseph, the apple of his eye, was dead and now they come home with the news that he is alive??!!!?? Wow, I’m sure they had a lot of explaining to do. I wonder if they ever came clean about what really happened all those years ago. Nonetheless I’m sure Jacob was very happy to be reunited with his son, even though I think it must’ve been a little weird not seeing each other for such a long time...people change so quickly...
The rest of our studies focused on Insects and food preservation. Of course in Ancient Egypt and bible times the way of food preservation was a lot different than it is today. And with improper food preservation techniques you’ll get food poisoning, another one of our focus topics. We also learned about the food pyramid and making informed choices about the food we choose. Some are just saturated in fat and oil and often times we eat too many grain portions a day. Mieke enjoyed learning about the food pyramid and that frozen yogurt is healthier than ice cream.....now, if only we can walk the walk :-)
This week we finished the last LLATL lesson in the red book. There’s a sense of accomplishment with each last lesson completed. I like the feeling :-) Our spelling words were water, sand, little and land. We ended the year’s work with the 7th assessment and Mieke scored 16/16 on that.
On Monday MAFA ended. The parents were invited to a “Muster Day” where the kids showed us how they have learned to march and also showed us the colonial games they’ve learned through the year. We got to sample some goodies...and boy those cookies were GOOD!! :-) There was also some corn bread and lemonade.
In the evening MAFA held their end of year program where we got a sampling of what the kids have learned, not just in Mieke’s class but in all the other classes too. It was nice to be able to see what the kids had the opportunity of doing especially with regard to the music, drama and art.
Mieke’s group performed a short play titled “Tea Overboard”. It was set in the time of the Boston Tea Party. Mieke played the role of Mrs. Conrad and she thoroughly enjoyed it.
On Tuesday we went to the B&G club for some swimming. I just watched from the bleachers but it’s getting hot fast and maybe next week I’ll take my swimming suit too and join in the fun.
On Wednesday we went to a friend of Mieke’s house to work on our AHG. We learned what it means to “Honor my country” The girls had fun and made some sand art cookie jars where the dry ingredients are poured into a canning jar in different layers. It came out beautifully. We’ve decided to present it to people in our group who has served their country in the armed forces.