I'm hoping that I am coherent enough to write an intelligent readable post this weekend. This week has been good. We only had four days of schooling, but we managed to get our five days worth of work done in that time, somehow. I'm grateful for that. I'd really like to get this year done by May or early June so I can start schooling year-round in June or July, and take some of the pressure off of missing days due to sickness and so forth. I don't want to not be able to start early and each year go late, and so forth.
I had the bug this week from starting on Sunday, but it was the worst Wednesday, with me chilling and aching Tuesday night. I am much better now.
Most of the pics posted today (except the one of my family making applesauce) are from a birthday party we went to near Delta, Colorado, yesterday.
On the Homefront:
Wednesday while I was sick, dh and I, and the kids made applesauce. We had gotten 3-4 cases of apples from Sharing Ministries last week or so, but hadn't gotten to this. Dh had the day off due to working last Saturday.
We didn't have anywhere to attach our "Squeezo" onto a ledge or table in our home, so dh took the kids to the front deck to make our applesauce after I cooked it up.
In the School Room:
Bible: We continue to read Egermeier's Bible Story Book with Bubbies and the older girls listening in. We didn't do anything with our Biblical Holidays book. We also read a few stories from "I Heard Good News", which is a book full of short stories about how different countries and peoples received the gospel.
History: We read more about the Civil War from Landmark's History of America, and started the second volume of the same book learning about the "Go-getters" that helped settle our country.
Science: Pretty much the same. We'll be glad to get through the electricity and magnetism unit.
Read-Aloud: We finished Across Five Aprils with the big girls. We also finished The Hundred Dresses with Bubbies, but didn't finish the lapbook yet.
Reader: Mountain Princess and Snow Crystal finished Turn Homeward, Hannalee. It is a good book based on an event in the civil war era.
Language Arts: The older girls worked on similies, topic sentences, writing a formal letter, and grammar. Bubbies reviewed the letter "P" but we didn't get to making her notebook page. She seems to have lost interest in that, so I don't know if I will continue to do it or not. It may work better to do them with Little Critter in the next year as I introduce letters to him.
Math: We are back to our math books, and I am pleased to say that Snow Crystal has begun to work more independently. For this I am thankful!
Spanish: MP is using Rosetta Stone and seems to be learning and retaining a lot. SC is using The Complete Book of Spanish (workbook from Wal Mart). She'll get back to Rosetta next year.
This is Little Critter playing the piano at our friends' house during the birthday party.
On the Mission Field:
The students were gone to the Go Conference in Estes Park for most of the week. Tim took three of the guy students fishing for half the day yesterday. They enjoyed themselves a lot.
In the Literary Scene:
I finished reading Raising Godly Tomatoes by L. Elizabeth Krueger. I highly recommend it for every parent with children in grade school or younger. I will regularly go back to it as a refresher, and I feel it has already done wonders with my family. I am also reading Brock and Bodie Thoene's Only the River Runs Free, which has had a fabulous beginning, and I know will continue to be great. It is about Ireland in the mid-1800's.
Feeding on His Faithfulness,
Carol
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Glad you are feeling better and good job getting all the lessons in somehow! We were not that lucky around here last week with dd being sick and the boys heading out for CO.
Hi, Carol! I've been super busy and a bit overwhelmed this past week, so haven't been visiting until today. 2 things I want to share with you:
1. I have never had a problem loading your blog, and enjoy the new template although I am NOT ready for winter!!!
2. You already know this, but your children are just beautiful! There is a look of happiness, peace, and contentment and innocense that only comes from being part of a household that belongs to the LORD. In the midst of whatever you are feeling due to circumstances (which I KNOW can get hard), look at those little faces...and know that His Peace is right there. He will provide, and He has you all in the palm of His hand...come what may! I'll keep you in my prayers this week, my sister!
Hi sweet friend. I let go of S&TF finally after much prayer. I hope to be able to join in on the fun soon in your meme. I don't know if it will be before the 21'st or after. I need to get through the Christmas Craft fair first. ((HUGS))
{{Waving hi}} I'm sorry to hear you were sick :( It's so hard when mom is ill. My dd13 is sick with the flu right now and I'm anticipating (with dread) the fear of it attacking all the children.
We also hope to get back on a year-round basis, but I'm just relieved to be on schedule so far this year after so many years of feeling so "off". I'll be in prayer for both of us!!
One thing have I desired of the Lord that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. To behold the beauty, the beauty of the Lord. To inquire in His temple, the temple of the Lord.
This is my everyday thoughts about being a mother to three little ladies (12, 10 and 5) and a three year old son. We serve God full-time, and I am a physician assistant. I have the most awesome husband in the world. I am trying to seek and serve God with all my heart, all my soul, all my mind and all my strength.
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