• April 18, 2009 - Weekly Wrap-Up

My Weekly Wrapup April 13-17, 2009

Faith

I have been feeling convicted about praying for unbelievers we come into contact with and to set an example in this with my children, rather than just get frustrated with people that seem to have no regard for God or Godly things. I have also had some good prayer times praying for my husband before he leaves and as we go to bed. This may seem too obvious to even state, but it's a habit we frequently get out of that is very important to us.

Our Farm

Things are starting to turn green! Jon moved the steers over to the neighbor's pasture this week. Just in time too as we are running out of hay. We sell pasture fed steers that people have butchered. It's totally healthy. And great meat - although it has a slightly different taste than grocery store meat, but I think better!

We also raise Momma Cows who have babies. We keep the girls for breeding, and hope to get all our steers from our own herd one day. We have a Momma Cow we've been waiting to go into labor forever. Jon says now at this point that she had to have gotten pregnant the last day the Bull was here because even according to that date she's overdue a couple of day. She looks REALLY ready. So wait to hear about another calf. It will probably happen at night, it always seems to.

Our Home & Health

I managed to mostly (except my room and a carpet shampooing) do a house top to bottom this week. It feels good to me. After the broken arm, I've felt really behind.

I hope to get back in the swing of things in my cooking soon. I made home-made bread one day this week, but I hope to get some sourdough starters going, some buttermilk going, and get an Azure order placed.

In The Schoolroom

It's often hard to remember exactly what we did during a week. Of course, Natalie continued on her Saxon math. I love its gradual approach, for instance even in 2nd grade they are introducing multiplication with 5's first, then 2's and 3's.

Natalie -7- finished reading Kavik, The Wolf Dog, which was one of my favorite books when I was in grade school. I'm glad she liked it as well. She finished reading Tom Swift and His Sky Racer at the beginning of this week as well. She is also reading the Black Stallion. Natalie -7- does a great job of reading picture books to her younger sister -5- as well.

In science the girls have been learning about the senses - including taste, hunger, hearing, and sight. I just can't say enough about the Answers in Genesis God's Design For Life science series. My girls love it, are always fascinated by what they've learned, and love the hands on activities.

We've been reading in Trial & Triumph, the Discovery Of New Worlds, Parables from Nature, and Fifty Famous Stories Retold. I actually find myself not only better informed for having read these books to the girls, but convicted by the stories of church leaders (or servants) throughout the ages. One particular character that will stick in our memory from this week (especially since there were stories about him in more than one book) is King Alfred The Great.

Natalie -7- has chosen to do her copywork out of The Handbook Of Nature Study and has been writing about sheep all week. She has done a great job.

I continue to work with Rachel -5- on phonics, phonics readers, and basic math worksheets. She is quite good at math and always wants her worksheets. She isn't as interested in phonics, although she has come up with her own form of copywork - taking her sister's books and the Bible and copying them, then asking me what they say. This might just be how she ends up learning to read in the end! It's what interests her.

We've also spent a fair amount of time outside this week as the weather has been warmer. We've been seeing wildflowers, blooming trees, and other signs of spring. Since I am back to driving, we were back to all our activities this week. We went to ballet, to violin, and to soccer and enjoyed them all.

Our Business

We're continuing to get settled in to our new work location, although we have a lot of set up still to do. It's amazing how many details regarding this. I went into work for a few hours this week with my husband, then went out to dinner with him. It's amazing how this kind of arrangement suits us - when there isn't anyone else there at work, it is like a date for us - and we really enjoy working together. This hasn't been the case when we've worked together under the pressure of a daily business.

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