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Dec. 11, 2009 - Feasting and Fasting Day 12


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I'm posting the morning of Day 13 because I didn't get to post lastnight. We sat up and watched "It's A Wonderful Life" with the kids last night. It was after 10 when the movie was over and we got the kids settled into bed. Then it was almost 11 when I was talking with my friend on IM and started talking gibberish to her. She responded, "You need to go to bed!" LOL! 

Yesterday was a pretty decent day...except for being sick. I made broth for myself. It tasted pretty good. Yesterday I learned that I need the belth of belt of truth as part of my armor. I learned that the belt of truth is a simile for the gospel.

Ephes. 1:13
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

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Dec. 11, 2009 - Planning for Kirsten


Now that I have my posts written about Josefina I can start thinking about Kirsten!  We won't start meeting again for American Girl until January.  But, I am determined to have everything planned out and prepped before we start this time!

So here is the plan!

Crafts:

1. Patchwork Pillow
2. Bunny Pincushion
3. Quilted Potholder
4. Yarn Doll
5. chromatrope toy and Geography Notebook Pages
6. Midsummers Wreath

Ongoing craft:

Braided Rugs

Snack:

1. Swedish Meatballs
2. Swedish Crackers with Lingonberry Jam
3. Swedish Rice Porridge (Skansk Grot)
4. Rye Bread and homemade butter. (Have girls make the butter in a jar.)
5. Potato Soup
6. Pepparkakor Cookies

Whew, so there is the plan!  Now for the shopping and cutting and prepping.  Then I am ready to go!

Happy Homeschooling,

Jamin

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Dec. 10, 2009 - American Girl Club Josefina Weeks 4, 5 and 6


The hard part about trying to post about the last 3 weeks of Josefina 6 weeks after we finished the study is I CAN'T REMEMBER what we did!  LOL  I have been SO busy with unpacking, homeschooling, Thanksgiving and Christmas I just keep putting off posting about the end of Josefina.  So I finally went back and flipped through the pictures I took and this is what it looks like we did the last 3 weeks of club!  I am not going to try to put it all in order.  It's all just too blurry!

There was one activity we did that I know the girls really liked.  I think it's in book 4 where they take the blankets they have woven to the market and sell them.  I wanted the girls to get an idea what it was like to have to trade on the barter system.  So I brought a bunch off odd things to represent other things and had them trade.  We broke the girls up into 4 groups.  One group had paper cups that represented sheep.  One group had paper napkins that represented blankets.  One group had a mix of things.  Mirrors, jewelry, crafts.  (Whatever I had in my craft cupboard!)  and the last group had money.  The girls had to go around and trade with each other and try to get a good "deal".  They had to decide how many blankets a sheep was worth and how many craft items were worth a blanket. Etc.  The object was to end up with something from each group.  After the finished we talked about their experience.  Was it easier for the group that had money?  (I had gotten some BIG coins at the dollar store designed to be hung on a schoolroom wall.)  How did they decide the value of the different items?  It was interesting to see their thoughts and hear their ideas.

The crafts we did for the last 3 weeks of Josefina were:

coiled pots, whisk brooms and memory books  We also made geography notebooks and weavings.


Coiled Pot
These are made with air dry clay.  Super simple.  Just make coils and roll them into a pot!  These were lots of fun.  I also provided glass beads for the girls to decorate their pots with.

Whisk Broom
For this craft I cut up the larger brooms I got at the dollar store to make the smaller ones!  LOL  Our finished brooms were the type of brooms (right side) that Josefina would have used not only to sweep the floor but to comb her hair too!  The girls had fun combing each others hair when they finished these.

Memory Book
In one of the books when Josefina's aunt comes to visit she tells them about the memory book she keeps to help her remember their mama who died a year earlier.  To make our book we used brown craft paper for the cover.  The girls colored a picture on it and then we crumpled them up to make them look old.  We folded over white paper for the inside and held it all together with yarn.

Here are the girls coloring their memory books.

The Geography Notebooks are something we did the same night we made the brooms.
Since the brooms took about 2 minutes to make we had extra time.  So I printed out a map to mark where Josefina lived and then some worksheets about New Mexico.  We will add pages for each of the girls as we study them.



Weaving was an ongoing project we worked on a little every night.  Not only did the girls work on their cardboard weavings, but I also had a small lap loom for them to try out.

My daughter giving the lap loom a try.

The lap loom was a hit!

The girls had a lot of fun with the cardboard weavings too.

My daughters finished project now hangs proudly in our new schoolroom!

So that is what I remember about Josefina!  LOL  I have learned my lesson for sure, I have to blog as I go!  If only there was more time in the day!

Happy Homeschooling,

Jamin

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Dec. 9, 2009 - Addition to the last post....


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I forgot to tell! Last night was the Christmas Party/Board Meeting. I did fine. Just did my best to not even look at all the goodies. Ok, I did sneek a peek!  But I had my smoothie and was fine. Then when I asked for some water our hostess offered me some warm Apple Cider. Oh, Yay!!! A treat that I CAN have!! It was soooo yummy too!

Also forgot to say, I'm still at 170 today. But I seem to have fallen into a pattern of staying at the same weight for a couple days and then dropping to the next lower pound. Really hoping and praying to see 169 on that scale tomorrow morning!

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Dec. 9, 2009 - Feasting and Fasting Day 11


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My throat is all scratchy and sore and my head is hurting. Feels like the beginning of sickies. I plan to load up on vitamin C and whatever else I can find that might help before I go to bed.

Today was a pretty good day. Had issues dealing with the kids, especially since Knight #1 is still only on the lowest dose of his new med. Sunday we go up to 2mg! Woohoo! Hopefully, we'll start to see some improvement!

I forgot to make more broth today so I had the last of my smoothie for dinner. Oh, darn! LOL Can you tell that I like the smoothies better than the broth? Although the broth isn't bad.

In my lesson today they are starting a study of the whole armor of God. Very cool! The focus today was on the Breastplate of Righteousness. This piece is very important because it protects the heart. That is where all our evil starts, so we have to be diligent to guard our hearts. The Breastplate of Righteousness is basically Jesus righteousness covering us. When we turn from sin and embrace God's ways then we are covered with the Breastplate of Righteousness. At least that's the best I can explain it at this late hour and not feeling well.

A couple of verses to post tonight:

"No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." Hebrews 12:11

Ephes. 6:10-20
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 14Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 16In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 18praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, 19and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, 20for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

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