This week was our first week where it really looked and felt like Autumn.  The leaves are changing faster than you can notice, and they are starting to fall... that is where the fun begins!  It's all fine to live in the woods (kinda) in spring, summer and winter... but autumn is the most fun ever!!! 

So many trees = so many leaves!!!  WOOHOO!

Doesn't that look like fun?  I want to get some good pictures (this was taken by their older sister, but I don't think she waited for the focus to set before pressing the button - time for a lesson in basic photography!) before the rain sets in (comin' soon to a backyard near you! *grin*).

This week, Greyson "invented" a "game" where he spells something out on the fridge with our magnetic letters and Mom has to "try to read it"... thing is, mostly it's spelled RIGHT!  Then he challenges me to "spell something"... which I do.  Sometimes I take a turn spelling a word and see if he can figure it out, and yes, he usually can.  For example (and I must warn you that I think he's quite bright for his age)... I spelled out "SCRAP" ... and he sounded it out SSSS KKKK RRRR AAAAAH P *pause* SCRAP!  Not bad eh?  Who needs worksheet after worksheet on "blends"?  This kid is a genius reader! LOL!

(no Mama Pride here - no siree! grin!)

Chaeli has been a complete Destructo-Child this week, so to save her future embarrassment, I'm going to refrain from listing all the details of her ... er... renovation projects.

I wanted to share a resource that I'm starting to use this week with the Littles... it's from Arctic Publishing and they are called  Early Learning Lapbooks and they are available at CurrClick (my all-time favourite place to buy homeschool materials!!).  They are Alphabet linked lapbooks for ages 3-7 (really).  These lapbooks are Amazing!  I'm so excited about having the Littles learning Bible verses, counting out, making games, reinforcing phonics (the titles run along the lines of A is for Adam, B is for Beatitudes, C is for Cain's Choice, etc...) and Scriptural understanding at the same time.  I can't wait to get started, and hopefully we will be able to get the first one done this week and then in my next post, I hope to have some pictures of the final product! :o)  Currently there are lapbooks (I can see doing one a week) up to G (I think) and having spoken to Amy from Arctic Publishing, I'm assured that they will be staying ahead of me if I do one a week... since she's actually creating them for a preschool-teacher friend and has to keep ahead of them! LOL!

So... until next week, be blessed!