Oct. 27, 2009 1000 Gifts from God
John 8:12
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
I was reading another homeschooling blog, and came across this: http://www.aholyexperience.com/2003/06/gratitude-community.html
I read a couple of people that were inspired to give more thanks to God. Not just at Thanksgiving time. And this is not a list of "What I'm Thankful For." It's a way to continuously list the wonderful gifts God gives to us each and every day!
1000 Gifts From God
1. My husband's kisses
2. Sleeping with my baby every night
3. Hearing my kids' belly laugh
4. Soothing classical music
5. Communion at church, and the peace it brings
6. Legal homeschooling
7. The absolute miracle of a baby being created
8. The tight-knit bond our family has
9. Hot baths, lavender oil and a good book
10. A church that I love, and a Pastor that I respect
My goal is to post at least 10 things every time I come on here, and hopefully not repeat too many. 
You should try it too!
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So, I haven't updated on here for quite a while. I apologize! My husband's work schedule changed, and it really threw our daily routine out the door. We spent ours days together as a family, like we normally would at night. But then when he went to work, it was nap time, and then our nights were always hectic and crazy. Let me tell you, I'm SO glad we started school right away in the beginning of August!!!!! It was nice to take a break.
We still did 'school things', just not every single day. Some things we kept up with, like reading which I think is one of the most important things anyway. We learned more about life lessons, like math through cooking. We also still did our homeschool co-ops, which were awesome!
We've been to the Denver Nature and Science Museum a couple of times, we went to a co-op at our church every other week, a couple park play dates, the boys had a class called "Elementary Chemistry", "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs", a tour of the Denver Mint, and "Eye See You". We missed two due to illness, which was a tour of an AM jazz radio station, and a night at the Chamberlin Observatory.
I loved having him home during the day, and it was a good experience for everyone. He was able to be alot more involved in homeschooling, and willingly went to the co-ops with us. He loved the chemistry one! lol He got right in there and even made up some of his own experiments. He was also able to be home and watch the kids while I went to my OB appointments with my midwives, and watched the kids downstairs while I started teaching piano lessons.
He started back working days this week, and it's been nice going back to 'normal' again. The kids are loving doing more schoolwork and projects, and I enjoy having him home in the evenings, when things tend to be a little crazier.
To help us ease back into our routine, I made a school schedule for the week. I made a list of all the subjects that I want/need to teach during the week, and then divided them up, according to what we already have planned. For example, today we had a 2 hour co-op for Ben, so I knew it would be a bad day to tackle math, since that takes the longest. So I wrote down more simple things to accomplish, such as our reading, sight words, Bible study/verse and working on our upcoming Science Fair project. I love that I don't write down ANY times on this 'schedule'. Simply what I'd like to get done for the day. I put an 'x' by it when it's completed, and it's taped right in front of my on my desk. The kids have input whether they want to do their writing assignments first, or history, or art, and it doesn't matter! I love homeschooling. I adore the flexibility it brings!
Speaking of our Science Fair.....that is coming up fast! It's next Tuesday, the 3rd, from 4-6 PM. It will be in a local library's meeting room, and open to all the kids in our homeschool group! Should be a big one.
Jack is doing an experiment called "Dancing Raisins". You fill a large glass (or vase, if I can find one) with clear pop, like 7-Up. Then you add a couple raisins.....5 or so, depending on how big the glass is. Watch them dance up and down! They immediately fall to the bottom, because they are more dense (weigh more) than the pop. BUT...the carbon dioxide bubbles in the pop move around and attach to the raisin, and raise it up! It floats to the top, the bubbles pop, the raisin falls back down, and it is repeated over and over. We'll probably do some tests with colored pop, flat pop, warm pop versus cold pop, trying to put a penny in it, etc.
Ben is doing one on static electricity and Rice Krispies. You put some Rice Krispies on the table. Then you put a plexiglass (raised by two blocks on the sides) over the cereal. You rub a wool cloth or sweater over the plexiglass, and watch the cereal jump up and down! It's pretty neat. We'll probably try this with different cereals, and vary the distance of the plexiglass.
My sister and her kids, and my parents are all coming to the Science Fair. I can't wait!!! It will be very simple, not a lot of words or pictures, since they are still quite young, but it'll be a good experience for them, I think.
Well, it's very late here and I should get going to bed. I really wanted to start posting again more, and especially to make that "1000 Gifts" post.
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