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Lesson 10/24/07

Oct 25th, 2007 by

We had a day filled with activities.  Soccer, swimming, F/X…but, ‘R’ spent all last night coughing, so I decided to keep us all home.  We cleaned, baked bread, I made soup, some ‘school’, and family time watching ‘Battlestar Galactica’ on our bed.

Bible
We read where Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal to make fire.

Read Aloud
"The Legend of the Big Dipper"
We looked at images online of the Big Dipper after reading the story.  Too cloudy at night to see anything.

Language Arts
DEL-The boys had to look at items and decide whether they rhymed or not.

Science
BB Book-We read about caves, with water/mineral deposits that form called, stalagtites (ceiling down), and stalagmites (floor up).  These two will meet, but it takes about a million years to do so.
We looked up a bunch of pictures on these.

Life Skills
‘Manners’ by Aliki  Lesson #3

Math
Singapore Earlybird 2A, Lesson 2 Working on recognizing and writing numerals 1-10

Reading
‘A’- Bob Book Colume 2 Book 6 A few pages from ‘Willy’s Wish’

 

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KidzBounce and our new “Pet”

Oct 25th, 2007 by

Tuesda,y I took the boys to a local company that has a bunch of inflatable toys to play on.  We met up with friends and the boys played for almost two hours.  They had so much fun!

‘A’ coming down the big slide…

‘R’ climbing a ladder…

‘R’ sliding down the big slide…

‘J’, ‘A’, ‘S’, and ‘R’…

After KidzBounce, we went shopping.  The boys found a Venus Fly Trap and got all excited.  We had studied these a couple of weeks ago, and they are fascinated by them.  So, we have one.  I fear it won’t last too long here.  From what I have read, this is not their ideal environment.  We’ll see…

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Lesson 10/23/07

Oct 25th, 2007 by

Bible
We read about Elijah bringin g a boy back to life

Memory Verse
You must not steal. Exodus 20:15

Read Aloud
Mother Goose- ‘Myself’
‘Mister Dog’

Language arts
DEL-The boys had to recognize and trace squares on a page.

Art Appreciation
In the Book of Art, we looked at "Time to Sleep":
Man Lying on a Wall, 1957, L.S. Lowry

Flaming June, 1895, Frederic Leighton

Cupid Asleep, 1620s, Guido Reni (could not find online)

Cat Sleeping under Peonies, 1800, Japanese hanging scroll (coluld not find online)

Life Skills
Lesson 1 in ‘Manners’ by Aliki (a cartoon book that has differenct scenarios showing good and bad manners)

 

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Menu Plan Monday October 22-28, 2007

Oct 22nd, 2007 by

I am going to explore my vegetarian/vegan side a little bit this week.  DH and I were vegetarian and vegan and different times through our 20’s.  We sometimes wonder why we don’t go back to that lifestyle.  We both felt immensely better. We have some new friends who are also exploring the vegan lifestyle (no animal products of any kind) and have enjoyed talking to them and sharing delicious meals.

So, I am going to try a few recipes this week from Vegweb and start to build up my veg recipe box.

Monday: Pesto chicken and pasta, broccoli

Tuesday: Tortilla-Black Bean Casserole, green salad, chips and salsa (ETA: This is delicious!  Will make again…)

Wednesday: Potato Carrot Soup, Homemade Bread (Both recipes are terrific!  Yummy!!)

Thursday: Chickpea and Mushroom Casserole, Spinach, Bread

Friday: Salsa Meatloaf, Green Beans, Mashed Potatoes

Saturday: (New pastor comes to dinner) Fruit and cheese tray, Salmon with pecan crunch, Rice Stuffing, Sesame Green Beans, Apple Pumpkin Dessert

Sunday: Leftovers

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Saturday with friends

Oct 22nd, 2007 by

DH went to our church’s men’s retreat this weekend.  My friend, Kathy, came over with her kids and we spent a nice afternoon together.
"T" acting the strong girl!!

"A’s" took this picture unassisted!

"A’s" second shot

Our oldest boys share the same name.  Here they are as knights!

Saturday night, I went to the David Crowder concert with three girlfriends.  My friend, Lisa, and I went to the very front and stood in front of the guitar guy.  We were the oldest people in the mosh pit, but we did not care!  It was loud and it was fun!!

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Could I be any more humbled?

Oct 22nd, 2007 by

I am the first to admit I am not a perfect mother.  At times, I can be downright nasty.  I spend much of my prayer time asking God to help me rid my frustrations, stresses, and anger before snappping (or even yelling) at my children.

One thing that God has really impressed on my heart is to ask forgiveness from my children at these times.  It has been hard at times.  I have wanted to justify my behavior because "I am the mom"  and everything I do is "right", even when it’s "wrong."

Anyway, a few days ago, I felt the need to ask forgiveness for an outburst I had the day prior.  I told the boys that I regretted the outburst and that it was not a reflection of them or their actions.  "A" said, "that’s OK, mommy, I forgive you.  I am going to make you an award for doing the right thing and asking forgiveness."

Here is my award…(as I type trhough tears…)

As I have said before, I praise God that I am not the person I was, and I praise God that I am not the person I am going to be.  I also praise God that my boys are growing hearts that model Jesus, not just because of, but in spite of, me.

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A very busy 10/17/07

Oct 18th, 2007 by

We began with soccer.  It was raining, but the kids did fantastic.  After soccer, we enjoyed some treats for ‘Lil A’s’ birthday.

After lunch, we met up with my friend Kris and her little boy.  We let the boys run under the awnings at the outlet mall.  After that was swim lessons.

We managed to get some lessons at home accomplished…

Bible
We read about Elijah meeting the widow and God provided flour and oil for a lifetime of bread for her.

Memory Verse
"Do not steal." Exodus 20:16

Read Aloud
Mother Goose- "The Old Woman From Surrey"
"Daddies"

Language Arts
DEL-The boys had to look at a maze and find the solution before putting the pen to paper.  ‘A’ did it immediately.  ‘R’ did it on the second try. (I did not think ‘R’ would be able to do this.  I am amazed.)

Life Skills
I just bought a new book titled ‘Manners’.  It is set in a comic book format.  We read a few pages that showed examples of someone using manners, and others, not.  They boys had to choose who was using good manner and who wasn’t.

Math
Practice writing numerals 1-10

We then went to our church for dinner and ‘Family Experience’ (F/X).  It is a fun evening with skits, music,  dancing, and Bible lesson on a virtue.  This month’s virtue is ‘Respect’-responding with words or actions to let someone know they are important.  The Bible memory verse is 1Peter2:17 "Show respect to everyone."

 

 

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Blogger School Friend #7 Bountiful Blessings

Oct 17th, 2007 by

 

This is a project I began last year, but stopped for a while.  I am going back and catching up. ..

This comes from Training Hearts

Blogger Friend School Assignment #7
BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS

Our assignment this week is to blog about your plans for Thanksgiving Day…..share your day in any creative form.  Please try to include family traditions, your menus, who carves your turkey, do you save the wishbone, the list could go on and on. 

We do not have set traditions for Thanksgiving.  We rotate families who host and the menu is at the discretion of the hostess.  Sometimes it’s potluck, sometimes not. 

The one standard it that it is a traditional turkey meal with all the trimmings.

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Cute playhouse pictures

Oct 16th, 2007 by

Dado (abuelito) and Dada (abuelita) constructed and painted this playhouse for an auction for charity.  The boys had a great time breaking it in!  Prayers that this playhouse does well in the auction.  They put many hours and love into this project.

Nice job!!

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Roots and Wings Homeschool Co-op 10/15/07

Oct 15th, 2007 by

Today, Linda hosted our group.  The theme was ‘red light/green light’ foods.  (red light are foods to be eaten sparingly as a treat, and green light foods are the ones that we make the majority of our diet.)

She began with a game of red light/green light.  The kids had to crawl to her, as she held up the red (stop) and green (go) cards.

Then, she had the kids circle ‘red light’ and ‘green light’ foods in the grocery ads.

C3 showing us the ‘green light’ foods…


C2 showing us the ‘red light’ foods…

While half of the kids were working on the food project, the other half were listening to a story…

Linda prepared a nice snack stray of ‘green light’ foods…

The kids indulging…

The newest member of RNW…baby N., with mom, Kathy…

"T" and "E"

"M", "J", and "R"

Linda and her princesses…

 

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