Monday, December 14, 2020

November Recap

 


November was a fairly quiet month for our family. No major events to report. 

 We did enjoy a class on tree identification put on by Yvette Amerman with MDC on November 3rd as well as a class on US elections (by me). It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed the class and time with our friends. Mom did not get any pictures of the day, but a friend did snap a picture of Noah and me working on the "identify the leaves" task for me. 


 

Isaac and I have been working on letter sounds and blending and making words with a magnetic dry erase board. Gabby was a great source of entertainment this day! 




Eli working on carrying and borrowing with addition/subtraction of double digits.

Hard at work......
Here's my little cookie making helper. No need for clothes. ha! 
I love my mornings with Noah. Coffee and school work and one on one time with my soon to be teenage son. Time slow down, please. 
Isaac working on scissor skills, letter sounds, and blending. 
Handwriting practice. 
We are still loving our homeschool life. The boys are still doing karate and enjoy it very much. Travis has been busy at work. We've been seeing more and more very sick covid19 patients and things still look and feel very strange in todays world. I'm still working 1-2 days/week. Aunt Miss substitutes for me on those days when Travis and I both work. Life is different for everyone right now, but life goes on. Looking forward to Christmas and seeing what 2021 has in store for our family (and this world).

Monday, November 2, 2020

October 2020

 October kicked off with a field trip for the Brown's. We travelled to a friends house in Oskaloosa and met up with some other homeschool families for a fun filled and educational day at Autumn Acres. The children learned about planting and harvesting corn and about different ways in which corn is used. They played games and enjoyed all the fun activities offered. We had a blast! We also utilized our long trip to listen to our new audio book, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"



























My sister was back from KY and we enjoyed spending time together. We also scheduled family pictures (the first of 3 rounds of pictures for my crew) and they turned out beautifully.




On the 16th we attended a mock election a fellow homeschool mom organized and we all pitched in to help. Our local courthouse was gracious enough to allow the children to use the real voting machine. They all listened to 2 stories and then went to the courthouse to vote on their preference. We had several patriotic craft activities set up for the others to complete while small groups went over to vote. After everyone voted and while we were awaiting the results, the children all went for a civic themed scavenger hunt. 




Balloon drop after announcing the winner! We had a tie! 17 votes each for the two books that were read! Go figure!! 

We celebrated Noah's 12th birthday on the 21st. We made cupcakes, watched movies, and just hung out. We went to SkyZone in Columbia on Monday, the 19th. Mom didn't get any pictures that day because I was too busy having fun jumping and enjoying my family. It was a blast.
On Saturday, the 24th, the Lancaster Baptist Church hosted a "Super Heroes of the Bible" activity night and the boys got to "meet" and learn about about the heroes from the bible. They also had a weenie roast, got to make s'mores and enjoy hot cocoa and a candy dash. It was so much fun and they learned a lot about our bible heroes. 







I failed at getting pictures of the heroes, but we "met" Noah, Esther, Elijah, David, Daniel, and helped the caretaker at the tomb solve the mystery of tomb. They had fun games that correlated with the story of each of our heroes as well. 

The 26th we celebrated our sweet Abel's 3rd birthday. He's growing up so fast. 

On the 30th we learned about Abstract Art in our art class with Charlotte and had a great time painting with our friends. 

For Halloween this year we opted to stay home and have a party at home with spooky foods and Halloween movies. We just go "trick or treat" great grandpa and [great] Uncle Chris, but most of our evening was spent partying with Aunt Rachel and Uncle Aaron and Nana at home. 









October came and went like a flash. On to November!