Week of August 23, 2015

So another week has gone by like a flash!  We had our second CC day on Monday.  Katie did wonderful on her presentation.  She brought a picture of her guinea pigs and talked about them.  Audrey did great in class, she kept very busy with a little bowl of trail mix, colored, strung beads and did geography with the older kids.  

Tuesday we had Knox and Brex over.  We all had fun with the memory work and a quick math lesson.  The kids made pictographs of the number of boys and girls in their family.  They had a lot of fun coloring each  family member's face.

After math Tuesday we spent the rest of the beautiful day OUTSIDE!  We have had a lot cooler weather this week so the kids have enjoyed much more outside time.  Tuesday they raked big piles of leaves and played in the sandbox.

Wednesday we visited the nature center.  Our plan was to see the monarch butterflies that had just hatched and to go on a nature scavenger hunt.  Well...it rained so our nature hike was cut short.  But, before the downpour began we got to find a few things on our scavenger hunt...

 ...and try out some binoculars...

 and learn about the different ways that seeds are spread....

 ...and visit the bees...

 ...and play in the treehouse!

We left the nature center before the storm hit and headed for the zoo.  We stayed in the buildings close to the front and got to eat in the desert building where they have an open aviary.  It turned out really well even though we got soaked going from building to building.

Thursday we had Knox, Brex, Boaz and Selah come over for school.  The kids all got to play outside and had a wonderful time together.

Week of August 16, 2015

These are the looks of two sleepy girls, woken up so they can get ready for their first day of CC!  I'm not sure Katie knew what to expect, even though we have talked about going for months now.

Our first day of CC went wonderfully!  Katie worked really well with her tutor, with very minimal help from me.  She teared up at first when she went to the front of the class for her presentation but, after the first few seconds she started smiling and did wonderfully!
Audrey did very well entertaining herself throughout the class and I was even able to take some notes to help us through the week at home.
Both girls had fun playing on the playground with the other kids.

Tuesday Knox and Brex came over and we had our first full day of CC at home.  Honestly, it couldn't have gone better!  The kids were really excited and retained 90% of the information they had started learning the day before.  We had such fun doing the memory work together.

The girls traced Africa and found the Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamia, Sumer, the Tigris River, the Euphrates River and the Mediterranean Sea.  Wow!  I couldn't even find the majority of these locations until Monday.

After memory work we all went outside and played in the rain.  Then the kids came inside and we got out their science journals.  They all drew pictures of the rain.  Katie drew lightning and clouds in her journal.

 Math for Tuesday was pattern blocks.

Wednesday we finished our schoolwork quickly so we could take Lillie to the groomer.  The girls and I hung around town and visited our favorite stores while we waited for Lillie.

Katie decided to do Monday's presentation on her guinea pigs so we took pictures of her and her piggies to take to CC.

Wednesday night Katie had a hard time sleeping and seemed to be getting sick.  We cancelled their friends coming over Thursday.
Thursday the girls and I spent all day outside doing school and playing.  Katie seemed groggy and rested a lot throughout the day.  In the end we realized she just had some bad allergies...thankfully she wasn't sick.

 We also had a picnic outside on Thursday.

The girls relaxed on my lap and ate their lunch.

Beautiful Lillie, all groomed.

The girls and their Daddy built a house together out of a box.

We took a walk and the girls took turns walking Lillie.  Surprisingly Lillie didn't pull them around.