Thanksgiving in Pictures

Family

food fresh from the kitchen

(with the exception of the turkey, which was done outside)

a walk in the woods

a nap

The Bronze Bow

We finished our first read-aloud of the year, The Bronze Bow recently. It is set during the time of the Roman Empire, in Palestine, from the perspective of an eighteen year old Galilean boy named Daniel. The only family he has is an aged grandmother and a sister, but he has left them to join a band of zealots in the hills. In this story, Daniel learns the meaning of true friendship, family loyalty, and the forgiveness and healing that Jesus brings. Oh, and I forgot to mention that this is during the time of Jesus. Does Daniel meet him? Read the book and find out for yourself.

No Bones About It

We've been making some paper models this year as we go through our science studies on the human body.
The 5 Senses
The eye
The ear
The tongue and taste buds
The Skin
They all have flaps that make them interesting. Sorry there are no pictures of all those. It would take up lots of space.
Today, we did the BONES! Fun! And I got pictures!
There is alot of cutting and taping/gluing involved. I helped cut some of Josiah's pieces to save time, but he does most of it himself. Hannah needs no help at all.
Hannah's reaction to all of this human body stuff is "Gross".
Josiah's boyish reaction is "Cool. Let's make it look spooky".

Whistle while you work

Josiah! Your eyes look just like your skeleton's

Is this Hannah's idea of a joke?

You may see these "characters" again as we will be adding things to our skeletons as we go along.