Be Careful What You Say . . .

The same day we did our shopping and mini-date, Theron and I were joking about being tired from being sick and wondering who could take care of us. Hannah volunteered! By the end of the day, she had created a list of things that she and Josiah would do to take care of her feeble parents including making a stack of "breakfast in bed card" for us to use. Ha! Ha! It may actually happen some day.
Then later while we were out and talking about where we would go for a snack, Theron said "Well, if we go there, Josiah will want a Sprite." It made me think of the book, IF YOU GIVE A MOOSE A MUFFIN, so I said, "And if you give him a Sprite, he'll have to go to the bathroom, and after he goes to the bathroom, etc., etc,." When we arrived at the kids favorite place and asked Josiah what he wanted to drink, he adamently stated, "I don't want anything to drink."
"Why?" "Because I'll have to go to the bathroom!" Obviously he was listening, . . . this time.

Flowers for a Fall Garden

After a restful morning, the family went to Walmart and Home Depot to pick up some things. I had been wanting to plant a fall garden, so we got some seeds at the Depot- lupines, peas, poppies, daisies, wildflowers, purple coneflowers, and lettuce.

It was after 4:00 and we thought we might get some fries and a drink at the kids favorite place. What started out as a snack, turned out to be a snupper (combine snack and supper), as we were all so humgry we got enough to last us til bedtime. And what started out as a quick stop for a snack, turned into a mini-date for Theron and me as the kids enjoyed the indoor playground and we had coffee in the indoor "quiet area".

We were home in time to pull up old plants and put in new ones. And Theron was able to replace our A/C filter and our water filter.

ABC verses - S to Z

These are the last of the verses we learned this summer. It seemed the latter ones were harder to remember, except for Z. It always reminds the kids of a familiar song.

We will be learning a verse a week in MFW. This week it was an easy one, John 3:16, which they already knew. We've been talking about maps and globes, learning the names and location of the seven continents, and making our own maps. In Science, we are learning about how God designed each animal to live in it's environment, habitats, food chains, and seasonal changes (that's this week). We tried a nature walk at the park, but didn't find much. We find more in our own backyard. Just today, the kids found two more frogs. Hannah is good at catching them. She also found some wildflowers/weeds that she gathered and said she was going to research.

Josiah focuses on a letter a week and a number each day. This week was Ss. S is for sun, and we talk about how Jesus is the Light of the World. I also do speech with him using Straight Talk, published by NATHHAN. We are currently working on the "K" sound at the beginning and middle of words. He does fine when it's at the end of a word. He's learning math with popsicle sticks and Cuisenaire Rods.

Hannah is using Singapore Math book 2B. She will start using Spelling Power in a week or two. For English, she is using Primary Language Lessons.

Yay, the first week of school is done!

Two more SHORT videos

I forgot to add these from our day at the Newport Aquarium.

We started school on Labor Day. In spite of the fact that we've had to make two doctor trips this week (Theron has pneumonia and a kidney stone among other things, and I have bronchitis), the kids are well and our school week has been pretty good. We've actually stayed on track. I guess this first week is light.

Erin at www.fullheart.blogspot.com - this is for you. My house has definitely not been clean this week. My mountain is not usually the laundry, but the kitchen. When I don't feel well, the dishes pile up and just in general, my kitchen counters "collect" things. It seems that everything wants to make it's home in the kitchen, whether it's a plastic dinosaur or a FCFE homeschool binder (WHAT! Oops). Actually those things are easy to put away. It's all those little things like receipts and medicines and "recyclable?' items that take more thinking. Hannah has been helping me by washing dishes that we don't put in the dishwasher. This has become a new chore for her this year, because she can do it without supervision now.

I should be picking up speed now that I'm taking the antibiotic and STEROIDS for the bronchitis. Theron is doing much better, too. He had been laid out on the couch in pain the first part of the week, but now is up and around more, although still at home, which is nice.

Knoxville Zoo

This was the last day of our vacation trip, with the exception of driving home on Friday. This week we have been resting up, going to doctor's appointments, reviewing our ABC Bible verses, and finishing our Summer Vacation notebooks. Next week we will start My Father's World - Kindergarten for Josiah and Exploring Countries and Cultures for Hannah.

Sunday's storm effects

Not only did Sunday's storm do something to my nervous system (we were in the car on the way home from church when it hit), but it did something to our old tree out front.

Whether it was the weight of all the rain on the leaves or the wind or both, this limb could not hold on any longer.

Hannah was happy to help cleanup and Theron got to "play" with his big boy toys (power tools!).

What you've been waiting for

The planetarium show really allowed you to get an idea of the vastness of the universe. Amazing that God created things so huge and things so small. Some other things that I did not get pictures of, were the 4D show, The Last Adam video, Dragons video, and a storybook time that Josiah went to with Dad while Hannah and I were in our fossil class. We also browsed the bookstore. We had a great two days. It was a blessing.