Lovely Earth

Our week of homeschooling

This is a book recommended by The Well Trained Mind. Hard to find, but worth it.

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We are just on the first two pages!

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We learned about the Dead Sea, which is the lowest land on our planet. 1.320 feet below sea level. The salts in the water are about seven times more concentrated than in ordinary sea water.

Still beautiful.

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This is the Earth's largest single rock, Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) in Australia. It is a place sacred to the Aboriginals.

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These are the frozen waterfalls of Hamman-Meskoutine in Algeria. It has ten hot water springs. Here is a link to see all of the beautiful pictures.

http://www.pbase.com/cyrilp/meskoutine

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On the artsy side of homeschooling.......

We went the Plaster Castle and painted some sculptures.

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Sugey painted a green lizards and a T-Rex.

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Daryn painted a self portrait and a pretty ladybug.

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Kailen worked on a root beer mug and a lizard with pretty glitter.

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Ryan, did a tiki man and a chocolate box filled with candies.

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Here are all of the wonderful creations.

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Off to the Pack 1oo meeting.

Kailen earned his first badge.

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The Bobcat Badge

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And for the random pictures of the week


Bird Love.

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And more Mommy Love.

I am grateful to be able to spend such wonderful time with my children and give them such fantastic memories.

Feeding Ducks & Aristotle

This week, has been all about getting back into the routine. Very Hard. But still possible.

I had to take a break on "Nurse Christine". Waiting on more yarn to arrive.

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But, I did cast on "Feeding Ducks" using Malabrigo in Silky Merino. Love love love this yarn.

Future Christmas present, long overdue for my sister.

Notice my "Dexter" stitch marker. LOVE.

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On the homeschooling front....

I have been enjoying reading aloud to the kids. They seem to be learning a lot more this way. We even play grammar games. I taught them about Life-Long Learning this week and how important it is to keep learning alive, no matter how old you are.

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Chart of the moon cycle.

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Our latest fun word book.



Example
Gadabout: (noun), someone who flits around place to place, like a social butterfly.

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The kids are having fun using all the quirky words.

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The only other thing we did this week was taking the birds in for their trimmings.

This is not a pleasurable experience.

Lulu enjoys eating car parts.

Camping 101

Camping was great! We camped for three days at Highland Hammocks Park in Sebring Florida. So many memories it gave us, from Ryan almost getting trampled by a huge male deer to Daryn finding palm size grasshoppers in the bathrooms. I would highly recommend this park. It is very woodsy and full of nature.

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This was Kailen's first big camping trip with his Boy Scout Pack.

Everyone was great!

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Big nature hike.

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They all climbed the tree.

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Park Wildlife

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Very small walkway.

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Getting Tired.

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This is what Daryn and I did while everyone was on the hike.

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Three boxes of matches......

Daryn built her first fire!!!!

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I had some time to work on "Nurse Christine"

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This is what happens after a three hour hike.

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Still tired after being woken up.

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Flag Burning Ceremony

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Day

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Night

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Miscellaneous Camp Pictures

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Kailen and the rest of the Webelos made their first spaghetti dinner.

Mess Kit Station

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Craft Table

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Horseshoes

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46 Degrees

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Leeezard Catching

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Stick Carving

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Pledge of Allegiance

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On the way home, we stopped and saw Lake Okeechobee

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So Beautiful.