Big brother, Adam decided that it would be a great idea to take all of the books off of the book shelves upstairs and add them to the pack-n-play that little brother Travis was climbing in and out of. The kids enjoyed this for a while and said that they were going to read every single book. Adam even brought out his pillows and blankets. Travis looks so pathetic because I wouldn’t let him hold onto the camera.
Just got to love those guys!
This was the first time we had been to the apple orchard! It was a great time, although we should have gone in September. I say that because the apples are all ready to be picked in September, so we didn’t get to pick any apples. The kids didn’t seem to mind, since they had other fun things to do.
Here are the snacks we got from the Country Store at the Orchard.
That is an apple cider slushy in the white cup, apple cider in the apple, and an apple doughnut.
The kids playing on the playground.
The apple sling shot and arm paintings.
We had beautiful weather for going to the apple orchard, and we had a great family time!
In my life this week:
Do you ever feel like life has got ahead of you? Well that is how I have felt this week. I had the feeling that I had my home had spiraled out of control into a disaster, I had no control over anything, and couldn’t get motivated to do much of anything. Although, come Thursday and Friday, God had given me grace and I am, again on the top of the mountain. I have taken control of the laundry, dishes, and our normal day to day cleaning. There is a lot to do daily and sometimes I get overwhelmed on where to begin. My husband works outside of the home, and I work inside of the home with my daycare. My God is the only one who can help me overcome, rise me up, and lead me in the direction He wants me to go. So I lean and ask Him to take me! He is so faithful!
In our homeschool this week:
This week has been lead by an un-schooling approach. My kids have not done much “book” work, but have taken interest in learning what they want to learn and when they want to do it. Its actually been a lot of fun. They have learned a lot. We have had sporadic talks about Heaven, Hell, and Satan. We have drawn dinosaurs. Built with Legos. Played outside, made cakes with rocks and grass in the yard! Pulled weeds and picked our pumpkins that grew in our yard. Its has been a great week for us! I am so in love with how they love to learn and pick up on things so easily when just given the gift of time and the presence of someone who cares!
What’s working/not working for us…
I have enjoyed getting up a lot earlier than normal. My husband goes to work about 6:20 am. I have been getting up about the time he leaves and getting myself ready for the day before the kids get up. It works so much better, that way I don’t have to worry about breaking up anything between the children while in the shower! HAHA!
Questions/thoughts I have…
Nothing this week.
My favorite thing this week:
Learning right along side my kids!
Something to share:
Isn’t this so true!
For the past few weeks we have been working with a PE program. Family Time Fitness is a very exciting program in our homeschool. We are able to work inside and out with the exercises given to us. Family Time Fitness has programs for Kindergarten through Fifth grade. It is reasonably priced for a lifetime of fitness at $99 for the entire program from kindergarten through fifth grade, and its all online. If you have multiple students in a certain age range, you are able to print off as many copies as you would need. So no paperwork or workbooks to keep track of.
Since we have began this program the kids have learned new exercises, vocabulary and definitions of fitness terms, health and nutrition. They also had a lot of fun. We used the K-1st grade workbooks. I thought that would be best, so that we could focus a little more on my kindergartener and my not so athletic 2nd grader.
We didn’t do a lot of the writing or extra worksheets. We mainly worked on the exercises and formation. We did talk a lot about vocabulary and spelling the fitness words. I believe the kids favorites were the crab walk and the superman pose.
Natalie doing Jumping Jacks. Natalie in the superman pose.
If you are interested in Family Time Fitness you can get more information at www.familytimefitness.com.
Jaclynn Creek is a homeschooling mom to three wonderful blessings at Soaring Creek Academy. Her days are spent learning side by side with a 2nd grader, kindergartener, and 2 year old, reading lots of books, cooking and spending time with her wonderful family. Her favorite thing about homeschooling is learning new things through her children. You can find her on her blog at www.thecreekfam.blogspot.com.
Travis was born September 23, 2009 at 10:37 AM. He weighed 7lbs 9oz and was 19 inches long! He was a little guy with big, puffy cheeks! I loved him the minute I knew he was coming! He is a blessing in our lives and is a very active little boy!
We celebrated Travis’ 2nd Birthday with a baseball theme! If you know him, you know a baseball party was an excellent selection! He lives, breaths, and eats baseball, football and any other sport with a ball!
My friend made our cake!
We then had presents….
We also had great fellowship with friends and family.
Here are a few of the people, others were in the kitchen and basement.
I am so thankful for all the people that came to Travis’ birthday party! It means a lot to us to know we have so many people that love us! We are blessed.
I have finished my 2 week trial with the no poo. I am happy to say that I believe I have perfected the system for myself and my hair. I will continue to keep using 2 tbsp of baking soda and 1.5 cups of water as my hair wash along with 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar to 1 cup of water as my conditioner. I am using so much baking soda because I have very thick hair and its past my shoulders. I am also washing my hair every other day.
My scalp feels so much better, my hair looks healthier, and its easy.
Be poo free!!
Jackie
In my life this week:
Its been a pretty good week around here!
In our homeschool this week:
We have taken a few breaks with our schooling. We had 3 official school days this week. I needed to get something's done around the house and we skipped school!! We were due for a break anyways right!
Places we’re going and people we’re seeing:
We had our normal Monday Co-Op. Church on Wednesday night. We are going to a bon fire tonight to have s’mores, hotdogs, and great fellowship with friends!
My favorite thing this week:
MOMS NIGHT OUT! I had such a great time with a group of homeschool moms.
Something to share:
I am amazed at the depth of my daughters (7) mind and understanding. We talked about the events of September 11, 2001. She amazes me! Here is a picture of what she drew after she took in all of the information. Natalie truly expresses herself in her drawings. It’s a way I can fully grasp what is going on in her mind.
Natalie 7 Years Old
9/11/11
