More lapbook photos

Amy's, completely opened.
This shows Marty's and Theo's at the first opening. TBird's, completely open.
Marty's, completely open.

We had a lot of fun with these, and learned a lot. The kids are putting on a play on Thanksgiving, using some of what they learned. With a little math everyday, we cover it all.

We love this kind of school!

Thanksgiving lapbooks

We have been busy the last 2 weeks studying the Pilgrims and making our Thanksgiving lapbooks. This shows the fronts of all 4.

Top: Marty's and Amy's

Bottom:

Theo's and Sarah's

This is Amy's as first opened.

Sarah's, opened.

Amy's , completely opened.

Sarah made these cute pilgrims and indians with her fingerprints.

Scenes from our lives this week

Theo's part of the conversation with Aunt Lynn on Sunday night.
This is "the boat."
Apparently they like the bread I baked...
It was cinnamon bread and Sarah liked it!
And finally--What is wrong with this picture?

Well, let's see. Could it be that there are kids making mud pies? No, that's pretty normal kid stuff. Could it be that they are wearing a mixture of summer and winter clothing? No, that's pretty normal around here, too. Hmmmmmm...................................

Oh, yeah, it's November 14th and it's that warm outside.

That's just too weird.

Just me, again.

Please note: no prednisone for 9 days; 2 hives. Pretty good totals, huh? By the way, that picture of me eating bread is referring to spelt bread, made in my kitchen, by myself. It was soooooo worth it.

Tonight we started the "boat." As in, the Mayflower. The kids are putting on a play for Thanksgiving, and naturally, we needed a boat. It is large--it is very cool. It has a gold anchor. We are proud. We aren't necessarily true to life--you know, the gold anchor bit--but, we are proud. Photos and maybe even a movie to follow in the future. Please, try to remain in your seats.

Me

Eating bread. First time in 27 days.

Enough said.

ABC's of a Farmer

All Saints Day Party

The Saint Walk--we did this one and played When the Saints Go Marching In
Candy consumption in progress
Playing Red Rover--it was the Saints versus the devils
This is Mary Terese. She just tickles me everytime we see her.
What a fun time we had! There were 9 moms and 50 kids!!

WaterTreatment 101

Eeeeeeeewwwwwwwww........
Can you tell what Sarah and Amy are thinking?
But, no matter how baaaad it is, we must investigate.
And as a side note, wearing your winter boots makes everything nicer!?!

The owners of our house agreed to pump the septic tank last week. Good thing, too, since it was FULL. Of course, I used it as an opportunity to teach something. We learned how big septic tanks can be, where they dump the stuff they pump out, how many tank loads will fit in the man's truck, and exactly where our septic tank is. Very interesting, and, very smelly.

I think the guy was impressed with how much the kids already knew about water treatment. They were going on and on about how that stuff looks like the "chocolate milk tank at Papa's work" (aka--oh nevermind, you don't want to even know what the chocolate milk tank holds). Then they proceeded to tell the guy how "Papa does that, except he's the boss so he really doesn't do that stuff." Hey, we're nothin' if not honest.