"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Feb 7th, 2013
A great day was had by all with our homeschool group! Snow tubing at Donner Ranch! Check out that sun and those smiles! Group shot! I got a few good runs in. There was an attendant that did an great job spinning us! Awesome mamas!!
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Feb 6th, 2013
My friend Grace had us over for some fantastic science experiments! She did a great job organizing a fun afternoon. Experiment #1: make a lava lamp Fill a bottle with vegetable oil and a little water. Add food coloring. Break up alka -seltzer tablets and place in the bottle. The pictures don’t do it justice, […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Feb 6th, 2013
Once a month, our homeschool network has a Presentation Day. This gives the kids an opportunity for public speaking. The kids can choose to do whatever they want. They can give a report, recite scripture, sing a song, etc. This month, the boys shared a few sequences of their martial arts…
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jan 14th, 2013
The boys started back in their art class. They completed the piece they began right before everything began with my mom. This is a perspective drawing. The boys chose the season, weather, time of day, and animals(s) on the painting. R’s piece: A’s piece:
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Dec 23rd, 2012
It was a perfect Autumn-Winter day for enjoying an outdoor field trip to a mandarin farm. This family run farm led us through their orchard and taught us how to harvest the mandarins. We all picked a bunch to take home. After the field trip, a few of us had lunch at Newcastle Produce. Three […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Dec 11th, 2012
While I stayed home with my mom, my friends Toni and Pres took the boys on a field trip to the State Capitol. I love that they like to wear their fedoras. ‘A’ decided to dress up and wear his tie. He will dress up any chance he gets. I love this kid!!
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Nov 23rd, 2012
I have two friends that keep bees. Toni and Steve invited us to watch them harvest the honey! (This was back in late September for those tracking this blog). Steve took combs from two of the four layers. He takes half for him and leaves half for the hive. You can see the smoke that […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Oct 3rd, 2012
October 1st is World Vegetarian Day. Although we did not eat vegetarian that day, the boys did some worksheets and learned a little bit about the vegetarian lifestyle.
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Oct 3rd, 2012
“Mom, can we wear our costumes today?” “Sure!” So, these were the homeschool uniforms for the day… Ironically, later in the day, we learned it was National Comic Book Day! The boys were so excited!
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Oct 3rd, 2012
That’s right. There’s a cherries jubilee day. September 24th to be exact… How does one honor this day? Hmmmmm….. ‘R’ loved the dessert. ‘A’ liked it, but did not finish it. DH was glad he tried it, but OK to not have it again. I did not like it; way too sweet…