Lesson 62

So...after a long and exciting week of helping a mother have her sweet first baby girl at home in the water, and dealing with all the after stuff such as checkups and nursing issues, we got very little done in our homeschool this week. But it is all worth it, and we go year round if need be. And a day in our homeschool is as good as like a month or so at public. Hee hee!

Hightlights of the day:
Remy was amazing today. He was on a roll! He did 4 math sheets and 4 writing sheets. He was amazing during his phonics lesson too. He now knows the sounds of short a, e, i, o, u and b & c! What a smart boy! I am soooo proud. I wish I would have started with Eli sooner than I did. I just did not know that little guys could do so very much!

Remy cut out and pasted his spool donkey all by himself!


And he again was able to use his favorite craft item after paper plates...cotton balls! I am no officially out of them. Laugh!


The other day I gave them Valentine's day pencils with "chocolate" bunny erasers.

They love using special school stuff during the holidays.

Elijah and I are finally studying a little about Thanksgiving and Pilgrims. *hiding in shame* I was talking to my midwifery teacher and she said that their homeschool was the same way and now she didn't feel so bad! Laugh! Hey...who says the pilgrims have to wait until T day. NO ME! He made a craft of a little pilgrim boy at the end of the day. And read more about how the Mayflower would have been build and made ready for a trip. And what the pilgrims went through. Very fun stuff.

his favorite reading assignment today was this little bit of sweetness:
Only One Mother
Hundreds of stars in the pretty sky
Hundreds of shells on the shore together;
Hundreds of birds that go singing by;
Hundreds of bees in the sunny weather;
Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn;
Hundreds of lambs in the purple clover;
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn
But only one mother the wide world over.

*SIGH* The way he read and looked as he read that last line...priceless!

Science today was about gravity and force. We need to buy a few things for some backed up projects we haven't gotten to. So we should have some fun things to show next week. He only has 7 days left of his abeka science and then we will be picking up where we left off on his supplemental science. I can't wait until the abeka science is longer than a semester.

He made a perfect 100 on his math test today. Like who doesn't know that this is his FAVORITE subject? If you don't know then your head was stuck in the ground. :)

The last activity of the day was something they have both looked forward to. They made the doggies little doggie cakes.






The dogs LOVED them! I mean I thought they would kill the kids or me for just one more. Crazy girls. Here is the recipe if you would like your kids to make them. Just be warned that they smell like garlic and they are not like cake in the least! We used veggie bouillion instead of chicken and made 16 cupcakes. Your puppy will love you!

Chicken Garlic Birthday Cake
- 1 chicken bouillon cube
- 1 cup Whole-wheat flour
- 2 cups Wheat germ
- 1/2 cup Cornmeal
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon Minced garlic
- 2 cups water
vegetable oil spray -- Garlic Flavor

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Dissolve bouillon cube in warm water. Combine flour, wheat germ, cornmeal, eggs, oil, garlic and water. Spray two cake pans with garlic-flavored oil, and sprinkle with flour. Bake 50 minutes. After removing cake from oven, turn upside down and let cool.

MAKES two small cakes

We may see you all tomorrow since we need to put in some more school time after such a relaxed week...have a great weekend!