Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Temporary Dwelling

How to build a sukkah:
gather and drag woodhammer and screw







enjoy and celebrate!
(we didn't actually spend much time in our sukkah this year because it rained all week.)

Monday, October 17, 2011

Slow and Steady

I have not taken as many pictures of our school projects/crafts the last few weeks. We studied nests with the letter N and the 5 senses with the letter U (for us). For the letter T, Corban learned how to draw a turtle, while Abigail did a color-by-number turtle, and then we made these cute turtles and ate turtles as a special snack!

Monday, October 10, 2011

REAL

We went to the mall yesterday as a family (possibly the first time that Chris has been since we have had children!).
The boys went into a department store, while the girls wandered out in the mall.
After we were out of ear shot, Corban asked Chris, "can we go look at jewelry for Mommy, because she would really like it." Corban looked at all kinds and colors of jewelry before deciding on this beautiful ring.
Because it is REALly sparkly
Because I REALly like flowers
Because he REALly loves me
I'm sure it wasn't very expensive...but it is most assuredly REAL!

There is a lavish quality to a woman who knows she is spoken for, committed to, well loved. Her richness does not come from any jewels, but the jewels suit her because she has an internal sense of royalty.
-Jan Myers

Me TOO!


It is neat how much Abigail has learned just listening to Corban's school time.
She loves to be included!
After Corban's first week at CC, and hearing me review his material with him, Abigail sat down next to me one evening and said "Ok, ask me." I didn't know what she meant at first but then as she began to say the history sentence about Columbus I realized that she had been learning the song too and wanted to be quizzed!

hungry bellies=famine in Egypt
its funny to say toot-a-comma (Tutankhamun)
:)

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

6 weeks of CC

We are really enjoying the Classical Conversations curriculum and our group that meets on Tuesdays.
Each week Corban learns new memory material in
History, Math, Geography, Science, English Grammar, and Latin

week 1
week 2
week 3
week 4
week 5
week 6
Corban does an oral presentation in front of his class each week.
This video is on telling about a favorite family trip:
Corban is also learning Time Line cards