January dates

We decided, for 2015, to change the "date jar" that we have for the children.  

This year we are going to alternate dates for Corban, Abigail and Hadassah 

with a date with one child and both parents and then one-on-one dates.  

This month was Corban's date
with Mommy and Daddy and we went to
Off the Wall!  

We all had fun jumping in the trampoline rooms,

 climbing the rock wall,

playing laser tag,

playing arcade and video games,

and picking out prizes with the tickets earned.

It was a super fun and active date and we both had a great time spending the afternoon with just Corban!

Chris gave me a giftcard to Plated- we got our first box and had a couple of fun at home dates, cooking the meal together and then enjoying dinner!

sizzler

Corban had his first Sizzler (8 and under) swim meet since joining SwimFast!

It was a fun meet and Corban did a great job!  

He swam 25m in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle.  

Corban won his heat in butterfly!  

more January pics

We had the exterior of our home painted!

Asher spent everyday closely watching the men working outside.

These two playing house together!

plasma cars!

Abigail and Hadassah
sleeping holding hands!

Hadassah making faces at herself in the mirror

One day, Corban told us that it was "national popcorn day."  
That evening, Daddy surprised the children by creatively inventing the 1st ever 
Pendrak Popcorn Pentathlon 
(of games and eating)!

 

playing with their food

January school

Corban and Abigail studied LA, IN, MS, IL, and AL

beans and rice (LA)

sweet potato pie (AL)

They learned about the Louisiana Purchase, Robert Fulton, Rosa Parks,
Hellen Keller and George Washington Carver.

In Science, they learned about plants and the human body. 

In Art, we studied the Nutcracker and Swan Lake ballets.

In Bible,
the Vine and the Body.

Corban finished American Adventures 1 and started book 2,

Abigail began Pathway Readers Days Go By (reader and workbook)

and we finished reading Mathematicians are People, Too.