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Sunday, January 27, 2008
Yummy ..... and FREE
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Monday, January 21, 2008
In Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
This afternoon I was thinking back to the day Fancy came home excited to tell us about a great man she had learned about in Kindergarten.
Here was her explanation:
"He was a really nice guy who made mean people let brown people drink water out of water fountains."
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Sunday, January 20, 2008
More Time ..........
After MUCH discussion, contemplation, and prayer, we have decided to stop going to AWANA on Sundays. I won't bore anyone with too many details of our thoughts on the topic. Nonetheless, today has been a great day. I am looking forward to many more of these lazy Sunday afternoons to come.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Clay Fun
Bubby wanted me to post a picture of this giraffe he made from clay.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
While I am at it .....
I seem to be on a posting roll today, so I will wrap up with this:
Here is Bubby and his cousin playing together under the coffee table.
Bubby was excited to get a music stand for his beloved Drum Kit while The Husband was trying to remember if he knows how to play chess. (This picture is actually from Christmas morning when it was just us.)
This is my brother in green and my Mother-in-law in the stripes. She was on Gift Card patrol as there is always the fear that a kid will throw one away in the mass of wrapping paper. It hasn't happened yet thanks to her years of diligence. =)
Here is my Father-in-law at the kitchen table and if you look closely, my sister and dad are sitting at the table in the background as well. Fancy is busy helping the baby walk around. Let me just mention that in any situation if you want to find Fancy, find the baby in the room.
AFTER
Here is Max, aka "The Beast" trying to look innocent after getting caught with that green gift bag which conveniently contained chocolates. Wonder why he chose to pull that one from beneath the tree.
And last but not least, Pedro (so named because he is part Chihuahua and Fancy knew that was in Mexico). Since he has grown we have decided that the mark on his back looks somewhat like Africa and have since wondered if we chose the wrong geographic area when choosing his name.
Since we are currently studying this continent, would it be wrong to let the kids label countries on him with washable marker? What do you think? =)
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Africam
A friend (Thanks Cyndi!) recommended this site for our Africa studies.
The kids are L-O-V-I-N-G it.
We have yet to see anything at the watering hole, but the anticipation is immense. I can't imagine what they will do if they see an actual animal.
V
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The Story of the Orchestra by Robert Levine
We checked out several books about the orchestra last week at the library. Our main curriculum includes music study but it has left me wanting more. I am really a music lover and it just wasn't doing enough for me. Basically, it has had us listening to samples of music from the country we are studying. It has been fun, but at most takes 10 minutes a week.
In the Fall, when I started to feel the need for more, we started learning hymns. I tried to tie it in by choosing a hymn that was connected somehow to the country we were studying. We are learning Amazing Grace now. We write the lyrics out for handwriting practice, listen to different versions of the hymn, and sing along. I can't say I am making them memorize them exactly. Fancy knows them fairly well, Bubby always has to follow along with his paper (and usually has to be encouraged NOT to try to add a drum solo into the hymn), but that's ok.
Anyway, back to the title of this post. We have really been having fun with this book. It comes with a CD with 41 tracks (more than an hour of music). As you read, the book tells you when to play which track. It may be a sample of the composer's music that you are reading about or the sound of a specific instrument you are reading about. It is a great book. I may have to buy this one.
Today we listened to Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Beautiful.
Back to school,
V
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Sunday, January 6, 2008
Back to School .... Off to Africa
I am spending the better part of today getting ready to start school back up tomorrow. The 7 week break for the holidays was great. I was afraid I would have a hard time getting back into the swing of things but I have been ready to get going since the day after Christmas. Maybe it is because this is my first year. I missed school. The kids are ready too .... not as much as Mom, but that's ok.
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