The first day of week 2, we did all the science in one day and that is all we did. We learned about weather, colored a rainbow, and made a rainbow fruit pizza (complete with a pineapple sun and a cookie cloud to show that a rainbow appears when the sun shine…

I started All About Reading Level 1 with Eliana a few weeks ago and since then we have been blending, counting syllables, recognizing vowels and consonants and reviewing phonogram cards with "Ziggy" as we "travel the world" in  Adven…

Taken on our way back from South Dakota. Lost a sweet baby today.

Summer around here is. . . Running through the sprinkler Having a water balloon fight Going to the pool Making homemade popsicles Making smoothies Doing sidewalk chalk Blowing bubbles Reading books Riding bikes Playing BBQing Going on a picnic Going camping M…

Our life ~ Week 26 ~ June 24th -30th This week. . . Dylan turned 12 and for his special dinner we had BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs, baked beans, chips, pickles, and watermelon. Afterwards we made s'mores. He also picked out a lemon meringue pie for dessert…

We had a great first week! We finished Week 1 in 3 days, and rather than moving on to Week 2, I added in some extra summer learning fun to go along - while I can! (I've not yet started school with the older boys.)  For Bible, we covered Creation to Ab…