Pizza day

The girls turned in their book reports today and did extra school work today. So I decided we would go get their book it Pizzas. I have always loved pizza hut and my oldest was on the book it program, it has been around for many years. This program is awesome if you homeschool and havent register you should. They give the kiddos a free personal pizza and a prize each time. They have to read so much a month which comes easy for mine. But tonight was busy at Pizza hut and they had to wait so long for the pizzas to be done they had snacked and by the time they got their pizzas they were full so I guess pizza for lunch tomorrow.
     Other than that today was a chilly day so it was a curl up by the fireplace kind of day. which is where I am sitting now with my  cup of tea.  Thinking about what i have to bake tomorrow as the pumpkin bread I made yesterday is already gone:).


                                              good night blogging land

first full week of November

We started off doing the normal school work added in some fun extras like art and baking. by the weekend the girls did league and then went to their first JBL tour it was five games over 10 lanes. they were the youngest there and it was very challenging for them. I chalked it up to also good experience. They did fine but 5 games at once and carring their balls back and forth across the bowling alley is not something they had ever done. So they were very tired but Carissa bowled her highest game ever and was excited but exhausted by the end. Most of the kids bowling this were 15-16 up to 21. So the girls did a good job holding their own. Then had an hour to get something to eat and rest a bit before they needed to go to their adult/junior league and bowl again. So they spent 7 hours bowling at the alley on Sunday.
   So we have decided to relax today. They are playing board games together and I will cook down the pumpkin with anyone who wants to help:)
                     Have a good week all

Fall news

As we enter November so much is going on. October ended with a bang the girls had a blast trick or treating they were all so cute in the costumes. There smiles said it all.


      Bowling for the girls is going awesome. they are selling candy bars so I think our family is going to be on a sugar high for a bit.

       Marissa started altar serving at church she is the first girl in the family to do this. I look at her and see a young lady opening up and not being so shy.



   Carissa has been reading more and doing much better at spelling. For AHG she started her journal with lots of prayers in it. She is interested in joining our children's choir. So we are waiting for an opening.

   Larissa just started bowling on league this fall and boy is she doing well with getting the ball down the center of the lane she has already earned herself 2 patches in just a little over a month.

   Tarissa jean is such a sweetie. She is counting money and adding and telling me how many different coins the dollar is worth. We are working on spelling and sounds of the alphabet. She is making things in scouts like dolls and has had fun doing that.

     As a family we went to make a difference day in the pouring rain planting trees we have been doing this project for the past 5 years. The girls love to go around and see how big "there trees" have gotten. As November moves along we have finished a discussion and unit on voting and the process at AHG they even made posters that were hung at the local library. They learned alot from the mayor who came to speak to their troop.
     Now we are moving on to Learning unit on the first Thanksgiving. The girls are going to get to make their first pumpkin pie from scratch and will help with cooking down the pumpkin we use. We need to decorate for Thanksgiving this week.
    The chicks are getting so big I now need to move them soon into the extra dog pen we have so they have more room.

                

Homeschoolin' for the week

This weeks schedule has been planned. The children will be doing regular subjects as usual. As are schedule year goes from February to December we have just a bit more left in our books. We have also started on next years books in some subjects.This week contains lessons on pumpkins, also the girls are doing a bit in horticulture and the fall growing season. besides their school books we will also be doing math in canning as we can the rest of the grapes into juice.
    I love this time of the year there is so many ways to stray from the books and still learn:)
Marissa also is taking her first training class for altar servers. We will be doing a unit on Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha.
   Carissa will be doing a unit on engineering. So she needs to make a bridge out of gumdrops and toothpicks.
    Larissa is still working on learning to read. I know she can do it. As I continue to fight with the insurance company for them to pay for speech.
   Tarissa jean is learning about the rain forest. What things I am learning as well lol.

Its the Little things in life

Hard to admit but it didnt use to be the little things in life. But now it is..... When I was younger everything needed to be new and I wouldn't wait for things, very impatient I was. When we bought our house it didnt have a screen door onit. Which bothered me and I looked at ones at Home Depot and such stores. My I thought they were pricey at least for our budget. So I found a use one on craigslist I knew how much I could afford but I also knew that this had been on there a long time. So after some emails I convinced him to drop the price to $20.00 I thought woohoo. But I knew it would take for ever for it to be put on as my husband is always working.
      Went shopping after the girls league bowling and to my surprise My husband had a cancellation at a property and when I got home I had a new to us screen door and a new porch light that works. This just made my day!
                            Have a good rest of your weekend everyone.

October and fun

Hi All,
    So, this week has been a busy one. We had  an AHG meeting and then we had Daddys birthday party. We also did some service time. Had practice on Wednesday for bowling.
    Today was the big day for our new girl chicks to be put in their pen outside. We also needed to get the rest of our fall chores done before the rain sets in. I only have 1 left to do the wood onto the patio.
     The girls got some extra pages done in their workbooks today so tomorrow they can practice measuring while baking. Always a fun math class:) We also are finishing up our lapbooks for voting. We have a busy weekend coming up we have league twice and a tournament. 


                        Well ciao for now.
                           Michelle

fall

We have entered Fall season at frist with warm weather. Then it started to get chillier as the days have gone on. I love this season with the crunch of the leaves, the colors of Fall for those who live near that.(We mainly have evergreens here). We have bought the Halloween costumes, we will be going to the pumpkin patch next weekend. It will be time soon for the apple press at the grist mill.
  We got our last pears off the tree today. Then as I was walking out of the garden I looked down at what I thought was just strawberry vines getting ready to go dormant and seen 3 bright red strawberries on it. So for snack tonight the kids had pears and grapes and strawberries all from our garden. We still have lots of grapes on the vines I hope they all ripen soon. Want to make some grape juice yum.
    Now it is also time to change the seasonal clothes in the girls dressers and see what they need new.
I find there are just as many tasks in the fall as the spring that need to be done.
                                      Ciao for now
                                           Michelle