Weekly Wrap-Up...the one with guts!

Nice title eh? I thought it was a touch much but... it's true! This week we have been attending Hunter Safety Education and ....oh wait, I'm getting ahead of myself!

Monday: We visited Scottsbluff to sign up for the homeschool co-op. Lee chose 5 classes! Oh. My. Fox chose 2 and I made him take another ;) Lee is signed up for Watercolor, Computer Security (whaaa, that means I won't have my laptop for about an hour every Monday morning- oh the horror! I'll survive...), Student Council, PE, Choir (I'm excited for her for that one!). Fox chose Chemistry for Fun, Watercolor, and I made him do PE. We have a problem with getting moving here...ahem. We did get school done as well :)

Oh and it was our first night for Hunter Safety. Wasn't too bad.

Yes, that's my book ;) And that sticker is from Oregon (Crater Lake to be exact)- how'd it get on there?! lol

Tuesday: Because the Hunter Safety class runs late (yes, for us 9pm is late!) I didn't rush to get into school stuff and so not much got done. Well, it did but if we don't start right away then we are the best at procrastinating until there just isn't time to do it anyway.

I was continuing with my 'custom order' for my Etsy shop while the kids were focused on their blog activities (stories, drawings and creations). I also wrote two book reviews for my other blog and can't wait (although I should) for the next ones to arrive for review!

Then we had another night of Hunter Safety Education. There is a 50 question test that Fox is stressing over. If anyone doesn't pass the test, no shooting on Saturday.

Wednesday: This is where it starts to all fall apart :) The late night classes are really taking their toll. I know when my kids need sleep and they are running on a deficit this week! What little grouchy ones I have! When this week is over it'll be back to normal so I'm dealing... I have been having terrible insomnia (fell asleep at 2 the last few nights even though I'm tired).

Fox passed the Final Bridge in Decimals & Percents Life of Fred math book! Yay! It was difficult for him and I think (Hope) that he learned he has to actually do the work- not guess and look at the answers (how could he not know that in the in the first place? he has his own set of 'rules' he tries to live by regardless of what is told him time and time again). Sigh...onto PreAlgebra.... yikes.

Anyway, here's the deer guts part! For part of Hunter Safety Education we get to learn how to field dress our animal so that we can 'harvest' it in the best way possible. Bad field dressing=bad tasting meat. Fortunately, this part was a video and not hands on! The video was very good. But very graphic. I'd never seen a deer field dressed and I'm sure I didn't control my face well during the video.

I thought for sure that Lee would have major issues with the video but nope, she was alright. Fox of course wasn't bothered at all. Dh has seen it all before- and in person, ahem, deer- so he wasn't the least bit bothered.

I can still see more than I ever wanted to see of a deer in my mind, thank you very much...

Thursday: I didn't make the kids do school because- did I mention I've not slept well in quite awhile?- we have all been so tired AND because I've come to see that this Hunter Safety Education class is incorporating so much more than I'd thought it would. Reading (a lot of reading!), vocabulary, so much common sense information. There is a scavenger hunt that is optional and as much as I want to do it, we just don't have magazines. Who doesn't have magazines?!? We have homeschooling magazines :) I don't often see much in the way of hunting related articles or ads in those.

So we learned about survival and survival kits. Also emphasized heavily is hypothermia. Amazing old video they showed. It wasn't graphic but my, it sure makes you think about what you're doing when out in the unknown. Simply put: use your brain. I wish there was a link to the video we watched, I'd post it!

Friday: Today and not even close to being finished! Here's what's planned: School (simplified version includes math, reading [Hunter Safety Education materials & reviewing], Latin test, and cooking! Yes, today I need to cook tortillas, chicken- for the freezer, and I thought about making up some rice and/or beans for the freezer. Thankfully, the kids actually enjoy helping me cook :)

Our test for Hunter Safety is tonight so we have do make sure we review well. Tomorrow is the shooting range; I'm looking forward to that! I don't want to shoot the shotgun though :( oh well :)

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