What We’ve Been Up To :) Days #40-42

So I said we were taking the 40th day off of school but wouldn’t you know, we found something educational to do anyway

Our 40th day (making 8 full weeks of school down –140 days to go!) was on Sunday, the 18th. We had a family field trip to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Unfortunately it is full of evolutionary views. From planets and galaxies coming into existence due to a random explosion, to humans evolving from monkeys. Bleh. We still enjoyed the museum.

Here is a collection of photos I took while there. With my phone- so they aren’t the best to see them all click ‘view slide show’.

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The kids and I made leaf rubbings in the Discovery Center that we ‘discovered’ 5 minutes before it closed. The special feature for this time of year (through December 31) is about Climate Change. Global warming, rising sea levels, potential disappearance of land and animals, and all that goes along with that. Use and misuse of resources by humans and the damage it is and will continue to cause. I thought it was well done but it definitely was done from a secular view.

Monday was back to real school (you know, the one with books and writing and reading and stuff ). Went well and Lee finished before 2pm. That’s good for her! She’s usually the one that drags it out for a while. Fox also did well. He did a written narration that I was very proud of. He said “Don’t expect that all the time” to which I said “I do expect that every time!” (139 days to go!)

Tuesday we drove by our house –again- to check the mail and finally! I received something! With a piece of mail with my address on it I was able to get a library card. There are at least 28 branches in Cuyahoga County that we can visit (or check out online). And if that isn’t enough (lol, it’s not) then we can get books from the Cleveland Public Library branches (and there are at least 20 of those!). I just discovered that they have BOOKS FOR THE KINDLE!!! Oh, I’m happy happy happy! The librarian also mentioned that there are a few college/university libraries that we are able to get resources from as well. Could it get any better? Better not push my luck (138 days to go!)

We also had dinner with the pastor (and three of his 5? kids) of the church we attended on Sunday at Cracker Barrel. I’d never been in one and it was an interesting experience Unfortunately the pastor’s two youngest weren’t feeling well so his wife and they stayed home. It was very nice to visit with them.

Today, Wednesday, the 21st is a No School day because… Lee is 15! It’s a weird bday for her because there isn’t any cake or ice cream (what she says she’s missing the most). She will get to go to a special dinner with her dad (just the two of them) soon and that will be very nice for her

I will wrap this up because I have clothes in the dryer down in the guest laundry here at the hotel. Finish up with the school work done for the last two days of school:

Lee:
Bible: Reading (Numbers 34, Acts 3), verse (Romans 6:1-16), Mere Christianity (Bk 3, Ch 8)
Math: Life of Fred Beginning Algebra (Lesson 63 & 64)
History/Geography: The Life of Christopher Columbus, Western Civilization (pages 313-315)
Language Arts: Jensen’s Grammar (Lesson 71 & 72), History of English Literature (Chapter 38)
Foreign Language:  First Form Latin (Lesson 19, intro to lesson and worksheet 1)
Gov’t/Economics/Civics/Logic: Utopia, Plutarch
Science: Biology (test)
Composer Study: We listened to Vivaldi but didn’t get to the lesson yet because we still do not have our stuff

Fox:
Bible: Reading (Number 23, Luke 1), verse (Isaiah 40:28-29), Saints & Heroes (Langton)
Math: Life of Fred PreAlgebra 2 with Economics (Bridge –third try and chapter 28)
History/Geography: Story of the Greeks (chapters 1-4), On the Shores of the Great Sea (chapters 1 & 2)
Language Arts: 30 minutes of reading (Across Five Aprils), Robert Frost (read and talked about 3 different poems), Hobbit (1/2 chapter 9)
Foreign Language: First Form Latin (Lesson 19, intro to lesson and worksheet 1)
Gov’t/Economics/Civics/Logic: Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? (1/2 chapter 8), The Fallacy Detective (Introduction)
Science: The Sciences (Astronomy), Murche’s Science Reader VI (Lesson 17, vocabulary)
Penmanship: Pictures in Cursive
Composer Study: Listened to Vivaldi…see above.