I debated whether to include the Saturday work the kids did for school as an official day. In the end I went ahead and counted it. After all work was done, why not include it?
One reason we had to have school on Saturday is because we were just blah on one day during the week and not much school got done. I think Fox did half of his work and Lee did only 3 subjects. Just one of those needed extra light days.
12/2&3/11
Both:
Hymn: Christmas Carols {both days: Little Drummer Boy- we listened to Faith Hill sing this song- it is my favorite Christmas song}
Worked on and completed making a catapult from Pitsco Education.
Lee:
Bible: Reading (Deut. 22); Verse (Colossians 3:1-10); Mark Commentary
Math: Life of Fred Beginning Algebra (Lesson 95)
History/Geography: Western Civilization (pages 350-351); Francis Bacon (narrated); Heritage History (read about Robert Bruce; narrated)
Language Arts: Shakespeare Sonnets; Westward Ho!
Foreign Language: Hey Andrew! Teach Me Some Greek (Level 4, lesson 23); First Form Latin (Lesson 24, worksheet 5)
Gov’t/Economics/Civics/Logic: Current Events (wrote a post)
Science: Biology (chapter 6 test)
Fox:
Bible: Reading (Deut. 1); Verse (Proverbs 15:16-17); Saints & Heroes (Martin Luther)
Math: ck-12 Grade 6 (lesson 10.9)
History/Geography: Heritage History (read, narrated); Read from World Studies (China)
Language Arts: Jensen’s Grammar (Lesson 5); The Age of Fable (chapter 35; statures of gods- Jupiter and Minerva)
Foreign Language: First Form Latin (Lesson 24, worksheet 5)
Gov’t/Economics/Civics/Logic: -
Science: The Story Book of Science (narrated)
And now it’s Monday…yet again. It’s almost noon and we’ve still not started on school. Sigh. There’s two weeks until Winter Break…will we make it?? Interestingly, I still haven’t received our letter from the school district pertaining to homeschooling. I did get a membership with HSLDA because it makes me nervous homeschooling here.
We went Christmas shopping this morning instead of working on school. We found some cute things that will be good gifts {I hope, and I crossed out cute because I’m sure the guys on my list don’t want ‘cute’ things lol!}. Fortunately, the individuals we shop for are so easy to please. It isn’t about what we get it’s about the thought that is put into getting the item. Honestly, it’s usually more about the family getting together but this year we can’t do that. We must settle for sending some gifts –as if they could replace our presence…never. Family is more important than any of the material things we will receive or give.
It was fun to choose gifts for the people on our list. And thankfully, I only heard “oh, I want this!” two times. Someone forgot, momentarily, that we were shopping for others, not for ourselves. The kids had chosen a gift for each other a few weeks ago and they wrapped them today. I had one that I could wrap as well. It was so much fun wrapping them. I disguised the gift I wrapped. The person who opens it will never have guessed what’s inside! Mwahahaha!
We had a blast decorating our tree on Saturday night. Then we went to an old building in town to see some awesome lights. It is a GE Lighting shop that is something like 100 years old. They deck out the building, adjoining buildings and the lawn with fantastic displays with lights. Here you can see a photo collection from 2009. The road was so cramped with cars (whether to look at the displays as well or just traveling the same road, I don’t know) so we were not able to actually stop and get any shots to share. It was so neat though. But of course, it’s online! If the video doesn’t work below, click the link in the previous sentence
And I should get off of here and get us going…Monday, Monday, Monday…
We are fighting the blahs as well. It's so close to Christmas, we just want to chuck it all and do fun Christmasy stuff! Keep fighting through and we will as well.
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