tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1633743024131335122024-02-22T10:47:12.533-08:00Beyond Kale - A Mother's Mindful JourneyKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-9435186849786758882021-03-14T09:22:00.002-07:002021-03-14T09:22:49.549-07:00Week 26 - Beaches, Muscles, and Reading<p> We finally had some warmer spring-like days this week! We took a couple of half days from school and took our shovels to the beach! It was lovely. Emmett dug a 5 foot hole both days and then we worked as a team to fill it all back in. </p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95xIn1Hy0A-_6DNxs_31OpISAwya7g7AfwCnJhQ2Df5vRg1WyMbwLFp5OZW86sVqI2T1zBIzZ_XmXCRDeTvvBtbVLGtOiWntNA1xLcAFAcsmbfhXQ_gQrYv1ElG4JZtbsaQFXA_BM6ww/s2048/IMG_6653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95xIn1Hy0A-_6DNxs_31OpISAwya7g7AfwCnJhQ2Df5vRg1WyMbwLFp5OZW86sVqI2T1zBIzZ_XmXCRDeTvvBtbVLGtOiWntNA1xLcAFAcsmbfhXQ_gQrYv1ElG4JZtbsaQFXA_BM6ww/s320/IMG_6653.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCyX3k4agbqqZTY8G7pXGP5X5EqClz2oq97foeKbp1mQ7JKtxtaYuqZEGBOp4ps8CMdqeVr4EHO2F3aJ0RPzGypO_6hd9W3HYx_pa0UTuZVKBywIy4xr92roV0Lp1iVHoapzX1IiEXII/s2048/IMG_6646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCyX3k4agbqqZTY8G7pXGP5X5EqClz2oq97foeKbp1mQ7JKtxtaYuqZEGBOp4ps8CMdqeVr4EHO2F3aJ0RPzGypO_6hd9W3HYx_pa0UTuZVKBywIy4xr92roV0Lp1iVHoapzX1IiEXII/s320/IMG_6646.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9WW2kEFhFs9_njvJ3-ooLc1S-nEMEjcmsAoOGLX8OzxN_2oq0aivPi5tk4fPVmNn3J82hUkZkv5A0yXPMOLTqzw_fBa2oSz6iCgT4AR7Ytq-qSxWh8z9tke1h8fXLaE_NIPlv_Ec-7A/s2048/IMG_6657.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9WW2kEFhFs9_njvJ3-ooLc1S-nEMEjcmsAoOGLX8OzxN_2oq0aivPi5tk4fPVmNn3J82hUkZkv5A0yXPMOLTqzw_fBa2oSz6iCgT4AR7Ytq-qSxWh8z9tke1h8fXLaE_NIPlv_Ec-7A/s320/IMG_6657.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78aYTKc2ph7onzcVGyr-f-1cskqYg5OiZxbl68FuaW2S-R1mkauKlXG6KaxyvBpFY-H42K7ah8oYeHvE2dRXJN1R0bIZ7_xb2pX6UtybQGLOI_Bx18K2Z1q_3fcUsIwA6cF3jH3s2lhA/s2048/IMG_6659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78aYTKc2ph7onzcVGyr-f-1cskqYg5OiZxbl68FuaW2S-R1mkauKlXG6KaxyvBpFY-H42K7ah8oYeHvE2dRXJN1R0bIZ7_xb2pX6UtybQGLOI_Bx18K2Z1q_3fcUsIwA6cF3jH3s2lhA/s320/IMG_6659.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On Monday morning, I took Norah girl to the doctor for her two and a half year physical. She rocked it, complete with a purse carrying three Cars guys, a wrench, a set of pretend keys, a pretend credit card, and a lipstick. A girl who is prepared for anything. She even had a purple mask to match her purple purse. She is a solid 6% for height and about 11% for weight, small but mighty. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZbAKW3f8bLdD7RRI4UoB3nM5kBfWH1Yso3Qc0IcnW5mKH7qPmW7j8YUxYmTk7-CeC25QpT82F2dtX_pLIqb6x-Ib1nVd7xnMj5xu1WGZl7QGoA33TysoLIf9UFkdLo-05_NWyeaaq2E/s2048/IMG_6612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZbAKW3f8bLdD7RRI4UoB3nM5kBfWH1Yso3Qc0IcnW5mKH7qPmW7j8YUxYmTk7-CeC25QpT82F2dtX_pLIqb6x-Ib1nVd7xnMj5xu1WGZl7QGoA33TysoLIf9UFkdLo-05_NWyeaaq2E/s320/IMG_6612.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We also received our boxed order and it must have had a rough ride. The jelly beans and the m&m's exploded and it was like a giant rainbow in the box! We had a great time talking about their journey and looking at them in box!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQW_vX51-gUEZw2fzKNvjSme-WTEFwg7_JInBfjTjtBT4F32oSEsioSyjDzzocnClacO5rY1HKB3mV0VDT0zNAMw76dppSqmsuj1mhDWTceEqb7w4fe2duq6iEJIn1D34s2Llunz-1n4/s2048/IMG_6696.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQW_vX51-gUEZw2fzKNvjSme-WTEFwg7_JInBfjTjtBT4F32oSEsioSyjDzzocnClacO5rY1HKB3mV0VDT0zNAMw76dppSqmsuj1mhDWTceEqb7w4fe2duq6iEJIn1D34s2Llunz-1n4/s320/IMG_6696.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jonah continues to work through his letters and letter activities. He also has become fascinated with dolphins and whales. He will have an interesting comparison project to work on next week. Stay tuned!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Micah is practicing daily on his reading. He is also working through his math modules and definitely has tens and ones place value addition and subtraction down! His science lesson this week was supposed to be on snow. Ha! We talked about it and learned a few basics but I think we are all ready to put that behind us for the year. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Emmett is in the middle of <u>A Wrinkle in Time</u>. He has actually finished it without me, which is excellent timing as Maddie worked really hard to tear the cover off on Friday. Doh. He is also working on mixed numbers and improper fractions. That kid has one smart brain. Science this week was all about muscles! He learned the different types of muscles and we put the muscles on "our guys". </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYqtEt-__N_kJ5Kubj_MRZfwJcOQ-VT2PrkvFvfdeEozJDym44muQVaoIKKAQk1BxA25hOTJyIiVqomDZKC7mGGOY29b2Y_MydlFKKoqiBxuwnLVGeARtMC8qLtN9uJC0VkhTXz8_vWU/s2048/IMG_6720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYqtEt-__N_kJ5Kubj_MRZfwJcOQ-VT2PrkvFvfdeEozJDym44muQVaoIKKAQk1BxA25hOTJyIiVqomDZKC7mGGOY29b2Y_MydlFKKoqiBxuwnLVGeARtMC8qLtN9uJC0VkhTXz8_vWU/s320/IMG_6720.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv83MW330MaezAWX-yz9-MLQLvIQEQl4j7No44Qa0UGUGQlJhrzfOyRA48lG8C9rqk-OikLiMVfv5F335sd0ILu5m-ZImxMKJLjmlasJPEx_sMKZg3cPkKKHMAIi1plpEjlYyNFpjtlpQ/s2048/IMG_6722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv83MW330MaezAWX-yz9-MLQLvIQEQl4j7No44Qa0UGUGQlJhrzfOyRA48lG8C9rqk-OikLiMVfv5F335sd0ILu5m-ZImxMKJLjmlasJPEx_sMKZg3cPkKKHMAIi1plpEjlYyNFpjtlpQ/s320/IMG_6722.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GV-2KZjIAKsyLrvmrpNBwG-lh3DvDLIY-Ci1iRUZSY1KwliCwD2k3r7mMpqH_AKHIthyphenhyphenw73erogIqJEPw31IlMLaxenLKZaCtkhG89gzlwau_M6Pd5pTOw5XAk9y4COWvxJRNCLSMYI/s2048/IMG_6724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GV-2KZjIAKsyLrvmrpNBwG-lh3DvDLIY-Ci1iRUZSY1KwliCwD2k3r7mMpqH_AKHIthyphenhyphenw73erogIqJEPw31IlMLaxenLKZaCtkhG89gzlwau_M6Pd5pTOw5XAk9y4COWvxJRNCLSMYI/s320/IMG_6724.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On Saturday I did a run to a new location and did a little exploring. So many cool things to find around here and always better on foot. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCt4nZp4iLOdekl3j9oon0Kj8ZK_saxUVx_oCO25yUkrP9mclX40iODgPSJ0TGGga-8x_UXQUjLXbG44hVnt5DKQ0CnhETmijPqGYL5z3iTbNmfXUsS5Y_XaoXe4cxT5qao9x8c3R5uZw/s2048/IMG_6684.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCt4nZp4iLOdekl3j9oon0Kj8ZK_saxUVx_oCO25yUkrP9mclX40iODgPSJ0TGGga-8x_UXQUjLXbG44hVnt5DKQ0CnhETmijPqGYL5z3iTbNmfXUsS5Y_XaoXe4cxT5qao9x8c3R5uZw/s320/IMG_6684.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3Vo_dx2oYiPplKwJ_Wuy69yvOtZErLPr5e_8kFTDZsi1HFl-EdLOeipJaZjdA7jXMGN46MgQTlQwMozvSNYNOrGt7ritbTitLK4jJ-e3hoQ0852wopxkpXd3TQaGw_3yxP2dfHcySO0/s2048/IMG_6681.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3Vo_dx2oYiPplKwJ_Wuy69yvOtZErLPr5e_8kFTDZsi1HFl-EdLOeipJaZjdA7jXMGN46MgQTlQwMozvSNYNOrGt7ritbTitLK4jJ-e3hoQ0852wopxkpXd3TQaGw_3yxP2dfHcySO0/s320/IMG_6681.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMDMM74Q8d9suCLsXANV0TcQ4vHEmyvQpDYn9RJ_AjTuzaM-4W1CqoWtGGkJ6BNcy6CahQNhAF36Gk_AV9pxhLRNGAUtUJ_spXydtX8FY7MANts49eOwzke-P_C9hY-WWBJPQLXNRz6w/s2048/IMG_6675.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMDMM74Q8d9suCLsXANV0TcQ4vHEmyvQpDYn9RJ_AjTuzaM-4W1CqoWtGGkJ6BNcy6CahQNhAF36Gk_AV9pxhLRNGAUtUJ_spXydtX8FY7MANts49eOwzke-P_C9hY-WWBJPQLXNRz6w/s320/IMG_6675.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We even ate lunch outside quite a few days this week. Between that and the robins, I can feel it, spring is in the air.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWACbvOwP99Y_rRWtRuhF4YNEH5CrppnpW-OA-lS985pZaeItSO3oFeKUqBgNfLeraUNkr-MTMgO8-xzC85u2no-arvY7TvC0FM0uS6jQzEPgGs8DjXMmXlkSl7-0VHjgB1CP7aaEVUes/s2048/IMG_6605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWACbvOwP99Y_rRWtRuhF4YNEH5CrppnpW-OA-lS985pZaeItSO3oFeKUqBgNfLeraUNkr-MTMgO8-xzC85u2no-arvY7TvC0FM0uS6jQzEPgGs8DjXMmXlkSl7-0VHjgB1CP7aaEVUes/s320/IMG_6605.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cheers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kate</div><br /><p></p>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-5713467949328478082021-03-07T08:18:00.005-08:002021-03-07T08:19:30.870-08:00Week 25 - A Wrinkle in Time, Flash Floods, and the Skeletal System<p> Happy Sunday all - </p><p>Can anyone believe this post is actually on time? Ha. Also, a quick note, if you are interested in the videos (mostly science) I haven't been able to get them to play on my phone. They do work on the computer and i am going to try and also add the YouTube link for anyone interested. Sorry about the technical difficulties. </p><p>Week 25 has come and gone. February 28th - March 6th.</p><p>It finally did NOT snow this week. It's been really cold and windy and the kids have been outside a little but man are we looking forward to some warmer days. Patrick keeps telling me "I tell you this every single year, it's March in Connecticut. This isn't Nebraska, spring doesn't exist here until the middle to end of April." He's right of course but a girl can hope. </p><p>Emmett started the book study for <u>A Wrinkle in Time</u> as well as poetry from Nikki Giovanni. He continues to work on his fractions and seems to be understanding all the concepts! Smart guy. Science this week was all about the skeleton. He asked me last night if we can study the digestive system of the peacock next week so I guess we will be learning together. He also finished up the digestive system with a lab where he and Jonah made a "stomach smoothie". Sounds gross, right? Video below.</p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsZ97qmkL4djYjRJvwI0WYVlV2ANJhReFtoDk5cNhPpvWiubIpGGu8Aio2Y_7rqWY-kjuNdSI0JgWHF9sJ6IsNHSac5KEJKzCxacdzLKiWfZRpMv3uMI618dH4bnHFtKaSAkP05f5FqU/s2048/IMG_6566_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsZ97qmkL4djYjRJvwI0WYVlV2ANJhReFtoDk5cNhPpvWiubIpGGu8Aio2Y_7rqWY-kjuNdSI0JgWHF9sJ6IsNHSac5KEJKzCxacdzLKiWfZRpMv3uMI618dH4bnHFtKaSAkP05f5FqU/s320/IMG_6566_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_CQ99cQ0tuTFo4ux0XXIUQ2wo_8Zd7wvYvrRiM0oNrgrTucymVut8tcLcOtcfEkijdzUQnKn9ADwKOh7VzbPqovQof_dSlCx_U3i0XJe4xwuvVcYPX6_vId-NFRQt2XBOfPzlhGIse0/s2048/IMG_6544.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_CQ99cQ0tuTFo4ux0XXIUQ2wo_8Zd7wvYvrRiM0oNrgrTucymVut8tcLcOtcfEkijdzUQnKn9ADwKOh7VzbPqovQof_dSlCx_U3i0XJe4xwuvVcYPX6_vId-NFRQt2XBOfPzlhGIse0/s320/IMG_6544.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HVPiYfZezTE" width="320" youtube-src-id="HVPiYfZezTE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/HVPiYfZezTE">https://youtu.be/HVPiYfZezTE</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Micah has ended his word lists and has moved on to more comprehensive reading. He chooses a new book out of his book box each day and we work through it together. He studied rain this week. His lab was all about a box canyon flash flood. See videos below. We also talked about the average rainfall in several places. Apparently, Lincoln, NE gets 30 inches of rain per year and Greenwich, CT gets 51 inches. Micah decided that Lincoln was slightly more "arid" than Greenwich. He also continues with ones and tens place value and handwriting. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Iw75vdUkADc" width="320" youtube-src-id="Iw75vdUkADc"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/Iw75vdUkADc">https://youtu.be/Iw75vdUkADc</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L0sueqTvIzE" width="320" youtube-src-id="L0sueqTvIzE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/L0sueqTvIzE">https://youtu.be/L0sueqTvIzE</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Jonah continues to work on his letters. He also discovered a little treasure. He and Betsy planted some bulbs around the church and our gate in the fall. This week he saw some of the little shoots poking up. He was so excited! We talked all about what they might have been doing underground all winter and why they look different now than they did when he planted them. He even called Betsy to inform her. </span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5moeCdhgakJbu891_m6QhKOPd8NmHtN8fHsElu0ZB1ERCjoOvvPpd2VOPxNT76rP9GVH93-YgOV6-qAPalYojlVsmPrzHLAHkRiWliZIjTfYisdG-ejhnOQqjuMcSgwIkxo70b-E_no/s2048/IMG_6523.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5moeCdhgakJbu891_m6QhKOPd8NmHtN8fHsElu0ZB1ERCjoOvvPpd2VOPxNT76rP9GVH93-YgOV6-qAPalYojlVsmPrzHLAHkRiWliZIjTfYisdG-ejhnOQqjuMcSgwIkxo70b-E_no/s320/IMG_6523.jpg" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7yiYAr9x4VYi8li_kl02wzMHUA4WZROAQw7R-RWnw6wgDErH25tIUB4ERp3mm9tuDd_T0n9CbCxo1dYC2ArM7aGspQ-tDFKdNyCRIJYdHHzmJoUA40YzffDnuZd_R8N07W8MnCd6wPs/s2048/IMG_6527.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK7yiYAr9x4VYi8li_kl02wzMHUA4WZROAQw7R-RWnw6wgDErH25tIUB4ERp3mm9tuDd_T0n9CbCxo1dYC2ArM7aGspQ-tDFKdNyCRIJYdHHzmJoUA40YzffDnuZd_R8N07W8MnCd6wPs/s320/IMG_6527.jpg" /></a></p><p>Norah girl is as sassy as ever. I tried to wash and put away the snow pants that she despised at the beginning of the winter but she refused to give them up. She has been sitting at the table with the brothers and doing her "math" each day. So much personality, so little time. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqWluBE91seJ07L-3ShILdIJUOI6A_iCCH9Q8PDvY0ylhpZoJn-CHkUCPaKhqgsqMYFL9NMMC907q_sGvhZ-vCRfkhDLdfRfKrLOLi5Wr9bvpLVcIqxCmZuyQki8l-n8f6olpoVzE8Hw/s2048/IMG_6520_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqWluBE91seJ07L-3ShILdIJUOI6A_iCCH9Q8PDvY0ylhpZoJn-CHkUCPaKhqgsqMYFL9NMMC907q_sGvhZ-vCRfkhDLdfRfKrLOLi5Wr9bvpLVcIqxCmZuyQki8l-n8f6olpoVzE8Hw/s320/IMG_6520_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-u3H-_HMA2v0A3F0G-lyxIHxT8Vy5qsLqN8012hrfJozxJClY1rjqgj25MX6uIOVpqC2OllkeJLv_Y6calBB5QKXb-UiWbDUhgTpbu2f7qlGvJbASAMNDLSuRV59P3I8_NCdWul61-Vw/s2048/IMG_6565_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-u3H-_HMA2v0A3F0G-lyxIHxT8Vy5qsLqN8012hrfJozxJClY1rjqgj25MX6uIOVpqC2OllkeJLv_Y6calBB5QKXb-UiWbDUhgTpbu2f7qlGvJbASAMNDLSuRV59P3I8_NCdWul61-Vw/s320/IMG_6565_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9E3Wk-gpD7SpGZXADts5Z5BTIDcbPMTQ1ovGXoi0NGPcVTm_jXQUyw8_Wqa3e-ea7dUsUjQBEZ_q_FzcM_ms_bgUtJciHe6M6eeazCbLhaXk6ZVZA9ZXjkzLSNihHe6Yld8Hpyvgh7Z0/s2048/IMG_6560_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9E3Wk-gpD7SpGZXADts5Z5BTIDcbPMTQ1ovGXoi0NGPcVTm_jXQUyw8_Wqa3e-ea7dUsUjQBEZ_q_FzcM_ms_bgUtJciHe6M6eeazCbLhaXk6ZVZA9ZXjkzLSNihHe6Yld8Hpyvgh7Z0/s320/IMG_6560_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Cheers - </div><div>Kate<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-64914043415999539842021-03-06T13:51:00.003-08:002021-03-07T08:22:55.334-08:00Week 24 - The Water Cycle, Spanish, and the Digestive System<p> February 21st-February 27th</p><p>Still playing catch up. It was snowy this week and so the little two and I got out to play. We had a little fun outing on Tuesday. Patrick took the puppy to work for the morning and I gathered up the kids after school, at about noon, and we went to the local pizza place and got pizzas. They are so great at Sound Beach Pizza. I take in a bag of our shredded vegan mozzarella and they will put it on a pizza for us! So we picked up pizza and juice and took it in the car to the beach. We had a fun car picnic because it was freezing cold and sleeting. They thought that was great fun. We even called Grammy from the car to let her "join" the picnic. Man, we miss our families. It has been soooo long and I am holding out hope that maybe we could see everyone this fall. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwEGReOH49JMW1r0x3mmSb4p7HDIreD57snUKWB_crH46wGcypEOixnnvWaVTbbqQMMNB6jtnbheCnXoNzJXIZOY4_Q2vQfsHM-swLlZOIAIqKG2scoVy3rtOEzwPbuhWFD3nBXcmJLrg/s2048/IMG_6397.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwEGReOH49JMW1r0x3mmSb4p7HDIreD57snUKWB_crH46wGcypEOixnnvWaVTbbqQMMNB6jtnbheCnXoNzJXIZOY4_Q2vQfsHM-swLlZOIAIqKG2scoVy3rtOEzwPbuhWFD3nBXcmJLrg/s320/IMG_6397.jpg" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrdv3yN5WhR0IAOaGHv27UpgznlK289TVrECXzCw1UJb3zHETpusojqaL3CfDPaBCWdAQsan0CyWFwyyIc1hglEIJqf-oCy3ROVxEztnHQ1f5386PftroOUr4vKdhT29sRrsgamp1YWw/s2048/IMG_6414_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrdv3yN5WhR0IAOaGHv27UpgznlK289TVrECXzCw1UJb3zHETpusojqaL3CfDPaBCWdAQsan0CyWFwyyIc1hglEIJqf-oCy3ROVxEztnHQ1f5386PftroOUr4vKdhT29sRrsgamp1YWw/s320/IMG_6414_jpg.jpg" /></a></p><p>On to school - </p><p>Norah still loves all things "letters". She is a big fan of the alphabet puzzle, no surprise. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfMuwOrA6WuGYeLbuKMjhN_sKRr8-xnYWXnv6dmz5BCgIQuVS25EbsaQvjtgGInViQORKYCVDYC9ZHIk4rMxKNl9iQHqroPipT-sZgpNeZ8raOqAUelLb-6U4COc9sH3sQk7GgGoiBwU/s2048/IMG_6422.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfMuwOrA6WuGYeLbuKMjhN_sKRr8-xnYWXnv6dmz5BCgIQuVS25EbsaQvjtgGInViQORKYCVDYC9ZHIk4rMxKNl9iQHqroPipT-sZgpNeZ8raOqAUelLb-6U4COc9sH3sQk7GgGoiBwU/s320/IMG_6422.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0kWAGwvX51U2k5BXUW4Apiv3JPJruz9xoBV3AvxjecbqUt7AfnCHeqkQEGOIf2KuqnFiFxLMHbwqnirZ1IPeU4Ke8kpzPtcsh-QAc4rk9hmmswnf9VPV1GDjJGbLR8GwYA2hExR8m9w/s2048/IMG_6424_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC0kWAGwvX51U2k5BXUW4Apiv3JPJruz9xoBV3AvxjecbqUt7AfnCHeqkQEGOIf2KuqnFiFxLMHbwqnirZ1IPeU4Ke8kpzPtcsh-QAc4rk9hmmswnf9VPV1GDjJGbLR8GwYA2hExR8m9w/s320/IMG_6424_jpg.jpg" /></a></p><p>Jonah is hanging tough with his word list and working on a few letters every week. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j38AtzSW3P0" width="320" youtube-src-id="j38AtzSW3P0"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jonah reading!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/j38AtzSW3P0">https://youtu.be/j38AtzSW3P0</a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Micah learned about the water cycle in science. He did a fun lab where we drew clouds, mountains, a river, and an ocean on a ziplock and filled it with an inch or so of blue tinted water. We taped it up on a sunny window and waited. He got to see how the water from the "ocean" condenses and returns to the atmosphere and then when it acculumlates, it turns into rain and falls back on the land and finds its way to the river and back to the ocean. Pretty simple, fun illustration. He is finishing up with his word lists and continues to listen to Folk Tales from around the world. We are staying right on track with his math as well.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJL2ytLsUx6T-o4Pfo7TuJmz-uD6KGhe6jDCtedE_YZpu_mBckjhzHLmBCKgnH_OwrsBL-bU2i0fi7HRVsk_2GPdM2NYbg6rI2uwTrM3jq5eDRii2EsjVFIqKFItPEidx-ATR-tfr5q1o/s2048/IMG_6433_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJL2ytLsUx6T-o4Pfo7TuJmz-uD6KGhe6jDCtedE_YZpu_mBckjhzHLmBCKgnH_OwrsBL-bU2i0fi7HRVsk_2GPdM2NYbg6rI2uwTrM3jq5eDRii2EsjVFIqKFItPEidx-ATR-tfr5q1o/s320/IMG_6433_jpg.jpg" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3coCMabZMHR2gMKlt6E65fse8QaJDicA9pxxeyDy4BSmZgDFPm9mTSHdiRoOB-3z1NR56WOpZ4HpMvHSl2d3Bpco9lFGyJPWqJXx8j0dtWYBxx4UB3FVp3PruhkuT-s2I_h-rHJI6tmU/s2048/IMG_6434_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3coCMabZMHR2gMKlt6E65fse8QaJDicA9pxxeyDy4BSmZgDFPm9mTSHdiRoOB-3z1NR56WOpZ4HpMvHSl2d3Bpco9lFGyJPWqJXx8j0dtWYBxx4UB3FVp3PruhkuT-s2I_h-rHJI6tmU/s320/IMG_6434_jpg.jpg" /></a></p><p>Emmett is really enjoying human anatomy. He studied the digestive system this week and we learned about all the grossest things we could find, per his request. (The beauty of homeschool.) I'll leave it to your imagination but one of the labs he did involved an extension cord and a tape measure. He got a visual representation of just how long the small intestine really is and he was impressed. See the video below. He and the brothers also added several pieces of the digestive system to their life size "guys". See photos. He finished up reading Guero this week and we integrated some of his language arts into his Spanish lessons. He really liked the poetry and it was motivating for him to actually learn a few more Spanish vocab words. He continues with fractions and is doing well (although occasionally frustrated) with his math. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vrIS69O-4KGlZkq7H9k4kCR5bajjskCfVWryeu3OAOLTyr15PWZIdBLNvLkcepR4sYzmv2JcCIeKCXGc-wnlpPPhyw5Oh5rpOfzCrm6PlrQxMjzUDb8p4IlrB69yQddJItaskxmdWwE/s2048/IMG_6488_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vrIS69O-4KGlZkq7H9k4kCR5bajjskCfVWryeu3OAOLTyr15PWZIdBLNvLkcepR4sYzmv2JcCIeKCXGc-wnlpPPhyw5Oh5rpOfzCrm6PlrQxMjzUDb8p4IlrB69yQddJItaskxmdWwE/s320/IMG_6488_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1E5Hu9IaU3pQoZJxPevjqKmWo0dlSgFP9kFdf0ZIBlpyuNqvOyVSzoI2NjI5Z4nOHoe-28xUTCtgq7IaWQ-MAhtV42qi_Nw-UAhWZAzO22kHYSukf7Qpf3WRg5K2uCx8j9wgBKEoxgc8/s2048/IMG_6489_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1E5Hu9IaU3pQoZJxPevjqKmWo0dlSgFP9kFdf0ZIBlpyuNqvOyVSzoI2NjI5Z4nOHoe-28xUTCtgq7IaWQ-MAhtV42qi_Nw-UAhWZAzO22kHYSukf7Qpf3WRg5K2uCx8j9wgBKEoxgc8/s320/IMG_6489_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Micah</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Xm0q4BB060E58gTebwI14ahyZj2sXcjvCfbi6WQjtIxlEuBF5VhJ2KMOnNRN2csQGB4YzLRyGUXz7HGv_eigculDT9LIKvURP60mJ-g98iwSDPhNxc5dfpwGypDTp1X2PWs98IyTTDs/s2048/IMG_6491_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Xm0q4BB060E58gTebwI14ahyZj2sXcjvCfbi6WQjtIxlEuBF5VhJ2KMOnNRN2csQGB4YzLRyGUXz7HGv_eigculDT9LIKvURP60mJ-g98iwSDPhNxc5dfpwGypDTp1X2PWs98IyTTDs/s320/IMG_6491_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jonah</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt1kveAsXN4Au4wjKeQfStIauBgXP_IxRfNkOPKEW4whpawr0MT2bodZ-X8Kc83_FMrVaw5I6jiK8vuGteNYFI5McAOTVsbIiQC4OFWN9xumohRIP92JtegxL05dLNQ-cBgfx9T8lErk/s2048/IMG_6391_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvt1kveAsXN4Au4wjKeQfStIauBgXP_IxRfNkOPKEW4whpawr0MT2bodZ-X8Kc83_FMrVaw5I6jiK8vuGteNYFI5McAOTVsbIiQC4OFWN9xumohRIP92JtegxL05dLNQ-cBgfx9T8lErk/s320/IMG_6391_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W6Z8s4ybjXc" width="320" youtube-src-id="W6Z8s4ybjXc"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Small intestine lab explanation</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/W6Z8s4ybjXc">https://youtu.be/W6Z8s4ybjXc</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Until next time - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cheers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kate</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-57780583877462333082021-03-02T19:03:00.006-08:002021-03-07T08:25:00.339-08:00Week 23 - Snow, snow, and more snow - and a few clouds<p> Feb 14th - Feb 20th</p><p>I am so behind! As we are currently in the middle of week 25 of school, I am playing blog catchup. Oops.</p><p>Anywho, week 23 was cold and snowy. Sunday was Valentine's Day and I had fun putting together the table for the kids. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdb18xFwoIrsd7hMF-icshPkWzO3JuK5vfPz4MEomCTUkC810yANRpl-9g-EZVpp7L5QaD4E7UbdXyks82J5GiNl4gQGUCbTorILruwl0dva5fkE8GtEBqUjm7lEve48oiPUeuH55V5RY/s2048/IMG_6209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdb18xFwoIrsd7hMF-icshPkWzO3JuK5vfPz4MEomCTUkC810yANRpl-9g-EZVpp7L5QaD4E7UbdXyks82J5GiNl4gQGUCbTorILruwl0dva5fkE8GtEBqUjm7lEve48oiPUeuH55V5RY/s320/IMG_6209.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisPq_jUzvtU5UnG3FHphzV_QHViHGNcnNnpFZLAhKlGUoIFfFHXlQx0DachzXUXhRPgHOE8hnrl-E1NKaFv6McgiFGFVDicTCjTkZhBRhwHxElLBpdwHB5YuHzHPGXORgW1Aao-1Syx8/s2048/IMG_6208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisPq_jUzvtU5UnG3FHphzV_QHViHGNcnNnpFZLAhKlGUoIFfFHXlQx0DachzXUXhRPgHOE8hnrl-E1NKaFv6McgiFGFVDicTCjTkZhBRhwHxElLBpdwHB5YuHzHPGXORgW1Aao-1Syx8/s320/IMG_6208.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Wednesday was Ash Wednesday. For the last 4 years or so, Patrick has done "Ashes To Go" where people can drive or walk through and get ashes and a blessing on their way to work or school or the train station. I didn't take the kids this year for several reasons. It was sooooo cold, poor Patrick and Cydney were frozen solid. At the end of the day, one of the kids asked about getting ashes and so Patrick did them for us at home. I apologize for the picture overload but it was so sweet to watch them with him while he placed the ashes and gave them a blessing. Norah got hers and then demanded one on the other hand too. 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The palm leaves are burned from the Palm Sunday the year before. Sometimes a bit of oil is added to help them stick. Oh, and if you have three interested little boys, they like to stand outside and watch in very interesting outfits. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NbivPiNQ2DrUJ_pqqLWkGL-RN9gqWQPjyQNSNM80e_u3QyyGXwSUqsHrNjW3oWkP3vv9yBCAz0J85BxKbUio9Alsqkp1FPgWvCg7CqTUGp20G_NLA3jzGUg-TI1pnRjOyKeWqV5zkYE/s2048/IMG_6238_jpg.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NbivPiNQ2DrUJ_pqqLWkGL-RN9gqWQPjyQNSNM80e_u3QyyGXwSUqsHrNjW3oWkP3vv9yBCAz0J85BxKbUio9Alsqkp1FPgWvCg7CqTUGp20G_NLA3jzGUg-TI1pnRjOyKeWqV5zkYE/s320/IMG_6238_jpg.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_14cP2xf135foUXhcEQJilt0kZ71PrzUGQUZ1_8hpD4Yqokgo-pim4r6IM5oEt69UU8t0px0q5LgOsnxVqWh9LPHhyQt1SWN7dEpBvHblCyMAeO0yh1u16_ZbhPlw-L1SrtUm1tcG-gw/s2048/IMG_6241.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_14cP2xf135foUXhcEQJilt0kZ71PrzUGQUZ1_8hpD4Yqokgo-pim4r6IM5oEt69UU8t0px0q5LgOsnxVqWh9LPHhyQt1SWN7dEpBvHblCyMAeO0yh1u16_ZbhPlw-L1SrtUm1tcG-gw/s320/IMG_6241.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_i9JLXoU6Sxc7m3yILHH73kWZFXcFzWrSh56L0y9gxh8NFK7tuIDasgQXQLJ5DdnLtk16J21Vz4yoI9k30PPiXlEhG7-zUXWqPeMivdIgoSk-sNLCQC-d-EHfa3YTTURQwWu770QMcMA/s2048/IMG_6244.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_i9JLXoU6Sxc7m3yILHH73kWZFXcFzWrSh56L0y9gxh8NFK7tuIDasgQXQLJ5DdnLtk16J21Vz4yoI9k30PPiXlEhG7-zUXWqPeMivdIgoSk-sNLCQC-d-EHfa3YTTURQwWu770QMcMA/s320/IMG_6244.heic" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">On the school front - </p><p style="text-align: left;">Emmett is going strong with his cursive. He has almost learned all the letters and will begin to formulate words! He continues with <u>The Call Me Guero </u>for English, and is working through his Spanish book independently per his request. The fractions are still going strong in math and his science lessons will be focusing on Anatomy for the rest of the year. He worked on the mouth and throat this week. We were going to do a tasting party for his science lab but ended up opting for sledding with dad instead!</p><p style="text-align: left;">Micah read a folk tale this week from Iceland. It was strange but he seemed to follow along. He is also listening to me read <u>Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky</u> and is digging the African folk heroes. Each day he works on his work list for the week and has almost completed his handwriting book. It's time to really dive in to encouraging him to try his hand at reading stories himself. In science this week he learned more about clouds. We made a cloud in a jar together. It was a simple experiment but it will set him up nicely to learn about the water cycle next week. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R1yuEt-eubs" width="320" youtube-src-id="R1yuEt-eubs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/R1yuEt-eubs">https://youtu.be/R1yuEt-eubs</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8NOzMqgQR0I" width="320" youtube-src-id="8NOzMqgQR0I"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/8NOzMqgQR0I">https://youtu.be/8NOzMqgQR0I</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDchQm7Rh9XaPypQBBxPfAE-9myUu01TyPFHt8o0ROhO5wfgiUJ8A1UickJiWnP3MurAhYNhWDVEFSOLE9xJuYMq5HeOHWNgtRSuIJiFzbT7AbhOSzYVDRBXUToxRLJlSjmwgV0Vvoclw/s2048/IMG_6365_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDchQm7Rh9XaPypQBBxPfAE-9myUu01TyPFHt8o0ROhO5wfgiUJ8A1UickJiWnP3MurAhYNhWDVEFSOLE9xJuYMq5HeOHWNgtRSuIJiFzbT7AbhOSzYVDRBXUToxRLJlSjmwgV0Vvoclw/s320/IMG_6365_jpg.jpg" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Jonah continues to play, play, play and to work on his letters. He has enjoyed the snow and he loves having his brothers home to play with. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKuBv7hu9JCT03YDNkw97lp34XGJrkGP0siSElTHJgXr_TBSYqoo0Ng4Az54TrfF_pBiKD64ok-bL2TWZXLn9Sc-rJH7kCZZ4iccNHTMXFbWKpQ88-YYHBzTp6dzuf7u3YJcPXXtadi4/s2048/IMG_6318_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKuBv7hu9JCT03YDNkw97lp34XGJrkGP0siSElTHJgXr_TBSYqoo0Ng4Az54TrfF_pBiKD64ok-bL2TWZXLn9Sc-rJH7kCZZ4iccNHTMXFbWKpQ88-YYHBzTp6dzuf7u3YJcPXXtadi4/s320/IMG_6318_jpg.jpg" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uFbya_MXQgsXPwCq08DLNK00zuIbt8rk9OvE4cciIkeFDc_A_wK2cJ5PNB0sjzUfhXiyEe5MTGtEW8lHAjGZZmIm_a3ZyKPH0E866UGOIiJhaQGDzFDi1Mhs3YyrmqYsL4Uwz_uHCeI/s2048/IMG_6372.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uFbya_MXQgsXPwCq08DLNK00zuIbt8rk9OvE4cciIkeFDc_A_wK2cJ5PNB0sjzUfhXiyEe5MTGtEW8lHAjGZZmIm_a3ZyKPH0E866UGOIiJhaQGDzFDi1Mhs3YyrmqYsL4Uwz_uHCeI/s320/IMG_6372.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Norah is 100% diaper free. She is quite proud of herself and definitely won the kiddo vs puppy potty training race. Just kidding, she was just ready and fancies herself a big girl. She is very happy to walk Maddie with me and she and I spend a LOT of time in the cemetery where she tells me all of the letters on the headstones. She prefers R and N. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHz7M-UKyut5Jh0gh1IDjwkatU99iJVEsczdt0pKCNxaeW6lo_F96HVNnlR_9F2FQdeHIemSC-jVrj9NQn89VHncffXKH0pop-IOwv_aCb-oZJAxqju9B6nfQ7FgF4SDSlsfOY2GQM3I/s2048/IMG_6305_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHz7M-UKyut5Jh0gh1IDjwkatU99iJVEsczdt0pKCNxaeW6lo_F96HVNnlR_9F2FQdeHIemSC-jVrj9NQn89VHncffXKH0pop-IOwv_aCb-oZJAxqju9B6nfQ7FgF4SDSlsfOY2GQM3I/s320/IMG_6305_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-yZ_yBF0hpmSwoyJCU9dS-ACgbGVLudDexX0ImHOUfe_2qUjJMxnazXgXrK2Iwt0KlFObgk_UVWZ8QmHUbQIh2pfu0r8dydd-1TuCbpH4iUL9JhnaJYiH366SnuiZBko83m43ff9fTE/s2048/IMG_6360_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-yZ_yBF0hpmSwoyJCU9dS-ACgbGVLudDexX0ImHOUfe_2qUjJMxnazXgXrK2Iwt0KlFObgk_UVWZ8QmHUbQIh2pfu0r8dydd-1TuCbpH4iUL9JhnaJYiH366SnuiZBko83m43ff9fTE/s320/IMG_6360_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Friday, we borrowed Patrick for a couple of hours and went sledding! This was Norah's first run down the hill and she LOVED it. "More! More! More!" She hiked back up over and over and never once complained about being tired or cold. Also, Patrick thinks that someone should invent a toddler coat with mittens attached that can't pull out from the sleeves and let snow in. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eohKnzeVWYB2wrFxxyRfPBwqwP1jofF55wmWU4D3E30UH1y2k8EPheh_o7maD9kefYk1rjb25oPxn7SHATTPqenvdtMM1KzYpH7AFjYx3Fh_aymU2Ih74apskGSvk8TdfXc0FxUsTFM/s2048/IMG_6319_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eohKnzeVWYB2wrFxxyRfPBwqwP1jofF55wmWU4D3E30UH1y2k8EPheh_o7maD9kefYk1rjb25oPxn7SHATTPqenvdtMM1KzYpH7AFjYx3Fh_aymU2Ih74apskGSvk8TdfXc0FxUsTFM/s320/IMG_6319_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/egDGuIG4d0w" width="320" youtube-src-id="egDGuIG4d0w"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/egDGuIG4d0w">https://youtu.be/egDGuIG4d0w</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsk6sWbC8da6TzZREPFimAIMJnHyHIAW93f4onfrAhte2gCQ3Emn_jNDFRpwFz5YW_3Vn9oNWV2ZRvp4UGp-M7EtyK4gwB8IKWB8eFP28M19HkoRFjSKqazZI9V6xnOEide8i6slnG74/s2048/IMG_6327_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsk6sWbC8da6TzZREPFimAIMJnHyHIAW93f4onfrAhte2gCQ3Emn_jNDFRpwFz5YW_3Vn9oNWV2ZRvp4UGp-M7EtyK4gwB8IKWB8eFP28M19HkoRFjSKqazZI9V6xnOEide8i6slnG74/s320/IMG_6327_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirlX7e9AssvJf46v9XD_pRLqABM0O0bQ2uE1YWnNqpAoVXXnnlOE-lfKZKOr5fdaEgFqGsROMqPBJf76dWRVB5Tk5zNN680IqjMaWZJMeSdj6IMCHWRzCXd3wPe_Q-U-jAMA7IOTzQrI/s2048/IMG_6329_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirlX7e9AssvJf46v9XD_pRLqABM0O0bQ2uE1YWnNqpAoVXXnnlOE-lfKZKOr5fdaEgFqGsROMqPBJf76dWRVB5Tk5zNN680IqjMaWZJMeSdj6IMCHWRzCXd3wPe_Q-U-jAMA7IOTzQrI/s320/IMG_6329_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTJZ8u62sJSr8iaCssQMdX1BMDRXeA7Fu2bpqd74C78dIlmaV-pnSp9A6AWjOIbaGd3GJJtvaLrGmFTPETxML3zSARIqKTJu9j5HcTpyj3Lg9yj0T6tY2C-2TYOOmEUKjzcWnKfyeQsk/s2048/IMG_6330_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTJZ8u62sJSr8iaCssQMdX1BMDRXeA7Fu2bpqd74C78dIlmaV-pnSp9A6AWjOIbaGd3GJJtvaLrGmFTPETxML3zSARIqKTJu9j5HcTpyj3Lg9yj0T6tY2C-2TYOOmEUKjzcWnKfyeQsk/s320/IMG_6330_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZp2zUyWgDJpRCFdubYBxD_-6senduxhiPTfvZj1mbd9U76FaJ0n0A8N9V_5rGWyBD5FFDdMgZyDhOd5FTSAL4MYV9TQIw-DULU3kOfflsLn4_QPZUs8ngxZoDOIlyQcgXZzUYae_k4os/s2048/IMG_6331_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZp2zUyWgDJpRCFdubYBxD_-6senduxhiPTfvZj1mbd9U76FaJ0n0A8N9V_5rGWyBD5FFDdMgZyDhOd5FTSAL4MYV9TQIw-DULU3kOfflsLn4_QPZUs8ngxZoDOIlyQcgXZzUYae_k4os/s320/IMG_6331_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>More coming soon! Next week - the digestive system... <div><br /></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Kate<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-28228241014307970922021-02-20T12:45:00.005-08:002021-03-07T08:26:29.883-08:00Week 22 - snow, gong lab, and potato cones<p> Week 22 - I was worn out last week!</p><p>Sunday 2/7 it snowed and snowed. Patrick took the kids outside and they built several rad snow forts. I even wrestled Norah into her snow pants for a few minutes. The sky after the snow ended was absolutely gorgeous. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVamLIlNCY9uVzQ-ii2a9rxS2rXelVyrk80UhDMHWNoYSTeynEP2JywlQB6DD54zAHfdpFzQy_00gjM126tiihNAg0oCiOi-bvoXB0_LHI8jwGVYWeXppGu5bkHkBgsdq7_LeJzBgUt48/s2048/IMG_6071_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVamLIlNCY9uVzQ-ii2a9rxS2rXelVyrk80UhDMHWNoYSTeynEP2JywlQB6DD54zAHfdpFzQy_00gjM126tiihNAg0oCiOi-bvoXB0_LHI8jwGVYWeXppGu5bkHkBgsdq7_LeJzBgUt48/s320/IMG_6071_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Norah (I realized how much her coat needed to be washed after I took the photo)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFS4qPQSyxq-AAoUw1HWmPFMO8bplnXVdq29HRZ2ph8kezGz5UPkvr5VmbG3T3QNJwW7xLGbh-32TgpOtNjvAlDPjoqqKERlHkap2C0EOz-sLGDcm2QmLJX9mBxpdGNZgSG23DqgHLwM/s2048/IMG_6074.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFS4qPQSyxq-AAoUw1HWmPFMO8bplnXVdq29HRZ2ph8kezGz5UPkvr5VmbG3T3QNJwW7xLGbh-32TgpOtNjvAlDPjoqqKERlHkap2C0EOz-sLGDcm2QmLJX9mBxpdGNZgSG23DqgHLwM/s320/IMG_6074.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Micah</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDBnlNZfobqX6C5RV_4mklRtsz-7rS9aNA9S9RytC0Dsa0F8DRDL57NJUEvcFDGxm-YDjfBkQcDxqQF_nxmxe1TtviPaQ7E3y_vVKizrccEANnEaEtys8Ajuc4nQpCtOED1iXeZ5G4aW4/s2048/IMG_6080.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDBnlNZfobqX6C5RV_4mklRtsz-7rS9aNA9S9RytC0Dsa0F8DRDL57NJUEvcFDGxm-YDjfBkQcDxqQF_nxmxe1TtviPaQ7E3y_vVKizrccEANnEaEtys8Ajuc4nQpCtOED1iXeZ5G4aW4/s320/IMG_6080.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Emmett and Jonah</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDg3h0S2nRhxe5WcBuFne78-mvPud9seSA15fC3RYt130L0fvRoisoQd9suFrVCkcstjBbikbqK4nz97mh3s6Fpk6GaLOL_PCKQj2SGcjqj2LrR2dASa9zni6EVf6CvAGD-T0dF6WXoM/s2048/IMG_6098.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDg3h0S2nRhxe5WcBuFne78-mvPud9seSA15fC3RYt130L0fvRoisoQd9suFrVCkcstjBbikbqK4nz97mh3s6Fpk6GaLOL_PCKQj2SGcjqj2LrR2dASa9zni6EVf6CvAGD-T0dF6WXoM/s320/IMG_6098.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbqszXMn3nPBH_0UW_83ovDgPapKgSi-BCSJOaNcE0BLzVqYBkPx9yzVEwwAjq_LWU_IcjzGPcf3CmQb_icBpYZyPk_jkBJDp7REBvXeiKke9CYrEelQYgMY57yq_3RhdNhJZD8vvhyc/s2048/IMG_6095.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbqszXMn3nPBH_0UW_83ovDgPapKgSi-BCSJOaNcE0BLzVqYBkPx9yzVEwwAjq_LWU_IcjzGPcf3CmQb_icBpYZyPk_jkBJDp7REBvXeiKke9CYrEelQYgMY57yq_3RhdNhJZD8vvhyc/s320/IMG_6095.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFAqYhnygnebs189Y_OWmL3Y_-FZhX5N2h3-1HUnLWyhzqXzu3Qfa_qnQvIuAspVtdYqwX6BGWRlkiBe71nQGGN4jMp2WLXZhbZEgIJ0jM9WeIoD2H9RDh11EU_M-vNK2JslMTHZonJo/s2048/IMG_6102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFAqYhnygnebs189Y_OWmL3Y_-FZhX5N2h3-1HUnLWyhzqXzu3Qfa_qnQvIuAspVtdYqwX6BGWRlkiBe71nQGGN4jMp2WLXZhbZEgIJ0jM9WeIoD2H9RDh11EU_M-vNK2JslMTHZonJo/s320/IMG_6102.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Emmett had a great week of science. He learned about ear and sinus anatomy and physiology and we did a great lab that I challenge you to try at home! </span></p><p>1. Take about a 3' piece of string or twine and tie it around the end of a serving spoon. </p><p>2. Wrap one end of the string around your index finger and plug your ear. </p><p>3. Do the same with the other end of the string and the other index finger. </p><p>4. Bend forward at the waist and let the spoon bump gently against a door jam or wall. What do you hear?</p><p>5. Unplug your ears and see what it sounds like when the sound waves are traveling via air instead of through the string! </p><p>So cool, right!? We used a variety of kitchen utensils (the large whisk was really neat!) and different lengths of string. Micah and Jonah also got in on the action and Maddie stole the spool of twine. Oy. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PL_2od-UswQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="PL_2od-UswQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/PL_2od-UswQ">https://youtu.be/PL_2od-UswQ</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bx1MLH34gPs" width="320" youtube-src-id="bx1MLH34gPs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/bx1MLH34gPs">https://youtu.be/bx1MLH34gPs</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Emmett also finished up his unit on Tristan Strong and discussed the elements of this particular story that defines it as a hero's journey. He continues to deconstruct fractions and use both multiplication sentences and the sum of the fractions to define them. Cursive and Spanish are short daily occurrences as well. He also memorized a poem by Langston Hughes called Final Curve.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EW-2dsPBGnA" width="320" youtube-src-id="EW-2dsPBGnA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/EW-2dsPBGnA">https://youtu.be/EW-2dsPBGnA</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Micah spent his week in math working on place value and greater than, less than, or equal to. He is continuing through his word lists with improved confidence and using some of the skills that he is learning via Fundations. His science this week was about weather forecasting and prediction. He was less interested this week than he was with the natural weather predicting last week. We read one of the folk tales but it ended up being quite confusing and so we spent the time with handwriting, writing in his Grammy journal, and talking about China on the globe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jonah is working his way through his Fundations book and has been really interested in learning words. He also has been spending a lot of time with his vehicles and learning about dinosaurs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Norah spent the week diaper free per her request! I am impressed. She's taken to the potty training well. One accident. I would call that a win. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And Maddie, well, she gets chased around and chases the boys right back. She is also in the midst of potty training. Who will figure it out first? It's a race.</div><div><br /></div>The kids also had a special treat on Tuesday. Emmett and Micah had been asking for potato cones for weeks. Garden Catering is a local place here in Greenwich. When the kids are in school at OG, once a semester or so we stop in on our way home and get french fries or potato cones for their snack. So on Tuesday at 2:30p it was decided that it was a potato cone day. Ha! Yum yum. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzoZb6wlD7tEh_IOQbmYj55fhMJ2uxrSqFyym0RVnM0v7RLmo-F7X8cfhrr7_cdQ-xie_KRxmC-I6_8IxHQiZWpz78ZrymdqzYwyVkt_NwDreRVuGi4Z1FeptvR1d4vlZ6s57t9XfPNG4/s2048/IMG_6124_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzoZb6wlD7tEh_IOQbmYj55fhMJ2uxrSqFyym0RVnM0v7RLmo-F7X8cfhrr7_cdQ-xie_KRxmC-I6_8IxHQiZWpz78ZrymdqzYwyVkt_NwDreRVuGi4Z1FeptvR1d4vlZ6s57t9XfPNG4/s320/IMG_6124_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RLxXyn0gqdHYUZ796n19fE4-ZpHagvyT1Zn9lJRqz0fPqrzQvo1Ju5Dd0erLjz0_4P3Lla84sC2rHtpM_XG5mLhNGe2o9DoOAxtVSfw7bhNEkemOtkH-gp5xblndd0zHiqVHAHVpXCg/s2048/IMG_6132_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RLxXyn0gqdHYUZ796n19fE4-ZpHagvyT1Zn9lJRqz0fPqrzQvo1Ju5Dd0erLjz0_4P3Lla84sC2rHtpM_XG5mLhNGe2o9DoOAxtVSfw7bhNEkemOtkH-gp5xblndd0zHiqVHAHVpXCg/s320/IMG_6132_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNm85DdH7mdlCGpMA49P8IyGnw7qMYzXF3l9tIpqPiSzXpw7WQ4kVZX_JXtmM30tIUhd6RdrWnJNqizAJQLx8BLgbMxV5bkTokTWWkgCJ876R3kxCFUQEEa9_nSpNCoGGWIN2OgClTob8/s2048/IMG_6134_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNm85DdH7mdlCGpMA49P8IyGnw7qMYzXF3l9tIpqPiSzXpw7WQ4kVZX_JXtmM30tIUhd6RdrWnJNqizAJQLx8BLgbMxV5bkTokTWWkgCJ876R3kxCFUQEEa9_nSpNCoGGWIN2OgClTob8/s320/IMG_6134_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXLhFaZU9icqnAynFg_mzDDRY9_z1rZHh6ruTszQrZo7gP4WmbIdbhvPN5H6AKvjlWuvqD_Fp5jIgy9up_5ZCGVIgyknLzOs84Favt3fpNjLt2cUXp407Fmocm_YYSUHMbAGhESHUd4s/s2048/IMG_6137_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXLhFaZU9icqnAynFg_mzDDRY9_z1rZHh6ruTszQrZo7gP4WmbIdbhvPN5H6AKvjlWuvqD_Fp5jIgy9up_5ZCGVIgyknLzOs84Favt3fpNjLt2cUXp407Fmocm_YYSUHMbAGhESHUd4s/s320/IMG_6137_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The kids have also spent time this week dressing in their superhero costumes. This would include particular powers to which I am not privy as well as a variety of outfits. I love them all.</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_jxewK-iob1JWI9oHfL1m5e5hRMRLWpyy9p8p36vT_TQfJaekMBu4EhvDj01XkXpg8o9noWHWsDt2kQZZ-IS1dgWYJc0yqxV8MgYQ2NcfvwqyX19j7XTOCDT5RnBy_lzxlOaLnag56I/s2048/IMG_6187_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_jxewK-iob1JWI9oHfL1m5e5hRMRLWpyy9p8p36vT_TQfJaekMBu4EhvDj01XkXpg8o9noWHWsDt2kQZZ-IS1dgWYJc0yqxV8MgYQ2NcfvwqyX19j7XTOCDT5RnBy_lzxlOaLnag56I/s320/IMG_6187_jpg.jpg" /></a></p></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-72219661514901947072021-02-09T10:23:00.000-08:002021-02-09T10:23:11.034-08:00Week 21 - Weather prediction, eyes and nose, and place value<p> A snowy cold week. We took a snow day and a half on Monday and Tuesday to enjoy the snow and just relax a little. I <i>finally</i> convinced Norah that her boots were a good thing to wear outside in the snow. Sheesh, you'd think that I was asking her to climb Everest in full hear. *eyeroll</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPZGvf41pK874Yfzw22z3l8F54c_NNyZiozDUuHMDSo72_6PKGy39gtOpciN3rkJFvIqiRmTmWn1JuQJIvWL9EhaS8hQiICcWN1B69_XjpCAnZGw2x3pYN85fopG-EWy61nUXXuoeEsc/s2048/IMG_5978.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPZGvf41pK874Yfzw22z3l8F54c_NNyZiozDUuHMDSo72_6PKGy39gtOpciN3rkJFvIqiRmTmWn1JuQJIvWL9EhaS8hQiICcWN1B69_XjpCAnZGw2x3pYN85fopG-EWy61nUXXuoeEsc/s320/IMG_5978.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also got in some cross country skiing early a couple of mornings. The snow here wasn't great for it but it's always a good morning when I can get my skis on!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpYXIo1MEbbFHRd7V6E4AcMb5Yja6YgRwvkG2uyYW3wXNUVsZ0rADbkfPLtFVlbX0mosrtvsOpT3gh0I9Z3fJr76t8O9oLZe9AGtz9Xpgn40d4T5tKYYqFwfiHKO6kp2qJpQMgeG-F0PY/s2048/IMG_5970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpYXIo1MEbbFHRd7V6E4AcMb5Yja6YgRwvkG2uyYW3wXNUVsZ0rADbkfPLtFVlbX0mosrtvsOpT3gh0I9Z3fJr76t8O9oLZe9AGtz9Xpgn40d4T5tKYYqFwfiHKO6kp2qJpQMgeG-F0PY/s320/IMG_5970.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Emmett continues to focus on cursive, <u>Tristan Storm Punches a Hole in the Sky</u>, and Langston Hughes. He started a new math unit that is leading up to adding fractions. He also did a cool anatomy lab examining the way a pupil works. Don't judge but we used flashlights to see how the pupil dilates and constricts. The boys were really interested in how the light gets in and out. We added both noses and eyes to our paper guys!</p><p>Micah - He started a new unit in math this week that stresses place value. After teaching 4th grade math this year to Emmett, I can see the information building on itself. Micah also studied how we can take cues from nature about what the weather might be like. Plants and animals and the sky have really interesting habits and he was very interested. One of the experiments that we tried was with a pinecone! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DNdXzgfBsZE" width="320" youtube-src-id="DNdXzgfBsZE"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Jonah - J continues to work through his Fundations work with me. He also is learning with the older boys about the anatomy topics. On Friday we made cards for our friend Betsy! The kids wanted to do something nice for her. They each made a card and we took some surprises over to her. Dad even got in on the card action with Jonah! </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dRHQHUXwM5oXHJtGOLz9ED-UcEl_xiRclROZZgK_YpKGGPy5CkkAcRw4K5wfM8FzQaqfsX_lMfrIMpGxOJQ5novpcNkrCnxF4koQJPATSjifTfFvCAGji5ghpcvv_2TJZ0lunwmf3bo/s2048/IMG_6032_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dRHQHUXwM5oXHJtGOLz9ED-UcEl_xiRclROZZgK_YpKGGPy5CkkAcRw4K5wfM8FzQaqfsX_lMfrIMpGxOJQ5novpcNkrCnxF4koQJPATSjifTfFvCAGji5ghpcvv_2TJZ0lunwmf3bo/s320/IMG_6032_jpg.jpg" /></a></p><p>Norah - I am apparently negligent on the photos this week. Oops. This girl just hangs with us! She's sweet and sassy and stubborn and starting potty training. Hmmmm, will Maddie or Norah be potty trained first? Your guess is as good as mine. We choose to follow the child's lead so we will see how interested she is. </p><p>Maddie continues to be 100% puppy. She loves shoes, grammy mittens (off limits of course), the kids toys, and her tennis balls. She follows me around the house, up and down the stairs, into the bathroom, and is next to my feet in the kitchen. She's also growing like a weed. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3zgWQYrfOC0" width="320" youtube-src-id="3zgWQYrfOC0"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-41517647065849734992021-02-01T12:13:00.011-08:002021-02-01T13:01:56.241-08:00Week 20 - Weather, Anatomy, Dinosaurs, Geometry and Puppies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Happy end of January. <p></p><p>As I write this with Norah sitting on my lap (pointing out all the "r"s I type) the snow is coming down. It's like a snow globe outside with a gust of wind stirring everything up now and then. I love it. </p><p>We had a bit of a different week this last week. As some of you know, Patrick decided on Monday, January 18th, that we were going to apply for a rescue puppy. I was not convinced this was a good idea. I put down my sweet Kona in June 2017 but it just doesn't seem that long ago. I felt like I already had my hands full and that we were just moving out of the baby phase around here. I missed having a running buddy but I was happy not to have the dog hair, the expense, and the worry of an extra living being at our house. It has been some time since we had a young puppy (14 years to be exact) but I hadn't forgotten the extra work they are. And so, because Patrick had too many days off from work that week, we went through the process of getting a rescue puppy. After the referrals, the video home visit, the transport coordination and the promise from my husband that he would be training the dog I picked her up on Sunday, January 24th. She's an Australian Cattle Dog (Blue heeler) mix and she was found with her litter mates and mother in Texas, almost at the border of Mexico. They were living on an abandoned lot amongst a whole lot of junk. I'm happy to report that all of the pups and the mom were adopted and that makes me quite happy. She's basically afraid of everything with the exception of the broom and the vita-mix blender. Her tolerance for zippers and the kid's quick movements and loud noises has drastically improved but she still detests the cold, poor little Texas dog. </p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXRpJ0avIi9pFp-9nbRYdjRa24Y7xH_KBXelGjnz52y2o4Ty7iDHFEppirh7H-PIrpTzfpdm8zVvDJkJ7k4spVqHPQSyi8p2WIHmlnmqGGaFWf1gX2O4kNWEzRBZAzazd939okRA9Syg/s2048/IMG_8578.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1537" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXRpJ0avIi9pFp-9nbRYdjRa24Y7xH_KBXelGjnz52y2o4Ty7iDHFEppirh7H-PIrpTzfpdm8zVvDJkJ7k4spVqHPQSyi8p2WIHmlnmqGGaFWf1gX2O4kNWEzRBZAzazd939okRA9Syg/s320/IMG_8578.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption">Picking up Maddie (photo courtesy of Wendy S)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAODHw_VNoz_QJDcQ_2JyWDW5rfIrLyQfl25SIvpWXC6M79SS8GpcIkT5bk6wiPhVLV0Vj5BZmS_F_NseNZ4lXWWSDptkJCxtQim-fhbfmu6sGdovjtNS1jbf6I6YD1Pcr7Bpm-o-aiIU/s2048/IMG_5907.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAODHw_VNoz_QJDcQ_2JyWDW5rfIrLyQfl25SIvpWXC6M79SS8GpcIkT5bk6wiPhVLV0Vj5BZmS_F_NseNZ4lXWWSDptkJCxtQim-fhbfmu6sGdovjtNS1jbf6I6YD1Pcr7Bpm-o-aiIU/s320/IMG_5907.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First day home<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysvDf5NQiC3Y6-LCz_lYsvsNm5y_EdrqLdePl5fgOzcPpIEdGu5k9KbE2tjq5w2GB0zsLXbDm784bJ8kVOsVfnVFOx3rcDOB-L4kq4LGr_2oZithvY0-MJHOtYs8csi-oWWs_FmfUbWE/s2048/IMG_5864_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysvDf5NQiC3Y6-LCz_lYsvsNm5y_EdrqLdePl5fgOzcPpIEdGu5k9KbE2tjq5w2GB0zsLXbDm784bJ8kVOsVfnVFOx3rcDOB-L4kq4LGr_2oZithvY0-MJHOtYs8csi-oWWs_FmfUbWE/s320/IMG_5864_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>All this to say that we spent all of our school time on the living room floor this week. She needed constant reassurance and supervision (little shoe chewer). In addition, our attic school room is freezing as there is no heat up there. So we spread out across the floor, watched the new puppy, and learned all sorts of new things. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedYPLTT16Nli7_OYhMo6zcGmx4sp1Sh9wlrK-9_Gc5usLVcyi0K_zYDf1BXs7tWzVmbL6dRgAH-uapIDA0mZGm2Ts7YX04CZAcKNT2Ma8ddnNklHreh0D63XYVyoUev7DN3sfT-DOEr8/s2048/IMG_5797.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedYPLTT16Nli7_OYhMo6zcGmx4sp1Sh9wlrK-9_Gc5usLVcyi0K_zYDf1BXs7tWzVmbL6dRgAH-uapIDA0mZGm2Ts7YX04CZAcKNT2Ma8ddnNklHreh0D63XYVyoUev7DN3sfT-DOEr8/s320/IMG_5797.jpg" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Emmett has been working on geometry. We got a jar of geometric tiles for him to practice with (hopefully these will come in handy for the other kids down the line). He has enjoyed this unit more than long division (haha) and when he gets tired of waiting for me to finish with the other kids he makes intricate designs on the table. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZ2ByxLTEFhAoetYZbYAxw1qZUQ_5T7SW-m9i92wyDO2L_4DtCWYC9BnB9LoV8Yn_yQmAcvmMP7pJKIrW08tWxz_sU-re2BT0X9CNO7rxReAZRJDfxGFHX3iHChrEIExxv8dZ9y98f2M/s2048/IMG_5780.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZ2ByxLTEFhAoetYZbYAxw1qZUQ_5T7SW-m9i92wyDO2L_4DtCWYC9BnB9LoV8Yn_yQmAcvmMP7pJKIrW08tWxz_sU-re2BT0X9CNO7rxReAZRJDfxGFHX3iHChrEIExxv8dZ9y98f2M/s320/IMG_5780.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Maddie also seems to be trying to learn geometry, through osmosis though...<div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwKkv5B45SWIGXOA_IsYqo77YCCKeYr-U1LAg1lW7Z0rxuEKyY7guqTKVeGA-QdM0DnP9y183OJEL0eXli3irQZvOZ58doguUHUfetQEiG8J0_qLUOykxSUf30Bzlq_78TcsnhdLAbtY/s2048/IMG_5880_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwKkv5B45SWIGXOA_IsYqo77YCCKeYr-U1LAg1lW7Z0rxuEKyY7guqTKVeGA-QdM0DnP9y183OJEL0eXli3irQZvOZ58doguUHUfetQEiG8J0_qLUOykxSUf30Bzlq_78TcsnhdLAbtY/s320/IMG_5880_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu99nSHFmYYtM8eVlsMmwcH-rwi_FnXLSTY8m9ZhR7nFzg0EviA2zrXJ3CrJTrpZh9eNzlV8s-EW9tjCn4h1PeUPeWA_3mcbanpzbK1vJ2sH_0aK2MLCPeaWU7gh-nMg9Trz6vhOPSNKM/s2048/IMG_5881_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu99nSHFmYYtM8eVlsMmwcH-rwi_FnXLSTY8m9ZhR7nFzg0EviA2zrXJ3CrJTrpZh9eNzlV8s-EW9tjCn4h1PeUPeWA_3mcbanpzbK1vJ2sH_0aK2MLCPeaWU7gh-nMg9Trz6vhOPSNKM/s320/IMG_5881_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">He also continues with learning cursive, vocabulary, the elements of a story, Langston Hughes poetry, and his Tristan Strong book. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh25aziHQnLOXaCzE9yxYGo0jjXoq7muml9wIQlS5_8n1XDoUOc-QkNUzyRdEKC_7NkKFTUV8O-gVblR_hwU7xqR2GFBfzOZczj8iObkd5FFPkxFE8d_yVIA87rl6P3B6BdT_fgcgK-HA/s2048/IMG_5852_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh25aziHQnLOXaCzE9yxYGo0jjXoq7muml9wIQlS5_8n1XDoUOc-QkNUzyRdEKC_7NkKFTUV8O-gVblR_hwU7xqR2GFBfzOZczj8iObkd5FFPkxFE8d_yVIA87rl6P3B6BdT_fgcgK-HA/s320/IMG_5852_jpg.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cursive<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Micah is working on handwriting, measuring in cm with a ruler, reading, Fundations, word lists, and weather/climate! </div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht19iLH9Z02jloBy5W3dWHoA_zPWdZ93dMiyH33yOBN8K9t5CzMO7Mc_IcSJOA3zkm-zqysQqcpPVAfsZAqTD9Ui2XSvpq6fsRPkz0bQ4YAPjcfbinDkJDPkVijmAbsTaf0acuU_5iN64/s2048/IMG_5854_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht19iLH9Z02jloBy5W3dWHoA_zPWdZ93dMiyH33yOBN8K9t5CzMO7Mc_IcSJOA3zkm-zqysQqcpPVAfsZAqTD9Ui2XSvpq6fsRPkz0bQ4YAPjcfbinDkJDPkVijmAbsTaf0acuU_5iN64/s320/IMG_5854_jpg.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Word work<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPA9L3vODZojbJFJCoo_iHqD9M-vVIcg6U3whqZzyBrgta_b35inj4rgD4R993KhnUOZAS9qUQxk3IxTA61hj7PvHoiTRylpWdpuNUHI9grIy_FdcI-xodRfwSRpqj8V7_RBbE9ezAV6E/s2048/IMG_5961_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPA9L3vODZojbJFJCoo_iHqD9M-vVIcg6U3whqZzyBrgta_b35inj4rgD4R993KhnUOZAS9qUQxk3IxTA61hj7PvHoiTRylpWdpuNUHI9grIy_FdcI-xodRfwSRpqj8V7_RBbE9ezAV6E/s320/IMG_5961_jpg.jpg" /></a><br />Climate chart<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: left;">Micah and I are also working towards a belt test in Kempo. We have both done ALL of our work via zoom but we had the good luck (thank you to the Senseis!) to go into the dojo on our own to practice our belt moves once this week. I grabbed Micah's hair and this happened ↓↓↓↓↓... yikes, don't mess with this kid y'all.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnE2sqdSEhW6b45RYV_IM-T5ya5Je0qJYeGMPuW8H2F9ChlFcZe78oG4fkz7Z-SVMF5j-m-ab2qtrrLspRQqosUy5BJPlYyTCVfPdm6h1oKmxYjCZj6NyyTtDffDRRlVz1CEyCtG_g2C0/s2048/IMG_5865.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnE2sqdSEhW6b45RYV_IM-T5ya5Je0qJYeGMPuW8H2F9ChlFcZe78oG4fkz7Z-SVMF5j-m-ab2qtrrLspRQqosUy5BJPlYyTCVfPdm6h1oKmxYjCZj6NyyTtDffDRRlVz1CEyCtG_g2C0/s320/IMG_5865.JPG" width="320" /></a><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;">Jonah continues to work on Fundations, 10 frames, and patterns. He is also getting in on the anatomy action (at a Kindergarten level of course). </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnN2Iyjvu9qad4920jY51SEukfZnCwZOyBj4gwmBc0Ln7nuUIaNJ-OkIqJVUCILb0PfrvrMX2ftd-A1V4BnV_ha3lEK3W5MGY-wpzwTPaQx2PG1E0oqfa2tTJPB8foh_Ip55P098UsrwE/s2048/IMG_5783_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnN2Iyjvu9qad4920jY51SEukfZnCwZOyBj4gwmBc0Ln7nuUIaNJ-OkIqJVUCILb0PfrvrMX2ftd-A1V4BnV_ha3lEK3W5MGY-wpzwTPaQx2PG1E0oqfa2tTJPB8foh_Ip55P098UsrwE/s320/IMG_5783_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jonah's fundations page<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Micah, Emmett and Jonah also put together presentations on their favorite dinosaurs this week. They each made a poster with facts they found interesting and pictures they liked. They put them all together and then presented them to Grammy on FaceTime! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoc5ljBQeTcWvVNshtxRD9Bwuj33uX6lnwo_mKsW0zEX46ku2zc3YAvglBQhbbA9AnSyur5bBzbEZ3q5R-2EutiMUCL6a7jBzxf4byHrI_ubNi2cR38QBSIvcmBfsaNWWrCIbTEF-m1g/s2048/IMG_5960_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoc5ljBQeTcWvVNshtxRD9Bwuj33uX6lnwo_mKsW0zEX46ku2zc3YAvglBQhbbA9AnSyur5bBzbEZ3q5R-2EutiMUCL6a7jBzxf4byHrI_ubNi2cR38QBSIvcmBfsaNWWrCIbTEF-m1g/s320/IMG_5960_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Norah can be found helping me in the kitchen (she LOVES to cut with the knife), playing cars on the floor with the brothers, or following Maddie around. <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNYeCP2VY-2mgFjJorOsNynV54eDGTMzdZRT7tgDkimkNn0mfCHF9O3V05VWCfK1H2PTG8wWgvmVtqMFCxBkw6oKcI0QGm5PJGbN4gOP_woQJK58Br1UfV1WmKcUefzeUMBAqgswfa3I/s2048/IMG_5755_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNYeCP2VY-2mgFjJorOsNynV54eDGTMzdZRT7tgDkimkNn0mfCHF9O3V05VWCfK1H2PTG8wWgvmVtqMFCxBkw6oKcI0QGm5PJGbN4gOP_woQJK58Br1UfV1WmKcUefzeUMBAqgswfa3I/s320/IMG_5755_jpg.jpg" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhNKt_Va1wLsNfsXlZJEGqR_o-NNuYx5OabeWnPuunCTFdiWBt2L6A-3DaCYKs_oh4dqwbi5GqRieKwIfAW7tX9m7XG4BjiCZQnFD9lUztaB2HxGwHCfaSdmvip27oM0iEOqXvC8_q7Y/s2048/IMG_5845_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPhNKt_Va1wLsNfsXlZJEGqR_o-NNuYx5OabeWnPuunCTFdiWBt2L6A-3DaCYKs_oh4dqwbi5GqRieKwIfAW7tX9m7XG4BjiCZQnFD9lUztaB2HxGwHCfaSdmvip27oM0iEOqXvC8_q7Y/s320/IMG_5845_jpg.jpg" /></a></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKwZlMAqJU2GWm45SJMeebO57rr7raDRNRVMn1xzTa0TO5k8XnITQlth3sIl6ZQjtvFQg5-mvbdgksCpPGUEWo0RyGf9cayvIZKjtNXNiYRFZpmoNUXOb2cyGKsMaNjCI3CWMFerkhkY/s2048/IMG_5770.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKwZlMAqJU2GWm45SJMeebO57rr7raDRNRVMn1xzTa0TO5k8XnITQlth3sIl6ZQjtvFQg5-mvbdgksCpPGUEWo0RyGf9cayvIZKjtNXNiYRFZpmoNUXOb2cyGKsMaNjCI3CWMFerkhkY/s320/IMG_5770.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quietly meeting Maddie girl</td></tr></tbody></table><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TT_X7KchdETSbqSUa4EEBSUd43Y7ZJxfTOdGTFwoiQPka3Mplci2xY_ivVR1OGgn9BTt9NxT8njOsmdQxgnAS5j4_eF0j7lvog9DDpSdxJHT92xeLDKWvu9ETB-5TGa8hy3z64K_eXI/s2048/IMG_5818_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TT_X7KchdETSbqSUa4EEBSUd43Y7ZJxfTOdGTFwoiQPka3Mplci2xY_ivVR1OGgn9BTt9NxT8njOsmdQxgnAS5j4_eF0j7lvog9DDpSdxJHT92xeLDKWvu9ETB-5TGa8hy3z64K_eXI/s320/IMG_5818_jpg.jpg" /></a><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div><div>Emmett even made her a pair of "sliding shoes/slippers". Pretty cute. </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYyYchxLOFUcRl17s1G2_P8Tl3F75rZ8FLEXB8qK9PQD-qVxQzr8qRKKN-JCg9PIYjCd2kHizi-KdNVQyYlIPLPdoY_SlAJ_uZxD-eQ4b1oC9F9FNBc_oMV-Wkj9tlpqiFORdI6EU3c4/s320/IMG_5867.JPG" /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div></div></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><p style="text-align: left;">And can I just have one last minute to brag on my amazing nephew, Austin. He and my brother and sister-in-law live in Texas and so we don't get to see them as often as we'd like. He's quite the athlete (and hard worker) and he took first in his weight class in his first power lifting competition of the year! Seriously, he cleared 480 lbs on deadlift! What the what?! Great job Austin! We are cheering for you from CT!</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;">Happy February to you all! </p><p style="text-align: left;">Cheers!</p><p style="text-align: left;">Kate</p></div></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-41329577190878181432021-01-27T12:08:00.001-08:002021-01-27T12:08:48.234-08:00Week 19 - Anatomy, Handwriting, and Dinosaurs<p> Happy week 19 - </p><p>We are deep into the depths of dinosaurs. Last weekend the boys worked long and hard on a project and then came running to get me. They wanted me to come look at Micah's room. They had turned it into an aviary (complete with flying pterodactyls from the ceiling) and giant, ferocious, meat eaters on the walls. There were even blue pieces of construction paper on the floor that were filled with paper fish for the dinosaurs to eat. It was impressive. I've decided not to consider how they hung the ones from the ceiling. I'm sure it was creative and I don't think I want to know. </p><p>My runs each morning have been wonderful. I have been in the woods, at the beach, around the neighborhood and occasionally on the treadmill. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtanNRt_Dka-lwgpKDRvawT81aBoynlaOrH47uCTtqRLMpEUwa5m7TH3zVIpSiKg9PTsoCA-wCO43OVPOCOPLkme4aTyy2oX5aWq5tn5rZHslLgDB1pBb7FnQyAzLS3E0KPyhqhnr6pI/s2048/IMG_5657.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtanNRt_Dka-lwgpKDRvawT81aBoynlaOrH47uCTtqRLMpEUwa5m7TH3zVIpSiKg9PTsoCA-wCO43OVPOCOPLkme4aTyy2oX5aWq5tn5rZHslLgDB1pBb7FnQyAzLS3E0KPyhqhnr6pI/s320/IMG_5657.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuH3jGy0vihzOz6d4vHmxi08say4ZFEp62sj4NE35fUfE-I11xRFeo-AWyn07744TWRy255a9WTa1mCXgvjTe2ARJn8htP3y0v8GxsV-PA3AwwIkRA8teWdXdwgrkp9U8D-IxAffZsPo/s2048/IMG_5678.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuH3jGy0vihzOz6d4vHmxi08say4ZFEp62sj4NE35fUfE-I11xRFeo-AWyn07744TWRy255a9WTa1mCXgvjTe2ARJn8htP3y0v8GxsV-PA3AwwIkRA8teWdXdwgrkp9U8D-IxAffZsPo/s320/IMG_5678.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Emmett is now reading </span><u style="text-align: left;">Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Clouds.</u><span style="text-align: left;"> We are reading it aloud at night with Micah. They seem to really enjoy it. He continues to read poems from Langston Hughes and is learning elements of stories. We have come to the end of the physics and engineering and have started in on Anatomy. This week I traced each of the kids on paper and for the next 18 weeks or so, we will be filling them in. He continues to work on geometry - angles, triangles, etc and he rocked his mid module assessment! Cursive is still a favorite and we've ordered a new Spanish book to try and increase his confidence. </span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVNkCLHowFviZBVBTEu3nY4R_2UMz8I03lqd_yrcxlmXzgiiYdS5M8AIamWOPLUmauEG76FqdRIWevr6tNGcH_28QQjYObGCiTdVNA0Fi4qtqqH69MkQ59cde8-g2Ek1_wO9t4WOjy2g/s2048/IMG_5704_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVNkCLHowFviZBVBTEu3nY4R_2UMz8I03lqd_yrcxlmXzgiiYdS5M8AIamWOPLUmauEG76FqdRIWevr6tNGcH_28QQjYObGCiTdVNA0Fi4qtqqH69MkQ59cde8-g2Ek1_wO9t4WOjy2g/s320/IMG_5704_jpg.jpg" /></a></p><p>Micah and I read <u>Fly</u> by Jane Yolen this week. This was not a story I was familiar with. We talked about ways to say things with creative language to make them more interesting. He practices with his word list each week and we have picked back up with handwriting to make sure that his letter formation is solid. We continue to work through the Grade 1 Fundation book. Phew, even first grade occasionally tests this tired mom's brain. Micah's science lesson was all about air and the atmosphere. This was interesting to him. He enjoyed the vocabulary and the discussion about the stratosphere and the troposphere. He is participating in the anatomy lessons and we have some cool dinosaur things planned for next week. He has also been playing his own football tournament in the backyard. Each day it is a new game leading up to the championship. Always in shorts and yes, it is freezing. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpTSXIsk35Jr6xUMorQDJ3HJy6f4UyMw7686nQOpt_6XcVsBeugQxicLBpDMzj-GieU3bjGRp6XTu5LNeA2tc7njDloiOnhfDx4fPQOc8Tp5gIFbo3Z-cFHi2YbJVcKoc92hjGAc2XiI/s2048/IMG_5706_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpTSXIsk35Jr6xUMorQDJ3HJy6f4UyMw7686nQOpt_6XcVsBeugQxicLBpDMzj-GieU3bjGRp6XTu5LNeA2tc7njDloiOnhfDx4fPQOc8Tp5gIFbo3Z-cFHi2YbJVcKoc92hjGAc2XiI/s320/IMG_5706_jpg.jpg" /></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVLleIUgUEy3-2NMI-5ITEkM0MIxeIGCyarxWDvEYQW8WtflqQyFMqXonR1yEWsc4ogZi3rQzu0KLIvivCzkK3hLC_iVSFUaQan2fZd4Hj9ZfxF0PmCwsSS_V-oO4IAINboBSDzhl2q4/s2048/IMG_5701_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVLleIUgUEy3-2NMI-5ITEkM0MIxeIGCyarxWDvEYQW8WtflqQyFMqXonR1yEWsc4ogZi3rQzu0KLIvivCzkK3hLC_iVSFUaQan2fZd4Hj9ZfxF0PmCwsSS_V-oO4IAINboBSDzhl2q4/s320/IMG_5701_jpg.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Handwriting</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Jonah worked really hard on 10 frames and pattens this week in math! He's got it! He also finished up all of his letters and so we have gone on to flashcards and other puzzles to strengthen his skills. He has been asking to play basketball and soccer this year. I'm sure his dad will also encourage baseball. Here's hoping we can do some sports this year. Fingers are crossed for the covid craziness to subside.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxXJR7Yw1yqNNvS3yBChBITCkPQdwgSxIT4hYdcW5aijB6pfzaCbnZgtvBImmDmET67u-5be70uucM24WKKfpLMBPpTk-5poQRw4rC5R-AGeEwAVP1V3eO-E7itz4uYou0YwOiHzhcrI/s2048/IMG_5715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxXJR7Yw1yqNNvS3yBChBITCkPQdwgSxIT4hYdcW5aijB6pfzaCbnZgtvBImmDmET67u-5be70uucM24WKKfpLMBPpTk-5poQRw4rC5R-AGeEwAVP1V3eO-E7itz4uYou0YwOiHzhcrI/s320/IMG_5715.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Norah and Jonah and I picked up a few library books we had on hold. It was a fight but I managed to get them both in the stroller. This was a miracle as Norah almost always insists on walking. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFnO7rSyfKnzDFeYQx8KTM0oNaMseOXkQGtk8tQJOKnko2V9w0M7Yy9sZYMimwavdssBLVXbLj50cP1wu5x7QXc1FEHClmRFwV_6b1D0Qjd-lsNg28Py37b5f2QdJY4_u63vzUhaU6O8/s2048/IMG_5671.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFnO7rSyfKnzDFeYQx8KTM0oNaMseOXkQGtk8tQJOKnko2V9w0M7Yy9sZYMimwavdssBLVXbLj50cP1wu5x7QXc1FEHClmRFwV_6b1D0Qjd-lsNg28Py37b5f2QdJY4_u63vzUhaU6O8/s320/IMG_5671.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We also all sat down and watched the Inauguration on Wednesday. Oh my stars, what a morning. I was so moved watching it all that my heart almost couldn't take it. I hope that someday the kids will look back on the history that was made. </span></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>On to week 20!</p><p>Peace and love</p><p>Kate</p><p></p>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-28629495032032059852021-01-17T18:58:00.000-08:002021-01-17T18:58:21.423-08:00Week 18 - Landforms, Density, and Syllables<p> It's always a good week when there is a birthday in the house. This week we had two! On Wednesday, Jonah turned 5 and Patrick turned 40. Hooray! Jonah's requests were a "Fancy Santa Birthday" and a "school holiday" so we got out the table linens, the goblets and the candles. I got a set of Christmas dishes that we can use year after year and I hung back up the Santa painting. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6KyHznmNv_NoKXnBNXlXxobQ7rjhIoCQVyqQHMo9XYHjWYxrM_JTb38LzylFLsho10c_m03WDYndgo7Al6eySI2f0uNi0-gJsyxH1kmvhFNT99OZ76I177xX4_j5bvrD_Kma8szqEEk/s2048/IMG_5467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6KyHznmNv_NoKXnBNXlXxobQ7rjhIoCQVyqQHMo9XYHjWYxrM_JTb38LzylFLsho10c_m03WDYndgo7Al6eySI2f0uNi0-gJsyxH1kmvhFNT99OZ76I177xX4_j5bvrD_Kma8szqEEk/s320/IMG_5467.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXCTuag8_AX0HJVGdrTDnowfumpBJMvCm3HexCWD73s7SacqzuIMtuM_qS0CFyBdeU-eHBhA5ydTRBOxeqQ_rRxI7xEfG_fKahgfzNf4DNSKqdKiUKOOziw9nPr5wbiBx0SBN6_65WsI/s2048/IMG_5469.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">We all dressed in red and/or green and it was quite festive. </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytz4kWLYKWsLJxqbwF7DTacftV-MHZPgD2uS3mZHxdK07YGtbGKeuDgGhAx2pis3G2VO41X4TMaGsaN6xci4WXJRim0l5Y9hLev7Kp90eOXnDc95frJvChV8VQX_2SoAVwyTDV6RfMbY/s2048/IMG_5474_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytz4kWLYKWsLJxqbwF7DTacftV-MHZPgD2uS3mZHxdK07YGtbGKeuDgGhAx2pis3G2VO41X4TMaGsaN6xci4WXJRim0l5Y9hLev7Kp90eOXnDc95frJvChV8VQX_2SoAVwyTDV6RfMbY/s320/IMG_5474_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, this was the best photo he would give me. *eye roll*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">This is my chocolate kid. Chocolate layer cake with chocolate vegan butter cream frosting and vegan chocolate brownie ice cream </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfPgw7IXTG1LDC_Cm0udJRk4NABqJ6Jz6etgSzv-1tsIqgamACU9IyxwrUA59G_CgjIyNRWCbmULloXO5UZNKMNgwQDpIA3LE3INeV_-5K9E1N_X3gL1d_VU3npPZXu1HxLrhqxkm6jk/s2048/IMG_5499.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfPgw7IXTG1LDC_Cm0udJRk4NABqJ6Jz6etgSzv-1tsIqgamACU9IyxwrUA59G_CgjIyNRWCbmULloXO5UZNKMNgwQDpIA3LE3INeV_-5K9E1N_X3gL1d_VU3npPZXu1HxLrhqxkm6jk/s320/IMG_5499.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not only do they share a birthday, they also share gifts! Jonah gave the jacket to dad and kept the helmet and badge for himself. We got a good chuckle out of this. Thank you Barb and Levin!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu24Q4LCUqZ9Esx46xHeKkI5uwMr16LYw_pWwy3t7yG40FgJFi1gXlyjC_lVlzQFb8fGoAIK2FD1MkNUmiLyRdurzEo72EG_FjsD8ZGMlVCS-KcXFX_L8-MBj9BpzDr2LU18tpGIll7SY/s2048/IMG_5463_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu24Q4LCUqZ9Esx46xHeKkI5uwMr16LYw_pWwy3t7yG40FgJFi1gXlyjC_lVlzQFb8fGoAIK2FD1MkNUmiLyRdurzEo72EG_FjsD8ZGMlVCS-KcXFX_L8-MBj9BpzDr2LU18tpGIll7SY/s320/IMG_5463_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Earlier in the day, Grammy read "T'was the Night Before Christmas" on FaceTime. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a lovely day and Jonah was quite happy. I think Patrick had a good day too, although he worked for all of it except birthday lunch. I do have it on good authority that he was pleased with his new dumbbells, even though he has to go pick them up himself. Do you even know how hard it was to find sets of 15# and 30# dumbbells?! Good grief. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c9h3vJh6hao" width="320" youtube-src-id="c9h3vJh6hao"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't mind our off key singing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I do love what he says after we finish. Be still my heart. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Isn't it a Christmas miracle when it's a birthday?" 💓</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Moving on to the school news...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For math, Micah has been learning how to accurately measure things. How to line them up to tell which is longer or shorter and using a ruler to measure with units. He is progressing through his Fundations book for 1st grade. We started talking about syllables this week, which he thought was great fun. Lots of clapping and coming up with words that fit the "rules" in his book. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7_y3UI8LEeP6ZaimtWAjwgUBC2Rlq_QqaafAl80cyAGl1MUUuMrJTvf5_bCX67QzF6bo16uszHk4mwHA98zMcmubbBA_VQkYSV7ZM8h628ZyQ6XGG-D8kNk7zLfYXOuqlUpzhj3tF_4/s2048/IMG_5443_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7_y3UI8LEeP6ZaimtWAjwgUBC2Rlq_QqaafAl80cyAGl1MUUuMrJTvf5_bCX67QzF6bo16uszHk4mwHA98zMcmubbBA_VQkYSV7ZM8h628ZyQ6XGG-D8kNk7zLfYXOuqlUpzhj3tF_4/s320/IMG_5443_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Syllable practice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In science, we talked about bodies of water. We made a "tray shoreline" for the lab and it was fun to go back a bit to talk about previous topics like erosion. He made lots of hypothesis and had fun watching the "waves" he created. We made a big mess and had a lot of fun. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7gdqpqaaCVQVOhhLMt3bh7R2UvzL0jG_LVN3cxm2wH3guvpgcv2Ch3vaMcEwQs_Tj7rYFDEf_BBBpycq2FsReaYVd_4rQuoBhtlyEADMPKSwbpWVhVVWmEifR7_7sRQ_-xeocGPnBzw/s2048/IMG_5579_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7gdqpqaaCVQVOhhLMt3bh7R2UvzL0jG_LVN3cxm2wH3guvpgcv2Ch3vaMcEwQs_Tj7rYFDEf_BBBpycq2FsReaYVd_4rQuoBhtlyEADMPKSwbpWVhVVWmEifR7_7sRQ_-xeocGPnBzw/s320/IMG_5579_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/607TWWjmZgw" width="320" youtube-src-id="607TWWjmZgw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">How the waves work on the beach. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also reaped the reward of the rock candy experiment. 4 of the 6 jars turned out well and so that was cool! Emmett loved it (what's not to love?), Norah took a few licks, and Micah and Jonah were uninterested in actually eating it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz62meht9A2jqp3wU8hMOpveiWp1SihYeY3yUwDFOnt2ps7SrRID98QpHxRozPGbqknUbX7c4P04Vg3d8yZb-B65CkiNOBNXz0pnxzfeHpEAC7TLqoYd4GadFG2sJa1SAiVRZEFXALZzg/s2048/IMG_5569_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz62meht9A2jqp3wU8hMOpveiWp1SihYeY3yUwDFOnt2ps7SrRID98QpHxRozPGbqknUbX7c4P04Vg3d8yZb-B65CkiNOBNXz0pnxzfeHpEAC7TLqoYd4GadFG2sJa1SAiVRZEFXALZzg/s320/IMG_5569_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also got some time outside. Micah always prefers to play football games in the yard by himself but he took a break to play with the favorite dinosaur. This topic has come back up thanks to a Nintendo Switch game and I have a sneaking suspicion that dinosaurs will be a focus for school in the upcoming weeks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0jjOGxNRwkc3SeGaPLzLf_bMMNG2rxsW-DM68_XBwEH4yZmQEItM8XBk-jINuXOdiEOSVoVzoYO78HlhaD8aclAa-arfPhngok5EPGWOkMKpQcL_jh8NtAp6zrNsK7Fzz5WevNm6-c4/s2048/IMG_5524_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0jjOGxNRwkc3SeGaPLzLf_bMMNG2rxsW-DM68_XBwEH4yZmQEItM8XBk-jINuXOdiEOSVoVzoYO78HlhaD8aclAa-arfPhngok5EPGWOkMKpQcL_jh8NtAp6zrNsK7Fzz5WevNm6-c4/s320/IMG_5524_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Emmett continues work with geometry and angles. He gets annoyed with me daily as I remind him of the importance of accuracy and neatness in his work. I keep reminding myself that he will hopefully see the value years from now in math classes. Oy. He is using a protractor and straight edge and learning all of the new terms that geometry brings. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In science we finished off last weeks lesson on density with another quick experiment. On the suggestion of Anica, I pulled out 5 liquids, including water, and he poured them equally into glasses. He then poured them into a clear up-cycled water bottle to see if they would mix or layer and in what order. He told me his guesses prior to the experiment and then we checked back to see how close he was. He then wanted to let it sit overnight to see if they would become even more obvious and he was interested to see that they did, in fact. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLgk8l8_B2NtP7nZpFQH4_WXtwncbmoa6mzD2WZHRFbq7MOABLn5UnZxPglar4EcWJe_0bzB2DXQgl1WeO86OUosHrJ4rx9pWMwJByPemaBdeDVMlzyA6pZVdRPdPDGYNFiELX_cOxrU/s2048/IMG_5454_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLgk8l8_B2NtP7nZpFQH4_WXtwncbmoa6mzD2WZHRFbq7MOABLn5UnZxPglar4EcWJe_0bzB2DXQgl1WeO86OUosHrJ4rx9pWMwJByPemaBdeDVMlzyA6pZVdRPdPDGYNFiELX_cOxrU/s320/IMG_5454_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3s_scrRFwvF_UO8z47c0i564KTbkd37Op7xFie74biWo2hzAiS5tDEUqHk72jFgqQy06g_if1G00lgFqaSSMTppZd-McfmhhTnscT3K_czHuWEJiSTwE1WSAEqw9kNUyp-yrYkrM1C0k/s2048/IMG_5450_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3s_scrRFwvF_UO8z47c0i564KTbkd37Op7xFie74biWo2hzAiS5tDEUqHk72jFgqQy06g_if1G00lgFqaSSMTppZd-McfmhhTnscT3K_czHuWEJiSTwE1WSAEqw9kNUyp-yrYkrM1C0k/s320/IMG_5450_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-L3y5FeylJXLtjqXOFgbjfuT4kepT7T09BMnPIr5TxGwrnZK6xkoFA26GC9eMFfzZPga4J0zv7Lo4F734uYMub_cH2LKQI8Af7ktJbiMepwiKo7eSqBI__NqyJGs63UrsEK9XwIPUdI/s2048/IMG_5461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn-L3y5FeylJXLtjqXOFgbjfuT4kepT7T09BMnPIr5TxGwrnZK6xkoFA26GC9eMFfzZPga4J0zv7Lo4F734uYMub_cH2LKQI8Af7ktJbiMepwiKo7eSqBI__NqyJGs63UrsEK9XwIPUdI/s320/IMG_5461.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After settling over night</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">His next physics lesson was on solar energy and for engineering he was going to build a small s'mores solar oven. We never ended up with a sunny day so that project will have to wait until the following week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For language arts, we finished up "Finding Langston" and talked more about The Great Migration. He read and copied down a Langston Hughes poem and continues to work on his cursive each day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jonah has learned all his letters! He was unimpressed with "Qu, Queen, qu". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"That one is too hard mom." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got out some word forms for him to try too. He thought those were ok. I had to laugh because I thought that I would get to sit down and do a few with Norah but she didn't need my help. I continue to be amazed at the things that each one of them excels at. She can look into the letter box and pull out exactly the one she needs next. She identifies it with her eyes even if it is upside or backwards. She is able to identify and tell me about half of the letters, especially her favorites. Here's to learning through osmosis. Just crazy to me. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5by99b3q1tIkQXya8ifCe-cQvJrIq6gv8O305eel2A4B1y26DvEnq9FRqieFnXKR8tz8bmRPmOPYdPLuCEYDzuOFN8Rq3PYNh6y_AuyM1AbQ8hEgaWmO0VxGaBYjNsM5BYqS9WmeBLc/s2048/IMG_5582_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5by99b3q1tIkQXya8ifCe-cQvJrIq6gv8O305eel2A4B1y26DvEnq9FRqieFnXKR8tz8bmRPmOPYdPLuCEYDzuOFN8Rq3PYNh6y_AuyM1AbQ8hEgaWmO0VxGaBYjNsM5BYqS9WmeBLc/s320/IMG_5582_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIv0cA0Xz9GU-MdN5oXCfJvvb-AEFLaUSpmozqMppdt8FJnv1NXwsTfMIFXZXdfj2EobyDLmUQLjzNajqOWdsOEmfvWglVQumi8nO6tFX0Ir7Z6t0DPRqXczvF2kohVf5Tskw03GfQIQ/s2048/IMG_5583_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIv0cA0Xz9GU-MdN5oXCfJvvb-AEFLaUSpmozqMppdt8FJnv1NXwsTfMIFXZXdfj2EobyDLmUQLjzNajqOWdsOEmfvWglVQumi8nO6tFX0Ir7Z6t0DPRqXczvF2kohVf5Tskw03GfQIQ/s320/IMG_5583_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jonah and I also played some trucks outside. I was the dump truck and he was the digger. I was then banished because I wasn't doing it right. Ahaha. I promised him another try one of these days. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5LMYsdal6VZcnG-kz_RTpWP9XD1bBINbqIp4GJVaefgqFOU8oVOgJr1EJTwvcPy1t4bJUQr3TJpXr5URMw8_5m8JEu09hJhotMgZDS5iNjlDSAjycjL5CME2AALMSvCncetid4eCgUk/s2048/IMG_5518_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5LMYsdal6VZcnG-kz_RTpWP9XD1bBINbqIp4GJVaefgqFOU8oVOgJr1EJTwvcPy1t4bJUQr3TJpXr5URMw8_5m8JEu09hJhotMgZDS5iNjlDSAjycjL5CME2AALMSvCncetid4eCgUk/s320/IMG_5518_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFoguC7Mc1YecjbACwais55m-xAnOTwy0dho27Ws1FtLdOik99qBOWCx-L0QNO-GB85hzSnzwstAzrptpQFP_nZRmHf0I3oIf0tFabxu9pb1Xc4QN2f7OFFXhb8LjEz1XbxqTMlliyWgE/s2048/IMG_5520_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFoguC7Mc1YecjbACwais55m-xAnOTwy0dho27Ws1FtLdOik99qBOWCx-L0QNO-GB85hzSnzwstAzrptpQFP_nZRmHf0I3oIf0tFabxu9pb1Xc4QN2f7OFFXhb8LjEz1XbxqTMlliyWgE/s320/IMG_5520_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Norah is just hanging right in there with us. She holds her own daily and is always right in the mix. She was interested in Micah's math cubes this week but they were pretty tricky to put together so that was a good activity to work on together. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQSyL2oJDFXhGWR4MuKNBbDLS1LVYKAyrONkF7suNyX-NfpIFKa1aMYSvrp7Ia9AEpVd_fC_TN8LP_J-xmdksUIuf0rPDWEBBeOjsAEFgBLJwmNx67iqdW9UJuWslIXFDxPiFbBvvXv0/s2048/IMG_5555_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQSyL2oJDFXhGWR4MuKNBbDLS1LVYKAyrONkF7suNyX-NfpIFKa1aMYSvrp7Ia9AEpVd_fC_TN8LP_J-xmdksUIuf0rPDWEBBeOjsAEFgBLJwmNx67iqdW9UJuWslIXFDxPiFbBvvXv0/s320/IMG_5555_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcQbd6VIHCt4_nim9DgCTEAUn6Oq8blSZw9KBwmqbuPTd7pkTnsQZCkK0EcmpwdFKX8OFqH-qbQmrwHeN1tTkXhejU3iJKyO__1vkFMFcXyfBsPBnv3hu8eUFOPgt4RlnjgAAzgqYD40/s2048/IMG_5559_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcQbd6VIHCt4_nim9DgCTEAUn6Oq8blSZw9KBwmqbuPTd7pkTnsQZCkK0EcmpwdFKX8OFqH-qbQmrwHeN1tTkXhejU3iJKyO__1vkFMFcXyfBsPBnv3hu8eUFOPgt4RlnjgAAzgqYD40/s320/IMG_5559_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All in all, a lovely birthday week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cheers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kate</div><p></p>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-63962163145311498672021-01-11T12:46:00.005-08:002021-01-11T13:16:32.883-08:00Week 17 - All the Science<p> Week 17- January 3rd - January 10th 2021</p><p>Happy January. We finally got back into a semi-routine with school. Micah and I continue to read "The Secret Zoo". He has started his own book about a Zoo. Stay tuned for the plot. He is on page 6! He is also moving along with his sight words and word lists. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBwav3dmC2Xjbkd-M9zNhSimZLBwD_21eMP6a6yA0IHje4cGCznf6xQxv5orRwmkRi4KssBSdiugonYApbGXaEhdojl7eVpxEFeVZLeLt5RrCeTOUdPV_Z7N5TjG_VK_Dg9McHSpnFDOs/s2048/IMG_5254.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBwav3dmC2Xjbkd-M9zNhSimZLBwD_21eMP6a6yA0IHje4cGCznf6xQxv5orRwmkRi4KssBSdiugonYApbGXaEhdojl7eVpxEFeVZLeLt5RrCeTOUdPV_Z7N5TjG_VK_Dg9McHSpnFDOs/s320/IMG_5254.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">His science lesson this week was on landforms. We talked, read, and watched all sorts of things about caves because that was where he was drawn. At the end of the week, we attempted a lab that would show us how stalactites and stalagmites were made. This was good in theory and also a complete flop. Ha. We did a quick pivot and opted to try our had at making crystals, a.k.a. rock candy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-mpAbrw9hnMwpJL8eMPa0i1PMeEXp8PeN0PspJLd9h1I5qq-qltfWjjMXLPniUVXkGpkWcH2jud8PZfmiPql_N4KkDTUeiF-8i4wAGD4Cl4BKE5ubvzEZMGqLx_qmSuICOC7tWdOmNw/s2048/IMG_5328.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy-mpAbrw9hnMwpJL8eMPa0i1PMeEXp8PeN0PspJLd9h1I5qq-qltfWjjMXLPniUVXkGpkWcH2jud8PZfmiPql_N4KkDTUeiF-8i4wAGD4Cl4BKE5ubvzEZMGqLx_qmSuICOC7tWdOmNw/s320/IMG_5328.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stirring to make a concentrated solution.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fOl_ZAV12XaigOboQKO_V6Llo-j9DAWikwnXtgG0CzMtJdfg6HIybdymSWLU2Ps2_czp4xDrXfuKinmxN4ixn0GLC5D5ZSMJOyvLaUZ2BUeVS68lMd5m2E2wZA8b9LGYb3dFAbudoxM/s2048/IMG_5330_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fOl_ZAV12XaigOboQKO_V6Llo-j9DAWikwnXtgG0CzMtJdfg6HIybdymSWLU2Ps2_czp4xDrXfuKinmxN4ixn0GLC5D5ZSMJOyvLaUZ2BUeVS68lMd5m2E2wZA8b9LGYb3dFAbudoxM/s320/IMG_5330_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The set up for the failed stalactite experiment. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPk6tvy3nfGs7ZShcb8X-bWVpWimjkmXiC7pDCcNBh2bvDd_LRi96WlLo_8X8D92n6lNBfLxAIVQU1ewV8QUMvxK4Uc_soYKP9L34-xTVmR5CeR7pJ8Wtov6M7uEq38ysI_cxMwRptBr8/s2048/IMG_5361_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPk6tvy3nfGs7ZShcb8X-bWVpWimjkmXiC7pDCcNBh2bvDd_LRi96WlLo_8X8D92n6lNBfLxAIVQU1ewV8QUMvxK4Uc_soYKP9L34-xTVmR5CeR7pJ8Wtov6M7uEq38ysI_cxMwRptBr8/s320/IMG_5361_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New set up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jonah is working his way through the Kindergarten Fundations book. He is not a big fan of coloring or drawing but can be encouraged by his brothers who talk about Ms DiCarlo's "three start coloring". "Fight the white, mom," he says. He is also working on patterns and counting/small addition problems with the calendar and DreamBox math. </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fjAOlvu811HcJpSyZADSsgYAXJtt6sxB2d_jFu4IZFeBY4jDSMCGFg9eG3qN6KzCu2AVG6elA23sgAmatk1gYCmrvLFg-U8AxTLUxk8jSguCSXMCDOeCGqKhMH6qXWzhbdfvuSdP1uo/s2048/IMG_5257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fjAOlvu811HcJpSyZADSsgYAXJtt6sxB2d_jFu4IZFeBY4jDSMCGFg9eG3qN6KzCu2AVG6elA23sgAmatk1gYCmrvLFg-U8AxTLUxk8jSguCSXMCDOeCGqKhMH6qXWzhbdfvuSdP1uo/s320/IMG_5257.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFxbtN-WAbbZ_LXVjMBf7rasm9dO5T7P4ZcKOrU5OgWEY08DE6ukUyy-TcotHQZsg3U0pLKP3PHEt43YJK3cLsHgPVl7DMMFn_dGxRttlJF9mvGJxi2ScCGHQFYJJWUhLGtfUQfA2uDs/s2048/IMG_5286.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFxbtN-WAbbZ_LXVjMBf7rasm9dO5T7P4ZcKOrU5OgWEY08DE6ukUyy-TcotHQZsg3U0pLKP3PHEt43YJK3cLsHgPVl7DMMFn_dGxRttlJF9mvGJxi2ScCGHQFYJJWUhLGtfUQfA2uDs/s320/IMG_5286.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Norah got new grammy mittens and a hat and she was glad to have them on her bike (yes we added a helmet after the photo). She also went over to the Meetinghouse at the church to help work though some camera/lighting problems with mom and dad. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07aIfCH7Su5VKwZZ2sVGcvLbD2lN7Z8pMkgUdByZvh5A5cuSldJv-Mx7dlMbJmJSNYQ0kSDsu-0kqu27CVNkXS-QsY54jUkl-zbRrrTh-_0pubAqDMBd_05hz69l5HvesZGGbbJuyMxo/s2048/IMG_5265_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07aIfCH7Su5VKwZZ2sVGcvLbD2lN7Z8pMkgUdByZvh5A5cuSldJv-Mx7dlMbJmJSNYQ0kSDsu-0kqu27CVNkXS-QsY54jUkl-zbRrrTh-_0pubAqDMBd_05hz69l5HvesZGGbbJuyMxo/s320/IMG_5265_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIstkFCV-NeYHkso1RDRhfG69jNC3I2tFcgRjr7yVGDpkXs-B22biJ1Ylb4pV2PbM5doHsLct9sf46ou7aDMarWp7DXc83V4_7OuiAzPBgfoxURLAlTDtBs65Al6u1E3YQ3mR9pGabAJI/s2048/IMG_5354.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIstkFCV-NeYHkso1RDRhfG69jNC3I2tFcgRjr7yVGDpkXs-B22biJ1Ylb4pV2PbM5doHsLct9sf46ou7aDMarWp7DXc83V4_7OuiAzPBgfoxURLAlTDtBs65Al6u1E3YQ3mR9pGabAJI/s320/IMG_5354.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So. Many. Buttons. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Emmett and Micah and I are reading <u>Finding Langston</u>. He has a small project that is based on The Great Migration that he is working on a bit. He also continues to study the work of Langston Hughes, although I am not sure he is sold on poetry quite yet. His physics lesson this week was about density and his engineering lesson was related to floating and flying. He did a classic salt/fresh water experiment with eggs. I think that the concept of density might need a bit more work. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJwSeUAPogbQ4VsW36ydSLxHBILdfT0_CENfs2Cbi6t-M1_Sj6bbF6Dx4FnRUDBK-dW1OupQ65dlKexjPHTsEUsiqd4JcMgL1kEsdea8hFxrgKQndm5CNOXXh_9iJPO7ghfCZ8jxRwuE/s2048/IMG_5291_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJwSeUAPogbQ4VsW36ydSLxHBILdfT0_CENfs2Cbi6t-M1_Sj6bbF6Dx4FnRUDBK-dW1OupQ65dlKexjPHTsEUsiqd4JcMgL1kEsdea8hFxrgKQndm5CNOXXh_9iJPO7ghfCZ8jxRwuE/s320/IMG_5291_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_kFKQAZtoEo" width="320" youtube-src-id="_kFKQAZtoEo"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the end of a cold, grey week. Looking forward to a bit of time outdoors next week and some cold sunshine, fingers crossed. </div><div><br /></div>Cheers!<div>Kate<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-4782911017034240732021-01-02T19:04:00.001-08:002021-01-03T03:34:56.540-08:00Week 16 and 16.5 Christmas and New Years!<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Merry Christmas and Happy New Year all! December 20th, 2020 - January 2nd, 2021</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">We opted for two weeks of light school and lots of playing these last two weeks. The kids did about two and a half days both weeks and it was lovely to keep up a bit but also have a nice break. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">School highlights these last two weeks have included a really neat science lesson via Zoom with our friend Anica Brown right before Christmas. She recently retired from teaching science and we actually met her at our last church home. Her lesson fell right in line with Micah's science curriculum this week as she shared some information about microfossils. Anica spent some time on the <a href="https://joidesresolution.org/" target="_blank">The<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> JOIDES Resolution (JR)</em></a> which is a research vessel that drills into the ocean floor to collect and study core samples. Per their website, "scientists use data from the <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;">JR</em> to better understand climate change, geology and Earth’s history. It is a part of the International Ocean Discovery Program and is funded by the National Science Foundation." She showed the boys the ship and told them all about the cool science that was happening. At the end we cast our own fossils which they thought was pretty fun. I didn't get any photos as I was trying to keep the younger two occupied and listen in with the older kids. Phew. </span></p><p>Emmett's science lesson this week was all about magnets! Since he got in on the fossil and research ship fun, we saved the magnets for this last week. Of course, what's not to love about magnets so they all had a turn with the compass and the magnetic "tricks". </p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw0SJaHiTHvFzlCWUEyjg0PACRo30IB96CSJv7HgQHCURA9aMgv0xZJ4-sL5Rd1ZowqviTCQmg_ycJ0GXTZAg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kM6wEdYkM4DEMYiKcQe9Rk4hkNzi1kvqy_cbzTIvpe0t8yxYoGau65hrSnyubVoUHQ6Lg162Y9DUxbRIkSsv1Q9F2e06LdArm9L9_tBR_Xr7bvlI1pQ3G2Ww98kE8TwcDJ_RTwTy4dA/s2048/IMG_5144_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kM6wEdYkM4DEMYiKcQe9Rk4hkNzi1kvqy_cbzTIvpe0t8yxYoGau65hrSnyubVoUHQ6Lg162Y9DUxbRIkSsv1Q9F2e06LdArm9L9_tBR_Xr7bvlI1pQ3G2Ww98kE8TwcDJ_RTwTy4dA/s320/IMG_5144_jpg.jpg" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;">Emmett's other exciting advancement this week was learning to write his name/signature in cursive. He thought that was so cool and he wrote it over and over and over. So many letter "E", "M" and "T" in that name. Ha!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tmAJKgemCr93XdITjcOVj5XHBVmP7yOu_Ebuyb_ZN85ArudVZ2siSX4cLnQrz0wzuJzENt0iDDPHHXLGBedLetz8Xi35hC035U4rfaObomsPktJ88gaD1gTPWfuIhpi99SPTzp-ih10/s2048/IMG_4920_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tmAJKgemCr93XdITjcOVj5XHBVmP7yOu_Ebuyb_ZN85ArudVZ2siSX4cLnQrz0wzuJzENt0iDDPHHXLGBedLetz8Xi35hC035U4rfaObomsPktJ88gaD1gTPWfuIhpi99SPTzp-ih10/s320/IMG_4920_jpg.jpg" /></a></span><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUjwlCxuv8pnGkdSTuYPE7MxcNJg_z3hUhSEabutPT7tUSgCR-WJmaRkXBAUQCtvEvcnESt-wxAyH3DVGH0FJxSkbUVVUfzMghwY1rmPQTLORhX-kgvBzh3CLkVHATwCLAmczDt61qyc/s2048/IMG_5121_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUjwlCxuv8pnGkdSTuYPE7MxcNJg_z3hUhSEabutPT7tUSgCR-WJmaRkXBAUQCtvEvcnESt-wxAyH3DVGH0FJxSkbUVVUfzMghwY1rmPQTLORhX-kgvBzh3CLkVHATwCLAmczDt61qyc/s320/IMG_5121_jpg.jpg" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;">Micah and I continue to work through his math curriculum. I came into the kitchen one day to find this...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha5BXSyaLHANtmj7KPaaFRdmqDkI5936xyfHRYnpKn9b2bLPrtnABugFn3x8aqXzRQJW-m_z_KnFAdFsOXQ65goRsPYWBNy30vksIICA8H6UuwGXEKZPlKq5xNbKW46ouQfNzTk2cwPkE/s2048/IMG_4960.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha5BXSyaLHANtmj7KPaaFRdmqDkI5936xyfHRYnpKn9b2bLPrtnABugFn3x8aqXzRQJW-m_z_KnFAdFsOXQ65goRsPYWBNy30vksIICA8H6UuwGXEKZPlKq5xNbKW46ouQfNzTk2cwPkE/s320/IMG_4960.jpg" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHbBuRsLDvqSsK-F7Aw_3oKvrvAFFEZ00-he2bj_AmhuFQvkIPY2SbG7EWo1hyojU17IudAHjRME6G0am8p1n4JgTBFH1hc6vpS7EtTTrC1xvWfPGZ8qI_zSoEQvLAi-gnJ-YUa6C26o/s2048/IMG_4961.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHbBuRsLDvqSsK-F7Aw_3oKvrvAFFEZ00-he2bj_AmhuFQvkIPY2SbG7EWo1hyojU17IudAHjRME6G0am8p1n4JgTBFH1hc6vpS7EtTTrC1xvWfPGZ8qI_zSoEQvLAi-gnJ-YUa6C26o/s320/IMG_4961.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fairly creative use of the magnetic numbers and correct (after he fixed it), I might add. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">We also played a matching game to help with understanding of the equals sign. That concept seems to be a bit of a challenge. We have switched over to saying "is the same as or equals" so that it makes more sense. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_uh7DYtP1X89j-oA37DtTu3g8SaTi8JYZC1-R2DMJ332-_bcmBr-Xp5b4TYyCUGfHkC7mfIZCNLWg465dO7y-wS9ZGOv8xhkaZ-tILokFxOVBoEU0hU6WgeLcQLGhGWct6ZpT0Fsn5Q/s2048/IMG_5171_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_uh7DYtP1X89j-oA37DtTu3g8SaTi8JYZC1-R2DMJ332-_bcmBr-Xp5b4TYyCUGfHkC7mfIZCNLWg465dO7y-wS9ZGOv8xhkaZ-tILokFxOVBoEU0hU6WgeLcQLGhGWct6ZpT0Fsn5Q/s320/IMG_5171_jpg.jpg" /></span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh, and while Emmett was learning cursive, Micah learned how to tie his shoes! I'd say that is a huge first grade win! </span></p><p>Jonah has been working in his Fundations book with me each day but these last two weeks were a bit of a wash for him. I am completely ok with that. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Jonah is my Christmas guy and he's been in the Christmas spirit since June! </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyoAN_G_FHK_RnFUDHBQzZu1_qR4btwkG0KIdc90__6pa-95ZUZcMQbii0sCMQeJdTBTGzUjkR3dtJsvvHT7g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the last Sunday in Advent, he and I made some button cards so he could practice his name. He wanted me to place and glue the buttons and he wrote the words.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSDQ9KGrJRnuiM4P9sWASyF1KE7h-S99KMmaA8wdjJnjxORCcDz3EssLLAXC0IPXXwhBf4tfyg8nsfTLF2TE3EoRbUXzKz_S68fvxW2PGSp68ZAWQx3wLGZaNjFxeFI-wgBrfqD3DxlU/s2048/IMG_4893.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSDQ9KGrJRnuiM4P9sWASyF1KE7h-S99KMmaA8wdjJnjxORCcDz3EssLLAXC0IPXXwhBf4tfyg8nsfTLF2TE3EoRbUXzKz_S68fvxW2PGSp68ZAWQx3wLGZaNjFxeFI-wgBrfqD3DxlU/s320/IMG_4893.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Later that day, we all went outside to play in the snow and we saw Santa drive by in a classic convertible! He waved and honked at the kids and they were pretty stoked about it, especially since it was snowing again!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5pMulTWzYo96jxVT6CClg4Wg9BBynnSzcjdyf-gUZlt5vSOdTsCCglMMIlIlMXM_SLrToSAgaMkS6Mz2LGPUG3PdeBeAYXDct8dcGmgvsz6XuaY5ncni4bLjljpS_sNnpShcQRrYzXg/s2048/IMG_4898_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5pMulTWzYo96jxVT6CClg4Wg9BBynnSzcjdyf-gUZlt5vSOdTsCCglMMIlIlMXM_SLrToSAgaMkS6Mz2LGPUG3PdeBeAYXDct8dcGmgvsz6XuaY5ncni4bLjljpS_sNnpShcQRrYzXg/s320/IMG_4898_jpg.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8VJCjKUZcybSEqCmsdrfXugBoYhtylA_aLgjink1yrTf-ImgW-FR-W4mwvLZtXVwZKoI0bZtm0-9G1O6huq-Q3unAqbhM1BOQSBaX8xBbpyPhSKcGGTeR7_yCKM1V1ssZ0GSAP8T4Pc/s2048/IMG_4897+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8VJCjKUZcybSEqCmsdrfXugBoYhtylA_aLgjink1yrTf-ImgW-FR-W4mwvLZtXVwZKoI0bZtm0-9G1O6huq-Q3unAqbhM1BOQSBaX8xBbpyPhSKcGGTeR7_yCKM1V1ssZ0GSAP8T4Pc/s320/IMG_4897+%25281%2529.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The next day, he and I also made a snowman, which he has wanted to do for over a year!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmeUKTwKsWQ8fVlHNWi0BICMuQIcFyU5at_iqzneax6zG7vYQt4hR2-4T-xPtdOJ5wYUpo95bbZeV61DvS7KcMk8MnMoF93J9ZI2MOy5SPeHrru74T4_5LzHhMlU8gvOhPZl_sFI0y9M/s2048/IMG_4929_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmeUKTwKsWQ8fVlHNWi0BICMuQIcFyU5at_iqzneax6zG7vYQt4hR2-4T-xPtdOJ5wYUpo95bbZeV61DvS7KcMk8MnMoF93J9ZI2MOy5SPeHrru74T4_5LzHhMlU8gvOhPZl_sFI0y9M/s320/IMG_4929_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDdH4eqyoYKNeivlGYrKVETGS4FQiP6SHwQzh2xqB8yTOClEZoCFsSuS9UqZ6qNyiaYW0zpQk7gOX_mFlgw2ZepEkRqnd6S7F6bG3Ty2YrEkf5f337F9VsuDlgnYfnFR4KKQfCshX-NI/s2048/IMG_4914.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDdH4eqyoYKNeivlGYrKVETGS4FQiP6SHwQzh2xqB8yTOClEZoCFsSuS9UqZ6qNyiaYW0zpQk7gOX_mFlgw2ZepEkRqnd6S7F6bG3Ty2YrEkf5f337F9VsuDlgnYfnFR4KKQfCshX-NI/s320/IMG_4914.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I even snuck in a 3 mile run in the snowy woods with E! 💚</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We celebrated the winter solstice on 12/21 with a fire in our new fire pit. We acknowledged the longest night of the year with light and fire and warmth (and a roasted marshmallow or two)! We talked about how the days will start to get longer bit by bit and the nights will get just a bit shorter until it is summer again. Over and over again. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7u6J_wq0-AoXvdQL29W-j_BtWH7xI3oK5YnInbx5kCGvEcke9JHFrqUxxWLPIG50WHO2vrU9Yv6eknOuhnG2GMt_TKrmx59ENjTXDFlLl6V_hqOz0YHcfM4hHZAkxl5A1Rgf7xE41Lg/s2048/IMG_4942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7u6J_wq0-AoXvdQL29W-j_BtWH7xI3oK5YnInbx5kCGvEcke9JHFrqUxxWLPIG50WHO2vrU9Yv6eknOuhnG2GMt_TKrmx59ENjTXDFlLl6V_hqOz0YHcfM4hHZAkxl5A1Rgf7xE41Lg/s320/IMG_4942.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYVCInL4IRmiMudlJYe951AUArl5Er78y7i24xUMpx7AfTavZloziyPDlzfBT5W6I5rut4eiZJuuDp2wZ0nCLOsZmdW9DapW-rLvmM6vUq1TmzgAdjIJzTC10HzOmHAfce4eROwaksxM/s2048/IMG_4949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYVCInL4IRmiMudlJYe951AUArl5Er78y7i24xUMpx7AfTavZloziyPDlzfBT5W6I5rut4eiZJuuDp2wZ0nCLOsZmdW9DapW-rLvmM6vUq1TmzgAdjIJzTC10HzOmHAfce4eROwaksxM/s320/IMG_4949.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58ZexAdQzBnOHdMNMWNyhDn8elQnPb1BcPa5mYJNqO_zIB2-WphuIdZC485Wi_QCa_-sJI7MvbNyWZZ-zAT19oihQvEpqELP4O6RnqDheHprYqNLf8ySbaEvtIdIHqih93Hgx-ybDxIQ/s2048/IMG_4952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58ZexAdQzBnOHdMNMWNyhDn8elQnPb1BcPa5mYJNqO_zIB2-WphuIdZC485Wi_QCa_-sJI7MvbNyWZZ-zAT19oihQvEpqELP4O6RnqDheHprYqNLf8ySbaEvtIdIHqih93Hgx-ybDxIQ/s320/IMG_4952.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On December 23rd, the boys helped Patrick and Rev. Cydney put up the outdoor Nativity Walk. They were so happy to be outside and honestly, just happy to be with their dad. Despite the fact that there were no in person services this year, he worked endlessly for weeks and we didn't see much of him until the morning of the 25th. They had fun and worked hard getting everything together and the Nativity Walk was quite a success. Kudos to Patrick and Cydney for their ingenuity! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5RsNRKOb0Ex4NqFuYqBLvIP8pYc1cJX4vXzZeTLwwsbfA_6lyt_A1dUuI2oJh9T36LKy8dciecPnNI6MPdPmFX48-cMY9NfmTo1G2JEdKEgeL-YoxGke5pv7D6nz_tovshtK-tpB9AQ/s2048/IMG_4978_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5RsNRKOb0Ex4NqFuYqBLvIP8pYc1cJX4vXzZeTLwwsbfA_6lyt_A1dUuI2oJh9T36LKy8dciecPnNI6MPdPmFX48-cMY9NfmTo1G2JEdKEgeL-YoxGke5pv7D6nz_tovshtK-tpB9AQ/s320/IMG_4978_jpg.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Christmas Eve day, I started a fire and we performed our birch bark burning tradition that we have done each year. This started in 2016 when we moved to Connecticut and left almost all of our traditions behind. We discovered that there was a gentleman that would light a fire in the fireplace at the little park across from the church on Christmas Eve day. He had sharpie markers and bags of birch bark and you could write an intention for the new year, or something that you might want to let go off from the previous year, or maybe just a wish or a prayer. After you wrote it on the bark, you threw it into the fireplace and watched it curl up and send that thought into the universe. I loved it so much and then in 2019, the city removed the fireplace. We invited this same guy to bring his little chimney across the street and hold the same open door policy in front of the church in 2019 and then shortly after that... he moved away. By golly, this is the one tradition that I had leaned on and so I collected birch bark from fallen trees on my runs in the woods and we had our own little private burning. Micah wrote "foxes" and wished for all the foxes to be healthy and taken care of. Jonah wrote that he was grateful for "Santa and the spirit of Christmas". Emmett wrote "I wish that covid will be gone in 2021.) Be still my heart. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcDB27TthPwZPLTF1f-Zx5S8Rozx6nm4B-Qz9Wtbxs45b_z_X2OSUmbWCLZqwO0PzJsv6IWV7AvCYRkHYYXqj8p-pjXo7sPGQDQLQ0l0SVltFaGBr2foqUhgG4TvQrvV42ovxlzypkss/s2048/IMG_5006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcDB27TthPwZPLTF1f-Zx5S8Rozx6nm4B-Qz9Wtbxs45b_z_X2OSUmbWCLZqwO0PzJsv6IWV7AvCYRkHYYXqj8p-pjXo7sPGQDQLQ0l0SVltFaGBr2foqUhgG4TvQrvV42ovxlzypkss/s320/IMG_5006.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCODx3IB_yb0XjfhB3OdOLOLn0Putz8FpIKKmpkKBQHHRt2K3byOvqfkbB9ELRWObWroLY6HiTFgflwOSu-O9K_CiOHo8n9KbZiFvSW-U_E_6AszwGIVLOKPIeeYy6H7lA7e5jL5kDF2k/s2048/IMG_5012_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCODx3IB_yb0XjfhB3OdOLOLn0Putz8FpIKKmpkKBQHHRt2K3byOvqfkbB9ELRWObWroLY6HiTFgflwOSu-O9K_CiOHo8n9KbZiFvSW-U_E_6AszwGIVLOKPIeeYy6H7lA7e5jL5kDF2k/s320/IMG_5012_jpg.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Christmas Eve was strange this year for us, just as it was for everyone. Patrick sat in the Meetinghouse alone, streaming the services that he and his team had put together. He turned the lights on in the sanctuary to red and green and they looked really cool from outside through the stained glass. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMc1Lo5iNnrzvCU4UUMXKaDzIDM8kp3hox4g9beeYB00mIB2ueWzgeUd7K_RNaNni00GdbkBDlh_UXJOXa5R4kZtwyEmuDOVRoJJSsSRVN9zZMvLzQPe7t4q6mEb2Rh1_aPEV1Wz7ubN0/s2048/IMG_5020.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMc1Lo5iNnrzvCU4UUMXKaDzIDM8kp3hox4g9beeYB00mIB2ueWzgeUd7K_RNaNni00GdbkBDlh_UXJOXa5R4kZtwyEmuDOVRoJJSsSRVN9zZMvLzQPe7t4q6mEb2Rh1_aPEV1Wz7ubN0/s320/IMG_5020.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRhkwUd8OBT9kYX2qn4X_nG2neaxw5gxZAkxt-08uYHeTb4jcHz5vsK6JmQRwVMp9ZoDXlhPtkKppzdKzcmeq24oNEkqynOrlbic96W6EO9lvnD1nszyzCouQEt4GykzN-IgI6hjz4Gg/s2048/IMG_5014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRhkwUd8OBT9kYX2qn4X_nG2neaxw5gxZAkxt-08uYHeTb4jcHz5vsK6JmQRwVMp9ZoDXlhPtkKppzdKzcmeq24oNEkqynOrlbic96W6EO9lvnD1nszyzCouQEt4GykzN-IgI6hjz4Gg/s320/IMG_5014.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Through all of the noise, laughter, and rambunctiousness, Norah has just stayed right in the middle of things. She loves to help me in the kitchen and often you can find her measuring the extra ingredients or cutting something up. </div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQd1DJcxwF3uYAZ-UDl5ZVMJhGx0YI6Ry8iKo6vcQ06dujk1TRe_dY7LZ6mD2NUykWlcgQ4ciPmx3N42w2C7JWVUnLV1g16kbcpqIni2iJHxeZL4sVgz7CdsNKnMUn1hrC8j2xJbYA4g8/s2048/IMG_4979_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQd1DJcxwF3uYAZ-UDl5ZVMJhGx0YI6Ry8iKo6vcQ06dujk1TRe_dY7LZ6mD2NUykWlcgQ4ciPmx3N42w2C7JWVUnLV1g16kbcpqIni2iJHxeZL4sVgz7CdsNKnMUn1hrC8j2xJbYA4g8/s320/IMG_4979_jpg.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUneeIF43ho-73Hl6kCNFcOXiU297ro7DuwySspRV6XyPN1S6pgxWU2MFjrRwSYgjpRorKJ1CZGv2xItQ8O9sxLgfcD_M5viDtvHc9KYtspNgu_xvncU1DmnN7Fcb9UExtmsSNxS6418E/s2048/IMG_5179.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUneeIF43ho-73Hl6kCNFcOXiU297ro7DuwySspRV6XyPN1S6pgxWU2MFjrRwSYgjpRorKJ1CZGv2xItQ8O9sxLgfcD_M5viDtvHc9KYtspNgu_xvncU1DmnN7Fcb9UExtmsSNxS6418E/s320/IMG_5179.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She is also a big fan of a small cup of decaf coffee with almond milk or a splash of soy creamer. Oy, don't judge me. </div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdsTHP-4Qu2slExc28X1OT7O_UDI8DGiW8ht2u0yGZrohvghKJ-pVTIXdCwqsp9RCUbq0yKx-wFPoEaJ1L_zAFEWDAzB1JGXTYQPy7WGUeoSlslK7i1LhOi0-QqcPV7_ngpWtrC_nSt4/s2048/IMG_5098_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdsTHP-4Qu2slExc28X1OT7O_UDI8DGiW8ht2u0yGZrohvghKJ-pVTIXdCwqsp9RCUbq0yKx-wFPoEaJ1L_zAFEWDAzB1JGXTYQPy7WGUeoSlslK7i1LhOi0-QqcPV7_ngpWtrC_nSt4/s320/IMG_5098_jpg.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Christmas came with excited kids and lots and lots of games. Santa brought Mouse Trap and that was really fun for Emmett since he had studied Rube Goldberg. </div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuoxXmm8Y2n0ugcki0W3gbzDsTs3VNkqAIfXtkFPJ3jgtRWxi5Wt6nMaij6ZKJCsrsp0LnwG1IaXUiP6uDfzLwUCPKUnzwTQYzESWPuYURO8OD61PN0LYWjXyCgZ6S8z4twwG2vkDhaQ/s2048/IMG_5046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuoxXmm8Y2n0ugcki0W3gbzDsTs3VNkqAIfXtkFPJ3jgtRWxi5Wt6nMaij6ZKJCsrsp0LnwG1IaXUiP6uDfzLwUCPKUnzwTQYzESWPuYURO8OD61PN0LYWjXyCgZ6S8z4twwG2vkDhaQ/s320/IMG_5046.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Other favorites include Scrabble, Sneaky Squirrel (thanks Betsy!), Outfoxed (thanks Steve K!), and Husker checkers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1FFODcMAXiMXZw9LdBMUFw4vqzNuy7a9pxWh6pZil6A3T4Mh1xz_s2AOKdIF4lpmjZWUpT2fct-qFimy9amNm3zWHT1y840H4ZSuk3IHzrMSeV3TOvpfn9fVJWcp7js0ZkexxKny_rg/s2048/IMG_5181.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1FFODcMAXiMXZw9LdBMUFw4vqzNuy7a9pxWh6pZil6A3T4Mh1xz_s2AOKdIF4lpmjZWUpT2fct-qFimy9amNm3zWHT1y840H4ZSuk3IHzrMSeV3TOvpfn9fVJWcp7js0ZkexxKny_rg/s320/IMG_5181.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnf0IEV2dyFI138e6RmoDNiW_L__aj6zeM486eBIDHSxFiIClAqfL1VIrmTnhMnrrpc0V-E4PGgfshD-WhO6wVxtO7ZfKYfeBwy6WiO_2yRyxUYvjt-URTSVZWcLx3Jm9CNmrIqGNkOs/s2048/IMG_5137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnf0IEV2dyFI138e6RmoDNiW_L__aj6zeM486eBIDHSxFiIClAqfL1VIrmTnhMnrrpc0V-E4PGgfshD-WhO6wVxtO7ZfKYfeBwy6WiO_2yRyxUYvjt-URTSVZWcLx3Jm9CNmrIqGNkOs/s320/IMG_5137.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_06zDNt0TU9IRqKqwVeiWpTcIRpL04Oz-GvjQbc0vZTnecchNeXu0I1ys2ftqEig7NveLOQDm1GG-LwmvRlEtoaObMpGzmsnJxeov3tNI_0tFNH5mEPDKHlnTCUi9Wh2cvB5qSP6xkw/s2048/IMG_5186.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_06zDNt0TU9IRqKqwVeiWpTcIRpL04Oz-GvjQbc0vZTnecchNeXu0I1ys2ftqEig7NveLOQDm1GG-LwmvRlEtoaObMpGzmsnJxeov3tNI_0tFNH5mEPDKHlnTCUi9Wh2cvB5qSP6xkw/s320/IMG_5186.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Micah and Jonah have had great fun with a train that goes around the track or on the floor. (Thanks Craig and Vance!) And Jonah can almost always be found on the floor somewhere driving his new firetruck and ambulance around. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknGYRcu7b1lHuEO_nnhyphenhyphenb13BKeyG51p6lsBmKxAk_Edt8gy3lXjwdVS2XMrwSPY7YL7pZ2Ya52aFEGCWSznw6iKXAE6Q5nEU4p2cm9f9HqTc5QAniPdqRicVe8i003WL2ib1pi9ZCwuk/s2048/IMG_5049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknGYRcu7b1lHuEO_nnhyphenhyphenb13BKeyG51p6lsBmKxAk_Edt8gy3lXjwdVS2XMrwSPY7YL7pZ2Ya52aFEGCWSznw6iKXAE6Q5nEU4p2cm9f9HqTc5QAniPdqRicVe8i003WL2ib1pi9ZCwuk/s320/IMG_5049.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Santa came through with a blue arctic fox for Micah. </div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkA8FzO4qrjvNZ3LCTGuJKMapEkOpPU93-_ArdFKWC1kZEA0egBdLn6d0Tos8jkXAb2BZM3pPjq2fdExYQWnbQx2TehRNFFlLBC9D_FAA6i85L9Wn9CFirg0peCGoNONlxz_eubgEKic/s2048/IMG_5073.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkA8FzO4qrjvNZ3LCTGuJKMapEkOpPU93-_ArdFKWC1kZEA0egBdLn6d0Tos8jkXAb2BZM3pPjq2fdExYQWnbQx2TehRNFFlLBC9D_FAA6i85L9Wn9CFirg0peCGoNONlxz_eubgEKic/s320/IMG_5073.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLhcTMc4FnAGZrDOvTP_tOXkhVY6LKbx5xM4F1kTGz-wIqr-BS2FyaapPK4I8OxFVKZ9OX8ZYkRB0RHDRD5-wIEECor1H2K7zXsroK4vyTAHKRy1eUfRQFSw4c3FAnE_2bmK4_bYspFo/s2048/IMG_5086.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLhcTMc4FnAGZrDOvTP_tOXkhVY6LKbx5xM4F1kTGz-wIqr-BS2FyaapPK4I8OxFVKZ9OX8ZYkRB0RHDRD5-wIEECor1H2K7zXsroK4vyTAHKRy1eUfRQFSw4c3FAnE_2bmK4_bYspFo/s320/IMG_5086.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Norah painting with her dot paints (thanks Betsy!)</div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEi5GEOaKc9x_Zu4KeKiJA40_xwJ7pAw2yiPprzToJvwU7Y7UWUC1GtJXUfWosvaFnfUXPxIP2FHO0KjEZjvtviH57cK-3BdYFem5lNYLa9ddgzgcyDOXe7YP9wGIzl29OMME8wgQ9VA/s2048/IMG_5151_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEi5GEOaKc9x_Zu4KeKiJA40_xwJ7pAw2yiPprzToJvwU7Y7UWUC1GtJXUfWosvaFnfUXPxIP2FHO0KjEZjvtviH57cK-3BdYFem5lNYLa9ddgzgcyDOXe7YP9wGIzl29OMME8wgQ9VA/s320/IMG_5151_jpg.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEIDHuYRxqIfeApvdUWuadL6XUEz1WaKukqYSsfHXhFnFMP7lV19ANky8zLCfAzfxg-6qAGIjLA34QfOTMeBxED9devntBYRaG732WWlWIXa1YOFiZwWTPPkfLzLFwzlkXOpznuxvJnrc/s2048/IMG_5158_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEIDHuYRxqIfeApvdUWuadL6XUEz1WaKukqYSsfHXhFnFMP7lV19ANky8zLCfAzfxg-6qAGIjLA34QfOTMeBxED9devntBYRaG732WWlWIXa1YOFiZwWTPPkfLzLFwzlkXOpznuxvJnrc/s320/IMG_5158_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just a little tea for everyone. (Thanks Grammy and Pops!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also, I don't have a photo yet but Grandma Barb and Grandpa Levin sent Norah some play food and pots and utensils and that has been a hit with all 4 of them. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the week between Christmas and New Years Day, Patrick had the good fortune to assemble a treadmill that he surprised me with. I think that Emmett, Patrick and I will all enjoy it. Yesterday, I ran in Japan, Patrick ran in Greece, and Emmett ran in Thailand in an elephant sanctuary. Cool, right?!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvjVhRogqcqb-U_pkJ0Qil0r9ObOam675kUn3UqWIySEL7KKqCbbR5dMzhvPfMuhIKCx_y2Hw7WXVJ_NXkTcUnxX6Ej1dnS4VTnd_jU0i8G3S8Gdr63glXGDQ1u6fS-zKN0LZT6EeoMI/s2048/IMG_5161.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvjVhRogqcqb-U_pkJ0Qil0r9ObOam675kUn3UqWIySEL7KKqCbbR5dMzhvPfMuhIKCx_y2Hw7WXVJ_NXkTcUnxX6Ej1dnS4VTnd_jU0i8G3S8Gdr63glXGDQ1u6fS-zKN0LZT6EeoMI/s320/IMG_5161.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbxEzB4sRxE_Ocnluiq619IPobHFsGcMbz4zXq9EEUcVgiPrDfe_22oQ_LP3AYPcybWatA5XjlGVo23wBV70dGDJWu5ymD85stcxAX-L_MByktgbuuYAsswSBMpu6RTotILyARyQ1TgM/s2048/IMG_5168.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbxEzB4sRxE_Ocnluiq619IPobHFsGcMbz4zXq9EEUcVgiPrDfe_22oQ_LP3AYPcybWatA5XjlGVo23wBV70dGDJWu5ymD85stcxAX-L_MByktgbuuYAsswSBMpu6RTotILyARyQ1TgM/s320/IMG_5168.jpg" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our family New Year's Eve tradition is to have "Fancy Dinner". This started before we even had kids. I think the impetus was that I can't hardly stay up past 10p and neither of us really enjoys going out. Each year I make a fancy meal and this year we went extra with the good wedding china that had never been out of the box, candles with crystal candlestick holders and goblets for everyone, not just the grown ups. The kids loved being trusted to u<span style="font-family: inherit;">se these things. It was so fun to watch them. I figure if a plate breaks or a glass breaks, who cares. We will clean it up and try again. I was disappointed that the new chargers for the plates and the table runner didn't get here in time but it was still lovely. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our menu this year included...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- vegan cream cheese with cranberry chutney on crackers</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- mashed potatoes</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- vegan macaroni and cheese baked with bread crumb topping </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- portobello mushroom steaks with avocado chimichurri<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- baguette with vegan butter</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- sweet and sour Brussels sprouts<span class="Apple-converted-space"> with grapes and chestnuts</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- vegan pumpkin creme brule<span class="Apple-converted-space"> (with vegan chocolate cheesecake as a backup plan, which we did end up needing)</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">- a splash of red wine or sparkling grape juice<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaw6CJM98Ju3RJZ3gjFwPl8GQtsIraenRDQzeR8TwbdoDVa-GmSxjzgsIx9ClygR0AKZyRJLCd7x04Igckgzal86ys8zWvgfr7h3npzAUQCI3eTPRE9Ehab-mo7D1dcfYTsciobojFUII/s2048/IMG_5191.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaw6CJM98Ju3RJZ3gjFwPl8GQtsIraenRDQzeR8TwbdoDVa-GmSxjzgsIx9ClygR0AKZyRJLCd7x04Igckgzal86ys8zWvgfr7h3npzAUQCI3eTPRE9Ehab-mo7D1dcfYTsciobojFUII/s320/IMG_5191.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">And so, with that, 2020 draws to a close. We have homeschooled for 4 months and I would have to say that in most ways, it has been a success. I wish you all joy, health, happiness and most of all hope for 2021. </span><div><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLX5GmfqHiMFgF8ojzH5WG6aTduYJNbHPsCH3XkH9SrnbFqKgOGc3ONs2tjvMDuBhpnfnWyqm2C5jHtNhcDcaafULrI34coB-Zxzli73U4GezunVIwLpaZXYWmDf_FjrP9tkLJdB_sIBk/s2048/IMG_5167.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLX5GmfqHiMFgF8ojzH5WG6aTduYJNbHPsCH3XkH9SrnbFqKgOGc3ONs2tjvMDuBhpnfnWyqm2C5jHtNhcDcaafULrI34coB-Zxzli73U4GezunVIwLpaZXYWmDf_FjrP9tkLJdB_sIBk/s320/IMG_5167.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="text-align: left;">Happy New Year and Joy to the World. </span><br style="text-align: left;" /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-3586365225206597242020-12-20T05:59:00.003-08:002020-12-20T05:59:29.572-08:00Week 15 - Christmas fun and a little sledding swim<p> Happy third week in Advent! December 13th - December 19th, 2020</p><p>This post will catch me up! A Christmas miracle with all of the fun things we are doing in anticipation of Christmas. Fair warning, picture overload. </p><p>On Sunday the weather was again pretty nice. We opted for a porch picnic. I came out with my lunch to find the kids singing our family prayer. They know how to melt this mama's heart. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQSY1L9QZzDmVZaKkASF6A2CJVU41sfxYsob9ZHBsskdZ63HjjgFV7-3jAzjQICg2HOwvR4q49WXYNtYYRz0J67FJ3hVy3eEYoryxVksNqoD7n8mh4RlZOnuLWNWqcQI3ct_hFd4od2I/s2048/IMG_4695.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQSY1L9QZzDmVZaKkASF6A2CJVU41sfxYsob9ZHBsskdZ63HjjgFV7-3jAzjQICg2HOwvR4q49WXYNtYYRz0J67FJ3hVy3eEYoryxVksNqoD7n8mh4RlZOnuLWNWqcQI3ct_hFd4od2I/s320/IMG_4695.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Later that afternoon we frosted cookies. Gingerbread and sugar cutouts. So. Many. Sprinkles. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvBtNXpjYxFAugQ4zY2yjd_uWbS77BHYhe38jA8B8rO5OLwmthkiao0gfb3oQJG43hW0sOqF4rMwvQluN4MhC4r579uB-bo_PUlDuT3GcH0Mbrs6wxpd4xuJOz5uRlEPB4eTIuaAnYEQ/s2048/IMG_4701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvBtNXpjYxFAugQ4zY2yjd_uWbS77BHYhe38jA8B8rO5OLwmthkiao0gfb3oQJG43hW0sOqF4rMwvQluN4MhC4r579uB-bo_PUlDuT3GcH0Mbrs6wxpd4xuJOz5uRlEPB4eTIuaAnYEQ/s320/IMG_4701.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5rBW-PIbygdRm0783LEmjTPQ3Z9JoUmCZVLHO6JmjuomRGx8DDLTs9zgq8i-jH3pZGh7ZdSpPnlWLMN0m9n917G2kzluwU3DFlnQcwTAVkChizW8nXxj4yNvK1XWW-pH-49ftb6UgYfk/s2048/IMG_4702_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5rBW-PIbygdRm0783LEmjTPQ3Z9JoUmCZVLHO6JmjuomRGx8DDLTs9zgq8i-jH3pZGh7ZdSpPnlWLMN0m9n917G2kzluwU3DFlnQcwTAVkChizW8nXxj4yNvK1XWW-pH-49ftb6UgYfk/s320/IMG_4702_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehX7-8ETjH68p4Rt7bzfTBh6uB1kSqv2TFF2zAs3EC_9doWtZPyvT-kzR9V4rCfbkezCfEKornEHNkjHj5wlTVmVr7ap5gchG1vo6a-XLgIza7Ot1jskB7Q8a3v0HNwCRxhSZADj9VzY/s2048/IMG_4703_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehX7-8ETjH68p4Rt7bzfTBh6uB1kSqv2TFF2zAs3EC_9doWtZPyvT-kzR9V4rCfbkezCfEKornEHNkjHj5wlTVmVr7ap5gchG1vo6a-XLgIza7Ot1jskB7Q8a3v0HNwCRxhSZADj9VzY/s320/IMG_4703_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbm1jr8Ges5U7N4TR-2JXhCcfZW_g3LUaWxQ2WrUuJVIejG6TpjlXY24DMitE1ytXaYfTWh7scOenDaN7jNgtpLNbkQujNDMpafhbjZLMGwKyoW_4oF_avKQ35c2qm_vZ_pirx0kCtEU/s2048/IMG_4710_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbm1jr8Ges5U7N4TR-2JXhCcfZW_g3LUaWxQ2WrUuJVIejG6TpjlXY24DMitE1ytXaYfTWh7scOenDaN7jNgtpLNbkQujNDMpafhbjZLMGwKyoW_4oF_avKQ35c2qm_vZ_pirx0kCtEU/s320/IMG_4710_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBxoidGhBsj1zux56eB-icxMPx9RJ_985dNu92dRmMHMQIy9gm-EVQJW0Jpq73vri7hAaQbW99uSdQCy9Ygpq_OxGndPqJN9biFjtlRQ6cWHywCszPjwRR5hhJfIFGrvTXVcFVjRLE0jI/s2048/IMG_4705_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBxoidGhBsj1zux56eB-icxMPx9RJ_985dNu92dRmMHMQIy9gm-EVQJW0Jpq73vri7hAaQbW99uSdQCy9Ygpq_OxGndPqJN9biFjtlRQ6cWHywCszPjwRR5hhJfIFGrvTXVcFVjRLE0jI/s320/IMG_4705_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Norah and dad frosted the same 4 cookies for about 35 minutes. Hey, whatever keeps them busy!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3q9k6qTGDIrX5iSHBxWzG0O7zxHpc0L8-drAgpLTecB1XGx6aRkU6SZ9ARZEbJseHHDpaTflaE275mmICJFwyhltUtq51g_70ey_6amK0kmVF91urpkAb8blyF-LP9AwZnJ6VW16QP_U/s2048/IMG_4711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3q9k6qTGDIrX5iSHBxWzG0O7zxHpc0L8-drAgpLTecB1XGx6aRkU6SZ9ARZEbJseHHDpaTflaE275mmICJFwyhltUtq51g_70ey_6amK0kmVF91urpkAb8blyF-LP9AwZnJ6VW16QP_U/s320/IMG_4711.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And then it was outside to burn off the sugar. Norah is learning to use the smallest baseball glove we have. Oh, and always in cowboy boots. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The final photos of the gingerbread houses are in too! Here are the completed products as requested by Jenn. Also, a big thanks to Betsy for hours of entertainment. It was so kind of you to bring these houses over!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjOstzNcprVkA0bq3Bx3K78tDyDWbVgWwoOOXFjpW0faPx3CmA5iU0_FnvTt2-f1DqZRcWceL9Ns5JUCy2ixrN5W4OBqIO6ScZqohus63YinYCS2Rzu4t_pG_O6lvS3q4NnLTGwPVoVs/s2048/IMG_4758_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjOstzNcprVkA0bq3Bx3K78tDyDWbVgWwoOOXFjpW0faPx3CmA5iU0_FnvTt2-f1DqZRcWceL9Ns5JUCy2ixrN5W4OBqIO6ScZqohus63YinYCS2Rzu4t_pG_O6lvS3q4NnLTGwPVoVs/w263-h198/IMG_4758_jpg.jpg" width="263" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLia_IXOMBTLqUHtuARXTCwqY1uT3wjYpjdFfS-cGmfrYNUS2aK-YKA4E2TEcADM-eTV_kmOvbovt3efVKkuydRICdImzp3t17gi9C0FLugT2jWQnuKuJbtdeYNv4xCHZDDOvgpstSOE/s2048/IMG_4759_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLia_IXOMBTLqUHtuARXTCwqY1uT3wjYpjdFfS-cGmfrYNUS2aK-YKA4E2TEcADM-eTV_kmOvbovt3efVKkuydRICdImzp3t17gi9C0FLugT2jWQnuKuJbtdeYNv4xCHZDDOvgpstSOE/w258-h194/IMG_4759_jpg.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This week Micah read <u>Fox the Tiger.</u> He read it to me and then he went on to read it to Grammy and Pops, Ms DiCarlo, and dad! He looked over at me in the middle and said with surprise, "I'm actually reading!" For sure, buddy! For his language arts he started the story of Aladdin but it was too weird and too scary. I am 100% changing the plan next week. We didn't even finish the story but jumped over to independent and read aloud to mom books. I then opted to combine science and language arts this week because he was so focused on the fox book. His science lesson this week was all about how we use rocks and minerals in the real world. We read from his science books and talked about the big picture ideas and then we made story rocks. This was super fun. I collected some rocks for him on one of my runs and then we sat down together to create. I drew out the characters on the rocks at his request and then he colored them. Math continues on with yet more subtraction using count on and math drawings and number bonds of 10. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9hixkfQ3LDDVUHHQCK3PNpiUztUnhwDOID8C4swuOQxJtnEcPqfV0fC7C3kfIJmV8pcPMYlFcngRT-Lq0yRe19QfeQLeXhbv_z9hp9Ki9NWaSxYKreT9UXzuvTDXajkpwA3lBgsB0sI/s2048/IMG_4729.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9hixkfQ3LDDVUHHQCK3PNpiUztUnhwDOID8C4swuOQxJtnEcPqfV0fC7C3kfIJmV8pcPMYlFcngRT-Lq0yRe19QfeQLeXhbv_z9hp9Ki9NWaSxYKreT9UXzuvTDXajkpwA3lBgsB0sI/s320/IMG_4729.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTj6GySWKzSAkhQG1B9va5taDUIrASjhMICikJ2P59nof0899buCkeBUY7j0Au9Y3YjUAQQDdUsqC_X6TZHpEauH6lZ2KGuwI_ewIz4wvOWiFX1tAcGbWw3KiE0y24zO4qneIwxhjEQY/s2048/IMG_4852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTj6GySWKzSAkhQG1B9va5taDUIrASjhMICikJ2P59nof0899buCkeBUY7j0Au9Y3YjUAQQDdUsqC_X6TZHpEauH6lZ2KGuwI_ewIz4wvOWiFX1tAcGbWw3KiE0y24zO4qneIwxhjEQY/s320/IMG_4852.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsUWS9j4neJ_HH6U6VufCtDu9ann2f26Qb7frq_6PqUpNXTKYq6BezS6I4p4u4svQY89I5zvVtQIsPConoWTPHYVbsa38nzWuoT2D4yWqZZXrA94b6mX7BdeFLY_XFnfOcGaBrEJ-vSE/s2048/IMG_4888.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsUWS9j4neJ_HH6U6VufCtDu9ann2f26Qb7frq_6PqUpNXTKYq6BezS6I4p4u4svQY89I5zvVtQIsPConoWTPHYVbsa38nzWuoT2D4yWqZZXrA94b6mX7BdeFLY_XFnfOcGaBrEJ-vSE/w162-h216/IMG_4888.jpg" width="162" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8XrYLjWB79rxoy6uAwgj88q3IIVOm45SAvpTy_nY09n4RShi6g2Czgs12vbTksI1y8Ng6Oi_9y9x1zFOt_ozlu6P6gYmnIN0TeFHxJzMmR2VLkfF-SCM2gb4GYyXBAAU_ym_ULf_s4MA/s2048/IMG_4889.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8XrYLjWB79rxoy6uAwgj88q3IIVOm45SAvpTy_nY09n4RShi6g2Czgs12vbTksI1y8Ng6Oi_9y9x1zFOt_ozlu6P6gYmnIN0TeFHxJzMmR2VLkfF-SCM2gb4GYyXBAAU_ym_ULf_s4MA/w171-h228/IMG_4889.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGjkOsZxxKVWUO8RuKONB9Ow4lXNp4AVdQWgfcZoXM88KoNWivRkPpM1aIUbuzIdD7vkOuanrzdi1Veoxn9kVEIOmPe8zQU18-qHPE_ilUBNWpNEqdIjlAFyPKLc8VXU98IhtUrLK2Lw/s2048/IMG_4855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGjkOsZxxKVWUO8RuKONB9Ow4lXNp4AVdQWgfcZoXM88KoNWivRkPpM1aIUbuzIdD7vkOuanrzdi1Veoxn9kVEIOmPe8zQU18-qHPE_ilUBNWpNEqdIjlAFyPKLc8VXU98IhtUrLK2Lw/w165-h219/IMG_4855.jpg" width="165" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJZt6P4iFqrBMoIsx7tHFD9ir90I0W7g_t7gwnl_Xyr1a7XAlWFzV1CfUOdxOZK2WAL3Dac3tPGPVHjoNCm6YnXlb4EgP_pbLvEm1BkYF10fk_PSgTdM1BMEYvAGZebMNrSgt1L9FukY/s2048/IMG_4853.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJZt6P4iFqrBMoIsx7tHFD9ir90I0W7g_t7gwnl_Xyr1a7XAlWFzV1CfUOdxOZK2WAL3Dac3tPGPVHjoNCm6YnXlb4EgP_pbLvEm1BkYF10fk_PSgTdM1BMEYvAGZebMNrSgt1L9FukY/w163-h218/IMG_4853.jpg" width="163" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Emmett is still working on Ramayana and he wrote about allies and enemies this week. He continues to amaze me with the ease that he flies through his word lists and vocabulary assignments. Long division is much easier this week and the last math lesson this week explained that when you divide, you either are trying to find the number of groups or the size of the group. He has this down with no problem. I am very proud of him for his perseverance. In science he added on to his knowledge of circuits and electricity. He used Snap Circuits to create all sorts of cool circuits that lit up, played music and turned on a fan. Thanks to the Riggs family for the circuit set! Who knew that would fit into his curriculum perfectly! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrYU5-5kLSNe29TiY1QJRg8wkSFRo99e9ohvBc23gp5_8hxjwQY8rhHvhQXcK-X3pZqNrbsJWKuR5fNznWD23M25sXtZ3APrK7yNwAWTJEiVbLeEMgWWbkjR2C2zbYTZuW6EgR3pQKJk/s2048/IMG_4845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCrYU5-5kLSNe29TiY1QJRg8wkSFRo99e9ohvBc23gp5_8hxjwQY8rhHvhQXcK-X3pZqNrbsJWKuR5fNznWD23M25sXtZ3APrK7yNwAWTJEiVbLeEMgWWbkjR2C2zbYTZuW6EgR3pQKJk/s320/IMG_4845.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwteCIn6rPFXbspeTb-3qs20REPHiKaoNL1oWYOShSrmkmEkK1GqWiKlPDEYish07g8DYRoKNoRBaXNj6MU1w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwdIaAPbo55UMWTaPHxHSAg_IwqDb6a7eAj3Om0siVmeyuclW1QBQTF4uymKIMe_1ioACGrTChDEo8X_B3G1A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jonah made a few Christmas cards this week. He used buttons to made designs and I helped him glue the buttons down. He practiced writing a few words including his name! He continues the 100 day countdown to Christmas and is so excited. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Wednesday night it snowed about 8 inches. We don't often get any significant amounts of snow here on the coast and so The Collins' Academy called a snow day on Thursday and a late start/half day on Friday! It continued to flurry most of the day Thursday and the kids played and played and played. All except Norah, the girl who detested her snow boots, snow pants and new coat. In classic two year old fashion we got dressed, had a meltdown and went back inside in the first 3 minutes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBQBI7uiT0TdOO-3m3a8F_Hu34UXiYXNctL8eJ08z6F4tjeYOtrntC000XOsR5UV7x2mLA4XTN2E792MhSXZ_dIcmoOnMXSRF2MB4Y6jTmBS85BFb0rBJWH_xWuR-A-lwJHalGxk_fQU/s2048/IMG_4776_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBQBI7uiT0TdOO-3m3a8F_Hu34UXiYXNctL8eJ08z6F4tjeYOtrntC000XOsR5UV7x2mLA4XTN2E792MhSXZ_dIcmoOnMXSRF2MB4Y6jTmBS85BFb0rBJWH_xWuR-A-lwJHalGxk_fQU/s320/IMG_4776_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">On Friday all the schools in our area went back and so I took the opportunity to take the three boys sledding on the "big hill". I knew that it would have been too busy to be safe on Thursday and from the looks of the tracks that was accurate. We had the hill to ourself initially and then two other families came a bit later. We had a great time. Well, at least until Jonah (4 years old) sledded into the creek. It was shallow and he was fine. He stood right up and after I sprinted down the very slick, icy hill in snow boots, I grabbed him and pulled him out. I hustled him to the car about 5 minutes away. He was howling because his snow clothes were sopping wet and heavy, he scared himself and "the water was yucky". I stripped him down to his shorts and t-shirt outside the car because his snow pants were starting to ice over. I should double check the brand of snow gear he was wearing because his North Face puffer coat, snow pants, socks, boots, mittens, and mask were soaking wet and dripping but his shorts and t-shirt were basically dry. I'm pretty sure his boots are still wet 2 days later. Anywho, I ran his home and tucked him straight into the shower and threw all of our gear into the washing machine. Betsy ran the two big boys home a few minutes later (thanks Betsy!) Everyone is currently warm, safe and dry. Disclaimer - to be clear he was not in danger and never got too cold. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lHhG0P2Wg7zbSmbh2KVho0b2LS2KvUcHbrVy_XYEmO3SgnIbgII9vwtFO0qoylaCcioZiwRFlQh59HyqXjrGr_KSHuU42YHPdMqmRXIzm4ifS6BRWJCH8_tAh9Ay4reuadxkflkYPs4/s2048/IMG_4809_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lHhG0P2Wg7zbSmbh2KVho0b2LS2KvUcHbrVy_XYEmO3SgnIbgII9vwtFO0qoylaCcioZiwRFlQh59HyqXjrGr_KSHuU42YHPdMqmRXIzm4ifS6BRWJCH8_tAh9Ay4reuadxkflkYPs4/s320/IMG_4809_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVInwGCTvGPnaUYBv9aMsjYnawLmFUinpvI_MD1mAb0z7JNST9FhwfKaY9JQMur-wkzIKDcdMjuR9I4nJJ7h30xQeGsY-kq9arQeLlAavxEvbk1st8lGP-NOc9X6cNLXqrCSD5cwHJ8s/s2048/IMG_4803_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVInwGCTvGPnaUYBv9aMsjYnawLmFUinpvI_MD1mAb0z7JNST9FhwfKaY9JQMur-wkzIKDcdMjuR9I4nJJ7h30xQeGsY-kq9arQeLlAavxEvbk1st8lGP-NOc9X6cNLXqrCSD5cwHJ8s/s320/IMG_4803_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These are just a few photos from several of my early morning runs this week. The world looks so different and lovely covered in snow. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5du3GQVusfwcU8WnzdcBZgC8kKkVurtfBV6MbaM3bXmwL0LnpnVPeeFCj3ZE-jlL0hojKN0UjOqnt-YKUc2SIjgDJEFH4FOIxFTy9k6HsA3XnvvdoUL5JZA2dcGFtR-iaQmmamMSels/s2048/IMG_4790.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5du3GQVusfwcU8WnzdcBZgC8kKkVurtfBV6MbaM3bXmwL0LnpnVPeeFCj3ZE-jlL0hojKN0UjOqnt-YKUc2SIjgDJEFH4FOIxFTy9k6HsA3XnvvdoUL5JZA2dcGFtR-iaQmmamMSels/s320/IMG_4790.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q1YKFrt-JxlBU_Q4XXAjZETjWlUK4TD8uWclxlVeCRmJQrAD0Fa4tgLr5M16CSgdnTn1wCD1eFdrsM8jJrjOwnLUQqDQwIQLUvvLfLL5eWte_7EwXlzsmk63L7fAsQc3ZM8s6rGbfyw/s2048/IMG_4798.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Q1YKFrt-JxlBU_Q4XXAjZETjWlUK4TD8uWclxlVeCRmJQrAD0Fa4tgLr5M16CSgdnTn1wCD1eFdrsM8jJrjOwnLUQqDQwIQLUvvLfLL5eWte_7EwXlzsmk63L7fAsQc3ZM8s6rGbfyw/s320/IMG_4798.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkEtsPV3ueJsf4W80m1ZgDr-zCMehQqWfOTbolgAFwWk99p4U3LoU9ssNSvazgF1iBVGY-WPIm4NEymk5i3nrJhikqKGSRBP5AUQM2hAHkmB5nAeJQkaqaa79JzlGoIiOlWOstsVo7ss/s2048/IMG_4835.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjkEtsPV3ueJsf4W80m1ZgDr-zCMehQqWfOTbolgAFwWk99p4U3LoU9ssNSvazgF1iBVGY-WPIm4NEymk5i3nrJhikqKGSRBP5AUQM2hAHkmB5nAeJQkaqaa79JzlGoIiOlWOstsVo7ss/s320/IMG_4835.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope everyone finds a way to celebrate the winter (or summer) solstice and has a lovely Christmas week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Merry Christmas all. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Peace and Light,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kate</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-84929751028760049742020-12-19T16:10:00.005-08:002020-12-19T16:54:52.067-08:00Week 14<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Editor's note - December 6th, 2020 - December 12th, 2020<p></p><p>Ah December, it is magical and dark and cold. It holds Advent and Chanukah, Christmas and the Winter Solstice, Festivus and New Year's Eve. We have woven in some winter and holiday fun with our regular curriculum. </p><p>Emmett is still reading <u>Ramayana: The Divine Loophole</u> by Sanjay Patel. This is a great version of the story of one of Vishnu's avatars, Rama, as written and illustrated by an artist and veteran Pixar animator. This week he made his own map of a hero's adventure that he created. We also started learning about Langston Hughes. We read "Danse Africiane" and "Mother to Son". </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQ-TIrz_V7JAsJXvuIK-_2CQVHeXLOXnFle0VjFcdgKtj5WPV4X4P01NXZKeFnYKl5qU2Bxbf8xX4L2iPsvdhOhtwfknXLZri48QqSt_E_7sedjDnajs4QsVvbSIPAmScxY_DeqXJ2JI/s500/Ramayana.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQ-TIrz_V7JAsJXvuIK-_2CQVHeXLOXnFle0VjFcdgKtj5WPV4X4P01NXZKeFnYKl5qU2Bxbf8xX4L2iPsvdhOhtwfknXLZri48QqSt_E_7sedjDnajs4QsVvbSIPAmScxY_DeqXJ2JI/s320/Ramayana.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>He continues on with long division in math and is beginning to learn the standard algorithm. In science he began a phsyics unit on electricty, including charges, thunder and lightening and lightening rods. He built a 3 story Lego building that we added a lightening rod to and discussed why this is important in real life. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Micah read the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel (um, I forgot how scary that is). I am going to revamp Micah's language arts because the fairy tale situation isn't going to work for us. Anywho, we talked about how a breadcrumb trail isn't ideal for multiple reasons. I asked him to come up with some better ways to navigate. This gave Patrick the opportunity to take him outside and show him how to use a compass! Patrick pulled out his compass from scouts and he and Micah spent about 45 minutes learning how to use it. When they came in we got out a map and tried some basic map reading. It was fun to watch him figure pieces of that out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For science this week, Micah made rock "baseball" cards. We used his science book to research rocks found all over the world. He looked through the book and marked the pages he wanted to come back to. He then colored an index card for each of the pages. We went through each one together to come up with facts for the back of each card including location and rock type. </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In math he continues with module 2, subtraction using 10 groups broken into number bonds. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxliN7R8HRP5g8CFgYV1X6CWFq-6VBgpjlrC4rGpRlcUI4Vs8BRuugqAKwWbnL5S3fUlHgXdTTBSFL1uCwAXW31-OQW6o4M5D46VkmT3McKA3nNpt3cX0TZGBiyLdvz9H1WT4KfH1SHhw/s4032/IMG_4550.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxliN7R8HRP5g8CFgYV1X6CWFq-6VBgpjlrC4rGpRlcUI4Vs8BRuugqAKwWbnL5S3fUlHgXdTTBSFL1uCwAXW31-OQW6o4M5D46VkmT3McKA3nNpt3cX0TZGBiyLdvz9H1WT4KfH1SHhw/s320/IMG_4550.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jonah continues to work on letter recognition and matching - Christmas style! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HIuQjABxSm2UpDHM8CFRgWADSz87AtWeOaXYJi7Wltc4cl9y9g8yGswVBYtqLlraCD6dy4lAa8_fwnzMIDOR-7jnaMAiYcq4EXls-IYlq1MP67wgDJZdMhoM0rZVPEI3MMTeu7DfUGA/s2048/CCA60BAA-7389-498F-8915-D938C64F30C0.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HIuQjABxSm2UpDHM8CFRgWADSz87AtWeOaXYJi7Wltc4cl9y9g8yGswVBYtqLlraCD6dy4lAa8_fwnzMIDOR-7jnaMAiYcq4EXls-IYlq1MP67wgDJZdMhoM0rZVPEI3MMTeu7DfUGA/s320/CCA60BAA-7389-498F-8915-D938C64F30C0.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnV1MiV4Nm3iUAiSYz9aWC15XIbWP3yqtMipMQQGdnH1FpH9xdsN1mMTDsxX_KxV_no8J3b7TGweEXKbeyvJiaP-7dv4ej4Nexjb9sNkvyxiTXJRGHf_WRiSO78tSl5vslAq-1Q2KvHog/s2048/E4DC6839-6658-4629-B91A-946E4EA9E731.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnV1MiV4Nm3iUAiSYz9aWC15XIbWP3yqtMipMQQGdnH1FpH9xdsN1mMTDsxX_KxV_no8J3b7TGweEXKbeyvJiaP-7dv4ej4Nexjb9sNkvyxiTXJRGHf_WRiSO78tSl5vslAq-1Q2KvHog/s320/E4DC6839-6658-4629-B91A-946E4EA9E731.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Working together... just for a few moments. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Norah continues to be sassy and confident. She is 100% independently flying around on her Strider bike. She also loves a good Zoom meeting/call. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtg0VmScuRLE5YjNgQEZC8sk4dhRWYNxlcZsdI5brAJNGLNwB9Kh5A1gHdTazra0zpgF8KXN-DerIe7Pg2UlBgAJsfKRCHMWhIRdvo2Jf8aoUOIJbqdR2h4N86Oz94FqjKYhyphenhyphenSlRyqL4/s4032/IMG_4668.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJtg0VmScuRLE5YjNgQEZC8sk4dhRWYNxlcZsdI5brAJNGLNwB9Kh5A1gHdTazra0zpgF8KXN-DerIe7Pg2UlBgAJsfKRCHMWhIRdvo2Jf8aoUOIJbqdR2h4N86Oz94FqjKYhyphenhyphenSlRyqL4/s320/IMG_4668.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWWlw-xBRq3tu-Qf6uo2C1B12z9vk6BMAQSfqs6sXcRYFpsQucBMRuv7mZwVu20-6am3LMdrBdbzCOlr0aG7a2Di2DOjpGxbUOEv59oHBEyBcz5X31Eqs9PcDAnvMK-V_M_Y52k0K6kE/s2048/5FBBD769-ADCE-4ADE-9087-BF3325C3D701.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWWlw-xBRq3tu-Qf6uo2C1B12z9vk6BMAQSfqs6sXcRYFpsQucBMRuv7mZwVu20-6am3LMdrBdbzCOlr0aG7a2Di2DOjpGxbUOEv59oHBEyBcz5X31Eqs9PcDAnvMK-V_M_Y52k0K6kE/s320/5FBBD769-ADCE-4ADE-9087-BF3325C3D701.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Just another Zoom meeting with dad.</div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;">On Thursday and Friday Jonah worked on his gingerbread house! We had never done these before so thank goodness for prefabricated houses with minimal construction necessary!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18a3bqiYcxffndP0RS7GkscRnVbKW2lWrg8628zfV4Vc8oQh8IkZ5iixfQ2BQJM5rpYZf3ATgAC63pazilEChvUfCjrYaX5LFTCF-8q6_fJ6CpPKSn9xbbmVHV9ZjmnLBloU2xZiSD7U/s4032/IMG_4618.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18a3bqiYcxffndP0RS7GkscRnVbKW2lWrg8628zfV4Vc8oQh8IkZ5iixfQ2BQJM5rpYZf3ATgAC63pazilEChvUfCjrYaX5LFTCF-8q6_fJ6CpPKSn9xbbmVHV9ZjmnLBloU2xZiSD7U/s320/IMG_4618.HEIC" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikW8DSwL3heoAcRru9AaUvMLGNJGRQP3SexGnwVhj9SvEbGJGn3h1GwJ1PCdtAlxZasnhQld23yTImY05f4Im9irUtwx6rtOgerrAyfFj7aO81Ztc7A14G2WjIsebLC5LqYvl7-roITA0/s2048/IMG_4625_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikW8DSwL3heoAcRru9AaUvMLGNJGRQP3SexGnwVhj9SvEbGJGn3h1GwJ1PCdtAlxZasnhQld23yTImY05f4Im9irUtwx6rtOgerrAyfFj7aO81Ztc7A14G2WjIsebLC5LqYvl7-roITA0/s320/IMG_4625_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-0_oP4-Qu77XNHhvUjBLye5LmPziQsYtfZiigi5cNAgS9_DeoyKLL337bDgFZdCDaMe9N03pJsyqZkx-D-SEeGZ_V69ckRhC0pLTFOKeSGG7KHrbzxYPLTPrNmC_oSA-MQJo12j2ZlY/s2048/IMG_4630.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-0_oP4-Qu77XNHhvUjBLye5LmPziQsYtfZiigi5cNAgS9_DeoyKLL337bDgFZdCDaMe9N03pJsyqZkx-D-SEeGZ_V69ckRhC0pLTFOKeSGG7KHrbzxYPLTPrNmC_oSA-MQJo12j2ZlY/s320/IMG_4630.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Leaf clearing was way more interesting than decorating. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4HDsfUQ1EclGUvwaJRstAP1JnRTSnWNhgvnPlxSecaeoIE8Y6V_1teag4Hll2sWZfoHTh1GXjFnbm7ezsQljuX8_3etXuesZPjJPqpBgxlE6a5gKyaSmChbyLExzjPLg_rcVSAsBAe0/s2048/IMG_4632_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4HDsfUQ1EclGUvwaJRstAP1JnRTSnWNhgvnPlxSecaeoIE8Y6V_1teag4Hll2sWZfoHTh1GXjFnbm7ezsQljuX8_3etXuesZPjJPqpBgxlE6a5gKyaSmChbyLExzjPLg_rcVSAsBAe0/s320/IMG_4632_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEP_EIW9vh3jgaI4Vv-CFjTNKAH1dIs-PRheTCOSreQ4NS4tcmRplRjuRXbvXZCk8ec8-fX4HsriZiflN90ugMAGer_bT9NHMxD2gk_Z_e48VdFPmt1OTadvI34kFM6zBqq6P4qyOqago/s2048/IMG_4661.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEP_EIW9vh3jgaI4Vv-CFjTNKAH1dIs-PRheTCOSreQ4NS4tcmRplRjuRXbvXZCk8ec8-fX4HsriZiflN90ugMAGer_bT9NHMxD2gk_Z_e48VdFPmt1OTadvI34kFM6zBqq6P4qyOqago/s320/IMG_4661.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Friday night, the big boys got into the decorating fun with their house. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thursday, the weather was beautiful. We had a December lunch picnic outside in the yard and spent most of the afternoon running football plays and riding bikes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0s3E9cZmt5P89ycsZo2FZpoU7spK6hh73yV5oiMYzucuPiqgLMRpZb6E2avGFCwvl1hldWFSJgDg8-y80wB78ibjWntbvFhWdXYVDvY5s7lkffm8t56VOgGRJJLj1vbCBcWJ80Pb9Rk/s2048/IMG_4614_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0s3E9cZmt5P89ycsZo2FZpoU7spK6hh73yV5oiMYzucuPiqgLMRpZb6E2avGFCwvl1hldWFSJgDg8-y80wB78ibjWntbvFhWdXYVDvY5s7lkffm8t56VOgGRJJLj1vbCBcWJ80Pb9Rk/s320/IMG_4614_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Friday evening the boys went to work building a Nativity scene with blocks and magnetic Mary and Joseph and Jesus, shepherds, wisemen, animals and angels. It was really fun to watch them talk about, build, and create from their imaginations. Thank you Miss Carol (and Tom)!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UqGAJbhxtE0zmkCrhNHi8j2-ZKJHcIBmgQtnE_Kj9EvRPxg2VmdsjoGX9a5VIJEhrntXbZ1d762x1cjc_-w_tHOoyWa1bhgAsSvGV9tsr5rSaNGKlkem6y1vRKzve9b0c1fm7hnJTHU/s2048/IMG_4643_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UqGAJbhxtE0zmkCrhNHi8j2-ZKJHcIBmgQtnE_Kj9EvRPxg2VmdsjoGX9a5VIJEhrntXbZ1d762x1cjc_-w_tHOoyWa1bhgAsSvGV9tsr5rSaNGKlkem6y1vRKzve9b0c1fm7hnJTHU/s320/IMG_4643_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRN-8CqvyR1Lsx8wivYMJL7js-V5iKtz8c8SeopMP3z29BwVhqm4A2_AKNDuSmHbK4LulUAZNm_pSIEC07bEQiLVzzjwTIsyi_JMkrOcPed6uAOZeMGGM1dRnoVRB7jsCAaXNdbGDHxRs/s2048/IMG_4654.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRN-8CqvyR1Lsx8wivYMJL7js-V5iKtz8c8SeopMP3z29BwVhqm4A2_AKNDuSmHbK4LulUAZNm_pSIEC07bEQiLVzzjwTIsyi_JMkrOcPed6uAOZeMGGM1dRnoVRB7jsCAaXNdbGDHxRs/s320/IMG_4654.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Saturday brought a rainy, cold, foggy day. Jonah got really lucky and got to talk to Santa on an Outschool class! He was soooo excited. Patrick ran the boys through a few plays in the few moments he was home Saturday. Ah the life of a pastor during Advent. We look forward to seeing him more after Christmas. After dinner we went for a walk in the dark to check out the fog. The kids had fun with their flashlights although crossing the street was a bit scary. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuhHZjpOSvBW0exCPa6E7Y2pt2vtfN2ZeMjIm9esPnaZfX3UD4M1VOekdRF7zfE0cY8Ojl235_QJsD-A85rsEV5fSEhEX9D1dk0u3_zW1EUE2mcpHFAZljjzXtm2jX_Y9J1yKL5oUzmo/s2048/IMG_4597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuhHZjpOSvBW0exCPa6E7Y2pt2vtfN2ZeMjIm9esPnaZfX3UD4M1VOekdRF7zfE0cY8Ojl235_QJsD-A85rsEV5fSEhEX9D1dk0u3_zW1EUE2mcpHFAZljjzXtm2jX_Y9J1yKL5oUzmo/s320/IMG_4597.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5fR-OkApKJKowdRQZnLTFoWCX5d1xEyoWk7j3kNeeIvOpjU0aFpm6dkFQxhGDQgu8iB6rJL8-lnCQTM22OBK5PCAUOKew1QdNJJ6JfHVV90kzGrjoEvAy8wGqlGCBG2NTm4KXVpnZ8I/s4032/IMG_4673.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5fR-OkApKJKowdRQZnLTFoWCX5d1xEyoWk7j3kNeeIvOpjU0aFpm6dkFQxhGDQgu8iB6rJL8-lnCQTM22OBK5PCAUOKew1QdNJJ6JfHVV90kzGrjoEvAy8wGqlGCBG2NTm4KXVpnZ8I/s320/IMG_4673.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNGFZ-S4Ygskj-rjP4pBsfdroADQfyKIL-vgGVaYa1u37xE9ghxaE9f_LL-kFympRptGfW7Mc7VH3OQ_7G5CD1tnNQ9TudEfXsgakqmgyaWVSdleRlTuYBbPraEJIc4av-laN6km-9TA/s4032/IMG_4676.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNGFZ-S4Ygskj-rjP4pBsfdroADQfyKIL-vgGVaYa1u37xE9ghxaE9f_LL-kFympRptGfW7Mc7VH3OQ_7G5CD1tnNQ9TudEfXsgakqmgyaWVSdleRlTuYBbPraEJIc4av-laN6km-9TA/s320/IMG_4676.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Looking forward to next week and all the fun we have planned. It looks like we might get some snow!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd0aFOhkPsR5onVp-Rv58pSbOHOnu-KzzgWlJPtSfFh2K8QHecZUO9kpZhL_Usdb3AHNhl-2jK0gPcg8zIwzwwXk7OCgnmMySu2PuIdwmHcbht9co_Cv0aprfSYvLyyctz2fSZ09u2Bdg/s4032/IMG_4589.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd0aFOhkPsR5onVp-Rv58pSbOHOnu-KzzgWlJPtSfFh2K8QHecZUO9kpZhL_Usdb3AHNhl-2jK0gPcg8zIwzwwXk7OCgnmMySu2PuIdwmHcbht9co_Cv0aprfSYvLyyctz2fSZ09u2Bdg/s320/IMG_4589.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Peace and light,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kate</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p></div><br /><p></p>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-9573615528449743682020-12-17T13:31:00.000-08:002020-12-17T13:31:03.641-08:00Week 13 <p> Hi all! Happy December.</p><p>We have been trying hard to keep some semblance of a schedule but some days... well let's just say that is a free flowing schedule. </p><p>Sunday we went for a walk in the woods at the beach. It was a cold sunny morning and we all needed the fresh air away from our home. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyW4JQyrF0zLpSCVaRMcmbQiqvsZ_PnyMNCVznZvYDIMYAoBWeHo-7phyphenhyphenHdEkXJYs877v7CP1t_tvpDjaqI4s_wsRS1aZa3P-bzv62w5BWtbjrllvjtGta_HzASmhzzCjnOpYmX0gwsPc/s4032/IMG_4395_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyW4JQyrF0zLpSCVaRMcmbQiqvsZ_PnyMNCVznZvYDIMYAoBWeHo-7phyphenhyphenHdEkXJYs877v7CP1t_tvpDjaqI4s_wsRS1aZa3P-bzv62w5BWtbjrllvjtGta_HzASmhzzCjnOpYmX0gwsPc/s320/IMG_4395_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5Blrs-QBJ3T7HKQfcSDiFQ-Az_B0dRGzMswHNYetgReSLoxCk0Ri0RSdLpxuAhye3magtovAW7vdvmNYQvw4BWWivaxkoCAYzpQFdehf2O7SKNGsPJwhcBxOCc8_S2rmQt0CGER9cvM/s4032/IMG_4387.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5Blrs-QBJ3T7HKQfcSDiFQ-Az_B0dRGzMswHNYetgReSLoxCk0Ri0RSdLpxuAhye3magtovAW7vdvmNYQvw4BWWivaxkoCAYzpQFdehf2O7SKNGsPJwhcBxOCc8_S2rmQt0CGER9cvM/s320/IMG_4387.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwO5TJ4joh5UJhXcZ2GECwYAeqijIYtVjMrYZL45z9-DqCQee0HeZizv-Vl3hApe_HxNWfoSfaZTfv5VMvVuM0vsRK9P-NH2oze_NXU3ku4FauCmwsOYK41htXH1PE3FWXDOzhK2OFkgI/s4032/IMG_4391.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwO5TJ4joh5UJhXcZ2GECwYAeqijIYtVjMrYZL45z9-DqCQee0HeZizv-Vl3hApe_HxNWfoSfaZTfv5VMvVuM0vsRK9P-NH2oze_NXU3ku4FauCmwsOYK41htXH1PE3FWXDOzhK2OFkgI/s320/IMG_4391.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtxzVMtJlikr0kZWYOgofKlBPV7maEmzvwoJsTcSCFVm9jK5gomcONhtBS7UW9-mKtXi1vVC3xL_rmYVRkoDSipW7uNki6U8EpKm68FxjPABg4Rr3u_i1iZUkqq_BMDvyZOIp2fvJQR4/s4032/IMG_4377.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtxzVMtJlikr0kZWYOgofKlBPV7maEmzvwoJsTcSCFVm9jK5gomcONhtBS7UW9-mKtXi1vVC3xL_rmYVRkoDSipW7uNki6U8EpKm68FxjPABg4Rr3u_i1iZUkqq_BMDvyZOIp2fvJQR4/s320/IMG_4377.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzGikPAVbGY1t0IoZ7qkvBpyP1YXWYaG6dmK2iGL19CBdjW2EerrZvmDb25isxXKgqWOJfqvTDCqKDovNQ08rIT79Nkso8Pc_Bvbjq5cn8Fp971s7FDp0N21YRWrmuJkWTgHV9l8jXws/s4032/IMG_4359_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzGikPAVbGY1t0IoZ7qkvBpyP1YXWYaG6dmK2iGL19CBdjW2EerrZvmDb25isxXKgqWOJfqvTDCqKDovNQ08rIT79Nkso8Pc_Bvbjq5cn8Fp971s7FDp0N21YRWrmuJkWTgHV9l8jXws/s320/IMG_4359_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Wednesday, we put up the tree. Patrick has a very specific method for unboxing the ornaments. "This is NOT A FREE FOR ALL!" I just steer clear and watch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5xKBlh6HTHxcgFRumaiTmZetx29l0hcO-C7cVQNrBbG-AoOAvwOUqiFWz_sUXzVvVihfFGmZr2Kw7vNWrLEYScSW-VFa6CAwmt9-ym_5z_J5qMdzomy0PbPtAhL9xJHPTKofyAMJkhg/s4032/IMG_4464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5xKBlh6HTHxcgFRumaiTmZetx29l0hcO-C7cVQNrBbG-AoOAvwOUqiFWz_sUXzVvVihfFGmZr2Kw7vNWrLEYScSW-VFa6CAwmt9-ym_5z_J5qMdzomy0PbPtAhL9xJHPTKofyAMJkhg/s320/IMG_4464.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>School-wise, Micah is starting to read My First Reader Books which makes my heart sing. I love to watch him realize he is reading! He also made a fox mask one night late, while I was reading to him and to Emmett before bed. He continues learning about rocks in science and is subtracting 9 this week in math. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3tXvmOkwYrm9o6tJ_yPbms5OdjhMTll03LcsxUq2_UIsP1MkUfEjTMKv0aAbi-OvHw87DTnHPd8F8vcMtCG2lzuxEzohDnOqbqiIJe_UtLOGWDY7CvP71jd5mn2JUzuLaI8LyXCaLvs/s4032/IMG_4434.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3tXvmOkwYrm9o6tJ_yPbms5OdjhMTll03LcsxUq2_UIsP1MkUfEjTMKv0aAbi-OvHw87DTnHPd8F8vcMtCG2lzuxEzohDnOqbqiIJe_UtLOGWDY7CvP71jd5mn2JUzuLaI8LyXCaLvs/s320/IMG_4434.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh50o3r1m1LUwFieeD7r3r4h0WUnM-I-qfP-uFFSJ5S-wan7NwR9uv14egUBMArbwzlxbvg7vD7Z5u1SK5uWrJXspquEWmd9KSzEg9-5cPbw6ZcI65Yu9b3_b68GSjk98wADw4UiEDYC78/s4032/IMG_4474.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh50o3r1m1LUwFieeD7r3r4h0WUnM-I-qfP-uFFSJ5S-wan7NwR9uv14egUBMArbwzlxbvg7vD7Z5u1SK5uWrJXspquEWmd9KSzEg9-5cPbw6ZcI65Yu9b3_b68GSjk98wADw4UiEDYC78/s320/IMG_4474.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jonah is working on matching his letters. We used Bananagram tiles and a Christmas ABC printable and he matched the tiles to the squares. He hasn't learned all the letters yet and so some were challenging but he was so proud of himself when he finished. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxzdSZbo0HIM03c68Z_LtjojAjBJ0nPGCAQ_S040qHiXrhi6gHVZl2ixEXICYpzE7OMHOjQdHV6qLk2wdxodlylLei2oTQB6xVEKRJ1-Vv2qb4vp0KDrZ0OH_18JFH3L2HSZDqN5b6EU/s4032/IMG_4424_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxzdSZbo0HIM03c68Z_LtjojAjBJ0nPGCAQ_S040qHiXrhi6gHVZl2ixEXICYpzE7OMHOjQdHV6qLk2wdxodlylLei2oTQB6xVEKRJ1-Vv2qb4vp0KDrZ0OH_18JFH3L2HSZDqN5b6EU/s320/IMG_4424_jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy2o3VaKaEDjNa22xGhycBvcUodMGM1568JPKKk-XZRrT76B0Vm1cpG_N0BKwRHV5vmEivf8GWLpjBwicTFGQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Emmett is beginning to learn long division using the Common Core method of place value disks. He's caught on quickly and is slowly gaining some confidence. He and Micah also helped me make some pretty winer candle holders for our Grammy. Shhhhh, the package hasn't arrive yet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzJkVqwpAdg05Zyk5fnyODAnoL6hADU-eAtZiA-b60kE0RfigGNqyfTh1tVcn5cNpuLDhl_bva2n8OCFAFBww' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTjabuoHvhv0n1wq686BlE7zRATLWcMsRvFsMi__z6w3GkJb2IuruybfG8MQ_2VHnyNm3mvZ2A8mLKJMMHQO7B0xMzptwfQKZb5EnsJJ2XrZctba5k8nRonPXNCgyNMr77eb7BwjbTqA/s4032/IMG_4510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQTjabuoHvhv0n1wq686BlE7zRATLWcMsRvFsMi__z6w3GkJb2IuruybfG8MQ_2VHnyNm3mvZ2A8mLKJMMHQO7B0xMzptwfQKZb5EnsJJ2XrZctba5k8nRonPXNCgyNMr77eb7BwjbTqA/s320/IMG_4510.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sunday night we went for a nighttime walk with flashlights. The boys had a blast shining the lights around and looking for "clues". I know this is an awful photo but we did come across this beautiful guy/girl in the pond across from the church. There are a lot of egrets here but I think this may have been a Great Blue Heron (GBH). </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEuaVR5oI89irKtl3wMuTZoSZ8sqKSOZv1pypb1uAM1FuyjrFW4mGopnAW0GYOOVsJgA_fngBEn5Oyo2oUUlFD-yOygIY34sbFaDQMqXtJAwpdSJZ-a8IhlnOCrFBtoW_iG1ZQ0UK17Q/s4032/IMG_4527.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEuaVR5oI89irKtl3wMuTZoSZ8sqKSOZv1pypb1uAM1FuyjrFW4mGopnAW0GYOOVsJgA_fngBEn5Oyo2oUUlFD-yOygIY34sbFaDQMqXtJAwpdSJZ-a8IhlnOCrFBtoW_iG1ZQ0UK17Q/s320/IMG_4527.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-59083736221031679302020-12-01T13:39:00.003-08:002020-12-01T17:45:01.600-08:00Week 12 - Thanksgiving~ <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last week was Thanksgiving week! We (I) opted to take Thursday off (obviously) and just do a small amount of school work on Friday. </div></div><p>As a side note, I get up between 5:45 and 6:00a every day to get a run in before all the people who need me wake up. I run in a variety of places but I prefer the beach loop near our house or the woods/trails a few miles away. It's a way for me to take a few deep breaths and watch the natural world wake up. It is my favorite time of the day. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8b3JGD6MouLbqgmNqq7H2PPEeQe8Qbs17u2uHPcBh90jaNPPhY4H9XtwuYOiOvDO38T1i66xPA8y4ch5i98zXHASb_i9hsRA9lqvJw5Emw4nOcekOqfpvG3pHr49xx9QVj7flrWcS24/s4032/IMG_4118.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8b3JGD6MouLbqgmNqq7H2PPEeQe8Qbs17u2uHPcBh90jaNPPhY4H9XtwuYOiOvDO38T1i66xPA8y4ch5i98zXHASb_i9hsRA9lqvJw5Emw4nOcekOqfpvG3pHr49xx9QVj7flrWcS24/s320/IMG_4118.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9FGMNI97GQU-XlrIgKQK3wYmpKzTy6uygpG5JFLBf7DnQcRG6c7ZUbCoOkbXdcXgOuM-TH3XN1m6FWe516p3OKzg65ualnjxy2mKBRQfexE6P2j5Hkt0PBDcU8IU0NZlIpv0WvjZ7rPE/s4032/IMG_4177.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9FGMNI97GQU-XlrIgKQK3wYmpKzTy6uygpG5JFLBf7DnQcRG6c7ZUbCoOkbXdcXgOuM-TH3XN1m6FWe516p3OKzg65ualnjxy2mKBRQfexE6P2j5Hkt0PBDcU8IU0NZlIpv0WvjZ7rPE/s320/IMG_4177.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Norah was my little painting buddy this week. We both got out our watercolors and were all about the creative process. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_cBOJqVDXkZvehZlJiQUYLpqSLW4P711gHw_unHUCHDs4HZxsde3NPpzl2t7qKyj-47F3QKKGPJmcfdS6hbPK_1a08kTLE8zlH3na1lSZBRowMsqjzDb7lg7AzVG2q3POUVF59wBPjI/s4032/IMG_4189.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_cBOJqVDXkZvehZlJiQUYLpqSLW4P711gHw_unHUCHDs4HZxsde3NPpzl2t7qKyj-47F3QKKGPJmcfdS6hbPK_1a08kTLE8zlH3na1lSZBRowMsqjzDb7lg7AzVG2q3POUVF59wBPjI/s320/IMG_4189.HEIC" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifDy0PwKinY0G8y8a7QMV5_LvUiegMwV15X885jI806RCwz0qUAzBgBhoTNUX3s4dE25Gd5-un7dR0q12k3AsrJuUlwL_Pf4Nl9Bp3PfpEMJgYH9lcX-Jf6DMdsYcMkZtNvgyNe-OTzY/s4032/IMG_4186_jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2835" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifDy0PwKinY0G8y8a7QMV5_LvUiegMwV15X885jI806RCwz0qUAzBgBhoTNUX3s4dE25Gd5-un7dR0q12k3AsrJuUlwL_Pf4Nl9Bp3PfpEMJgYH9lcX-Jf6DMdsYcMkZtNvgyNe-OTzY/s320/IMG_4186_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jonah is still fascinated with helping me in the kitchen. He has also been working hard on DreamBox math, mostly with patterns. I see such an improvement in the way he thinks about them although they are definitely still tricky. Every now and then Micah or Emmett will step in to help him. It is so sweet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePt4fmN8NhcNiIKkZ2HRIFsco37rNHLcw_5EcIVcwmHH2R-jPuuDe_Fm0Z8f2GmKrsPBYlJCmclNdpEklD3vdskOcP4RSRQ4lPewSKD36DeX2C6aXmnNRRim4aFF-9KiFFgEbwLP2978/s4032/IMG_4321.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePt4fmN8NhcNiIKkZ2HRIFsco37rNHLcw_5EcIVcwmHH2R-jPuuDe_Fm0Z8f2GmKrsPBYlJCmclNdpEklD3vdskOcP4RSRQ4lPewSKD36DeX2C6aXmnNRRim4aFF-9KiFFgEbwLP2978/s320/IMG_4321.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Jonah and Norah and I also walked through the story walk at our local library again. It is a great story called <u><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crayon-Man-Invention-Crayola-Crayons/dp/132886684X" target="_blank">The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons.</a></u> The inventor, Edwin Binney is from Greenwich and happens to be buried in the church's cemetery. The kids thought that was interesting. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_rLwhQ7-5KWRA67KcrMwJecRXqf4S2EIBMdVJ1deoxzQSWCYzKhDAFjDKqs-0fLlvS8V10s6VYoSrSdNpKYCW5MIgkdsB0gL4eruF3Vh1BDH7XrZr019gwUs4k023RM39zgTjccugbU/s4032/IMG_4309.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_rLwhQ7-5KWRA67KcrMwJecRXqf4S2EIBMdVJ1deoxzQSWCYzKhDAFjDKqs-0fLlvS8V10s6VYoSrSdNpKYCW5MIgkdsB0gL4eruF3Vh1BDH7XrZr019gwUs4k023RM39zgTjccugbU/s320/IMG_4309.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhFJGk02VjxWmaBej0JnhLAEPf8HIA16KXdIVP_ovo7ay-94SdB9B_QDqUwLoBGTRSGHUXWWn6_AsGrCk4ivmDpPRJZkQ1ZvY5cEPwFX-BdYtsJVg9zY_2253aNW8NErcnaBkEUe3ETw/s4032/IMG_4317.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhFJGk02VjxWmaBej0JnhLAEPf8HIA16KXdIVP_ovo7ay-94SdB9B_QDqUwLoBGTRSGHUXWWn6_AsGrCk4ivmDpPRJZkQ1ZvY5cEPwFX-BdYtsJVg9zY_2253aNW8NErcnaBkEUe3ETw/s320/IMG_4317.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91YjpSFlLGp_bl-p-j3d-_W42ZWfblPtQ9_SY-SHnPd6bBdUzoE7icIi57K4-7ZFL6dU3IZymvjN3-8hRNGjOlVNUEwcoFTuzkIy0mUonxbMZfKed3lccDwgRaEfhAX_PSmYMkYwwX_s/s4032/IMG_4316.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91YjpSFlLGp_bl-p-j3d-_W42ZWfblPtQ9_SY-SHnPd6bBdUzoE7icIi57K4-7ZFL6dU3IZymvjN3-8hRNGjOlVNUEwcoFTuzkIy0mUonxbMZfKed3lccDwgRaEfhAX_PSmYMkYwwX_s/s320/IMG_4316.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Micah is continuing to power through first grade math and is rocking his subtraction. He and his dad also read "The Emperor's New Clothes" and he retold the story. He made his last type of rock, sedimentary rock and next week we will talk about the rock cycle!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Qz4S_FKNW91xTMflUTpFE23vvHZdYy9qgYDZ6Ui-5Czc0kMnrRknIyF98g5U-lRhR-usiUbPFO-CBmjiOzXR3FtRToSq6skHEDPn2Jo9nJTF2Ayj8I8YF8Z9audy5XqGK67EgQBs78w/s4032/IMG_4220.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Qz4S_FKNW91xTMflUTpFE23vvHZdYy9qgYDZ6Ui-5Czc0kMnrRknIyF98g5U-lRhR-usiUbPFO-CBmjiOzXR3FtRToSq6skHEDPn2Jo9nJTF2Ayj8I8YF8Z9audy5XqGK67EgQBs78w/s320/IMG_4220.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kaMJY4uNAoo" width="320" youtube-src-id="kaMJY4uNAoo"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Emmett and I are tackling long division Common Core style. He's doing a great job and has such a smart brain. He also continues to build Lego buildings for his city and loves to come up with football plays for his brothers. <div><br /></div><div>On Thanksgiving, the kids and I all made coffee filter turkeys. They turned out really cute and unfortunately I didn't remember to take a picture but I have attached the link to the craft for anyone who is interested! They were super easy and fast with a little prep work. </div><div><br /></div><div>Coffee Filter Turkeys Link <a href="https://www.darcyandbrian.com/coffee-filter-turkeys-thanksgiving-craft-for-kids/" target="_blank">Here</a></div><div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySp-YJWxuFVUjs3IlBP0rqWlaIrtCFJzSTYiVufSAQtuW1T1fU5Rs63Mwnwrfgm8cI-Qv1VYAwfLlZpE9J2Cvi1xzeXzAqMDbZ5-PgUgUY40pJI2nWL7tIfXy5NBRxjBWfpXE1fLqQHw/s4032/IMG_4242.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySp-YJWxuFVUjs3IlBP0rqWlaIrtCFJzSTYiVufSAQtuW1T1fU5Rs63Mwnwrfgm8cI-Qv1VYAwfLlZpE9J2Cvi1xzeXzAqMDbZ5-PgUgUY40pJI2nWL7tIfXy5NBRxjBWfpXE1fLqQHw/s320/IMG_4242.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During lunch, Micah came up with a bracket for his TeenyMates footballs guys. Dad stepped in to officiate. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigcWFvN706o7Wud1MQEAitCmQZV6Zc0F6p71dcbMuXQltZpuiX2Tsu3Gnu6AR9Fh6MCwM4vtOWOM9MlSGf0PeFnjZiHZPHNcDK5fWRei2rXu85g6EWgRDsPq7NTYt7xN3rHJwMg9u1jyw/s4032/IMG_4267.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigcWFvN706o7Wud1MQEAitCmQZV6Zc0F6p71dcbMuXQltZpuiX2Tsu3Gnu6AR9Fh6MCwM4vtOWOM9MlSGf0PeFnjZiHZPHNcDK5fWRei2rXu85g6EWgRDsPq7NTYt7xN3rHJwMg9u1jyw/s320/IMG_4267.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Before Thanksgiving dinner, Patrick went over to the Meetinghouse to set up some of the Christmas trees for the online worship services. That is what happens with the first Sunday in Advent falls on Thanksgiving weekend. Norah was an excellent project manager. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AMN8sSon8OyhDNlP9gpAb_-VRbr-IMevLCoqO5WZHf03ONQ7vZ7PuMEQ31pYNnDXA7VZy5h0SSRU46H8KZbcPfsDswlHr_XXWnOxR5Wl1xzc4actUaHyFIcL_O8ner44Pdtkptj7Xj4/s4032/IMG_4270.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AMN8sSon8OyhDNlP9gpAb_-VRbr-IMevLCoqO5WZHf03ONQ7vZ7PuMEQ31pYNnDXA7VZy5h0SSRU46H8KZbcPfsDswlHr_XXWnOxR5Wl1xzc4actUaHyFIcL_O8ner44Pdtkptj7Xj4/s320/IMG_4270.HEIC" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Dad and Norah took a quick bike ride and then we had dinner. Norah had had enough fun for one day. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbpdeY6nShS7Mj3DW9VtdxLN5TMhTy-huPR_utDlxkzdKfJ5tBX9wLtiXzHXrymDWwtm-ZwyP8kP-VJ4wRzW54g9ixmJWZGDzPr1zTmMDNxLGXkmjkQXCuExyFvjEwWBkJQswEF18KRo/s4032/IMG_4278.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbpdeY6nShS7Mj3DW9VtdxLN5TMhTy-huPR_utDlxkzdKfJ5tBX9wLtiXzHXrymDWwtm-ZwyP8kP-VJ4wRzW54g9ixmJWZGDzPr1zTmMDNxLGXkmjkQXCuExyFvjEwWBkJQswEF18KRo/s320/IMG_4278.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguSy-BvhNc6wBxIWSBJx5PZ5qRJKlhYIC290GAZtlvTVzMvi0F0woBcNJxgwjL2yBjK7hUwHFHArHpUvi4YWAaiCCSrCExEnWFq6jQSNEA9AHkHA5blweeJKtyGA3jfw3NJuTd7SYJmiM/s4032/IMG_4301.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguSy-BvhNc6wBxIWSBJx5PZ5qRJKlhYIC290GAZtlvTVzMvi0F0woBcNJxgwjL2yBjK7hUwHFHArHpUvi4YWAaiCCSrCExEnWFq6jQSNEA9AHkHA5blweeJKtyGA3jfw3NJuTd7SYJmiM/s320/IMG_4301.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>On Saturday morning, the Christmas trees arrived on the truck. They were absolutely gorgeous and although we mostly stayed away from the sale due to covid, Patrick did work all day both days. Jonah picked out our tree this year and it's a beautiful tree. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuKmtC9V09c3FHE4TLT_1N3yjJ6ox93yWAGruLTtaHmLkdupqhLuLywX9bjaWkDbJWBEOtf_ZWtNMgEk_q_CsRJmK8Bpan8ncsrMS7bbrlivn2i91VQAy4URPHRKRn-DgSWu6jFa1jnk/s4032/IMG_4335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuKmtC9V09c3FHE4TLT_1N3yjJ6ox93yWAGruLTtaHmLkdupqhLuLywX9bjaWkDbJWBEOtf_ZWtNMgEk_q_CsRJmK8Bpan8ncsrMS7bbrlivn2i91VQAy4URPHRKRn-DgSWu6jFa1jnk/s320/IMG_4335.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7F2jk8WACO1op0lL5ESwUY5QYXbbHvKnlIE5QKLTeAX1epkIzPWKwgX1wMnlli7SNvu9jifiE881hdw7F3qhJiI50L8_P0KENSq85ZU294hNl0LTfxF_Jrfsj5U39rwCERAskkA1dqI8/s4032/IMG_4331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7F2jk8WACO1op0lL5ESwUY5QYXbbHvKnlIE5QKLTeAX1epkIzPWKwgX1wMnlli7SNvu9jifiE881hdw7F3qhJiI50L8_P0KENSq85ZU294hNl0LTfxF_Jrfsj5U39rwCERAskkA1dqI8/s320/IMG_4331.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzrYX_d780WOGB1zwxs3CKD9J2n_6e3L1JP7QN07dHwQhecvBbiMdILZ7qmhPSEt_FZxS3n1nnPLSD0NviyHnHsh6-ibXiRaOYvHKjYnmmjo2FquxN601yfLzBH78T4HkDwo6_1KkXec/s4032/IMG_4346.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzrYX_d780WOGB1zwxs3CKD9J2n_6e3L1JP7QN07dHwQhecvBbiMdILZ7qmhPSEt_FZxS3n1nnPLSD0NviyHnHsh6-ibXiRaOYvHKjYnmmjo2FquxN601yfLzBH78T4HkDwo6_1KkXec/s320/IMG_4346.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And with that I say farewell for this week and on to the reflection and excitement of the Advent season. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cheers</div><br /></div></div></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-64508895195798771722020-11-23T04:35:00.005-08:002020-11-23T04:35:39.978-08:00Week 11 - Family photos, woods, erosion, and muffins<p>And now I think I am caught up (at least for a minute).</p><p>This week was a bit unusual for school scheduling but I suppose that is the beauty of homeschool, flexibility. </p><p>Monday we had an appointment with my friend <a href="https://www.jamiecollinsphotography.com/" target="_blank">Jamie</a> to take our photos. She is quite talented and somehow always manages to get a Christmas card worthy shot. This is no small feat with 4 young children. We tried to get a couple of just the two of us but that might have to wait until we can have a babysitter. Anytime Patrick was told to get closer to me there was a pair of arms wanting him to hold her. Ah parenting. School on Monday consisted of just math. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5238ee4EzmjN1BqKjbV9B-BFgkVPvueNWJAmkZ-7tT6yinkN-PyXriFQjaiZTuSdjtA5hhCTnDeqEiNaRLX4sftLJ9aP2Ws4UcABbN8BtLjGpOlSMEOOiDzWRxJXiYR-ZlOcccTUyA8g/s828/IMG_3949.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="828" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5238ee4EzmjN1BqKjbV9B-BFgkVPvueNWJAmkZ-7tT6yinkN-PyXriFQjaiZTuSdjtA5hhCTnDeqEiNaRLX4sftLJ9aP2Ws4UcABbN8BtLjGpOlSMEOOiDzWRxJXiYR-ZlOcccTUyA8g/s320/IMG_3949.PNG" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3E_3CTpRy5UYGa-blE-eGMj300aq7cUf4HDDHm_EQ9WgtaJ939E220FKoCUR8TIgTtOVQZZ7Eto9IRjGGeuDi6ssRBUNSxlU3r5Pwi__eHWk6F5EXH95hWBOzHKikaAaxGaL4exkh7sw/s1198/IMG_3946.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3E_3CTpRy5UYGa-blE-eGMj300aq7cUf4HDDHm_EQ9WgtaJ939E220FKoCUR8TIgTtOVQZZ7Eto9IRjGGeuDi6ssRBUNSxlU3r5Pwi__eHWk6F5EXH95hWBOzHKikaAaxGaL4exkh7sw/s320/IMG_3946.PNG" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">On Tuesday morning we opted for a saunter in the woods. This week, Micah's science topic happened to be erosion. The local conservation group has been working on a bank repair project for several years and so we read the signs at the trail. This was not as interesting to the kids as continuing down the path so I quickly let that plan go. It drizzled on us a little, we meandered off the path on accident and I am pretty sure that everyone cried at least once. Sometimes, that just happens. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84amaNTORurIhpWTvc8iOq-qo-XTnYiwvSYbvAQ9FKLDscWY1rC14zEeeAGPWqK3kdBkdhgSiXaUZOgFDmgylyLb-N6uJ4yUXS_XtRR4CgwLS1nVHKt8mH6qQ1O8jJiFJgvcj7FgTIhM/s4032/IMG_3973.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84amaNTORurIhpWTvc8iOq-qo-XTnYiwvSYbvAQ9FKLDscWY1rC14zEeeAGPWqK3kdBkdhgSiXaUZOgFDmgylyLb-N6uJ4yUXS_XtRR4CgwLS1nVHKt8mH6qQ1O8jJiFJgvcj7FgTIhM/s320/IMG_3973.HEIC" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisY-SVaij1BNmPoIeKR5kE6By2mTcxv1QCYbVKqggC-eGQAvgT6cfKlRq6v-sCwm7jGuNmTbPROOnPkCHntdIs83JjYrLLlXVIGfWjq5xXKmvfhQ3-QCcIL7Sps11MEc7vhgzVw7tahPQ/s4032/IMG_4006.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisY-SVaij1BNmPoIeKR5kE6By2mTcxv1QCYbVKqggC-eGQAvgT6cfKlRq6v-sCwm7jGuNmTbPROOnPkCHntdIs83JjYrLLlXVIGfWjq5xXKmvfhQ3-QCcIL7Sps11MEc7vhgzVw7tahPQ/s320/IMG_4006.HEIC" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0S7RlxOGdnvFHZmSK3OJQdjeic7CbB6MmLO1WUUpUNGAVlu6yERFQkBG5igk1nM1WHw5CEtDbKqM56yV7BcHfiFkp-BaN1PpiOuUshYtBktnZPXyoVeUd64SjYlTNG35mD3OYlgZr9w/s4032/IMG_4013.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0S7RlxOGdnvFHZmSK3OJQdjeic7CbB6MmLO1WUUpUNGAVlu6yERFQkBG5igk1nM1WHw5CEtDbKqM56yV7BcHfiFkp-BaN1PpiOuUshYtBktnZPXyoVeUd64SjYlTNG35mD3OYlgZr9w/s320/IMG_4013.HEIC" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">We went home and did school work during the afternoon which seemed to work alright. We all did a science lab with Micah that mimicked weathering and erosion. I had them build a tower of sugar cubes and then they used an eyedropper to drop water on it and watch it slowing erode away. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BR5Bpi_4wJcbcKE1jHBfYYoMFf5cp59gA9aO99uRtNWVorCmh6N_TEmGhxG8rFyLxUbetWXsvMLIotH30X8HEY8-1H6Hw0f-megOiLD_sUOdjo8AmzaRg1wTjkNx9eAbrBqvWY2XjC4/s4032/IMG_4026.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BR5Bpi_4wJcbcKE1jHBfYYoMFf5cp59gA9aO99uRtNWVorCmh6N_TEmGhxG8rFyLxUbetWXsvMLIotH30X8HEY8-1H6Hw0f-megOiLD_sUOdjo8AmzaRg1wTjkNx9eAbrBqvWY2XjC4/s320/IMG_4026.HEIC" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTOXFHQSCBpX8hvNYzpwaVHt9bb3GhfwZi9b16NuvGHjbQLifVKHW_yWV6rW2SicDsT4d5dV97bRYctDgTn54NnYsyVFkmsVOYI9jxeZmlZE2KZhHgfzYB1fUrqEMc5mqwA3QJuvhgak/s4032/IMG_4029.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTOXFHQSCBpX8hvNYzpwaVHt9bb3GhfwZi9b16NuvGHjbQLifVKHW_yWV6rW2SicDsT4d5dV97bRYctDgTn54NnYsyVFkmsVOYI9jxeZmlZE2KZhHgfzYB1fUrqEMc5mqwA3QJuvhgak/s320/IMG_4029.HEIC" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1X6BZTu0qSkq5NOM0Z4j7KJNx7C8az3henKiy5BUx1R7DQ9IqCHNPB1ur5Lnvmyq3p4v72QFu5eZduyM4uXbm_dg2Xanf0beQ7terJpdY7eg5bAoSm_t_GD1WBW4Vcm9iOTj79ACn5U/s4032/IMG_4035.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1X6BZTu0qSkq5NOM0Z4j7KJNx7C8az3henKiy5BUx1R7DQ9IqCHNPB1ur5Lnvmyq3p4v72QFu5eZduyM4uXbm_dg2Xanf0beQ7terJpdY7eg5bAoSm_t_GD1WBW4Vcm9iOTj79ACn5U/s320/IMG_4035.HEIC" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhySXve3sY1P45NQGtN6cFIvfjcTI_Esa7SUdZFYnZj72Oa9kudwzobtjGZdXMKsDNjND35Zgy9CP92RDCVxLyrvMMKjyyb3blVg3c8OmE_E_qpqdvLxXTBYW6xd-vf17WkuLAigbPYIE/s4032/IMG_4037.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhySXve3sY1P45NQGtN6cFIvfjcTI_Esa7SUdZFYnZj72Oa9kudwzobtjGZdXMKsDNjND35Zgy9CP92RDCVxLyrvMMKjyyb3blVg3c8OmE_E_qpqdvLxXTBYW6xd-vf17WkuLAigbPYIE/s320/IMG_4037.HEIC" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Wednesday we had to have a discussion about respect and patience and cooperation. The boys were starting to have some trouble with all three of these while we were doing school. We talked about why those things were important, what the other options were if they were really unhappy and what we should do next. They agreed that we should all work a little harder at compromise and the rest of the week went a bit better. </p><p>Emmett continues to work on his poster about the plotting of a story, area problems, and multi step/multi number multiplication. </p><p>Micah is working on his reading and subtraction.</p><p>Jonah worked on learning to write his name this week! I'd say this is pretty good. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5iI_lx5FzUSy0C7_vJfNlAKi3toHf8GAyZPI7a1etKCYMj9FxdHkmjF9CB-3EyYeVyxzZWkFV0AO5DOgTvyvpxobybUXVstcJanpV8nMsoLvU9Y9xSZGb_wutCV1zT9NkWi1momxPEBE/s4032/IMG_4063.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5iI_lx5FzUSy0C7_vJfNlAKi3toHf8GAyZPI7a1etKCYMj9FxdHkmjF9CB-3EyYeVyxzZWkFV0AO5DOgTvyvpxobybUXVstcJanpV8nMsoLvU9Y9xSZGb_wutCV1zT9NkWi1momxPEBE/s320/IMG_4063.HEIC" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">He also loves to help me cook and bake. One night he helped me make pumpkin muffins. Norah was all about getting up on the step stool and "bothering" Jonah. It was making him crazy and so I gave her two small bowls, a set of measuring spoons and a couple of scoops of dry oatmeal. She immediately sat down on the floor and poured, stirred, dumped, and scooped to her heart's content. When she was done she helped me sweep up the oatmeal into the dust pan and dump it in the trash can. A quick once over with the vacuum and all was well, muffins were made, and nobody was crying. Win/win/win. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2Lc_0Rmf35aryQhyKZWhTl95Z1ev7FgntS-YJRdPMFaIeFlTJOrF14g_r3iFATdaUqdyBzx1wMXA1civIukaBDTwsLdoBXCS6Ru-tXqgXOFldw1vQm3AxJT-WUp4cYqzrUNycgMZMAM/s4032/IMG_4053.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2Lc_0Rmf35aryQhyKZWhTl95Z1ev7FgntS-YJRdPMFaIeFlTJOrF14g_r3iFATdaUqdyBzx1wMXA1civIukaBDTwsLdoBXCS6Ru-tXqgXOFldw1vQm3AxJT-WUp4cYqzrUNycgMZMAM/s320/IMG_4053.HEIC" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmenlzq9d7mRwFfov4fIsExw-_uDW4mfLaPVjSuVwVwTOThBVQ36MjUNHBbp8Z2DGgQ8dH0C782A1eViGGT5GLx4xKk7Oz7KtMk4scFrnNWBzMxpHkNVPX7AFgEsDapnp1Y30jd2aiSRY/s4032/IMG_4061.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmenlzq9d7mRwFfov4fIsExw-_uDW4mfLaPVjSuVwVwTOThBVQ36MjUNHBbp8Z2DGgQ8dH0C782A1eViGGT5GLx4xKk7Oz7KtMk4scFrnNWBzMxpHkNVPX7AFgEsDapnp1Y30jd2aiSRY/s320/IMG_4061.HEIC" /></a></p><p>Norah is also really excited about cutting and scissors so she practiced cutting with Mad Matter Sand, paper, and several new pairs of scissors. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4wFokhfryGza9EJPDFWhdnZ2D8tRCBUbJHmImQzW_cgrfZDicW_m3PDrijse1EPYOj1GbTXVLJXCK31K0-ielpqb_VhP9O85dnyRhfj914tbzBV10UdsNOZMDd-hdWmzP1bmlUPhjvO8/s4032/IMG_4065.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4wFokhfryGza9EJPDFWhdnZ2D8tRCBUbJHmImQzW_cgrfZDicW_m3PDrijse1EPYOj1GbTXVLJXCK31K0-ielpqb_VhP9O85dnyRhfj914tbzBV10UdsNOZMDd-hdWmzP1bmlUPhjvO8/s320/IMG_4065.HEIC" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-66128439864641216862020-11-22T18:57:00.002-08:002020-11-22T18:57:11.738-08:00Week 10 - Reading, Metamorphic Rocks, and Turkey Tag<p> Wow, 10 weeks of homeschool in the books. I sort find that hard to believe. </p><p>This was the week that Norah scribbled all over my planning book for the week. 🙈🙈Oops. </p><p>In <b>language arts</b> this week Emmett was supposed to move to the book Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk. We started reading it but neither of the boys was really into the story. It is set in the time of the Great Depression and although we will be talking about that time in a historic sense it was too scary for the boys in this already anxiety ridden time in the world. They were still interested in Greek mythology and so we decided to call an audible and continue with the Percy Jackson series. We've read the first three books together. Emmett and I then went on to read numbers 4 and 5 separately. He finished WAY before I did. Ha. He will be putting together a poster project on book number 4. He's not thrilled but it is a good way to learn about how stories are plotted. </p><p>Micah continues to work on sight words. He often fights back on his reading while we are "doing school" but he brought me Hop on Pop one night at bedtime. I had put a couple of books on the shelf in his room that I thought he might be able to do himself. He read the entire 64 pages to me! I was so proud of him and more importantly he was so proud of himself. So cool.</p><p>Jonah wanted to work on the letters C and G this week. Why you ask? Those are Curious George's letters obviously! We worked on lower case letters and he pin punched several letters to build strength and fine motor control. He also read a whole bunch of Thanksgiving books with me including Curious George's Thanksgiving. </p><p>Emmett has been working on multi numeral multiplication in <b>math</b>. He is using the common core method and I know it's not a popular parent position but I really like it. It makes so much sense. These kids are going to have such good number sense because they will understand how it works. It is really hard to jump into common core halfway through but if you have been with it from the beginning the logic follows all the way through. </p><p>Micah's math is subtraction with 10 frames and 9 groups. He prefers to just do the problem but we've been trying to slow down so that he can write out the picture too. </p><p>Jonah's math this week consisted of measuring Thanksgiving pictures with both a ruler and math cubes. He loves his dad's tape measure so later in the day, he took that outside and measured all the things on his own. </p><p><b>Science</b> this week was fun! Micah was learning about metamorphic rocks. See the video below for his description of the lab. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxYeoQeMhDyAO5zPPle2fk2geX4S6CXeGKfEJfgwSE6Mlr3BcOQ7ZnBQhODcwpSc4QYFIvCMJxc5D7rHvRu_A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Emmett's physics lesson was about projectiles and satellites. This involved throwing a whole bunch of different things across our yard and figuring out why certain things went farther than others. Ice, pumpkins, pillows, a shoe, a stuffed animal, a rock were all projectiles with mass and velocity. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">His engineering lesson was about Rube Goldberg machines or as Emmett would say, "how to make something easy way harder than necessary". In the end we opted not to build one but watched so many YouTube videos that we might be pros anyway. Emmett's favorite was this one, <span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-color, var(--yt-spec-text-primary)); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-font-size, var(--yt-navbar-title-font-size, inherit));">T</span><a href="https://youtu.be/Ss-P4qLLUyk" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-font-size, var(--yt-navbar-title-font-size, inherit));" target="_blank">he Swish Machine: 70 Step Basketball Trickshot (Rube Goldberg Machine)</a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Our last fun activity on Friday was to make a whole flock of feather turkey's for Turkey Tag! Aren't they cute!?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaILR3sCXnHQmuMqysXqenb-8QoR4lirh-DvcWKj3LimENgzuHxo9Hh7PdbiH7zZuT-84U1JNSeuORrqJuVDU4wHqcnRuFtjlabDo74ltgwmsoADNFIn6lBA72cf68hXEZXIcXzo89DA/s4032/IMG_3902.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaILR3sCXnHQmuMqysXqenb-8QoR4lirh-DvcWKj3LimENgzuHxo9Hh7PdbiH7zZuT-84U1JNSeuORrqJuVDU4wHqcnRuFtjlabDo74ltgwmsoADNFIn6lBA72cf68hXEZXIcXzo89DA/s320/IMG_3902.HEIC" width="320" /></a> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqCf24hyphenhyphenpU4jwoBFhXsR8iETarxZQZVsg6_jp4Uv43f-t4xh6D106pUqgHQUsdORGIQinFQHCVdoFd3IlQHa3kjBjKPwwr8NAoa8Sat9gYYF-UxPatvaqHGjdFov99JS6YbDs521kmVE/s4032/IMG_3899.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqCf24hyphenhyphenpU4jwoBFhXsR8iETarxZQZVsg6_jp4Uv43f-t4xh6D106pUqgHQUsdORGIQinFQHCVdoFd3IlQHa3kjBjKPwwr8NAoa8Sat9gYYF-UxPatvaqHGjdFov99JS6YbDs521kmVE/s320/IMG_3899.HEIC" width="320" /></a></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Gobble Gobble! Have a great week. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9E7IytxjrWHnF7kpGKD6xOXH2_Gp_LZNcisn9jklfsgdHLlKD6-mtclVyssS3yo_aEmmPIkCMckt-77wKXU6yjG9OUvH-aQLe4DHpfaU0eon2nWFrdu4p58zoj0y8JdEwFg3eJywcM9E/s4032/IMG_3887.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9E7IytxjrWHnF7kpGKD6xOXH2_Gp_LZNcisn9jklfsgdHLlKD6-mtclVyssS3yo_aEmmPIkCMckt-77wKXU6yjG9OUvH-aQLe4DHpfaU0eon2nWFrdu4p58zoj0y8JdEwFg3eJywcM9E/s320/IMG_3887.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6TBJh6_2p5dVv8FmehDk4aQ4IYXgOpah6unl718KiwvzyosA4iV9lQDSfVjJ0zdXUkM8tgDb3PWBHD24898pL7y0JknZg_tBPavSlVk8ihBJJSUVsGbTDzGVrg6tjVDb6YJKkMIgPLc/s4032/IMG_3885.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6TBJh6_2p5dVv8FmehDk4aQ4IYXgOpah6unl718KiwvzyosA4iV9lQDSfVjJ0zdXUkM8tgDb3PWBHD24898pL7y0JknZg_tBPavSlVk8ihBJJSUVsGbTDzGVrg6tjVDb6YJKkMIgPLc/s320/IMG_3885.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qmvIHpNUmf712UQylR7MnAesBGlGPFjqTboKXCk7_zvTu2tz5xSJk20ukknNRxXsBfoAjcv9PXXmu20-ERE-dWoCF3LN8p76p93nLLU1dAuT7RT5PpyqPY1CsAuefnk9_j7VpcBHQug/s4032/IMG_3892.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qmvIHpNUmf712UQylR7MnAesBGlGPFjqTboKXCk7_zvTu2tz5xSJk20ukknNRxXsBfoAjcv9PXXmu20-ERE-dWoCF3LN8p76p93nLLU1dAuT7RT5PpyqPY1CsAuefnk9_j7VpcBHQug/s320/IMG_3892.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-44509689573604756302020-11-15T07:20:00.005-08:002020-11-15T07:22:46.968-08:00Week 9 - Gratitude trees, Science, and November beach days<p style="text-align: left;"> Hi all! It's been a lovely fall week in CT. We are coming back to the classroom after a fun Halloween. The pumpkins and ghosts have been put away and the turkeys and cornucopias have made their entrance. Okay, maybe not so much the cornucopias but the Thanksgiving stories are abundant. </p><p>In this house, we have always chosen to focus on both sides of the history of the United States. Patrick is passionate about the native people who lived here long before the pilgrims sailed onto the shores. He believes that their story is both beautiful and tragic and, without a doubt, needs to continue to have a voice and a place in the history books. Yet another beautiful thing about homeschooling is adding in more details to something that often is stereotyped and/or overlooked. Back home in Nebraska, Patrick did multiple mission trips to Pine Ridge Reservation and fell in love with the Lakota culture, heritage, and people. The kids were young and so they haven't had a chance to learn as much about the Lakota yet but we read stories given to us by our friend, Steve and talk about it at regular intervals. </p><p>Here in Connecticut, we have a new view. In 1620, the Puritans landed at Cape Cod, Massachusetts about 200 miles up the coast from where we live now. They had been at sea for 66 days. They then sailed up the coast to Plymouth and started to build their town where the Wampanoag people had been living. (We love that Wampanoag means People of the First Light.) This has been interesting to the kids because New England was settled so long before the Midwest. In addition, the tribes of people living here had a different history and way of life than the plains tribes. More to come in the next couple of weeks on the Siwanoy tribe that lived on the land we live on today. </p><p>In other news, I made a grateful tree. Grandma Barb made the leaves with her Cricut and mailed them to us and they turned out beautiful! We don't do it every single day but if the kids or I think of something we want to add, we write a gratitude on a leaf and hang it on the tree. We love the ones that grandma and grandpa sent and hung those up first. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKasnNwkO7vRGtmsOL6sEKd6RNDeP-6o1t2dvZgm5wVVV1lP7rnu90DkkItfWgL08aNY8iIvRin3FYu8XaowIP0s4L0SGKOSCXEnykFRQ1pltG8calLd0xqUkY4uxFwkbojev-DDxThyU/s4032/IMG_3700.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKasnNwkO7vRGtmsOL6sEKd6RNDeP-6o1t2dvZgm5wVVV1lP7rnu90DkkItfWgL08aNY8iIvRin3FYu8XaowIP0s4L0SGKOSCXEnykFRQ1pltG8calLd0xqUkY4uxFwkbojev-DDxThyU/s320/IMG_3700.HEIC" /></a></div><p>Saturday afternoon we had two friendly visitors! Our friends Jamie and Tricia were kind enough to let the boys play with Rosie and Scout! We had a great time and the kids played with them outside for almost 5 hours!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjBNmGQ-EcCLBji4IwxssUlKVxy6tJ1XtEAAZrl_zWKIG8GyDj3VEoksy0F9r2lcJJnphyphenhyphenXvAAEO_UtM-h4pUm-EDXBqfQWhMFsBwVOwbjrDGpe9i9-MjnAU50DQpfcy92i9NrIWh4hQ/s4032/IMG_3708.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjBNmGQ-EcCLBji4IwxssUlKVxy6tJ1XtEAAZrl_zWKIG8GyDj3VEoksy0F9r2lcJJnphyphenhyphenXvAAEO_UtM-h4pUm-EDXBqfQWhMFsBwVOwbjrDGpe9i9-MjnAU50DQpfcy92i9NrIWh4hQ/s320/IMG_3708.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Monday it was cold and windy! After school I had to dig out the winter coats and grammy hats and mittens! </div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YncSF1Q6pEQ2e_Rod1oms5oFfs-BS7Nj6Jn79155Z65WasYatLrDdqdrAaRB4hLFPFtHQeYNH9bYouke_gvRNCjLGrS-ovzOoMdIx-8huv9CXQP26g5A2BOqFTykrt-Jl81QrMwr96w/s4032/IMG_3601.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YncSF1Q6pEQ2e_Rod1oms5oFfs-BS7Nj6Jn79155Z65WasYatLrDdqdrAaRB4hLFPFtHQeYNH9bYouke_gvRNCjLGrS-ovzOoMdIx-8huv9CXQP26g5A2BOqFTykrt-Jl81QrMwr96w/s320/IMG_3601.HEIC" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_G3J7gSes8Y1yV3ocCIDdUtJev907-AmRrPxZ7jQ2WsOqFXUGDbmYTkhp4FWlpfspSL25dIPOLZtmVBKTS9gSpboTE53jRzGYJRc6FcVN1SCqYG9Ry_tbVk6Ipedg-x0WO-lB4pRaJpI/s4032/IMG_3595.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_G3J7gSes8Y1yV3ocCIDdUtJev907-AmRrPxZ7jQ2WsOqFXUGDbmYTkhp4FWlpfspSL25dIPOLZtmVBKTS9gSpboTE53jRzGYJRc6FcVN1SCqYG9Ry_tbVk6Ipedg-x0WO-lB4pRaJpI/s320/IMG_3595.HEIC" /></a></p><div>SCIENCE - Micah was studying igneous rocks this week. We read about them and then made some! Bits of crayons in different colors represented different minerals. They were put together in a muffin tin and put in the oven to represent heat. They were then whisked into the fridge which acted as the rapid cooling process. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluQ-giHGthSLHYaxt85k5daiakCkCk8x0-HL2d7El53fmjc_WQ1bIL9h33QQIhSZ_hhheRtYBZkn38vjwXPu5bap2c41ZKNKC70v2-AreeOD3aYz_bAPwXDeihiTQ2FBZUY9SFlRPt3Q/s4032/IMG_3612.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluQ-giHGthSLHYaxt85k5daiakCkCk8x0-HL2d7El53fmjc_WQ1bIL9h33QQIhSZ_hhheRtYBZkn38vjwXPu5bap2c41ZKNKC70v2-AreeOD3aYz_bAPwXDeihiTQ2FBZUY9SFlRPt3Q/s320/IMG_3612.HEIC" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sfgI_ly1xjslBxF-xgrqz2FcVVXV-NYp6RUIHRX_gpuhKA9EZZWlklMY02ghKKWsnkG-xRTmcI0Z1yO0jl-XjQLh5-82V2A2TfTBh1-D4AmP_nXbVR2xBXm68XW-zYpnhcBRCui3CvQ/s4032/IMG_3611.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sfgI_ly1xjslBxF-xgrqz2FcVVXV-NYp6RUIHRX_gpuhKA9EZZWlklMY02ghKKWsnkG-xRTmcI0Z1yO0jl-XjQLh5-82V2A2TfTBh1-D4AmP_nXbVR2xBXm68XW-zYpnhcBRCui3CvQ/s320/IMG_3611.HEIC" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Emmett's engineering science included studying domes, tunnels and towers. His lab was to see how many cups of water 4 eggs could hold without breaking. Eggs are dome shaped and they are one of the strongest building shapes. Do you want to know the number of cups the eggs held? Spoiler alert - it was A LOT more than we thought. In fact, we switched to a large bucket that held baseballs and 34 cups of water later the eggs were still intact. Whoa! That's strong. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQQ0WVKEkTL9BBhAZzQ3Y5FX8Gn3WeUDgvjY2XQXpx25VffaY51nGeVaA0nkMomjYLkxJg8m2bI3eKDZYggdl3ElHYXNETGivLmxAwhcDQlP2BwPRsA9xSrwKhmSC0CzdZwz2nQOVcr4/s4032/IMG_3624.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQQ0WVKEkTL9BBhAZzQ3Y5FX8Gn3WeUDgvjY2XQXpx25VffaY51nGeVaA0nkMomjYLkxJg8m2bI3eKDZYggdl3ElHYXNETGivLmxAwhcDQlP2BwPRsA9xSrwKhmSC0CzdZwz2nQOVcr4/s320/IMG_3624.HEIC" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdttbUFc2b-eXo2YichbwHsVSFOT7YagH-ZdDykgAYzKPTWpPa2G8oxa7jQPZbmEESd6PWrEdeSCtr8m8EIKzZKkaCQ8aDP1Xuo8hzEDCmTw98nvg3bcYbUeug8ZQ-yvEBCXI1uGekVU/s4032/IMG_3626.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdttbUFc2b-eXo2YichbwHsVSFOT7YagH-ZdDykgAYzKPTWpPa2G8oxa7jQPZbmEESd6PWrEdeSCtr8m8EIKzZKkaCQ8aDP1Xuo8hzEDCmTw98nvg3bcYbUeug8ZQ-yvEBCXI1uGekVU/s320/IMG_3626.HEIC" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Wednesday evening I set out all the items for a quick fall painting activity. These trees were so fun and simple. I printed the trunk template out <a href="https://www.gluedtomycraftsblog.com/2015/11/broccoli-stamped-fall-tree-kid-craft.html" target="_blank">here</a> and then cut broccoli florets to use as brushes/sponges. Patrick even got in on the action. Apparently he is motivated by broccoli? </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUBDIT1AEHJszYrQaFGAEfCOAZPQ4OjTk34TPcAjlX4HlAtYrfm1FDrRTWm5VlYzw3JCbjDZxzF2gKeC35WO7WsIhIixvLtcOBedFT6i1i5onlUduteMg2t4Iwc4pVBjh7GZxdC-cxVA/s4032/IMG_3633.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUBDIT1AEHJszYrQaFGAEfCOAZPQ4OjTk34TPcAjlX4HlAtYrfm1FDrRTWm5VlYzw3JCbjDZxzF2gKeC35WO7WsIhIixvLtcOBedFT6i1i5onlUduteMg2t4Iwc4pVBjh7GZxdC-cxVA/s320/IMG_3633.HEIC" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNerwQXQzC6K3ZcKZAT-cuicevBlbQcNB9O9eIlDEmGV9q-8J8sPfSex-bSIEztZ_yVG95_FEBosgWQLOMjeQyh3oiaUYACdG7RyLzZ78GToL5v-qDL02VOK2BXflbxSPXNinjYaKSZPo/s4032/IMG_3630.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNerwQXQzC6K3ZcKZAT-cuicevBlbQcNB9O9eIlDEmGV9q-8J8sPfSex-bSIEztZ_yVG95_FEBosgWQLOMjeQyh3oiaUYACdG7RyLzZ78GToL5v-qDL02VOK2BXflbxSPXNinjYaKSZPo/s320/IMG_3630.HEIC" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCL_u8yK5fwzgY75FBv_-A_eAx9s683KcDVbPqD0QcD8sL39uKtfZDdA2MiKPKZMFF8lGb9YFmiX5XH_obiW-MguRVb3sqRHCYzWGSQQC85GyeqDcD5iDPlahxa6pQlnn9KttGVQFeG1s/s4032/IMG_3629.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCL_u8yK5fwzgY75FBv_-A_eAx9s683KcDVbPqD0QcD8sL39uKtfZDdA2MiKPKZMFF8lGb9YFmiX5XH_obiW-MguRVb3sqRHCYzWGSQQC85GyeqDcD5iDPlahxa6pQlnn9KttGVQFeG1s/s320/IMG_3629.HEIC" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBb7tv4-pxGdwaEs1a2KVVulwjT-sVk6apSIaX9WImdJ37c_uOL3twIdDoRlb7nF-2VfTU0dbSmQjGhyZEaXhrHOq5C_IVfFroK3vBpYBzbaw9kmUmkjXVHn1x9DQlWvJHjn6KiBUT0zs/s4032/IMG_3636.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBb7tv4-pxGdwaEs1a2KVVulwjT-sVk6apSIaX9WImdJ37c_uOL3twIdDoRlb7nF-2VfTU0dbSmQjGhyZEaXhrHOq5C_IVfFroK3vBpYBzbaw9kmUmkjXVHn1x9DQlWvJHjn6KiBUT0zs/s320/IMG_3636.HEIC" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Thursday was warm and sunny. The boys created an excavation site in the backyard and found all sorts of big flat rocks that they slowly dug out. They also found a piece of glass that likely dates back to the early to mid 1800s (based on it's shape and per a friend who is very knowledgable in this area). <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjgSsJH5stxMAJ3b_yO8ZpXda3LP56aDgDnHGM7bOTBldoBPQTq70cijfJBrAgjBgCapI1Chet5UFgtkRDIBm_QBFSY3DMN5E3ua4iGWuwBCCYQC4cFaXi1h64KGA3IBZt-sWKuX-5po/s4032/IMG_3682.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjgSsJH5stxMAJ3b_yO8ZpXda3LP56aDgDnHGM7bOTBldoBPQTq70cijfJBrAgjBgCapI1Chet5UFgtkRDIBm_QBFSY3DMN5E3ua4iGWuwBCCYQC4cFaXi1h64KGA3IBZt-sWKuX-5po/s320/IMG_3682.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went to the beach on Thursday morning after morning basket and math work. Jonah found a lobster claw. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-76197149250306632932020-11-12T16:45:00.002-08:002020-11-12T16:45:18.909-08:00The Halloween of 2020 <p> What a different year. </p><p>The kids have been so good about everything. We got all excited about doing something new and fun for Halloween this year and they went right along with it! We opted out of trick or treating this year. I thought about it for a bit because I kept thinking, "it's outdoors, we could just stop at houses that have candy placed out" but in the end I decided that if our family got sick because of trick or treating, it just wouldn't be worth it. So... this was our day...</p><p>We started out the day by making mini pumpkin catapults! That was super fun and the kids had a good time flinging candy pumpkins around the dining room floor. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvV8PdRF4m01OxOUOCMRyDWnO5QkI4VqzeCePQMBd2flrLwGf8RonxGOiZntNPOY2iPD6v6uTt7K3t4HAxwNgHXUlT8gKVcAHK8C6PBOntTd_MH8oZIipIy5OVC8lWFkkDWzM9lq3gCM/s4032/IMG_3450.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvV8PdRF4m01OxOUOCMRyDWnO5QkI4VqzeCePQMBd2flrLwGf8RonxGOiZntNPOY2iPD6v6uTt7K3t4HAxwNgHXUlT8gKVcAHK8C6PBOntTd_MH8oZIipIy5OVC8lWFkkDWzM9lq3gCM/s320/IMG_3450.HEIC" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx_vq26yxdzd5omEiGJdEyB_ne2rrAk_kkcChd9efCY5YF-iWn4jdGKCoJkAA6Fa9bE78tk-hU9mMyFb3YTjA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>Later in the day we took the pumpkins outside and carved them with Patrick. I did Jonah's, Patrick did Micah's and Emmett did his own this year! It was chilly scooping the glup out. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFkCCixfoKva9dvnvO9HYAGUhtWgBt4fs2y3DUQ4nTnW42-6GnZ0qhNAr1REEPD8TykVrI0RHc6TrosM59XJYYCINrE9Wgc98mih4DjVpGsUBEadj_ILtnBo-Jf823wZADo7M29hVUXc/s4032/IMG_3463.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFkCCixfoKva9dvnvO9HYAGUhtWgBt4fs2y3DUQ4nTnW42-6GnZ0qhNAr1REEPD8TykVrI0RHc6TrosM59XJYYCINrE9Wgc98mih4DjVpGsUBEadj_ILtnBo-Jf823wZADo7M29hVUXc/s320/IMG_3463.HEIC" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCn9ZSGnJUmFXZNoC4JX6bMjLDU2suxfdpsbcjwJ4wIf6Wk61REg3OPh3bkjxucKEXxTNXj267q28dQHYGBlkBCN5lJe2tERkJxoOtA8N-jjDwtkMJhwdiM2Yro1FXPl7fWXxYCS5ETs/s4032/IMG_3460.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCn9ZSGnJUmFXZNoC4JX6bMjLDU2suxfdpsbcjwJ4wIf6Wk61REg3OPh3bkjxucKEXxTNXj267q28dQHYGBlkBCN5lJe2tERkJxoOtA8N-jjDwtkMJhwdiM2Yro1FXPl7fWXxYCS5ETs/s320/IMG_3460.HEIC" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8PAaidmN3vUgoVKJld2iSHNoljK3J9uMzGskvzZ7asju7OKo9gWDFIfxzDp7rV_p6lv3TuU9EuGJB71-Y77-u0X6es77Vou-QIKID4sbQ33kc64v9UR7IklVFh7tZ9LT8o4UzLeot6Y/s4032/IMG_3543.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8PAaidmN3vUgoVKJld2iSHNoljK3J9uMzGskvzZ7asju7OKo9gWDFIfxzDp7rV_p6lv3TuU9EuGJB71-Y77-u0X6es77Vou-QIKID4sbQ33kc64v9UR7IklVFh7tZ9LT8o4UzLeot6Y/s320/IMG_3543.HEIC" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Micah's Spider</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPG3zZVzyrpGEQIdq-DKOD8nLwi3Ms2GXJuIvmNFc0C57Hi9YtcQpQtHJkLl1qLVE2qoOtZvkz6m1aLlW-5Ud5AyJSAZjK-THK1fcXKpeWKjsTMZ6V_h_v0BCVLlyTIGUJz1KUDZYb_U/s4032/IMG_3545.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPG3zZVzyrpGEQIdq-DKOD8nLwi3Ms2GXJuIvmNFc0C57Hi9YtcQpQtHJkLl1qLVE2qoOtZvkz6m1aLlW-5Ud5AyJSAZjK-THK1fcXKpeWKjsTMZ6V_h_v0BCVLlyTIGUJz1KUDZYb_U/s320/IMG_3545.HEIC" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;">Emmett's Mask-O-Lantern</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQ07gUv8OQ_gEWI-oUROWdfS_Z4-FfEfmuhqDTAcl-Hm9qRqyUmgfSuseqfU0XYeOVUJmZYobytCT1NlGbuNjejeSkOTIA6gCqoQ01OZz3FGeSICxyFrbCZCWxAu-E4L27KfFg8fKSE8/s4032/IMG_3544.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQ07gUv8OQ_gEWI-oUROWdfS_Z4-FfEfmuhqDTAcl-Hm9qRqyUmgfSuseqfU0XYeOVUJmZYobytCT1NlGbuNjejeSkOTIA6gCqoQ01OZz3FGeSICxyFrbCZCWxAu-E4L27KfFg8fKSE8/s320/IMG_3544.HEIC" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jonah's Bat</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;">We watched the boys eat donuts off of a string without using their hands. I think that I had more fun than they did with this. I hadn't laughed so hard for months. </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprLCyq66gl23-IWYu0g2TuT5rhj31RRHbLN4gtshvoHkYITUdR4szRodFwfmbr-gQB1LE7iMXk_oxePJ0onYBHftENiCAwhmxt6GnlT0kmlydTuV46VlSTP9SLN24KAbez_WSDdkxNuo/s4032/IMG_3471.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprLCyq66gl23-IWYu0g2TuT5rhj31RRHbLN4gtshvoHkYITUdR4szRodFwfmbr-gQB1LE7iMXk_oxePJ0onYBHftENiCAwhmxt6GnlT0kmlydTuV46VlSTP9SLN24KAbez_WSDdkxNuo/s320/IMG_3471.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwLuOyrYpUG0xYsltlcAw9Ka4fK0CImfMC_4IpqQQOARlAHPY_uogS2dQB61SYbgla2MVdAwG0ZB7MMVrTGpQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p>After that we bobbed for apples. This was a first for all of us except Patrick. He had to show us how it was done. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcfF_frbMc8xsZIkEdNKvk6Xl0nlWDaJ5NPu62FNJtyu8BTGoIdqE2ZWIotYY2PVtqWqs-nzuIRyE6tMJCMGTY5EY1AGOMo7Remp6GrAl5saGWIe0ikqqwwC4ihIW9UM-nGE5ve10wAA/s4032/IMG_3500.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcfF_frbMc8xsZIkEdNKvk6Xl0nlWDaJ5NPu62FNJtyu8BTGoIdqE2ZWIotYY2PVtqWqs-nzuIRyE6tMJCMGTY5EY1AGOMo7Remp6GrAl5saGWIe0ikqqwwC4ihIW9UM-nGE5ve10wAA/s320/IMG_3500.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5dUQ-9nR_JsLLskYVLHckWPZXfzUdUmuKhmR1H9UXNr_2gH-ZKiuLOE_RuA8oahZU97jv9xH6I7HKFZrW6dnK4VlrHO_0cYnBoRMcEjc-363tKXGYPjAMbkp-8tAhZW7PXrHB8qoS9I/s4032/IMG_3508.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5dUQ-9nR_JsLLskYVLHckWPZXfzUdUmuKhmR1H9UXNr_2gH-ZKiuLOE_RuA8oahZU97jv9xH6I7HKFZrW6dnK4VlrHO_0cYnBoRMcEjc-363tKXGYPjAMbkp-8tAhZW7PXrHB8qoS9I/s320/IMG_3508.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzr_7gEs7O04_Beh_zQ_b7GOLwfrLbYQ4FNa9JXquBsMKQCTisfaYKXmXpWg024L3wfLVOcfOavDp2I7WDB8Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-isaZbzrzOGTlgylacXXYAb88uQZSQ9pM1d_1j4B-n5sv0tdO0Oh7ZPfcPZkTNvc6nGSJjEW3eCP1TTJVBm3-fni-BOvJ3MhDJ7wgJeTMKkFFpVzQIaDBF1dlSx2YwqWQceX0RD7GWc/s4032/IMG_3475.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-isaZbzrzOGTlgylacXXYAb88uQZSQ9pM1d_1j4B-n5sv0tdO0Oh7ZPfcPZkTNvc6nGSJjEW3eCP1TTJVBm3-fni-BOvJ3MhDJ7wgJeTMKkFFpVzQIaDBF1dlSx2YwqWQceX0RD7GWc/s320/IMG_3475.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><p>Later that evening Patrick hid candy and small toys in the yard and turned on the fog machine. The kids dressed in their costumes and had a great time searching for all the goodies. Emmett and Micah collected fog in their buckets and brought it over to us. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHPXZD-kRJ36OWjGba_aMsd4TeJVW07zv7Mu-WMI7o1oEzrAx4g3qS8Xbj9NglN8Pa7A3-U0318_x50UY8z7Dp4q-HUlARC3wSbcjaWe8Ke1PYYwts5C2AE21Vhu5l9vTGmvMFsDq2fw/s4032/IMG_3516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHPXZD-kRJ36OWjGba_aMsd4TeJVW07zv7Mu-WMI7o1oEzrAx4g3qS8Xbj9NglN8Pa7A3-U0318_x50UY8z7Dp4q-HUlARC3wSbcjaWe8Ke1PYYwts5C2AE21Vhu5l9vTGmvMFsDq2fw/s320/IMG_3516.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtvOd1FpKnxFAk30Ey9lE_GFEnvhOSE4zaLIQCpjSR4EaQCkq6Jhv_WzragmA5rhS1v8DbdgwVolf2TRtxCxuBWj_n6hpIBJHodFqEm7BmwmJqC6cZrQwxX_xXGCz61vTK-_BFBbVCGU/s4032/IMG_3527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We went inside for a warm dinner of three bean chili and semmels (our annual halloween meal). </span></div><p>At the end of the day I asked Emmett (10) what he thought about the day and he said, "I got all the candy and I didn't have to walk that far." Ha. That's one way to look at it. </p><p>Happy November everyone.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-38568977056375485732020-11-01T19:03:00.000-08:002020-11-01T19:03:00.777-08:00Week 8 - Leaves, Crystals, and Skeletons<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Week 8 went much more smoothly. We had a lot of fun with fall leaves and building the excitement to Halloween. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iVpVk2Gr4JRtASJVHi0IVEcMaU4nWcWTFi9TWHAU4CGGwP44FdGlAnmkGIQbQ736CSuGn9NAUBLPfOvZDziuPTMS16L1qx382DgaLblCm-18RgIsAVPcdjyQJIdtF6IQJDTaAu0lidk/s4032/IMG_3255_Original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iVpVk2Gr4JRtASJVHi0IVEcMaU4nWcWTFi9TWHAU4CGGwP44FdGlAnmkGIQbQ736CSuGn9NAUBLPfOvZDziuPTMS16L1qx382DgaLblCm-18RgIsAVPcdjyQJIdtF6IQJDTaAu0lidk/s320/IMG_3255_Original.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAH5QoaJUdXPmTX2dR5ubF6ygPM8a7vZ4tdEPb-DgoLL32RUsC8boaM3069ph3qQzaLz68l6hkFa9LOaw6uEwAV1GhHxXbj8uqcGDU1Mln1TC8NE8jx3l-ZYIaX_Y9r6QVToHjQl0Vt8/s4032/IMG_3253_Original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAH5QoaJUdXPmTX2dR5ubF6ygPM8a7vZ4tdEPb-DgoLL32RUsC8boaM3069ph3qQzaLz68l6hkFa9LOaw6uEwAV1GhHxXbj8uqcGDU1Mln1TC8NE8jx3l-ZYIaX_Y9r6QVToHjQl0Vt8/s320/IMG_3253_Original.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpJNGx5CMS5AWe_4hbitWMrydEchSh4UsRTHLYgWSZxJo8Z6i5FHxOz4N-eHQFwdRc6kvA-cgF2r8VGIWGpZoG30SZChhjE2q8ur-eRltnL9A0AE5-CpHK0XPC5xf_OLYZgdDQZCjXKo/s1104/IMG_3285_Original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpJNGx5CMS5AWe_4hbitWMrydEchSh4UsRTHLYgWSZxJo8Z6i5FHxOz4N-eHQFwdRc6kvA-cgF2r8VGIWGpZoG30SZChhjE2q8ur-eRltnL9A0AE5-CpHK0XPC5xf_OLYZgdDQZCjXKo/s320/IMG_3285_Original.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAApijM3achcnfFILekpOVbor_n46Pg_oJnDet5C9g3SFHNDZuV9jI35TvuPu_T5uE0cOpdObI4bbJRH1tEVkQsjy1PszpmG5CSk0P9tnvcEFufAOjjWGacUtw5gOYvUKra6O0jVLjm8s/s1097/IMG_3286_Original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="818" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAApijM3achcnfFILekpOVbor_n46Pg_oJnDet5C9g3SFHNDZuV9jI35TvuPu_T5uE0cOpdObI4bbJRH1tEVkQsjy1PszpmG5CSk0P9tnvcEFufAOjjWGacUtw5gOYvUKra6O0jVLjm8s/s320/IMG_3286_Original.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jonah loves holidays, specifically Christmas, but any occasion to decorate seasonally and he is there for it. He has been so excited about Halloween that we just kept up the theme! He worked on fine motor and hand strength using push pins and a pumpkin. I also made him a Halloween activity binder. Some of the activities were still too tricky but Micah was awesome and stepped in to help him. </div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSn7C6qrQfk-W4yDpj9W-TtN5WLLj7Mi9dr3RCDqWGXi00RezTOcsiXZmwSZMUuJXtJc8Qg0onTI4Blh030RJbrvqnBUyrLYXa0BpmR9IIyxZNTSaUasksrpliBNTFzikz6HaYjDB6NzQ/s4032/IMG_3299.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSn7C6qrQfk-W4yDpj9W-TtN5WLLj7Mi9dr3RCDqWGXi00RezTOcsiXZmwSZMUuJXtJc8Qg0onTI4Blh030RJbrvqnBUyrLYXa0BpmR9IIyxZNTSaUasksrpliBNTFzikz6HaYjDB6NzQ/s320/IMG_3299.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSfYHORhyphenhyphen4pk66bRNQvVTVN4wALegbfEjghJfZ4QBpNGz01k5rZCb6zrEM37MFEkSoxnO5qcwkwZz2-bmWai27TnQVRme9l_LM0kyV29hYJnwigHSi7jZLWxBIlIFSgAt3pRFI0Dikxs/s4032/IMG_3426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSfYHORhyphenhyphen4pk66bRNQvVTVN4wALegbfEjghJfZ4QBpNGz01k5rZCb6zrEM37MFEkSoxnO5qcwkwZz2-bmWai27TnQVRme9l_LM0kyV29hYJnwigHSi7jZLWxBIlIFSgAt3pRFI0Dikxs/s320/IMG_3426.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoEvkkifZAZQPgAJ2LkGiLCkX1km0nrwYfl8luJsJdipiXuii0b-hJ97_-6lTo8HfH4Nr_1Lr0iDkIgeAy6nLMtOjWbw95_4B_4DiIu_bKoCIX7CP7Y9gjDLfq9BDC4VaZ-d23Yp8S5g/s4032/IMG_3359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoEvkkifZAZQPgAJ2LkGiLCkX1km0nrwYfl8luJsJdipiXuii0b-hJ97_-6lTo8HfH4Nr_1Lr0iDkIgeAy6nLMtOjWbw95_4B_4DiIu_bKoCIX7CP7Y9gjDLfq9BDC4VaZ-d23Yp8S5g/s320/IMG_3359.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Working hard!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4jg6ewiNVWTHNLYVtKtmEyuPUN-XmhjsgqbWgmk4W3Manx4mbkm8D3D_uoTDSoBHhM5fTP7f4IgkxmdpLTJPysd3UHlpD5-xPbXWNvAejlo211mVI8a8kB1fkxAFhJODYzXzhw3h1Mk/s4032/IMG_3379.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4jg6ewiNVWTHNLYVtKtmEyuPUN-XmhjsgqbWgmk4W3Manx4mbkm8D3D_uoTDSoBHhM5fTP7f4IgkxmdpLTJPysd3UHlpD5-xPbXWNvAejlo211mVI8a8kB1fkxAFhJODYzXzhw3h1Mk/s320/IMG_3379.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Matching colored ghosts to the names of the colors on the page. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Monday, Emmett and dad worked on their physics lab. It was rainy and cold but the topic was collisions so they took to the great outdoors. Emmett explained to me the next day that it was all about the difference in acceleration and velocity of the basketball and the tennis ball. Smart cookie. His engineering lab was about bridges. This is not a subject I know much about, so we learned together. He then built a Lego bridge and told me and his grammy all about it. He also plowed through Module 2 of Grade 4 math this week which was metric conversions. Impressive, on to Module 3! He also wrote a really nice narration about what he is loving from the Percy Jackson books. This is our last week on Greek mythology but I am guessing that we may be reading the last 2 of the 5 book series. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzAhvkaxhkEF8q-akTxB1WKLw-NQJZgdlyRwib0x1B9GOYNiyaVQj_NAc6tTsymv0k8pOma_LZGwHxmQswBHA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzqG6Xo_2zDEOjHYRXJwwWjcteXxEGaqeAipOtti58wqJpqDLucX1pznzE8QW9TTa2DUtUmseyJX1P3hm97cw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJL-bAOIJMQ8PMa8t6cn0RNXcY9UTUa2J1SFq49aHEU61hy0RR3ebEYNmdO1GJwVkb6AIS9SIuE8IBg1LoEfhf5UR7RFfduYOriJqHbGhMTKITHiWjMFnyk3YRMvQVfbeJUXddb2U_30/s4032/IMG_3367.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJL-bAOIJMQ8PMa8t6cn0RNXcY9UTUa2J1SFq49aHEU61hy0RR3ebEYNmdO1GJwVkb6AIS9SIuE8IBg1LoEfhf5UR7RFfduYOriJqHbGhMTKITHiWjMFnyk3YRMvQVfbeJUXddb2U_30/s320/IMG_3367.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How Emmett feels about metric conversions. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Micah began learning about crystals and we discussed the pros and cons of making our own. On Wednesday, we got the chance. We put together the ingredients and then he set his cup in the refrigerator. In the morning... small blue crystals. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl6N4E9XaRracZkghVy5xNmGNIF5s-O31YR9PVkQHni5QlShO4wjgAFMUh-qwcRMkLEIfdKZXv_XRLdquCHU6xuW_vmAYRVzEeFqoK9LWzUwMY2WIjuCTRIwMjyzUzh9Jv8Usb1eby8U/s4032/IMG_3415.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl6N4E9XaRracZkghVy5xNmGNIF5s-O31YR9PVkQHni5QlShO4wjgAFMUh-qwcRMkLEIfdKZXv_XRLdquCHU6xuW_vmAYRVzEeFqoK9LWzUwMY2WIjuCTRIwMjyzUzh9Jv8Usb1eby8U/s320/IMG_3415.HEIC" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NfG5pkeJ3R0v6vXVguFlWM5GguZLUuyvmCF32wl3pgXNqXRdsBAHhz4Teg-fsY8zf6KAwLoQL7hREr4mAFlTsc6QHMh_5P20uDEVIptejONxM0F2i-JIEQDZr85GC6dTwF-fXa2DCFQ/s2997/IMG_3417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2997" data-original-width="2248" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NfG5pkeJ3R0v6vXVguFlWM5GguZLUuyvmCF32wl3pgXNqXRdsBAHhz4Teg-fsY8zf6KAwLoQL7hREr4mAFlTsc6QHMh_5P20uDEVIptejONxM0F2i-JIEQDZr85GC6dTwF-fXa2DCFQ/s320/IMG_3417.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Micah is also my fox guy and so we made these cute leaf foxes! Super easy and very fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXsAJ5gM0_DdvwBlcscHWOu3xjCOpJCTG811CbEfsQ_WQtdmteNQm_dDGMpExhDvXp2AtLbtr44MUQLj6a1u2FzqvbAIBICfbUfz7j5zBSGNXQrzL97pEIREWQJPBzwBxwAjxbxNpcIrA/s4032/IMG_3371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXsAJ5gM0_DdvwBlcscHWOu3xjCOpJCTG811CbEfsQ_WQtdmteNQm_dDGMpExhDvXp2AtLbtr44MUQLj6a1u2FzqvbAIBICfbUfz7j5zBSGNXQrzL97pEIREWQJPBzwBxwAjxbxNpcIrA/s320/IMG_3371.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgUT5p_eeBSwomLzbdaANrRgeU2BJPYoBOdpnUlPYLlZzRgsFI_IKNWwKiRW3tymet7ehL2oeTHbpbLWIFxPjtMEvU6TLOEwpZjCfiQZQiytqEy5xYqB5djWkIQ4EYAHGo3RJln41ke8/s4032/IMG_3372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgUT5p_eeBSwomLzbdaANrRgeU2BJPYoBOdpnUlPYLlZzRgsFI_IKNWwKiRW3tymet7ehL2oeTHbpbLWIFxPjtMEvU6TLOEwpZjCfiQZQiytqEy5xYqB5djWkIQ4EYAHGo3RJln41ke8/s320/IMG_3372.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Friday morning we called Grammy and Pops on FaceTime and we all made a fun skeleton project together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are our finished products! Oh, and Jonah showing Grammy and Pops his creation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GM_ua4nYRxvc_JU0S2RaGJozcoAzd_0pU8iCZRc6PGRaEopw7ij8DvyxMPBGoztixnOrmPtsAmfUFT-pHNmfLzfYA3rjiTzLNJMB9L-TbSO1IzvwFKOoQ_OdRR-N9OfglmLPgNx-cpA/s4032/IMG_3408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GM_ua4nYRxvc_JU0S2RaGJozcoAzd_0pU8iCZRc6PGRaEopw7ij8DvyxMPBGoztixnOrmPtsAmfUFT-pHNmfLzfYA3rjiTzLNJMB9L-TbSO1IzvwFKOoQ_OdRR-N9OfglmLPgNx-cpA/s320/IMG_3408.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pbXueDII40ZW7n2suEPF7vdmJKv1GBadSvFou36vildkVvDGKFJdGvVG_Hl_61fx_DxQg3OIB6l-aWWWpFBOZ9ZTWCWLA_0IXaj_CmKGZxYER0gRSyQNHon7FoT6umj2VmPkS0HkM5w/s3619/IMG_3411.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2402" data-original-width="3619" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pbXueDII40ZW7n2suEPF7vdmJKv1GBadSvFou36vildkVvDGKFJdGvVG_Hl_61fx_DxQg3OIB6l-aWWWpFBOZ9ZTWCWLA_0IXaj_CmKGZxYER0gRSyQNHon7FoT6umj2VmPkS0HkM5w/s320/IMG_3411.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6wZaJwrrFaS7fZxtyI2o-yI76Ms2J3Xr3rfMGDkVq06D24GYQKiZ4oBaIpA7kw3FD7ovlZhuZOJiOvsGK52_2DnkxBmrdfS8RdUJwRlrbdyWXbl40DC2rqA1dZ1W3SI8IT7uzkDDFyY/s3661/IMG_3412.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2743" data-original-width="3661" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6wZaJwrrFaS7fZxtyI2o-yI76Ms2J3Xr3rfMGDkVq06D24GYQKiZ4oBaIpA7kw3FD7ovlZhuZOJiOvsGK52_2DnkxBmrdfS8RdUJwRlrbdyWXbl40DC2rqA1dZ1W3SI8IT7uzkDDFyY/s320/IMG_3412.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5piKnhzgccXBExctDNYClnlXj4HnTeABxDPV1j9LlFd5fJhm61q72XpFOe2ZMmEjqjSruAD6l20JShDkgP4ZeGVg8Yk_jknBKv1ZsMBOk0c9XWzxpSfpg9i7_uPozxCY_NxVWRciOPI/s1280/IMG_3414.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5piKnhzgccXBExctDNYClnlXj4HnTeABxDPV1j9LlFd5fJhm61q72XpFOe2ZMmEjqjSruAD6l20JShDkgP4ZeGVg8Yk_jknBKv1ZsMBOk0c9XWzxpSfpg9i7_uPozxCY_NxVWRciOPI/s320/IMG_3414.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEhpQechnS7qqyRuFTUkwcTUHHBfLAF_l3t_ycigsA452rI7FJ5SUbRw0QMNvAYzIVHg9c0h9iBJIR7p61xtxqgVedqgB7dMuvdOg_jSKO5r3wa6TD9wFuuP-qYh0Jxmiz4318EbkA_k/s1024/IMG_3413.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEhpQechnS7qqyRuFTUkwcTUHHBfLAF_l3t_ycigsA452rI7FJ5SUbRw0QMNvAYzIVHg9c0h9iBJIR7p61xtxqgVedqgB7dMuvdOg_jSKO5r3wa6TD9wFuuP-qYh0Jxmiz4318EbkA_k/s320/IMG_3413.JPG" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I will do a separate Halloween post later this week. We hope you all have a lovely week.<div>Bye Soon<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-53703127376817660892020-10-31T19:26:00.001-07:002020-10-31T19:26:27.216-07:00Week 7 - Volcanoes, Linear Motion and More Greek Mythology<p> In full disclosure, we did not have our best week this week. I am not sure exactly why things fell apart but they did. There were tears and frustration and anger but we moved through it together and maybe even learned a few things along the way. The kids really are doing a nice job transitioning to something completely new to them. They don't complain about missing their "old school" or beg to play with friends and they have taken things in stride. I didn't take as many photos this week but I know next week will be better. </p><p>Jonah (preschool) worked this week on tracing letters and working on the letters he already knew. He's doing a great job recognizing A, B, H, J, P, M, and I. He enjoys tracing letters so we worked on that some. He also has his address memorized including the zip code! Wow, good job buddy! Norah and Jonah also went to the dentist this week. We missed our cleanings in March or April and so we were well past due. It was a little nerve wracking to have masks off but they were troopers. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cD6kHQZj12fzYVnRLmOprazvOZID5wRUccEB7z5BvaxrjynHxCTCgcaEBjmMCYjXKXPKMSmAxg-kfxaW9GTUj5Vh7uI-1FJNTJ_ZRNw_2b54TfHib-bAHSqrTEUO7wYgw9Fmc48SE2g/s4032/IMG_3221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cD6kHQZj12fzYVnRLmOprazvOZID5wRUccEB7z5BvaxrjynHxCTCgcaEBjmMCYjXKXPKMSmAxg-kfxaW9GTUj5Vh7uI-1FJNTJ_ZRNw_2b54TfHib-bAHSqrTEUO7wYgw9Fmc48SE2g/s320/IMG_3221.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmBX0UhQVFZWGvZDglkYTvTASaC8n6nsO57YvIaIl4Duh6VzlVYcYazSkHdx5K6xxWYN8Xs3l2nyCa0Q_4ElZzyh4e0A5j_duBmI5SslJziWipKfx06TbjAy9PRgIM6HmDOFzVCpiGSg/s3364/IMG_3202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3364" data-original-width="2523" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmBX0UhQVFZWGvZDglkYTvTASaC8n6nsO57YvIaIl4Duh6VzlVYcYazSkHdx5K6xxWYN8Xs3l2nyCa0Q_4ElZzyh4e0A5j_duBmI5SslJziWipKfx06TbjAy9PRgIM6HmDOFzVCpiGSg/s320/IMG_3202.jpg" /></a></p><p>Norah has been asking to do "ool". We played with the shape sorter this week. Both putting shapes in with labels and also stacking. She has no trouble with either and asks to do it over and over. She also likes to do calendar with the boys and so we often go back up to the school room later in the day so she can have a turn to put on the day of the month and change the weather. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRw_pre38o3BS2nGOCqMhvwzach9EmuVZa3q5Ux1IonBoh_e_hC1dJd10xrtgu8J0yIkxWZfp7c4o8Mz3_rYlZ-jKYWEGqNkbFv9L9iCtWoxR6hr6CwcvbV7_xufiW49bOBkY6t7lmRw/s4032/IMG_3195.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRw_pre38o3BS2nGOCqMhvwzach9EmuVZa3q5Ux1IonBoh_e_hC1dJd10xrtgu8J0yIkxWZfp7c4o8Mz3_rYlZ-jKYWEGqNkbFv9L9iCtWoxR6hr6CwcvbV7_xufiW49bOBkY6t7lmRw/s320/IMG_3195.HEIC" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgastPjIZWSowi3xbPmuypA7vyiLaCmvO37fH3sqclu99HnPTvpSTdv251VMdQ9wXC6ur-SJmYZR-1-uqDsZQgQTvGe9KAgu-ajWciS4NxT0z_1o9C1VqaVSsV2uYAXLQpeqywTt5269cQ/s4032/IMG_3187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgastPjIZWSowi3xbPmuypA7vyiLaCmvO37fH3sqclu99HnPTvpSTdv251VMdQ9wXC6ur-SJmYZR-1-uqDsZQgQTvGe9KAgu-ajWciS4NxT0z_1o9C1VqaVSsV2uYAXLQpeqywTt5269cQ/s320/IMG_3187.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Micah Man (1st grade) did a great job with subtraction this week. He is also working on mastering some sight words, and practicing his writing. He loves to draw and color and has made several cool drawings on the Olympians. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BCmnOn5JgJzFr6dctbeA2HgjWIzKFsTHoNckiI4ziMdcXTvjhM0haKKXirW4E8lGDSw0FGHk7f4Dp_5Owu6l1OB-CD-2t_-dBUD5jiYc-uqFjWf2URiD46boCPaZRpmg8jrrU8b033M/s4032/IMG_3172.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BCmnOn5JgJzFr6dctbeA2HgjWIzKFsTHoNckiI4ziMdcXTvjhM0haKKXirW4E8lGDSw0FGHk7f4Dp_5Owu6l1OB-CD-2t_-dBUD5jiYc-uqFjWf2URiD46boCPaZRpmg8jrrU8b033M/s320/IMG_3172.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAC7uzoSNZOTJwQE4oqD-LdVOzjGld0-N4bi6lAfV6h5y1w5yXZ8cA1KjPB-t0yvl-Jt4ft-zQ8wyuh2Iw1SGFyorGPm_uBoe-3coDDgbVM2ak-XjLk5CGSqmGgva8IMH-ujlmVEZudG0/s3474/IMG_3567.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2696" data-original-width="3474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAC7uzoSNZOTJwQE4oqD-LdVOzjGld0-N4bi6lAfV6h5y1w5yXZ8cA1KjPB-t0yvl-Jt4ft-zQ8wyuh2Iw1SGFyorGPm_uBoe-3coDDgbVM2ak-XjLk5CGSqmGgva8IMH-ujlmVEZudG0/s320/IMG_3567.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p>Emmett (4th grade) had a cool science lab with the substitute teacher, aka dad, on Monday morning. Linear motion was the subject and they made a great parachute to try and slow the descent of a small Lego build from a third story window.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz4ABa8Hqv5XSLfF81Wth9cfUzssmalqmNwppKZ3kI9SBskX-xH9JaM4-Xns_3z1VEaOH9QdbVmHEfA-BJZMA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz54wnUM56yAYCJ4BTte-BHrsRze_j7QwQnv6I3ro4xJcDpOR5nUD8jT53jlrNADe8RNXm1vqyDOmSa11kEPA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am looking forward to a slightly less emotion filled week next week! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bye Soon - 💛</div><br /> <p></p>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-60004159281530367692020-10-18T08:02:00.003-07:002020-10-18T08:02:30.670-07:00Week 6 - Pumpkins, pulleys, and Greek Gods, Oh My!<p> Week 6 was another fun one! We had three days of pouring rain which made for even more fun outdoors! Rain jackets and bare feet are the best. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Micah Man's</b> (1st grade) week included </p><p>* Math - counting on, number sentences, and equal pairs plus one more. </p><p>* Language Arts - he jumped over full tilt into Emmett's subject, the Greek gods. He drew all of the Olympians several times and has listened with amazement at all the stories. He has chosen his favorite goddess, Artemis, the protector of children and animals. He loves that she can turn people into animals. </p><p>* Science - it's an earthquake week! Micah read about, watched videos, and tried his hand at making a small earthquake demonstration. He rubbed two rocks together and watched as the wood chips and pebbles jumped around on the surface. </p><p>* Music - he continues with piano lessons and begged for an extra lesson this week. He has been drawn to the piano and decided to compose a song or two. He created the music and then I helped him write the notes on the music staff. Wow, that bass clef made this tired momma have to stop and think for a hot minute. Ha.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcgGujSITD0A-xB63kY1RZsItcLhI6MGtiYWrso8tAMWR5jgVxTxaXt6IXMDZ9E0BX5RajbtypcHb2iDY2H2lBA3Th2TeJiMoPrNh8wtaOTjFIKvKnfkQvg8n4Ylu2-zboZ6Qg0faYY4/s4032/IMG_3094.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcgGujSITD0A-xB63kY1RZsItcLhI6MGtiYWrso8tAMWR5jgVxTxaXt6IXMDZ9E0BX5RajbtypcHb2iDY2H2lBA3Th2TeJiMoPrNh8wtaOTjFIKvKnfkQvg8n4Ylu2-zboZ6Qg0faYY4/s320/IMG_3094.HEIC" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yS-BFcYzi6LDNn628fCHQqjKYg7UjocgnA8HFRAiyB0PYjPi-cLsLo75zRnHI7nAOSZQ-HgF0cLZiJxtjpgqhBHYYbrmXf0c3xJGys1Dz4aVxT1OjocDHEBuZVD_0E6GFGV3zLh3vZo/s4032/IMG_3117.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8yS-BFcYzi6LDNn628fCHQqjKYg7UjocgnA8HFRAiyB0PYjPi-cLsLo75zRnHI7nAOSZQ-HgF0cLZiJxtjpgqhBHYYbrmXf0c3xJGys1Dz4aVxT1OjocDHEBuZVD_0E6GFGV3zLh3vZo/s320/IMG_3117.HEIC" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Earthquake for earth science!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Jonah James</b> (pre-K) had another great pumpkin week! </p><p style="text-align: left;">* Math - graphing and patterns! We made a pumpkin dice from a printable and then he rolled it and graphed the results to see which character would win! Patterns are trickier but he is beginning to understand the concept when kept simple! I am so proud of his hard work.</p><p style="text-align: left;">* Language Arts - So many books about autumn, changing seasons, and pumpkins. He also did lots of fine motor work with tracing and writing letters. P and J were letters this week because of "pumpkin" and "jack-o-lantern" of course.</p><p style="text-align: left;">* Science - Jonah got in on the pulley action as part of Emmett's science experiment (more below)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqu_0QuHxgUsUAg9_vKN6hQJr62RP5HWY-xs1v5RYbUcJBhX2MlRBPrmNoHra-Ml3r5nMzqk08Cz4-_ssjKQkyWE69BxZ3g6uyPw9puY3qB2ZOZdTCIqtrGV4xICrojl9HL4YyJDdsJWY/s4032/IMG_3095.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqu_0QuHxgUsUAg9_vKN6hQJr62RP5HWY-xs1v5RYbUcJBhX2MlRBPrmNoHra-Ml3r5nMzqk08Cz4-_ssjKQkyWE69BxZ3g6uyPw9puY3qB2ZOZdTCIqtrGV4xICrojl9HL4YyJDdsJWY/s320/IMG_3095.HEIC" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha5qEvZJA2j8S77UThpE7Ggn1PLJUOZGm-umlemRYFDvw-Tl-Yc6-A8xtjOqd-uXzluu2EE3dUf31h7Yk6e8l-uyd4-gd2w0MfOTRu-WdU3CrlGDP4EWLaMAdQ0iGan_nHtG19Vy-EnME/s4032/IMG_3161.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha5qEvZJA2j8S77UThpE7Ggn1PLJUOZGm-umlemRYFDvw-Tl-Yc6-A8xtjOqd-uXzluu2EE3dUf31h7Yk6e8l-uyd4-gd2w0MfOTRu-WdU3CrlGDP4EWLaMAdQ0iGan_nHtG19Vy-EnME/s320/IMG_3161.jpg" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pPIT-ZIjgn77lppnH2VOHYjcAbY0BWyX61X4tlvmdKfvq5YnV-mM-HkFzJrp0Dlw6AFW3-zNAW9oLxK9GpuV1VFkrZ4wCNuLf9LAg6SaUPrg40h0cx9Fi8PBn1gB1Zv5CywQbofne8E/s4032/IMG_3110.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pPIT-ZIjgn77lppnH2VOHYjcAbY0BWyX61X4tlvmdKfvq5YnV-mM-HkFzJrp0Dlw6AFW3-zNAW9oLxK9GpuV1VFkrZ4wCNuLf9LAg6SaUPrg40h0cx9Fi8PBn1gB1Zv5CywQbofne8E/s320/IMG_3110.HEIC" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>Emmett</b> - 4th grade<div><br /><div>* Math - Emmett continues to work on story problems with tape diagrams and large subtraction. This sometimes frustrates him but with encouragement he continues to move forward. Great job sweet boy. </div><div><br /></div><div>* Language Arts - we are deep into the Greek gods and goddesses. We have finished Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief (staying up way too late a couple of nights) in order to read "just one more chapter mom". The unit of the Greek gods has given us a really nice opportunity to talk about our religion, faith, and church as well. The kids have had lots of great questions about the men and women in the Bible and Emmett has begun to dig into the Bible he got last year as a third grader in our church. He also continues with a super secret project given to him by his friend Steve K in Omaha. Shhhhh, more to come later. </div><div><br /></div><div>*Science - Opposing forces for physics and simple machines for engineering. On Monday morning I left "lesson plans" for the substitute teacher. Dad stepped in and with videos cued up, a small list of lessons, and the instructions to teach the boys about equal and unequal forces using tug-of-war, I left for an hour and a half for an appointment. I have no pictures from the tug-of-war but I hear that Jonah fell and hit his head and that dad has more force that all the kids together. Hmmmmm. </div><div>The pulley lab was super fun. Emmett wanted to know why they never get to climb trees in public school science lab. HAHA. 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An interesting character to be sure. Did you know that he wrote all of his notes in mirror writing? Apparently, scholars aren't sure why but one theory is that because he wrote with actual ink and was left handed, he did this so that the ink didn't smudge and smear. He was much more than an artist, he was a scientist, an inventor and a true Renaissance man. Our last activity of the week was to make tempera paint like Leonardo would have. We separated the yolk of an egg into a bowl and added a tiny amount of water to the right consistency. We then used natural sources to color the paint, turmeric for yellow, paprika for red, blueberries for blue. After that, we cheated and added blue food dye to the blue and blue and yellow to make green because the kids weren't super impressed with the colors. We had the opportunity to talk about why the colors of his time were different than the colors we see in paintings today and then we.... 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I spend a couple of hours on this beautiful Sunday planning their lessons for the next two weeks! Have a lovely week and enjoy the fall (or spring) weather wherever you are. </div><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjn6I4DfIC_0j1itS9bhHex8CgqeW-c12FnX5a4G_lDQkLR98g0OwCem4RbWt_RecBRvE5nOjBGDu637K-0qbWx3r4zWylTXs5fBuPRheQ6dpUJ4H13WUbBsyJ3UnMalZ7sZSI3k2G1o/s4032/IMG_2969.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjn6I4DfIC_0j1itS9bhHex8CgqeW-c12FnX5a4G_lDQkLR98g0OwCem4RbWt_RecBRvE5nOjBGDu637K-0qbWx3r4zWylTXs5fBuPRheQ6dpUJ4H13WUbBsyJ3UnMalZ7sZSI3k2G1o/s320/IMG_2969.HEIC" /></a></p><p><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-33312346232023044652020-10-16T13:05:00.004-07:002020-10-16T13:05:49.053-07:00Week 5!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Welcome to the recap of week 5. Yes, I am a smidge behind but we are all doing the best we can, right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This week brought all sorts of fun. We learned about math, physics, engineering, greek gods, and Leonardo daVinci! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jonah took an m&m counting outschool class! He was pretty excited about it and his teacher was great!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqS2NYGueumyGvG3BFaK8s7vVp4vmG1m6icGtvcJ3PBxY4hISPqMOeddBEeRpCDlSzEfpnvNcHBaKr9tRqvx1JRN7Yed5UttnE9igSUk4uowwQscDv8d-0GWqvlpl8bKcmfAee7uLBHGs/s4032/IMG_2817.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqS2NYGueumyGvG3BFaK8s7vVp4vmG1m6icGtvcJ3PBxY4hISPqMOeddBEeRpCDlSzEfpnvNcHBaKr9tRqvx1JRN7Yed5UttnE9igSUk4uowwQscDv8d-0GWqvlpl8bKcmfAee7uLBHGs/s320/IMG_2817.HEIC" /></a></div><p>We also got out the box of Halloween paraphernalia. Jonah and Micah had a great time with the. Where's Waldo outfit from 4 years ago. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oH8BJxz-KC73T7OR-OWlhqKs34tCIPPDbrdJb2Mvbm9DqPIA9tjAG79C9MmwOSwOQl2GUBJZwQ6RHitd7qpgdtDHAbu5ZdNJHrVNdBhfa1Z_jHXB56Nrv9e5vIFQP6LWlwoL0Lyewoc/s4032/IMG_2836.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oH8BJxz-KC73T7OR-OWlhqKs34tCIPPDbrdJb2Mvbm9DqPIA9tjAG79C9MmwOSwOQl2GUBJZwQ6RHitd7qpgdtDHAbu5ZdNJHrVNdBhfa1Z_jHXB56Nrv9e5vIFQP6LWlwoL0Lyewoc/s320/IMG_2836.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jonah now! 4 years old.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1R50knXXoxAyk7T2zugnN5bNQ5HMUz5qoy3fg8q6wjcidB3h9Oo2g9ltc5_iB8Rvy2MZAVbxb6T2UhIoznwP9ara2HDTKHmF7K_-Jg95ZKqOUOTxc0rPm_I3wSXJy4IG3su8QFrr_gI/s4032/IMG_2870.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1R50knXXoxAyk7T2zugnN5bNQ5HMUz5qoy3fg8q6wjcidB3h9Oo2g9ltc5_iB8Rvy2MZAVbxb6T2UhIoznwP9ara2HDTKHmF7K_-Jg95ZKqOUOTxc0rPm_I3wSXJy4IG3su8QFrr_gI/s320/IMG_2870.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Emmett now - 10 years old!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2TcNSmFc_jQVYygM2Nn8JRk5i5WTckLlESSCA88mMo1G8sTyJP9D7PNBorJzUMo4UX8huUQNALxWrKpRh-bAW9ZdfYjk1ps0_hL3KY5pewX-WtPSnoSVyOx7z08V5VUC7B7uS0eXtpWk/s2048/IMG_9134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2TcNSmFc_jQVYygM2Nn8JRk5i5WTckLlESSCA88mMo1G8sTyJP9D7PNBorJzUMo4UX8huUQNALxWrKpRh-bAW9ZdfYjk1ps0_hL3KY5pewX-WtPSnoSVyOx7z08V5VUC7B7uS0eXtpWk/s320/IMG_9134.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Halloween 2016 - Emmett 6, Micah 3, Jonah, 10 months</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Norah continues to learn through osmosis. She has been running around saying "B - Bat - Buh"<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVT35Mz5c3zswWOBJiA0AsHs_bc85JdjGfv2mPqarHDmya1WW8_fk_maF_2FW4GJLqeXlDL1DQrdJlxwXlQSZcQJuCPtDotiL-fhL4irCvLnIhyae0EkiYdOaZzcrpNTqfqhdfzUpCbk/s4032/IMG_2866.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVT35Mz5c3zswWOBJiA0AsHs_bc85JdjGfv2mPqarHDmya1WW8_fk_maF_2FW4GJLqeXlDL1DQrdJlxwXlQSZcQJuCPtDotiL-fhL4irCvLnIhyae0EkiYdOaZzcrpNTqfqhdfzUpCbk/s320/IMG_2866.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>One day we spent a couple of hours feeding the birds and squirrels. I just put the birdseed out for them and let them play. It was a beautiful fall day and the kids were so relaxed and had a lovely afternoon. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVL2AiY2HVAtA9d4z97z_Hmf56k3L9cgrNW7KLmUecNHXOzDbBm4P8doaR76WibrHG8HG9sqajpA4e9tYbt8fu3qswavu5seiAHyty7tEWdbky8Jk6fXh1xZIm1kkVDa8yEdRIwJGcKVM/s4032/IMG_2873.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVL2AiY2HVAtA9d4z97z_Hmf56k3L9cgrNW7KLmUecNHXOzDbBm4P8doaR76WibrHG8HG9sqajpA4e9tYbt8fu3qswavu5seiAHyty7tEWdbky8Jk6fXh1xZIm1kkVDa8yEdRIwJGcKVM/s320/IMG_2873.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were studying potential and kinetic energy in real situations this week for physics. Our peak lab was marshmallow shooters. These were super fun and easy. I cut the bottom out of yogurt containers and cut the end off of a balloon. I taped the balloon on the wider end, gave everyone a pocket full of mini marshmallows and instructions not to point them at people, and they were off. Emmett explained how they worked and then they all switched to acorns, more mass equals more velocity, so says Emmett. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwrMP25y9XBMVLzn2mymRPYMbYDf2eCd0VCtWBBuSY5panddnYyvI1DnmSCyGZ13fsfOldDI2XBtL86E0834w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WtTPR1gY79uItUG-Wnw7xjsQJlOvOY72gu-dygtwD4lCQfUK74Qmqu-nTOvyhYpGx8sBchm-22mYPfy_Gi5kapWDl_0YYjPAVV25Qa_VRsfjDonn_23Knocg91PEWtzt19_ALoE09sA/s4032/IMG_2824.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1WtTPR1gY79uItUG-Wnw7xjsQJlOvOY72gu-dygtwD4lCQfUK74Qmqu-nTOvyhYpGx8sBchm-22mYPfy_Gi5kapWDl_0YYjPAVV25Qa_VRsfjDonn_23Knocg91PEWtzt19_ALoE09sA/s320/IMG_2824.HEIC" /></a></div><br /></div>Emmett also continued with simple machines for engineering. He made the beginning of a set of gears using a box lid, gum drops, up-cycled lids and a hot glue gun. Lesson here - the gun drops have to be in EXACTLY the right spot. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTQ0V6k-CSw2wMj67JpKjiU12Ftb5GoQqBDm7BAwtKXHCnnE-5Jw9ySRP8dhZZjqA_N7DNXpY5nxcwmheYZX0znNmgSzDh1nyJkTiMlzcOy3oF2RrIu7hhe_Sqmbx4BhGPh4D5iW0TxQ/s4032/IMG_2966.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTQ0V6k-CSw2wMj67JpKjiU12Ftb5GoQqBDm7BAwtKXHCnnE-5Jw9ySRP8dhZZjqA_N7DNXpY5nxcwmheYZX0znNmgSzDh1nyJkTiMlzcOy3oF2RrIu7hhe_Sqmbx4BhGPh4D5iW0TxQ/s320/IMG_2966.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyP47ydBGVDn5pTZ4u7xoSd6-BwCafY2hQK-Als1-8fqGb1s0hPh4eK8jKrfpi_T82Wa4ZBbPoRO7J-fFB09A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hope you enjoyed a sneak peek into our lives this week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More soon! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ciao!</div><br /> <p></p>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-62210355050008102792020-10-14T06:52:00.000-07:002020-10-14T06:52:33.281-07:00Week 4 - October<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Happy October this week! We finished up the apple unit this week and welcomed October with a very, very careful trip to the apple orchard! The kids were so excited to be out of our house and the leaves were gorgeous as we drove through New York state. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-kyx1oATLRbJ3tVQCIYoEGrccwAaJFDxeuXKpqWf41w7XtjkH0J404qy4dt28es3XQqH1_VgvNjHZKowIQTqcMgIt9afjkqYy2bfKjji0kDx8KV0kNDJToC7BHEYGeJe9AMcRcfyP3Kc/s4032/IMG_2712.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-kyx1oATLRbJ3tVQCIYoEGrccwAaJFDxeuXKpqWf41w7XtjkH0J404qy4dt28es3XQqH1_VgvNjHZKowIQTqcMgIt9afjkqYy2bfKjji0kDx8KV0kNDJToC7BHEYGeJe9AMcRcfyP3Kc/s320/IMG_2712.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZomZTcrmQpV6zwimk6A-pwbOMnve1XpiTwDY4UVlU8vhtyQ2kyMeUHBNdClX0R1X_0_PC-jlu-K_3niFUhFAm81kUC4G0pmR-W83N8RJjaaObny7rdUK5GksD4Bvcgz_xpJtzBxkCdmw/s4032/IMG_2714.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZomZTcrmQpV6zwimk6A-pwbOMnve1XpiTwDY4UVlU8vhtyQ2kyMeUHBNdClX0R1X_0_PC-jlu-K_3niFUhFAm81kUC4G0pmR-W83N8RJjaaObny7rdUK5GksD4Bvcgz_xpJtzBxkCdmw/s320/IMG_2714.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dcDnvE9tiHXXlEbAF3TrD7wlxUjN4Hy1wgAv4KJWlICNzHmNV5Vu8vFSwzaHlAO7Z3qoAHDi9plUV4bGmU8KQSE8sWzW2SCJxGdC82XGPFtFWWxl5GZClHCtI4KdVv030hjT01Mm2Bs/s4032/IMG_2716.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dcDnvE9tiHXXlEbAF3TrD7wlxUjN4Hy1wgAv4KJWlICNzHmNV5Vu8vFSwzaHlAO7Z3qoAHDi9plUV4bGmU8KQSE8sWzW2SCJxGdC82XGPFtFWWxl5GZClHCtI4KdVv030hjT01Mm2Bs/s320/IMG_2716.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2z98fNjwfeIlmhbTdnvst5dKuX0l8oR8JNYQO5kE0UzwhqP5ztI4-Cdh1L6kQGwMKgSWxk2cvewSz3iAs3Y-TA9xh5UQ46DbydEEwkU3ZE4qGVbf1zICOQclehZAokw0Pe_7ZXIXvOI/s4032/IMG_2710.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2z98fNjwfeIlmhbTdnvst5dKuX0l8oR8JNYQO5kE0UzwhqP5ztI4-Cdh1L6kQGwMKgSWxk2cvewSz3iAs3Y-TA9xh5UQ46DbydEEwkU3ZE4qGVbf1zICOQclehZAokw0Pe_7ZXIXvOI/s320/IMG_2710.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Monday, Jonah did an Outschool class call Apple Circle Time. He really enjoyed it and then went down to make a play-doh apple complete with a stem and a leaf. Impressive Jo Jo!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJR9R1i8_8jqx6R_U2VxPNvVJZUuYlEtmXUNS_0UKxI40XCPWJIPFz-fomsTyj7QGwNuPLPkXSUMmeldRlscGJ19tohDF6Ib1DBSn3ZtVrAx7cUHeE0HJyl1jyc_lB0BcCobeJJIzvsbU/s4032/IMG_2644.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJR9R1i8_8jqx6R_U2VxPNvVJZUuYlEtmXUNS_0UKxI40XCPWJIPFz-fomsTyj7QGwNuPLPkXSUMmeldRlscGJ19tohDF6Ib1DBSn3ZtVrAx7cUHeE0HJyl1jyc_lB0BcCobeJJIzvsbU/s320/IMG_2644.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Emmett continues to study energy in physics and so we had a game of superhero bowling in our living room. He explained to me that he contains potential energy which he then turns into kinetic energy that he transfers into the ball which then bumps into the "pins" and they fall into the door transferring more energy in multiple forms. Close enough. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRiDrl8j9FannzEKWHrZAYUpcWjO2ym941tYDxf7OPh7ZwCVXxhz-rVFW942y0HEiR_jA9iCcqEdlE33u9Di_BWYmWKuyQWUd9ZtsIeCnDwEoGqeajBRT9tlLTRNlfoN24DYdeM9Pdkc/s4009/IMG_2679.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4009" data-original-width="2407" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRiDrl8j9FannzEKWHrZAYUpcWjO2ym941tYDxf7OPh7ZwCVXxhz-rVFW942y0HEiR_jA9iCcqEdlE33u9Di_BWYmWKuyQWUd9ZtsIeCnDwEoGqeajBRT9tlLTRNlfoN24DYdeM9Pdkc/s320/IMG_2679.HEIC" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We had a VERY sweet friend who offered to print out the math curriculum for us. God BLESS you, my friend. I am not sure that the boys are quite as excited as I am. Ha. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG88wKRE7wAwn2ods8g_Ci2o7rh7nzfPENgMb7KBa1TRS9mtdb3BNZaYDr1NrXuSRcukEXkzES0LeucPZYmY0pWtB72QjxzFc_044-3mvn9PZb4RXPDLhKi2aARhRpBeu6v7fQvKQE9yI/s4032/IMG_2690.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG88wKRE7wAwn2ods8g_Ci2o7rh7nzfPENgMb7KBa1TRS9mtdb3BNZaYDr1NrXuSRcukEXkzES0LeucPZYmY0pWtB72QjxzFc_044-3mvn9PZb4RXPDLhKi2aARhRpBeu6v7fQvKQE9yI/s320/IMG_2690.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is one year of math lessons for 1st grade (left) and 4th grade (right). Phew.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Micah managed to step on a yellow jacket this week. We are glad to say that he is not allergic. On Thursday before we left the house we found a yellow jacket nest in our yard. The kids were not at all afraid and found it very interesting. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwQJ4IAr9BGTocOM1jufg5qKYjpu672Vsekxeoq7r4__rpj_-jxMF9U8NHxcT9kgtpOVwEuy0zE0Pd4eK0UO1rjSZ2ubRoJZUNMJzfqQx3WnIGI3HxJ6aDJkFtUgofp9yyPdjVBA9WS4/s4032/IMG_2717.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwQJ4IAr9BGTocOM1jufg5qKYjpu672Vsekxeoq7r4__rpj_-jxMF9U8NHxcT9kgtpOVwEuy0zE0Pd4eK0UO1rjSZ2ubRoJZUNMJzfqQx3WnIGI3HxJ6aDJkFtUgofp9yyPdjVBA9WS4/s320/IMG_2717.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEksOndRK-VWMD0OcHnkJcZeOS9PL14Heo5TDLJC-lLCCCtj9lPyL2bfgHAQ5_qXCDHcgQwmJWIugiO8Nfdt1yuInxc_wKY8QyKCGEzKayBppXn5hxkG7zQxYFSeZGjIsvtG_Cy_BwM0/s4032/IMG_2725.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiEksOndRK-VWMD0OcHnkJcZeOS9PL14Heo5TDLJC-lLCCCtj9lPyL2bfgHAQ5_qXCDHcgQwmJWIugiO8Nfdt1yuInxc_wKY8QyKCGEzKayBppXn5hxkG7zQxYFSeZGjIsvtG_Cy_BwM0/s320/IMG_2725.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">He also lost a second tooth!</span></div><br /></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163374302413133512.post-2168093395625062412020-09-27T12:45:00.000-07:002020-09-27T12:45:32.673-07:00Week 3<p> Week 3 - </p><p>We have had a busy week! To start, Norah transitioned smoothly to her big girl bed. There has been a whole lot of bickering and fighting amongst the boys. I have to think that some of it may be because the kids are together all the time. All The Time. They even all shared a room. I decided, much to Patrick's dismay, that it was time to move rooms around. We moved Emmett into the room that had been our makeshift office and then switched Norah and Micah's spaces. Patrick informed me that if he was moving the rooms and had to take the crib apart he was not putting it back together ever again. HA. So, ready or not, time for a big bed for the littlest Collins. She has taken to it with no problems. I imagine it might be more comfortable than her crib and crib mattress. Jonah tells everyone that he has "a new roommate". </p><p>She spent her first night in her bed on Saturday and on Monday she turned 2! Yep, another birthday at our house. She had a sweet butterfly birthday and the boys were her biggest fans. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_wOkdvD80Vzsyh4_-a0TiRkZ7rYbVk8FmCUs2g7DEY2wX12bMeRdMfTf4w4Cx6WxghdFXnO7a2g6iKC_PqGxlvwjWTLOSdZ7DSPoWguV3oOwAiEEJSPTBYI9u6xGNu94kPwip9ZK_zA/s2048/IMG_2445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_wOkdvD80Vzsyh4_-a0TiRkZ7rYbVk8FmCUs2g7DEY2wX12bMeRdMfTf4w4Cx6WxghdFXnO7a2g6iKC_PqGxlvwjWTLOSdZ7DSPoWguV3oOwAiEEJSPTBYI9u6xGNu94kPwip9ZK_zA/s320/IMG_2445.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A homemade vegan, vanilla cake.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzavWsMOcG7Hh-L6sbfz2DhcEhmgjWBbO_bumQxVTTWJ_9IB06gP_2GXNTZGpW7b7WGmq5C13I_iOpV_Uw1tgYRm8xIcHXDLBV8xSVd8MWLm5Q1hZ4KIRVS7_7m2y81o9Gl2I0v3cZJM/s2048/IMG_2457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzavWsMOcG7Hh-L6sbfz2DhcEhmgjWBbO_bumQxVTTWJ_9IB06gP_2GXNTZGpW7b7WGmq5C13I_iOpV_Uw1tgYRm8xIcHXDLBV8xSVd8MWLm5Q1hZ4KIRVS7_7m2y81o9Gl2I0v3cZJM/s320/IMG_2457.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yay for frosting!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Micah studied the Autumnal Equinox and the changing seasons for science this week. We read loads of books and did leaf rubbings! He also managed to get stung by a yellow jacket on Saturday. He stepped on that little sucker with bare feet. Needless to say, the insect did not like that and Micah had a very sore foot for the rest of the day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEesMrEbRg9K424pgOj7vnpJVmv9f2j8NyzlAPdqfLeEdDjYVp0GYAxcrwvEtnfOqs9NAztnq84hQYZyVMla4zaUGjrkDYEoweXhQNtI5L6v1r7RvCwPQdVug1Z_wO5UcqzxpLPrJ2lSA/s4032/IMG_2549.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEesMrEbRg9K424pgOj7vnpJVmv9f2j8NyzlAPdqfLeEdDjYVp0GYAxcrwvEtnfOqs9NAztnq84hQYZyVMla4zaUGjrkDYEoweXhQNtI5L6v1r7RvCwPQdVug1Z_wO5UcqzxpLPrJ2lSA/s320/IMG_2549.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leaf rubbings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ysFIdttWKg6KQbfIM_ugV2hkRHE3CCeI8FdDS2h-v-6Y-5uc6M7hvF3tjeLiI5ogqv453jFpu1e2Bqipc6_BzvKx35sHLiN8YuFKD0_IQOTJvKLwXhtACS5i26aXXqEVvsYalJo5K0Y/s2048/IMG_2590.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ysFIdttWKg6KQbfIM_ugV2hkRHE3CCeI8FdDS2h-v-6Y-5uc6M7hvF3tjeLiI5ogqv453jFpu1e2Bqipc6_BzvKx35sHLiN8YuFKD0_IQOTJvKLwXhtACS5i26aXXqEVvsYalJo5K0Y/s320/IMG_2590.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dinosaur slippers were the least painful footwear after the wasp sting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jonah's unit is currently all about apples. These stained glass apples were a fun project that (miracle of miracles) all 4 of them seemed to enjoy! Ah, the fun of contact paper. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkp7vub2DZgnNLK6x6FtUos2oSHWg8Jb2gc3BMWTAnJ1agvlyFyNbUQ3BO7lGq1K_hvw0G6UKD5YDEaJw6BYiSrMGJgRxHFbx6xiXrlxsgiwrrEgDJyX9seGY6WZUkr0bPYdwkyqhrVpY/s4032/IMG_2525.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkp7vub2DZgnNLK6x6FtUos2oSHWg8Jb2gc3BMWTAnJ1agvlyFyNbUQ3BO7lGq1K_hvw0G6UKD5YDEaJw6BYiSrMGJgRxHFbx6xiXrlxsgiwrrEgDJyX9seGY6WZUkr0bPYdwkyqhrVpY/s320/IMG_2525.HEIC" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIebn2YeO_jBIL7mKWklPi48hkZDieN2WXqICdzLCgJzAiEPmFCTqRuu4VDdfpOyhTlsPJEEsNkg53iC5aYJ4KtSsXmaNUJyWmlUhHFy0aT6pXqdG0efDN4Z2dgNXaId6ELM9H6jsUno/s4032/IMG_2510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jonah also continues to work on his letter sounds, identification and formation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Emmett wrote all of his vocabulary sentences as they related to Pokemon this week. He needed something to make this more interesting and it took him about 5 minutes to come up with them! I was impressed! His physics wonder this week was related to energy and his engineering wonder was all about levers. I tasked him with making a lever to lift something heavy. Here is the video of him showing me how the lever and fulcrum work. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy7pC5gaMGJYoxvST__JU0vGV2-Qqw52FkrqXWapzmc-mJP3hISewaQWKD6QDr7Htun0PiIlhoRM8MLwoPWew' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One pinkie!?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He also had the pleasure of hanging out with our friends' dog Sunday morning! A huge thank you to Danny, Rory, and Bonnie for making his day. Emmett took wonderful care of Clover. He's petitioning hard for a dog. Oy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggv5S29PFIjRo29qJVNd8LTsHTFzNaID1rxy6lS_uL42AreYcTPQT1kfC35MKJlh06gqeIbuucfq8zJeGocv53jFnC5EojVIyRPHrc-BG7MubOvayST_k4gq6VM2GaHpCriGAKHl70esA/s4032/IMG_2618.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggv5S29PFIjRo29qJVNd8LTsHTFzNaID1rxy6lS_uL42AreYcTPQT1kfC35MKJlh06gqeIbuucfq8zJeGocv53jFnC5EojVIyRPHrc-BG7MubOvayST_k4gq6VM2GaHpCriGAKHl70esA/s320/IMG_2618.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And Norah girl, she is learning through osmosis I think. She wants to do everything the brothers are doing and I had a moment on Thursday that blew my mind. Emmett and I were sitting at the table working together and Norah brought me the bag of Bananagram tiles. I unzipped the bag and gave it back to her. She went over to the far side of the room and dumped them out. I was not paying any attention to her, other than to make sure she didn't put anything in her mouth that she shouldn't. About 10 minutes later she came over and placed a pile of tiles on the table at my elbow. I flipped all of the tiles over and realized that she had gone through the entire bag and plucked out all of the Rs. I looked at her with amazement and she looked right back at me and said "R" as if I should already know that. Ha. She had been 2 years old for 3 days. Osmosis I tell you. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxh73FvopIkzCV_AUKezeI9s_EMmuc7T_JjbVBWSdVS_qbYC3jvN67RZM6quGHvpsMdxyRT4AvfDlggZuCduQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">The letter R</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipN5skyPdEHFsVUNNCp69okOxxmqzirHvzJG4bwzM8iJRD1aAoqbJkKJ7M-5E7sj875rT980RsJHlWzZhlRevjQ96Be2gDLrCL0wKiT8-GWfrQAXiGo-C009ae9V7DzrqTbmLpNxhP-Mw/s4032/IMG_2615.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipN5skyPdEHFsVUNNCp69okOxxmqzirHvzJG4bwzM8iJRD1aAoqbJkKJ7M-5E7sj875rT980RsJHlWzZhlRevjQ96Be2gDLrCL0wKiT8-GWfrQAXiGo-C009ae9V7DzrqTbmLpNxhP-Mw/s320/IMG_2615.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Norah also has this church thing figured out. </div><div><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8oG5GRdF1p6U0Q4J8ZcLMgPmonaXAki3l0YP4patO0G_dYVTUpyQJI5WN_uaMnQTd-5xzUpYhcAwptrKUYdcWCZ4MPAXfnA62ChSweaYZNNyvhupGgf6HpbxnJhDKAawmg-OjDV9ovo/s4032/IMG_2597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo8oG5GRdF1p6U0Q4J8ZcLMgPmonaXAki3l0YP4patO0G_dYVTUpyQJI5WN_uaMnQTd-5xzUpYhcAwptrKUYdcWCZ4MPAXfnA62ChSweaYZNNyvhupGgf6HpbxnJhDKAawmg-OjDV9ovo/s320/IMG_2597.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our friend Andrea dropped off two honest to goodness fireman's helmets for the boys. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are in love.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks Andrea!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And, just because Norah is excited about the last day of the regular season...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5wpFWyf4J0M67UYnnW7M4ptTvTvrJKsaZDYArUyZjUB4Kk3o8WwCMnCDHPnqfSfhgKMu1H2fwGLSdc4pis8XncXAo2zij0MpXIc4kqTqULxwN-zrHRBIb9Nx9-nKxg_iNGjig_kBqzY/s4032/IMG_2585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5wpFWyf4J0M67UYnnW7M4ptTvTvrJKsaZDYArUyZjUB4Kk3o8WwCMnCDHPnqfSfhgKMu1H2fwGLSdc4pis8XncXAo2zij0MpXIc4kqTqULxwN-zrHRBIb9Nx9-nKxg_iNGjig_kBqzY/s320/IMG_2585.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Baseball for life. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><p></p>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392047155724843548noreply@blogger.com0