I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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For our Homeschool Craft Circle (where we get together with other homeschooling families and do something crafty once a month) we made paper bag puppets and had a little puppet show. It was so much fun. The kids loved designing their own puppets. The bigger kids were great at entertaining us with a real puppet show using Kid Jokes.
We went to Linder Farms for a pumpkin patch fieldtrip set up by another homeschool mom in our charter school IDEA. Levi's parents joined us and we set out on a farm adventure. We got a little snack of popcorn and juice boxes, set out on a wagon ride, and then visited the petting zoo area to feed some cute animals. Next, we headed out to the pumpkin fields and on the way they did a little hay maze and then set out to search for that perfect pumpkin.
Life
Seems adrift
It takes such patience to get through it.
Life
Meanders for no apparent reason.
It's layered upon itself until you can't find the beginning or the end.
Life
Problems and lost time.
Life
A blank book to fill up, yet short enough to read on the beach.
Life
Still living it
We had to wake up REALLY early 3:30 am and get to the Fire Safety Center by 5am. During the weather broadcast the kids were the background and crawled down a hallway under smoke, along with their pal Sparky the dog.
They did it about every 7 minutes till around 7am and then we had two 25 minute breaks between segments. Lucky for us they had donuts and juice there to keep the kids energized.
Larry Gebert the Meterologist gave the kids some weather lessons using the Centers white board and also dazzled us with his Idaho History facts. The camera guy gave the kids an awesome tour of the LIVE van and explained how the news got to us from them. He also let the kids use his camera, hold the mic and carry the camera (it weighs 50lbs!).
The school year is well underway and the boys have begun working on their chapter science experiments here are a few we've done so far.
Kaleb and his mealworms (yuck). He was observing traits of living and non living things.
Josef and his Jello and fruit plant and animal cells. The animal cell (top) did not turn out well as his little brothers kept poking the bag while it was setting up in the fridge. Science is hard with Little brothers around. It was supposed to be sort of rounded and oblong...hmmm.
“After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul, and you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning and company doesn’t mean security, and you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts and presents aren’t promises, and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes open, with the grace of an adult, not the grief of a child, and you learn to build all your roads on today because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans. After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much. So plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. And you learn that you really can endure… that you really are strong, and you really do have worth.” ~Veronica A. Shoffstall
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. ~ Pearl Bailey
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Read this blog at your own risk. In the writing of this blog typos have been made, words may have been scandalously misspelled, and grammar rules have been broken. Often ideas and thoughts come so quickly they are beyond the mundane restrictions of the English language.Critiques are gladly accepted!
