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Chris before walking his Grandpa Grubb to his final resting place.
Jonah enjoying his baby pool.
A moment to read before heading off to church.
Who needs an Olympic size pool?
Our last day of April was filled to the brim! Monday morning housework, a visit from our friends, schoolwork, playing in the water, taking dinner to our other friends, cleaning out more at Mimi’s house, a late night front porch picnic for dinner, washing feet in the tub and jumping into bed!
Goodbye April! Hello May!
this and that
What a mess Parker makes EVERY time he eats!
Foster’s baby brother getting a little help.
My baby brother with his new toy.
Theodore’s showing his karate stance.
Using everything not nailed down to create a fort.
Katie after her first softball game.
Moments to Remember was developed as a simple way to look back on our week as homeschoolers and find photos that encompass the memories we want to remember.
The week may have been tough, there may have been more bumps than smiles, but in the end these are the moments that keep us going, the ones we need to remember.
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"I gotta big one!"
These are a few of my Moments to Remember this week.
Homeschooling allows a boy to fish with his Daddy during a “school” day.
We huntin’ us some bears…
One of my favorite memories from the week…
On our nature hike, Parker, Theodore and Theodore’s best friend picked up some sticks to pretend they were hunting bears in the woods. This was awesome to see because of the chain of events.
First, Foster said “Mommy take a picture of me – I’m Davy Crockett!”
Then Theodore and his friend had to find their own “guns”.
Then Parker joined the hunting expedition.
A case for not testing…
Homeschoolers have their own opinions about whether or not their children will take standardized tests. We haven’t had to come to a final conclusion on this issue yet because of the ages of our children and the laws here in Tennessee.
Today this conversation with my 8 year old, 2nd grade boy took place.
Foster: “Mommy, does D R then a dot stand for doctor?”
Me: “Yes. But it’s not a dot, it’s a period.”
Foster: “I like to call it a dot.”
Me: “But it’s called a period and a comma is not a curve.”
Foster: “It is a curve. You draw a curve. I like to call it a curve.”
Me: “Get back to work.”
We do 2 different types of grammar curriculum and write letters often.
As you can see, Foster would possibly get the identification of a period and comma wrong on one of those fill-in-the-bubble tests.
Unless it looked like this:
Q: What do you call the punctuation mark used at the end of a statement?
A) a question mark
B) a period
C) a comma
D) whatever you want to call it
Nature Study–Part 2
We took a trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park today! It was a wonderful experience. Even though Parker and Jonah are still so young, it was worth the work to go on this field trip. We picked up some Junior Ranger workbooks that will help us focus on certain aspects and areas of the park. We are blessed to be this close to one of the most beautiful places in America.
3 beautiful things
1. Everyone all cleaned up and on our way to church Sunday morning.
2. Parker gliding high.
3. Foster and his “Extreme Engine” he created for a Lego Club contest.
All the Little Grubbs 