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Squeaky clean comedy
My big birthday gift from my hubby was tickets to go see my favorite comedian Tim Hawkins. He came to Grace Baptist in Knoxville last night. We had a blast! Tim and his wife are Christian homeschoolers so a lot of his material has to do with being a husband, father, etc. I think I have seen just about all of his Youtube videos and there have been many days when my attitude can be turned around just by a good laugh. I bought this T-shirt last night. And here’s the joke behind it…
And here’s one of his newest songs for your viewing pleasure…
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.
He’s Alive!
We celebrate Easter like most other Americans, with food, family, treats and egg hunts. For me though and for us as a family, Easter is the time to declare that our GOD is not dead!
He is ALIVE!!!
36
I turned 36 today. My celebration was perfect for me. It was a day filled with peaceful, routine tasks and with sun and cool breezes. It was filled with the helpfulness of my mom and the thoughtfulness of my husband. It was filled with handwritten notes, hugs, kisses and smiles from my children. It was filled with good food, outside conversations, laughter with all my favorite people. It was filled with sweet gifts.
Nature Study
This week for our science co-op we
accomplished Outdoor Hour Challenge #1!
accomplished Outdoor Hour Challenge #1!
It was nice just walking and observing with the kids. I noticed things in our yard and neighbor’s yards that we usually pass by without paying attention. We talked about the birds we heard and they were excited to find some mushrooms at the base of one of the trees. We were all asking each other questions and they made notes and drawings of their observations.
“In nature-study the work begins with any plant or
creature which chances to interest the pupil.”
-Anna Botsford Comstock
daddy time
My husband constantly amazes me at his ability to take the time to spend special time with each of the kids.
The other day he took Foster, Katie and Theodore fishing. He’s been practicing ball with the 3 older ones in the backyard several nights a week. Last night he took Katie’s training wheels off of her bike for her and helped her start learning to ride without them. Then the two of them made brownies.
My husband isn’t perfect, neither am I, but he is something that many, many fathers are not.
He is present.
egg huntin’
We enjoyed a beautiful first day of April at Sam Houston Schoolhouse. An Easter egg hunt with our church friends, made even better because Grammy and Grandad joined us!
All the Little Grubbs 