Sunday, September 30, 2007
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Is it exercise or fun? It was hard to tell the difference!
The girls had so much fun exercising Sunshine!
They thought the best thing though was using Sunshine like a slide and sliding off her back and into the water!
They thought the best thing though was using Sunshine like a slide and sliding off her back and into the water!
A job!
Woo hoo! My first paying job in years!
A few weeks ago, we took pictures for a cousin's wedding. (See other blog entry for pictures.) This past weekend, I took pictures for her sister. It was a lot of fun!
Here are some of the ones I took.
With my daughter's horse, Sunshine
Twirling
Is the pixie real or is it PhotoShop? 
Splashing in the pond
Bored
A few weeks ago, we took pictures for a cousin's wedding. (See other blog entry for pictures.) This past weekend, I took pictures for her sister. It was a lot of fun!
Here are some of the ones I took.
With my daughter's horse, Sunshine TwirlingIs the pixie real or is it PhotoShop? Splashing in the pond Bored
Our newest critter!
My niece found him the other day. His name is Malcolm. When we're done studying him, he's going to be dinner for my niece! 
We went out and bought him a nice 10 gallon tank. (We needed one anyway for all the various critters that visit us, the girls broke the one we bought last year.) We gave him some rocks that he either go under and hide or sit on top and get out of the water for awhile. We also put in a dozen minnows yesterday. In a matter of hours, there were only 9! Musta been hungry!
We went out and bought him a nice 10 gallon tank. (We needed one anyway for all the various critters that visit us, the girls broke the one we bought last year.) We gave him some rocks that he either go under and hide or sit on top and get out of the water for awhile. We also put in a dozen minnows yesterday. In a matter of hours, there were only 9! Musta been hungry!
God's awesomeness through camouflage!
My SIL took this picture while on her recent anniversary (25 years!) getaway.
Isn't this amazing!? It really shows God's awesomeness!
Isn't this amazing!? It really shows God's awesomeness!
Sunday, September 16, 2007
I have a plan! (Units we will be sharing this school year)
I sat down this weekend and made a plan for the units we will share this school year.
For those who really know me, you know I just 'wing it' from week to week, so having a plan is amazing. If I stick to it, it will be a miracle!!! But hey, even if I only get half of it done, I'll still be doing great!
For the most part, I took the girls' Zoology schedule from co-op and choose units to go along with it. I didn't pick as many FIAR titles as I thought I would--we've already rowed many of the titles that would go along with the themes. We'll be re-rowing a couple FIAR titles. I mostly choose HSS units because we haven't done them before, with the exception of When Agnes Caws, Sophie's Masterpiece, and Crawdad Creek--all favorites around here!
9/21 Field Trip
9/22-9/26 HSS Firekeeper's Son
9/28-10/3 sea life/octopus: HSS Nico's Octopus
10/5-10/10 sea life/jellyfish: FIAR Night of the Moonjellies
10/12-10/17 sea life/general: HSS Atlantic
10/19-10/24 worms: read Diary of a Worm
10/26-10/31 metamorphosis: read ???
11/2-11/7 spiders: HSS Sophie's Masterpiece
11/9-11/14 crayfish: HSS Crawdad Creek
11/16-11/21 HSS Goody O'Grumpity
11/23-11/28 fish: HSS A Fish Out of Water
11/30-12/5 ???fish-maybe re-row FIAR's Higgins or just read a salmon book????
12/7-12/14 HSS Annika's Secret Wish / Orange For Frankie
12/15-12/27 --break--
12/28-1/2 snakes/ turtles: HSS Lake of the Big Snake / Turtle Bay
1/4-1/9 dinosaurs: HSS Dino Unit
1/11-1/16 ????amphibians????
1/18-1/23 birds: HSS When Agnes Caws
1/25-1/30 birds: HSS Fly Homer Fly
2/1-2/6 birds: HSS Grandmother's Pigeons
2/8-2/13 HSS Tea with A Dragon
2/15-2/20 Biomes: HSS All the Places to Love / also start HSS The Year of Miss Agnes as read aloud (finish by 3/5)
2/22-2/27 aquatic: HSS Song of the Waterboatman
2/29-3/5 arctic: HSS Baby in a Basket / FIAR Very Last First Time
3/7-3/12 mountains: ???HSS My Mountain Song???
3/14-3/19 HSS Rechenka's Eggs
3/20-3/23 --break--
3/24-3/26 HSS Alejandro's Gift
3/27-3/30 --convention--
3/31-4/2 grasslands: HSS Gauchada / HSS On the Pampas
4/4-4/9 rainforest: HSS The Great Kapok Tree
4/11-4/16 farm: HSS Klara's New World
4/18-4/23 HSS Parrot Tico Tango
4/25-4/30 marsupials: HSS Wombat Stew
5/2-5/7 endangered: HSS The Lorax
For those who really know me, you know I just 'wing it' from week to week, so having a plan is amazing. If I stick to it, it will be a miracle!!! But hey, even if I only get half of it done, I'll still be doing great!
For the most part, I took the girls' Zoology schedule from co-op and choose units to go along with it. I didn't pick as many FIAR titles as I thought I would--we've already rowed many of the titles that would go along with the themes. We'll be re-rowing a couple FIAR titles. I mostly choose HSS units because we haven't done them before, with the exception of When Agnes Caws, Sophie's Masterpiece, and Crawdad Creek--all favorites around here!
9/21 Field Trip
9/22-9/26 HSS Firekeeper's Son
9/28-10/3 sea life/octopus: HSS Nico's Octopus
10/5-10/10 sea life/jellyfish: FIAR Night of the Moonjellies
10/12-10/17 sea life/general: HSS Atlantic
10/19-10/24 worms: read Diary of a Worm
10/26-10/31 metamorphosis: read ???
11/2-11/7 spiders: HSS Sophie's Masterpiece
11/9-11/14 crayfish: HSS Crawdad Creek
11/16-11/21 HSS Goody O'Grumpity
11/23-11/28 fish: HSS A Fish Out of Water
11/30-12/5 ???fish-maybe re-row FIAR's Higgins or just read a salmon book????
12/7-12/14 HSS Annika's Secret Wish / Orange For Frankie
12/15-12/27 --break--
12/28-1/2 snakes/ turtles: HSS Lake of the Big Snake / Turtle Bay
1/4-1/9 dinosaurs: HSS Dino Unit
1/11-1/16 ????amphibians????
1/18-1/23 birds: HSS When Agnes Caws
1/25-1/30 birds: HSS Fly Homer Fly
2/1-2/6 birds: HSS Grandmother's Pigeons
2/8-2/13 HSS Tea with A Dragon
2/15-2/20 Biomes: HSS All the Places to Love / also start HSS The Year of Miss Agnes as read aloud (finish by 3/5)
2/22-2/27 aquatic: HSS Song of the Waterboatman
2/29-3/5 arctic: HSS Baby in a Basket / FIAR Very Last First Time
3/7-3/12 mountains: ???HSS My Mountain Song???
3/14-3/19 HSS Rechenka's Eggs
3/20-3/23 --break--
3/24-3/26 HSS Alejandro's Gift
3/27-3/30 --convention--
3/31-4/2 grasslands: HSS Gauchada / HSS On the Pampas
4/4-4/9 rainforest: HSS The Great Kapok Tree
4/11-4/16 farm: HSS Klara's New World
4/18-4/23 HSS Parrot Tico Tango
4/25-4/30 marsupials: HSS Wombat Stew
5/2-5/7 endangered: HSS The Lorax
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