Mr. Jingles is Here!

Mr. Jingles has officially landed at our home this holiday season.  And boy is he ever busy exploring the "ins and outs" of our busy home.  He made his appearance bringing some "Elf Kisses" and then had the audacity to decorate the mantle with the kid's underwear.  He even decorated Artsy Girl's bathroom mirror with a little "Happy Birthday" on the mirror.  This morning he was caught red-handed sipping syrup in the fridge.  Stay tuned for his upcoming adventures as I will post ideas for you to use in your home!

Week #18

My oh My...what a blessed week!  My Artsy Girl turned 9:)  Needless to say, we have been very happily busy.  We still managed to complete all of our school work and take Wednesday off for some serious birthday fun.

Along with her normal math, english/grammar and spelling lessons, we completed the Birthday Bonanza Unit Study by Amanda Bennett.  We really love adding in these unit studies throughout our year.  They are a nice welcome break from the norm.  They are a one stop shop with easily accessible internet links that I can use right from my iPad...easy peasy.  She was fascinated to learn that just 50 years before her birthday the very first color tv went for sale!  What a long way we have come in such a short time.



Soccer Boy finished the letter "Gg" lessons and we jumped right into the letter "Cc" lessons from My Father's World Kindergarten.  I decided to let him practice his letters in a more fun way by putting some flour (I was out of sugar) in a pan and letting him practice his letters.  He really like this, but don't all little boys like anything that lets their little hands get messy!  This is really an enjoyable program that seems to move right along at his pace.  We will continue our farm animals lessons as we learn about cows next week.

Week #17

Soccer Boy spent all week learning about the letter "Gg" and many different kinds of farm animals including goats. We are continuing his phonics study of his sight words. While big sister was at her horse riding lesson, we went on a nature walk enjoying a beautiful day! We admired the horses, found squirrels and acorns and looked very hard for any of the insects we had learned about last week. I think the cool air has sent them into hibernation. We also received our ant farm and got it all set up. He is looking forward to watching them build "roadways".