We finished it!!!

 
I am not a puzzle person. I, embarrassing enough, have a hard time doing children's puzzles! While we were up in Canada visiting My mom and dad, we worked on this puzzle together. The kids and I did it all by ourselves! We were so excited! Yay!

Happy Valentines Day!

I hope everyone is having a great Valentines Day. We're eating waaay too much chocolate, but it has been fun!! I took the kids out to Lowes and had them make their own treasure boxes. We were supposed to meet a friend there, but somehow that didn't work out. It was still great for the kids to make their boxes. It is a great place to put all their Valentine Candy!

The Sacrifice of Nyammah...

 

Josiah and Joshua were in the teen's dessert theatre this year. The play was called "The Sacrifice of Nyammah. Here is Josiah's synopsis of the play: It is about this girl who lost her families’ corn doll. The evil druids wanted to kill her for it. N’yahmah and her friends go looking for the corn doll. They find out from an old woman named fawn that the leprechaun had stolen it. They go to Mount Knashega to find it. I play a leprechaun named Lord Seamus. In the end, we give her back the corn doll, the druids turn into bread and we all live happily ever after.

They did a great job and had a lot of fun doing it. The proceeds from the play went to their youth accounts. They earned money for summer camp this summer.

International fair

 


The kids did a great job at the International Fair. They did Ancient Egypt. They had fun making mummies, pyramids and hyroglyphics. (how do you spell that word?!) I love having a venue where the kids can display what they have been working on. It is fun for them to tell others, as well as look at the other displays that other home schooled kids have done. Usually there is a taste of each country as well. We had dates with an almond honey paste rolled inside. They were very good!

Denny's Free Grand Slam Breakfast!

 

My friend Lori and I went to Denny's for their free Grand Slam Breakfast. We took our kids along. It was a bit crazy! We had to wait in line for two hours!!! The kids did great though. They were troopers. They got to chat with their best friends for the whole time. Then we had a great lunch! We had come for breakfast, but since we had to wait so long, it ended up being lunch! My kids were starving by the time we were served. They ate everything on their plates and helped me with half of my plate too! It was crazy, but it was fun too.

Bunco babes!

 
Every first Friday of the month we have Bunco night. We go to a different house each month. The hostess supplies a dinner and sets up three tables for playing. Bunco is a dice game that is pretty mindless. Meaning, we can talk all we want and not have to concentrate very much. Some nights we only get through one round! There are prizes for the most buncos, most wins, 2nd most wins, most losses, bunco babe (whoever has the "babe" at the end of the night), and even steven. Lately, we have been doing theme nights. One night we dressed "to the nines" another night we dressed all in black, as one of us was moving to another state. It's a great girls night out. My boys love it too, because they have a Star Trek movie on my Bunco nights. It's a win-win situation!

Knight Night Fight

 

We bought some swords at the dollar store. Tonight we had a tournament. Two opponents; Area rug boundaries; three hits makes the winner. If you get out of bounds, or hit someone in the head you are disqualified. I fought Mike, but I lost 3 to 2. Everyone else ended up winning a tournament and were paid some money. They were then able to buy toys in Christalin's shop. We got P.E. credits and math credits in this fun exercise!! I love homeschooling!