Memorable Moments in Our Life This Week:

Sunday...Zachary and I went outside to enjoy this beautiful fall weather. The colors were vibrant and the air was crisp. The only sad part about this day was that Bucky had to go out of town and we missed him on our walk.

Nature Walk with Zachary

Monday....we learned about the Water Cycle in class at our Monday Co-op. We made rain in a jar, which all the kids thought was pretty cool.

Makin' It Rain

Tuesday....I took this photo of Gizmo just because he's so darn cute! Gizmo is the Pekingnese puppy that my husband and I got as a wedding present 14 1/2 years ago. He's lost most of his sight and hearing, but he still has a bit of spunk left in him.

I love my little Gizmo!

 

Wednesday....we started our geography study today. I want to focus on the states as we study them in our American History lessons this year. Today was all about Florida. Last week we studied about Ponce de Leon and other Spanish explorers, so it worked well to start with Florida. The rest of the year the states we cover will follow along with the founding of the 13 colonies.

 

Books we used for Geography

Zac working in his Geography Notebook

Thursday....we finally got our life size human body traced out. In our human anatomy co-op, Ronda passes out the parts of the body that they covered and Zachary gets to attach them to his own body. We got our bones and digestive system attached today too, but I forgot to take a picture.

Making our Life Size Human Paper Doll

Friday...we've been looking forward to today all week! I love our Friday co-op day. We have so much fun!! The kids have all been studying about Jamestown, Captain John Smith and Pocahontas this week, so for our activity we made a model of the Jamestown Fort. The project came out of Easy Make & Learn Project - Colonial America. To be honest, this wasn't exactly "Easy", but I think the kids enjoyed it. I wish we could have split it up over two meetings. There was a lot to color, and they were all taking there time and wanting to do a great job. Then, it was time to cut out and put the model together. By this time, we all felt a bit rushed and the parents had to jump in and help everyone get finished. But, the final results were great!

Zac's Model of the Jamestown Fort

Friday Night....Zac took his friend, Cade, to the Karate Halloween Party. Zac dressed up as Peter, King of Narnia, and Cade dressed as a Ninja. It was a wild and crazy group of kids!!! Let's just say it was a VERY long two hours for Bucky and I and not nearly long enough for the boys.

Peter and the Ninja

Saturday Morning....we had a football game (Zac is #14) and they won! Yeah, Pirates!!! They came in second for the regular season and now we start play-offs next weekend. It's funny how Bucky and I can be just as entertained at this Under 7 Football as we are going to an Auburn game. 

Zachary #14

Saturday Night....Church of Joy was having our annual Hallelujah Hoedown. Zac helped make the Chewy Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars that we took to donate to the cake walk. I was able to sneak in some math here, because I was doubling the recipe and he had to figure out the multiplying of fractions by two. Zachary doesn't get to each much sugar or white flour, so when I promised to let him sample his cooking he was pretty excited. The ladies (namely, Amy Osborne) did such a great job putting together the Hallelujah Hoedown. I can't believe I didn't bring my camera. It was a great time for hundreds of kids and their parents. Thanks, Amy, for all your hard work!!! 

Helping in the Kitchen

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Looking forward to lots more fun next week,

~Vicki~