Our First Week Back

All in all, I'd say our first week was a success. It got a little off track in the middle due to some interruptions, but we manage to make it through. I purposely designed Fridays mostly free to make up for any interruptions.

We continued on the path of Math, English, Handwriting, Dictation and the usual. However I will post what they accomplished for their other assignments.

Pokemon King:

He rolled a green for A Midsummer Night's Dream, which means he could do a short skit, act out the story using action figures, or write & perform an original song or poem retelling the story. He chose to act out the story with action figures, but it is too large to post. For three stories, he was fortunate to roll a red on the narration die, which means he got to draw a picture relating to the story.

This is from This Country of Ours:

This is from Robinson Crusoe. This is one of the stories he will be reading for himself.

This is from Madame How & Lady Why:

Dinodude:

He, too rolled a green for Burgess's Animal Book, but the movie is too long to post as well. For these two stories, he rolled a red.

Tree in the Trail

An Island Story:

Rocket:

I've decided to go ahead and do Kindergarten things for Rocket this year. We are using Learning Language Arts Through Literature to learn to read. That is what I used with Pokemon King & Dinodude and it worked very well. He is also finishing the Explode the Code Primer Series. In addition to these we are reading various types of books and I'm also hoping to add in some kind of science. I didn't order Saxon Math 1, which is what I used for Kindergarten. I'm debating whether I should order it or just do some math things on our own. Rocket doesn't turn 5 until December, so I might wait until then. Right now, I would really just like to concentrate on teaching him to read.

School Starts Tomorrow

We were going to start school last week, but we had a family reunion on Sunday, so we decided to wait a week. Plus, I didn't have everything ready to go anyway. So, this past week I've been getting everything ready. Pokemon King & Dinodude are all ready to go. I'm still working on a few things for Rocket.

Starting in the middle of this past year, we decided to do 3 terms of 12 weeks each. I've planned our whole year (which will probably get messed up...it always does!) I've listed our Term 1 curriculum on the sidebar for those who are interested. We are still using Ambleside Online this year. Since we started it last year, I really feel they are progressing alot better than before. They are retaining so much more information and don't have to deal with boring textbooks.

I'm hoping to continue with weekly reports and to even do a better job! So, wish us luck! Here's hoping for a great new year!

Babymoon's Accomplishments

Over the past few weeks, Babymoon has started to walk and just yesterday he cut his first tooth. WOOHOO!!! Go Babymoon! He turns 1 next month. I can't believe how time has flown by.

Dinodude's Baptism

Dinodude got baptized on Saturday! What an exciting event! He only needed to be immersed once, unlike his mother! My knee popped up, so I had to be immersed twice. That's okay...just meant I got extra cleansing!

The majority of our family was able to make it! Awesome! Thanks everyone for coming out to witness this momentous occasion!

If only Babymoon hadn't been sleeping, the boys would've made the 5 bars for that cell phone commercial!

New Blog Addition

Just wanted to let you all know that Dinodude has started a blog. Actually, he started it last November, but hasn't kept up with it. He said he kept forgetting about it, but really wants to keep up with it now. So, go check it out!

Dinodude's Territory

Wally's Birthday/4th of July Party

Since Wally's birthday is so close to Independence Day, we like to gather at Grandma's house to celebrate. Her next door neighbor is very into fireworks & creates a wonderful show for the entire neighborhood. Here's a few pictures from the occasion.

Happy Birthday Wally!!!

Wally turned 16 yesterday. I just cannot believe it! We are sooo not old enough for a 16 year old!

Wally-you are growing into a fine young man. You do your best to set a good example to your younger brothers. You don't care what other people think and you are your own person.

WE LOVE YOU!!!