Monday...

No morning meeting.

Looked up "the big one" for P.  He wanted to see a picture of the biggest wave ever!

Lots of Davy Jones and Black Beard playing,

J spent some time on-line independently searching pictures of Lego Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Black Pearl,

P built a ship,



problem solving,





Making wedding clothes for duck and donkey,







P ~ "Mama, why did the captain of the Titanic turn this way towards the iceberg, instead of turning that way?  Maybe this way was a shortcut, and he didn't know the iceberg was there.",



Wild Kratts (earthworms),

lots and lots of "WHY?" questions ~ Why are sails and flags made out of that kind of material?  Why are boats made out of wood?  Why does metal sink?  Does plastic float?  Why is it lighter than water?  Why does this rubber duckie float if rubber sinks?  So... this all led to a little experiment:



Does it sink or does it float?  Everyone got involved!  A few of the things they tried were ~ plastic sucker paper, plastic dish, leaf, rubber duckie, screw, crayon, wood, rubber band and tape, just to name a few :)

Then, while peeling potatoes for supper tonight, I came across this potato:



Hahah.... too funny!  The kids all got a kick out of the potato fish!  It even had an "eye" on the other side :)

The day wrapped up with K going to a Little Women meeting.  S went with us this time, and  played with her friend from Little Flowers!  It's been a wonderful day, and I'm looking forward to tomorrows adventures!

Sunday...

My favorite day of the week ~ the Sabbath!  Lots of fun, relaxing going on :)

Started our day with Mass (of course),

lots of drawing,

"Mom, I need to know how to spell...

stacking,

counting broccoli sprouts,

Mario,

Dora,

The Wizard of Oz,

drawing tornado pictures,

watching tornado videos,

Making Music, Praying Twice,

Signing Time music,

singing and dancing...

See what I mean?  Fun & Relaxation!

 

Friday...

Morning meeting ~

Emma and I were the only two at morning meeting this morning.  Katie slept in.  She went to see The Hunger Games last night, and didn't get home until early this morning :)  We started with a continued lesson from The Catechism of the Catholic Church on sin, and another chapter from our current read aloud.

Emma drew another picture of "Vadeeya"

(I got her permission to post it here :)

She also worked on her Friendly Defender Cards (Church and Papacy); completed math lesson 43; editing lesson 29; sketched "Darkitect"; completed lesson 113 in her grammar book; scanned her pic into the computer; looked up "stuff" on Lego Universe.  Her goals for today are to read from Famous Men of Rome, complete spelling lesson 12A, and "basically everything else".

Our weekend...

We had a very nice, relaxing weekend.  Not a whole lot accomplished except family time :)  Could anything be better?

There was soldier playing...

Sarah enjoyed her new maze book...

Jonathon also got into the soldier playing...

Samuel and Jonathon created books (with Katie's help :).  This one is Samuel's :)...

Sarah moved onto the dot~to~dot book, while Madelyn took over the maze book...

A little bit of chess...

Lots of drawing and coloring.  This is Jonathon's picture of the Tiger Tank and the Sherman Tank.  He told me all about both this weekend...

We also ~

created all sorts of "shopping lists",

watched video's online about different tanks,

of course chores,

worked on a new puzzle,

Emma sketched in her new sketchbook,

played computer games,

Emma researched about her favorite characters on some TV shows,

Katie enjoyed a couple of movies with some friends,

the boy's sorted soldiers by color and common characteristics,

read books,

and played the game Zitternix.

How was your weekend?...

The Feast of St. Nicholas...

     A little late on this, but better late than never :)  December 6th was the Feast of St. Nicholas.  Here are some pictures from some of our activities...



Our yummy candy cane coffee cake from Catholic Cuisine



Our goody basket, the kids really enjoyed all of these treats ~ even into the next day :)



Our gold coins...a big THANK YOU to the awesome mommy at Shower of Roses for creating the document of St. Nicholas gold coin covers!



J working on a St. Nicholas puzzle



P is enjoying a treat after working on his puzzle



S and another puzzle



K is working on a St. Nicholas memory game



Some help from P and M



P is cheering K on after she was successful at a match!!

I got the puzzles and the memory game from another wonderful website: The St. Nicholas Center

Enjoy your day!! :)

Lego Battleship...

 

 

Created by Jonathon and Brandon :)