Field Trip

Monday we took a field trip to a local museum.  We went to peruse the gingerbread gallery and to walk through the rest of the museum for information regarding our state history. Lys will be starting state history after Christmas vacation and we wanted to get a head start on some of the work.

The children all enjoyed themselves and both Beth and Lys took a lot of pictures.  Me, not so much.  A couple on  my phone, but that's all.

These came from Beth's camera, I hope you enjoy our field trip.

Sitting on a boat

"Sleeping" on a boat

Playing checkers with painted corn cobs

Noah's Ark in gingerbread

The one on the left was one of the favorites,

it was cabin, lake and beaver dam.

It was quite good.

This would require a whole lot more patience that I have.

It was really pretty though!

Tuesday Is Here Again~Updated

Oh my!  I simply cannot believe how fast the time is going!  Between school, running teens to work, Christmas play practice, church and taking a field trip.  We have been sooooooooooooo busy!

We took a day yesterday and went to the Erie Canal Museum. Plus we spent the day running errands, and I do mean all day!

I hope to post about that trip sometime this week. 

Here is our word- I will be waiting to hear from you!


~IRASCIBLE~[i-ras-uh-buhl]


–adjective

1.	easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.

2.	characterized or produced by anger: an irascible response.

Berger Bites gets points for making me laugh!  Thanks for playing!

Here is a hint about the next post.

Gingerbread, Anyone?

Tuesday we spent our afternoon working on these.

Ty & Beth worked mainly on the barn and the assembling of both.

This was their first attempt at creating gingerbread houses.

No, we did not make the gingerbread.  We bought

the kits and then tweaked them with our own ideas.

Can you tell who "tweaked" this?

Lys & Luc worked on this with a little help

from everyone.

We made the house/barn to take to our homeschool meeting.

When all was said and done, they came in 3rd place.

They were very excited and are already talking about

next year.  They want to make their own gingerbread

in hopes that it will be easier to work with.  I have even heard talk

of lights being used! Oh my!

Can you tell that the Christmas spirit has come to out house?

Disclaimer:  We made a HUGE mess and they took a lot of time.

But everyone had a great time, so it was worth it!

If they do it again next year, they really need to start a few days ahead of time.

 

A New Month, A New Word-Updated

Welcome to December! The days are just racing by! 


Do you have your Christmas shopping done?  

How about birthday shopping? 

Oh, you don't have any birthdays in December.  Smart people.  Some of us weren't so good with that "planning" of that!  I think I am doing pretty good with all my shopping.  I really just have to organize everything and get it ready to wrap/mail.


Today our word is:

~ELUCIDATES~[i-loo-si-deyt] 
–verb (used with object)

1.	to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain: an explanation that elucidated his recent strange behavior.

–verb (used without object)

2.	to provide clarification; explain.

Grape News you were on the right track! Momma, one cannot expect too
much of an expectant mother who is also working full-time! 
Berger Bites you make me laugh! And not just about the
definition! Thanks for playing girls!


This is another one of the words I talked about before
our little vacation.

Speaking of vacation, we enjoyed a really fun, relaxing, filling Thanksgiving.

The break from school was enjoyed by everyone! We
are now headed into the final week of the second
quarter.

Which means, we are HALF-WAY through with school!

Praise the Lord!