Nursing Home

The kids went to the nursing home down the road to play piano for the residents.

This was Abigails first public performance. She did GREAT!






The kids standing outside the nursing home, after they played. It was quite chilly. I think in the 30's. That's why they look like they're freezing. They were!
(I will post what they played, as soon as the kids make a list!)

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Happy Birthday!!!!!

Happy 11th Birthday Calen!!!!!

Excuses, Excuses

Mom - Did you finish your math?

Calen - No, it hurts my eyes to look at it. The pages are too white.



And I thought I'd already heard all the excuses!!

ROFLOL

Drivers Ed

If you can drive it, you can fill it!





Of course, I had to pay for it!!

My View........

while doing school and eating lunch at the same time!
We roasted hot dogs, pineapple, and marshmallows over the fire while reading On the Banks of Plum Creek.

Happy 7th Birthday Abigail!

Princess Abigail and the cake she picked out. It was Mom's first attempt at fondant.


Princess Abigail shared pinata breaking duties with her Royal Court.

The Princesses


Princess Rayla, Princess Abigail, Princess Hannah

Homeschool Day at Crooked Creek Ranch

There is no organized homeschool group in our county. So the kids and I decided to invite the homeschoolers in our county here for a field trip so we could meet some of them. I know that there are more homeschoolers in our county that we didn't make contact with. A few of the families that I talked to, couldn't come because they were working at their church today. We had 5 adults (including one dad!) and 11 kids, not counting us. Everyone brought their own picnic lunch.

We pet 3 of the goats that we brought out of the pen. The kids got to feed them also. The kids walked (ran, lol) through the corn maze. We visited the turkeys and chickens. And ate our picnic lunches. The kids played, while the adults talked.

Here's a pic of some of the people visiting with the goats.


And kids in the corn maze. Although, you can only see them if you look really, really hard. LOL



We all had a great time, and we want to do it again! I think I'm going to plan a field trip to the ostrich farm for the end of this month. Note to self: Call the lady!!

A Possum Visits PCS

We had this possum come and visit us on the back porch. It was just a baby.
Actually kind of cute!

Parade

We went to see a parade today. It was very, very, very hot. And very, very, very long. (quotes from the kids. LOL)

The Grand Marshals, LOL



E lvis was there, too!!



And a pig blowing kisses!



What's a parade without a tractor??



Doesn't everyone need an outhouse at the parade??



Those are just a few of the important floats. ROFLOL

Picnic in the Park

We had to go to town today, so we went to the local state park for a picnic.
Dad met us there for lunch, and walked one of the nature trails with us. The kids collected acorns. (we're going to use them to decorate for Thanksgiving) Of course, that erupted into an acorn fight. lol

Zachary showing some of his acorns.

I love these next two pics!

County Fair Results

Zachary.........Item.............Place.......Premium
1095 Misc. Craft - small scrapbook *2* $3.00
1083 Painting *3* $2.00
Total Premiums - $5.00


Abigail.........Item...............Place............Premium
1093 Nature craft - collage *3* $2.00
1091 Handmade Accessories-ribbon ponytail holder *2* $3.00
1082 Drawing- color - girl *3* #2.00
1046 Cookies - chocolate chip *1* $5.00
Total Premiums - $12.00


Hannah...........Item..............Place.......Premium
1148 crocheting - afghan *2* $3.00
1147 Sewn article - Dress *2* 3.00
1111 Misc. craft - small scrapbook *2* $3.00
1107 Handmade accessories-ribbon ponytailholder *2* $3.00
1102 Clay/Bread art - candleholder *2* $3.00
1099 Painting - tree *2* $3.00
Total Premiums - $18.00



Calen........Item................Place...........Premium
1111 Misc. Craft - small scrapbook *1* $5.00
1102 Clay/Bread Art - candle holder *3* $2.00
1100 Photography - goat.Franny *3* $2.00
1099 Painting - watercolor house *3* $2.00
Total Premiums $11.00



Melissa.....Item............................Place...Premium
1141 Misc.- paperbag scrapbook *1* $5.00
1139 Nature craft - cornhusk doll *1* $5.00
1137 Handmade accessories-necklace *1* $5.00
1136 wall/door decoration-paint.wooden M *2* $3.00
1133 Painted 3d object ceramic chick *2*$ 3.00
1131 soap carving *1*$ 5.00
1130 photography Zack *1*$ 10.00 BEST OF SHOW
1129 painting vase oil painting *1*$ 10.00 BEST OF SHOW
1128 drawing - color clownfish *1*$ 5.00
Total Premiums - $54


LINDA...Item..................Place.......Premium
2140 misc crafts-paperbag scrapbook *2*$3.00
2137 scrapbooking misc-Party at the Pond *1*$5.00
2136 scrapbooking family/heritage-Fathers Day *1*$5.00
2131 natural art - cornhusk doll *2*$3.00
2119 handmade toy/doll - embroidered angel baby *3*$2.00
2118 decorated t-shirt - Childhood Cancer *1*$5.00
2005 pickles - sweet *2*$3.00
2003 pickles bread & butter *2*$3.00

Total Premiums $29.00

County Fair Update

We went to see the exhibits today! It was an excellent display. So many talented people! We pick up our stuff on Friday, ribbons and cash included. I'll post the results then! Pics included!

County Fair

It's County Fair time! We just entered a LOT of things! Stay tuned for updates!

Learn Morse Code

We've been reading about Thomas Edison. So we're going to learn Morse Code!

learn morse code
has charts, and recordings of the alphabet to listen to.

Morse Code Teaching Machine has downloadable programs for you computer to help learn/translate morse code.

Kids Domain - Sign Language

Kids Domain - Sign Language
American Sign Language games and print-outs

High School Planner

Melissa really likes the planner from www.davidandlaurie.com. Recently she requested that I get her another one. It's an awesome planner. She likes using it, and I like it because I can tell at a glance how her work is progressing. I went to the website and instead of the $25. that I paid, they are now offering them for FREE! When you get to the website, click Other Products on left, then scroll down to Student Planner. You can download the file, and print it out yourself, or take it somewhere to have it printed and bound. I printed it out for Mel, and she but it in a binder with dividers.
I found their Guidance Manual extremely helpful, also.

The Frog

We now have only one frog left. We don't know why, but they started dying. So Duane walked the kids over to the neighbors pond to set it free. Our creek has dried up again. The kids put the frog into a water bottle to carry it over to the pond.

But then they had a hard time trying to get it out of the bottle! lol Hannahs trying, and they finally got it out.

The ducks on the pond. The kids really like the gray one with the funky hair-do!

The long walk home! If you follow the cow path that the kids are walking on, you can see our barn. Our house is to the left behind the trees. You can see a little sliver of the road on the far left of the pic.

Our Froglets

Some of the froglets are dying. We're not sure why. We brought them in as tadpoles, and they have been doing well up until now.

Tadpoles

The tadpoles sitting on the kitchen counter. See their little legs?

Reading

Abigail and Zachary reading under the table in the schoolroom!

Raising Tadpoles

Our creek is drying up, again. The kids took some tadpoles over to the neighbors pond, and brought a few into the house to raise. Here are a couple of tadpole links that I found usefull.

How to Raise Tadpoles

KEEPING TADPOLES:
A Guide for Pond Dwelling Species

Happy Birthday

Happy 5th Birthday to Zachary!!!!!

Summer Reading Program

Our library has a Summer Reading Program during the month of July. They really do a great job of making it fun for the kids. They have story times at the library most days during the month.

The read books, do a craft, they have a snack or get a treat when they leave, along with some little something, a book mark, a pencil topper, a pencil, a little animal, etc.
One week out of the month, the County Homemakers do the reading, and on Friday have a day camp, Picnic in the Park, held at a local park. They play games, read books, learn about nutrition, (this month was vegatables), do a craft, they usually go on a nature hike (this year was too wet), and they feed them lunch. This years craft was tie dyed shirts. That was a lot of fun! My hands were colored for DAYS, though! lol Some of us had our pics in the paper! Including me YIKES! lol





The theme for this years program was Dragons, Dreams, and Daring Deeds. For the party at the end, they went to the fire station and had Lunch with a Fireman. Captain Mike and Rookie Rob took them on a tour of the volunteer fire station. The kids saw a rescue vehicle, a large fire truck, and a pumper truck. They had hot dogs, melon, brownies, chips, milk, and koolaid for lunch in the fire station kitchen. Then they handed out the awards, and door prizes, they already had goodie bags on the tables. Abigail won 1st place in the little kid division (books read to them). She had 2,209 pages read to her. Her prize was a duffel bag with a little radio w/ headphones, and a water bottle in it. Zachary had 2,120 pages read to him. Hannah read 4,208 pages herself! Calen read 1,444 pages himself. That's a LOT for a beginning reader, who still says he can't read! The boy who won in their division (pages read by themselves) read 4,998 pages! WOW! (There were other kids who participated, also) The librians loved that these kids were so into reading! The kids had their pictures taken at the fire station in the newspaper.

The kids had a GREAT time, and can't wait until next year!

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