Our Week: 11

Our life.

One week at a time.

2012.

Week 11.

This week. . .

(3.11.12 - 3.18.12)

At naptime, I'd much rather put these girls to bed than clean out a crib full of books, toys and shoes. Silly girls.

And, introducing....bangs.

So, they are not even and they are too short.  But she's adorable enough to pull it off.  And now I don't have to put her hair in a pony tail every morning and after every nap.

And dinner being made by someone else...so nice!  Thank you Christopher.

This week in school, week 26:

• Medieval Spain: Ferdinand and Isable unite Spain into one country and drive the Jews out of the country
• Medieval Portugal: Exploration of Africa (the Dark Continent) becomes important and Henry the Navigator leads many expeditions by ship
• We learned about the moon in astronomy this week.  There were lots of fun hands-on activities to do.  They involved chocolate...'nuff said.
• Gabe learned about snowflakes in science for his first grade work.  That, of course, led to a houseful of paper snowflakes. 
• Gabe read more about the story of Jacob in his Bible reader.

Chocolate and vanilla wafers...ready to make us some moon phases!

This is an experiment back from the week we studied the sun.  However, we just found our magnifying glass, so we're a little late doing it....using the sun to melt chocolate.

Another perk of home education...Lego Hero Factory guys to keep you company while doing math.

Gabe's school...

We also:

• Met our MOPS friends at a fun park for a picnic.  (No pictures!)
• (I) Went on a Mom's Night Out dinner with a friend. (Always nice!)
• Enjoyed Gabriel's last basketball game of the season.  It will be nice to not have 8:00AM games to go to on our Saturday mornings now.
• Made fun St. Patricks Day crafts.

Followed by cupcakes with his team

My kids really enjoyed the true story of St. Patrick, but we also like to enjoy the silly four-leaf-clover and rainbow side of the holiday as well.

Have a great week!