Week 26 Wrap Up

In my life this week… 

We have so much going on!  Sarah and I have been training for a 5K coming up in May with our local Girls On The Run team.  This past Saturday, we had our trial 5K and finished in 45 minutes - our goal time!!  Shawn and the boys decided to join us and finished too.  There were hills, oh so many hills that we were not prepared for but we still did it!! Hopefully by May 11th, we can improve our time.  We are also gearing up for a night of Mother/Daughter camp coming up the end of April and add in dance recital, church plays, drama practice, and you get the picture - BUSY!

In our homeschool this week… 

We have doubled up on a few days in order to meet our busy schedule.  That is one of my favorite things of homeschooling - easily adapting to life!  We finished up Week 26 of MFW and Week 23 of Classical Conversations (CC).  We only have one week left of CC in our community and it is extremely bittersweet.  We will not be returning to our community next year and we will miss them so much!  We have one of the greatest communities there is - to us THE greatest!  We need this though - a time to stay home more and spend more time with each other.  Jonathan will be a sophomore next year and I'm feeling the pressure to not waste a single moment of these last few years with him at home.

I’m grateful… 

for chocolate peanut M&M's on clearance :)

Life in Pictures off my phone...

What happens when you forget your sunglasses on a road trip - borrowed Sarah's and couldn't see a thing, lol.

Field trip

My Monkeys :)

Art Fair  

                   

             

                   

              

Stephen as Byzantine Emperor Justinian the Great during Faces of History with CC.  You can still smell traces of that E600 glue week later!

Weeks 20-25

They were done, lol.  That's all I can say.  We have been busy but also taking it easy and enjoying each other during Spring Break which we celebrated for 2 half weeks.  

Hopefully, I can get back on track with updating starting this week!

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Now, here's to a brand new week and hopefully a brand new wrap up at the end. :)

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Week 19

We've had a lot going on!  We need to buckle down and get back on schedule.  We've taken some time off and had some fun events happening.  Box Day for next school year has arrived already!  We all wanted to dive right in, but I guess we better finish this year first.  :)  

In my life this week… 

I finished up our last Beth Moore Esther study with the ladies at church.  We are all excited to begin the next one!  God has truly gifted Ms. Moore and I'm so glad she shares!!  I made these candy bar wrappers to give as a reminder of our study.

In our homeschool this week… 

We had a great week with a fun little snow flurry - giving us a quick pause in our schedule.  Yeah, this seems to be about all we can get in the south.  :)

We also had science club where the kids got to make their own volcanoes and watched a demonstration on elephant toothpaste.  

A few weekends ago, we had the privilege of attending a local Dance Revolution tour.  It was awesome!  Not only did my children enjoy dancing ALL DAY LONG, but I loved the message and the time to grow closer to the other studio parents.  Sarah gave her presentation on her experience at CC.  She's wearing a t-shirt and bracelet that she purchased while she was there.  We love the shirt and the saying - on the front:  HOLLA, on the back:  LUJAH!  Can you guess who our artist study was on?

Things I’m working on… 

Cleaning the Shelves...

Be sure to check out my post here and here for some items that we no longer need and really need to get rid of to make room for more.  More to come soon!

I’m grateful… 

That my God holds me tightly in His hands!!  Here's to a wonderful new week full of His mercies and grace!

I'm linking up with The Homeschool Mother's Journal, Weekly Wrap-Up, and Collage Friday. I love looking at other homeschoolers weeks!

Clearing the Shelves - Part 2

See Part 1 here.

Next up...Lightning Lit & Comp - 7th grade


Apologia - I don't really even want to sell these!  But we have read them all and I do want to bless another homeschool family with them.  These would definitely make our favorite homeschool curriculum list.  

Cleaning Off The Shelves! Take A Look!

It's that time when the new homeschool curriculum starts arriving and I need to make room for it so I hit the shelves in purge mode.  All items are from a smoke free, pet free home.  I prefer payment by paypal.  If you are willing to pay for the shipping - I'll ship anywhere.  :)

I decided to take a quick video of some of the items.  I hope I didn't make you dizzy!!

First up - items from The Struggling Reader.



Second Items up for sale - lots of readers for all levels!


More to come in another post!  Let me know if you have any questions.