Defying gravity & Christmas decorating

Thanksgiving

We had a nice holiday with lots of yummy food. Before our break, C did a Thanksgiving lapbook. Of which I will post pics soon. She learned all about the Pilgrims, Indians & the reason for Thanksgiving. Both girls had fun learning-so did I :) We made Pilgrim popscicle stick puppets & put on a little skit. We also made a Mayflower board game. Who knew school could be so fun? If my schools were this fun, I would've paid a lot more attention in class!
Reading an amazing book called Redeeming Love-Can't put it down! Thank you for the loaner L :)
Made homemade pot pie for the first time-even made the filling totally from scratch ( no canned soup)It came out really great. Email me if you would like the recipe :)
Planning a special little girl's 5th birthday & my favorite favorite time of year-Christmas! N loves Christmas too. She was born in Dec so maybe that has something to do with it. The girls wanted to decorate for Christmas early this year. They decorated a small Xmas tree & we put it in their room. They have been wrapping their toys & sticking them under their little tree :)
N asked me if we could keep the Christmas tree & all the decorations up ALL year. lol:)
I hope the holidays bring you & your family joy this year:)

Halloween '09

Ancient Egypt Lapbook

Fall Update

We have been listening to The Story of the World on audio cds & learning about ancient cultures. We just did an Ancient Egyptian lapbook & C gave a verbal "report" in front of her fellow homeschoolers. It was very surprising (in a good way) to see all the information she had retained & she insisted on going up there all by herself. She did a great job!:)
We also finished our apple study with the story of Johnny Appleseed & will be going on a field trip to Apple Hill soon.
The girls are learning so much & we all are having a great time on this new road of homeschool...More to come...