Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!

I saw this shirt design on Pinterest and I had to have them!  I contacted my friend, Mrs. Harris, and rounded up the supplies.  She created 3 beautiful turkeys for my turkeys!!!

Warrior Basketball

Corynne decided to try basketball this year at Eastwood.  She has been working really hard with Tyler in the afternoons and weekends on her shot and defensive skills.  It has been good for Mom to see these two kids work together.  Tyler demonstrated that he can control his temper and have patience!!

This form helped her score a goal in the only game she has been given playing time so far!!

Ft. Toulouse

Today we went to Ft. Toulouse with a homeschooling friend.  We had fun learning from the Indians!

Lyndsey was chosen to be in a show...

They sell bottles of homemade root beer at Ft. Toulouse!  It was sweet and delicious.  This man taught us how his family has made root beer for years.

Of course, we had to purchase a trinket or two!

Grinding corn into meal...

Lauren:"Hey, look mom!  That is a baby carrier like I made last year!"

A few snacks were consumed today...

More fun before that cloud in the background blessed us with rain!  So glad that we were in the car before the downfall came!!!

Life of a 7th Grader

Corynne is having a good time in the Upper School!  This week we finished up Volleyball Season with a banquet.  I had signed up at the beginning of the season to organize the banquet.  Honestly, that sounded like fun to me!  It was fun until I worked all day decorating with the help of 6 awesome ladies and then went and picked up my daughter from school.  All Corynne could say was,"Mom, I feel horrible.  Please take me home.  I do not feel like going to basketball practice."  The minute we walked in the door, she threw up!  John Mark and I went on to the banquet without Corynne because we where committed to finishing up the decor, serving the food, and cleaning up!

Friday, November 2nd was the Upper School Medieval Games.  It was a day of fun and teamwork.  I wish I had taken pictures of the FEAST that I helped serve to the kids while they were dressed as Medieval Knights, Princesses, and Servants.  Grrr...

Corynne completed a Taxonomy Poster for her science class which included a lesson from Mom on how to format word documents/slides!  

Corynne has also explored her domestic diva side this year.  She seems to always want to help in the kitchen.  She made a beautiful apple pie.  Unfortunately, this is the only pic that I have after the Computer ATE my pictures! 

Making sausage balls for here Sunday School Class!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from Tyler, Medevial Times servant, Cleopatra, Gypsie Princess, and An Angel!

The 3 trick-or-treaters this year...

Checking out the loot...

We carved pumpkins on Sunday night, and this is the only picture that survived a computer crash that ATE my last download of pictures!

Texas Roadhouse

I joined a homeschool field trip group here in Montgomery, and we have enjoyed going on a few tours that Mom does not have to organize!  Today, we ditched the books (except the math lessons) and headed to Texas Roadhouse for a kitchen tour and lunch!  We watched them make homemade rolls.

We learned how to make those Awesome Blossoms!

The butcher talked to us about cuts of meat.  Did you know Texas Roadhouse cuts your steak when you order.  They get slabs of meat-not precut steaks!

Time to sample some peanuts, rolls and awesome blossom onions!

FUN! FUN! FUN! FUN! FUN! FUN! 

We begin this week with a big BANG!

I had big plans (like always) to start this week off with an intense Monday of homeschool!  We got up and moving fast!  We really like to tackle our weeks work in four day, so that on Friday we can take it easy!  I decided to take Colleen to early room this morning.  I was only home for a few minutes when the phone rang.  Now, most of the time during "school hours" I look at the caller ID and let voicemail take the call.  I looked at the ID and saw it was the preschool.  It was the director and my heart sank as she continued to tell me that I needed to come get Colleen because she needs stitches.  Well, I do NOT do blood and my husband does stitches!  I called Dr. Dad and we decided that he was closer and would go get her and take her back to his office for stitches.  I would just meet them at his office.

Colleen was a brave little girl.  We decided she just wanted to even things up this year since it was back in January that she got stitches on the left side of her head!  Again, Dad stitched the girl without any pain/numbing meds.  He tells me the needle for the meds is more traumatic than the stitches.  I don't know if I agree!  Her screams ripped through my heart and brought tears to my eyes and I was not even in the room!!!  She came out of the room with a pocket full of candy, a smile, and a big hug for Mom!

I think we will go home and just cuddle for the rest of the morning!