Southern Trauma at the DragonBoats

This is the 3rd year JM has sponsored a Dragon Boat team for the Trauma Department.  It is always a hot, fun day down on the river.  This year Tyler raced with the crew again.  Lauren and Lyndsey enjoyed being down on the river with the team while I was with Corynne at a volleyball tournament.

Warrior JV Volleyball 2014

Corynne is the co-captain of the JV volleyball team this year.  The team is off to a great start with Coach Keith Higginbotham.  Corynne is a fighter on the court!  She sticks up for her team and is very encouraging!  It is going to be a fun season!

Super Space Saturday

My kids would say one of the disadvantages of homeschooling is sometimes we school on Saturday!  Forget the fact that we took Friday off!  Mom declared it Super Space Saturday this afternoon, and we worked on a bunch of space projects!

Project #1 (This was actually build during the week.)  A working telescope from a Space Exploration kit that I found online.

Project #2 We started making the space theme items using Hama beads (just like Perler beads).  The girls will complete a bead model of each of the planets as we study them individually!

Project #3 was also completed during the week.  This was our edible model of the parts of the Earth.  Inner Core, Outer Core, Crust, and Mantle

Project #4 was completed as we studied the Moon Phases over the past week.  

Project #5 Of course we had to do the edible Moon Phases with Oreos!!!

Project #6 - Now these are actually the projects we completed during Super Space Saturday!  We started with these supplies to make our Mars Rover.

It turned out pretty cool.  It only worked for a few minutes, and I gave up trying to get it to work again.  I think the box was to heavy.  Next time we try this project, i will find the lightest weight box possible!

Project # 7 Next, the girls assembled a Constellation Projector.  They loved taking it to the closet and inviting people in to look at the Constellations!

All-in-all, Super Space Saturday was a success.  They were not to upset about doing school work!!

Letter J

We learned about Letter J this week at Mommy Preschool.  Colleen enjoyed a few new fun games this week.  Cutting and pasting are becoming easier and easier!  She has no problem picking out the picture that does not belong with the sound of the week.

We have a new letter match game for the fall.  Aren't these acorns cute!!  I am sure I found this on Pinterest--my go-to for everything!

We counted jewels, talked about Jesus, and made a jacket of letter J pictures.

Of course, we had jelly beans to sort and EAT!  This has been a fun week!

Summer Reading

This summer we read a few books just for fun (haha)!   The girls and I read Swiss Family Robinson together, and they worked through the foldables from Confessions of a Homeschooler's Literature pack.  The end result was a beautiful lapbook that recalls the entire story.  After we finished the book, we had a family movie night and watched the Disney movie.  The girls enjoyed picking out the similarities and differences.

The Swiss Family Robinson (Classic Starts version)

Family movie night                            July 20th

Next the girls read On the Banks of Plum Creek.  The girls listened to this book on CD and tested their comprehension using Pockets of Time from Fortunately For You.  Then the girls attended a homeschool book club where they discussed the book and completed a craft project.

On the Banks of Plum Creek
Homeschool Book Club Meeting           August 14th

First Days of School

It is hard to believe that it is time to send the kids back to school.  The summer has flown by so fast! Tyler started his Junior year (gasp!!!) on August 7th.  My young man drove himself to his first day of school.  We are so proud of the young man he is becoming.

Corynne started her Freshman year at ECS today.  My first princess is a freshman this is almost harder to bear than the junior status!  Corynne's freshman year also means we are starting our 10th year here in Alabama!

Corynne posed with the homeschool girls for a few pictures before I took her to school this morning. Tyler had already left for school because Corynne had a late first day start time! 

 Homeschool actually started 4 weeks ago but we never took 1st day of school pictures!  Lauren is working on 6th grade, Lyndsey is in 2nd grade, and Colleen is in Pre-K 4 this year.

Aren't they just beautiful!!!!

OK, Mom.  We are done with the pictures.

Colleen is going to a Mother's Day Out one morning a week at ECS (Corynne's school).  This gives her a little "classroom" time, and it gives us a focused 3 hours of intense homeschooling!

She had a fun first day on August 14th!  Dad took her to school and picked her up!  He even took her for a lunch date to Schlotzsky's were she inhaled a whole pizza, chips and a coke!  This playing apparently requires a lot of fuel!!!

Letter I

This week is brought to you by the Letter Ii!  We have had a fun week with I-I-I for igloo and ice cream!  Hmmmm....wonder what we had for a snack one day????  This week we did a little counting, painting, cutting, and sequencing.