October 19-21

What to do on a Saturday morning in fall with your cousins??? Play video games of course! We had a half a day with cousins and then a quiet ending to a quiet day.

On Sunday we of course had Sunday School but AFTER that Daddy and Baba built the boys a different bed to replace the bottom single bed. Now there are TWO uppers together and then the bottom bunk way underneath. Emanuel, how gets the bottom is in heaven. He says it is like having his own room!!!

Miss Echo had to make her fashion statement as well!

Monday meant back to schooling. The pattern of our weeks in this new year of school has become VERY comfortable. Lots of together opportunities.

Trinity and Emanuel worked on their own versions of healthy meals to start off their slow unit on the grocery store. Since we have not taken a true summer vacation we are slowing it down a bit right now. With a grocery unit to learn about, the twins and their Minnesota unit and our Little Passports Australia waiting in the wings there is no lacking of things to do, BUT it is fun to take some time to see things… do things… experience  things together that are not exactly ON the school plan… sometimes a step off the beaten path is how we find our gems. So I am pledging flexibility this year. More so than previous!

We also had a trip to check out… Andy and Darcy did a route in a semi that they clocked back to us state by state (and sent some postcards) via Facebook. So we not only tracked it, read about the states from our book Friends and Mates in 50 States but the twins wrote their own imaginary and wonderful stories about what COULD have happened on their trip.

I found a fun activity that uses a piece of orange paper, scissors and a story! You can do this fun and quick Halloween activity by clicking HERE.

Really it has been AMAZING. Ken has found a new interest in including himself in our routine. There is no better gift that he could give us than a willingness to be a part of our learning. It is moments like these that help me deal with the difficulties and embrace the future! Thank you so much Ken for coming back to our schooling and our routine!