Friday, May 6, 2011

Homeschool Mother's Journal #15 & 16

I did not write up a review of last week, so this week I am going to include a reflection of this week and last week.

In my life this week…


Last week was spent recovering from Dr. Lazy Palate's overseas trip where he came back sick. We got to visit some friend's on their farm. The boys got to play together, and I picked up a half a pig. Over the weekend we decided to take a trip to Indianapolis to have some good quality family time. We visited the Indiana Medical History Museum which was a lot of fun. The museum turned out to be a hidden gem; I would recommend that anyone visit this museum.

The boys on the farm

This week, one of our vehicles had "catastrophic brake failure." These are not words that you want to hear your mechanic utter under any circumstances. The brakes failed while Dr. Lazy Palate was driving to work. Thankfully, he was able to get the vehicle to a repair place without hitting anything or breaking any traffic laws. The even better news is that the cost to completely replace the breaks was less than we had anticipated, so that was a sigh of relief on all fronts. At home the kids and I worked on expanding the garden to plant 12 tomato plants. I still need to further expand the garden to hold another 6 tomato plants and 6 bell pepper plants.

In our homeschool this week…

We have been focusing on reading and playing outside whenever possible. We have been digging for earth worms and making observations. We have been painting with pine needles and letting Miss Bubbles have her first painting experience. I have been research methods for teaching math. I have been making close observations about Little BBQ to understand how he learns, so I can prepare myself to teach him math.

Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…

We went to the our friend's farm and the Indiana Medical History Museum last week. This week we stayed close to home since we only had 1 vehicle. We did, however, find a beautiful blue robin's egg in our backyard which was an unexpected treat.


My favorite thing this week was…

My favorite thing last week was visiting the Indiana Medical History Museum. My favorite thing this week was painting with pine needles. I enjoyed watching Little BBQ explore using the unusual paintbrush.

What’s working/not working for us…

I think things are really tranquil in our lives right now which is great considering how stressful things could have turned out.

Homeschool questions/thoughts I have…

I am grateful that the week ended on a positive note.

A photo, video, link, or quote to share…

I want to share a blog post from my friend. She is a very inspiring person. Her and her husband are building their own small house on their farm. I am impressed with her hard work, dedication, and ingenuity. She gives tips on how to frugally build your own house.

1 comment:

  1. Sounds like you had a lot of good times these past few weeks.

    Glad your car situation wasn't any worse.

    Started following you.

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