Huff Park August 11, 2014

Huff Park 

August 11, 2014






 
I'm not sure pictures will do this place justice---it was really beautiful.

 

Milkweed, and see the bloom bud?  I know my friend from the "L" family knows how much I like Milkweeds!  2 of the transplants I moved into our IN home came back this year; I was so excited.  These are the plants that Monarch butterflies eat and lay their eggs on, so they are special plants.

Dd found this Preying Mantis for me to see!

I just loved these plant leaves---can you see the lines/veins on the plant?  It was even more interesting up close/ in person.

We had to see what the big fuss was about on the trails on this part---and were rebels and walked around the "Danger" signs.  I don't think they needed to put such signs up for mud and water on the walkways.  We went as far as we wanted and enjoyed the trail.

This picture reminds me of the years I spent living in Florida.

There was sign of deer everywhere.  The woman we chatted with on the trail had just seen a Doe and her two babies and told us where to look, but they were gone when we got there.

This area has a lot of these pretty thistle plants.

This park was teeming with bees, bees, bees!

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Ideas August 2014 Core G

Ideas August 2014 Core G

I am checking out Ambleside's website for some ideas on how to do Core G, and add in some extra's.  I wanted a place to keep track of the ideas I'm finding.  I have spiral notebook after spiral notebook with the suggestions I find, but never find them when I need them!  I am going to try keeping an "Ideas" spot in my blog, and see if that is more useful.

 Perhaps a spiral book for writing about Current Events?

Writing- plus Current Events idea:   Keep a calendar of events. We suggest students choose the most important 2 or 3 stories of the week and re-write them in their own words as a chronicle of the year, making the heading of each page something like "This Week in History, September 1st....

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Sonlight Core F Week 33 Aug. 4-8, 2014

Sonlight 

Core F  

Week 33  

Aug. 4-8, 2014

Dd took this picture of our dog...a close-up!

I was looking at my IG (Instructor's Guide) for Core F, and pulling out all the completed forms and decided to count how many weeks we have been at Core F---this was week 46 and perhaps 3 more weeks left--so it will take 49 or 50 weeks for us to do Core F.  It is hard for me to believe that most families do it in 36!  I really thought it wouldn't take us this long to do Core F.  According to my scheduled plans, we were suppose to be finished by now!  Oh well!  It was the weeks of packing that threw my plans to the way side.

 

Dd did this drawing of Grand Haven's lighthouse--on her own.

We had a big week, as Dd and I drove to Indiana on Monday so we could go with our "L" family friends to the 
** Indiana State Fair **
 on Tuesday (see previous post for details!).  Monday night I got our yard mowed, and check in on the house.  We met up with the "L" family at 10am and got back home around 10:30pm!  It was a great time!!!  Lots of memories were made!  So thankful for that special day!

On of Dd's pencil colored Star Wars drawing pages

Then we drove back home on Wednesday after cleaning the house and re-vacuuming it again.  I think I could vacuum that floor every day and still get something in my vacuum!  Wednesday Dd was still SO tired from the day before--she slept until 9am!  Then on Thursday she was sneezing, and by Friday she was coughing!  Dh had been sick from before we left, and she got it.  We still managed to get some of our lessons done, a little on Thursday and a little on Friday--not much, but considering how lousy she felt, I was happy.

Dd taught me how to make a "Granny Square" this week!  So fun!

The other big event from this week was that Uncle "R" died on Tuesday.  So, Dh had to go alone since Dd was sick.  Dh drove to Indiana on Friday after doing a half day, and made it to our house for bed.  Then on Saturday he drove down to Mitchell for the funeral.  I was sad that I didn't get to go and say goodbye to him.  Dh told us all about the service, and it sounded really well done.

For our lessons in Core F; we were in the "Pacific Islands"!  We had a lot of EHN/World Book pages to do in a short time, so we didn't get hardly any electives done.  But, I think it is more important at this point to finish the last bits of Core F.  I've ordered Dd's "completing a core gift"...and it is going to be really exciting to her!  I can't wait for her to see it!  I'll tell you all later, after she opens it---she sometimes see's what I write here.

Now on to our lessons from last week:

Bible:

Survey of the Bible: A Treasury of Bible Information by William Hendriksen

With our Veritas Press Bible Program, we were suppose to be reading sections out of the book: A Treasury of Bible Information Survey of the Bible by William Hendriksen, but it was expensive (like, over $30) so I never bought it.  But, then my friend has been buying and selling things used and I looked for it used, and bought it!!!!  So exciting!  The book came in damaged from the post office, it looks like it got stuck in a machine, and has black burn marks on the edge...but, it is okay for our use.  So, this week we read that book for our bible for the week.  And now, we can start to use it as scheduled for our VP bible program!  Happy about that!
Survey of the Bible by William Hendriksen
Chapter 1, pg. 1-33

MacKiev 2013 World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia PC Macintosh by MacKiev

EHN/World Book:
Pacific Islands

Best-Loved Folktales of the World (The Anchor folktale library) by Joanna Cole

Best-Loved Folktales of the World
pg 148-149

Praying through the 100 Gateway Cities of the 10/40 Window (2nd edition) by YWAM Publishing,

100 Gateway Cities
Addis Ababa, Asmara, Mogasishu




Reader:

Call it Courage [John Newbery Medal Award Winner, 1941] by Armstrong Sperry

 Call it Courage
(so far Dd is NOT liking this book....?)
ETA: She ended up liking this book, and stated that it had a dry start, but got better with each chapter.

The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia, Full-Color Collector's Edition) by C. S. Lewis

Read Aloud:
we were suppose to start Red Sand, Blue Sky, but Dd really wanted to start The Horse and His Boy this week...which was scheduled to start next week, so we did!  She loves C.S. Lewis/Narnia books!
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book I by Colin Meloy

Audio 1:
Wildwood by Colin Meloy
(13 disc's...but we finished it!  So fun!)

Prince Caspian (The Chronicles of Narnia) by C. S. Lewis

Audio 2:
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis




Computer:
Khan Academy
(studies on the heart and how it works)
(I love Khan and use it more than she does actually!)

Exploring the History of Medicine by John Hudson Tiner

Science: (Reader)
The History of Medicine by Tiner
She finished the last chapters this week, and I've ordered more Tiner science books since Dd loves them so much!  They have short quizzes at the end of each chapter that she volunteered to do.

Fun books:

The Mines Of The Minotaur (Companions Quartet) by Julia Golding

Mines of the Minotaur by Julia Golding

Amulet 4: The Last Council   [AMULET BK04 AMULET 4 TURTLEBAC] [Prebound] by Kazu'(Author) Kibuishi

Amulet, bk 4, The Last Council by Kasu Kibuishi

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Indiana State Fair 2014

Indiana State Fair 2014

Monday Dd and I drove back to Indiana after having lunch with Dh (that is the perk of Michigan so far---eating lunch and dinner with him).  When we arrived, it looked like it was going to rain and I had planned to mow.  So, I got right on it and started mowing.  My neighbor, Ms. Linda, came over to ask me 'what's going on...are you moving?'!!!!  I guess the for sale sign in my front yard tipped her off!  We talked for 45 minutes and got things all settled.  We both thought it was such a hard knowing how to approach your neighbors--do you "mind your own business' or come knocking on the door?  I told 2 of my neighbors fairly quickly that we were moving, but I wasn't sure how to approach the others and assumed they would figure it out.  But, it is one of those etiquette things that I just wasn't sure what to do!

Tuesday morning at 10 am, our friends, the "L" family came and picked us up for the big day at the fair.  We saw a lot of the 4H buildings right away.  We walked through the building full of donkey's--that was very fun!!!  The horses "weren't in yet"---I guess different livestock take turns being at the fair.

There were so many of these specimen shadow boxes!  It was great to see...I just wish I knew if they found all those insects or if they bought them???

Every year we try to watch the spay or neuter demonstration at the fair.  This year was a 8 month female named, Marabell!

The man standing in the white shirt had a microphone and talked us all through the surgery. The show started at 2pm---and in a new location.  We got our elephant ear on the walk to the tent.  Boy, was that elephant ear tasty!  

We had eaten our lunch before the elephant ear.  The children had a corn dog for lunch, but I brought pre-made peanut butter sandwiches for me (and anyone that would want one...but, no one did!)  With snacks and food being so expensive at the fair, Dd and I went to Aldi before we left Michigan and bought snacks and drinks and packed my backpack to the brim!  We brought: trail mix, a container of unsalted peanuts, 2 boxes of Gluten Free protein/granola bars, 2 bags of apricots, turkey Slim-Jim's, 2 1/2 peanut butter sandwiches, 2 Gatoraids, 8 water bottles, and Dd wore the Camelback back pack.  We bought all the snacks at Aldi.  The Camelback is a back pack that has a large "bladder" that you fill with water and ice and it has a long hose that comes out of it, that you drink from.  We usually use that for hiking, but we used it at the fair too!

All the children watched the operation and did fine with it...

The annual cheese sculpture

Elephant Ears!

I'd love to try Rug-hooking...every year I look at this and just want to give it a try! One of these days.....



The animal barns are always so much fun!  This rooster was crowing so loud.

The Pioneer village---what fun to see all the craftspeople showing their skills!

We saw a show on Golden Eagles--very good show!

Dd got to fish at the DNR area--didn't catch anything, but had fun!

My dear friend and me!

I just love this photo!  They all just get along SO well!

The "Midway" where all the rides are.  Last year, for the first time, Dh, Dd, and I rode the Ferris Wheel.  This year Dd got to ride/drive the Bumper Cars (twice)!  Then we all rode the Ferris Wheel together 11 people in one pod!

Dd having her first Bumper Car rides!!  Her first car/ride didn't work well, but the second time around worked out fine!

"R" on the Ferris Wheel ride---

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