SL Core D- Week 24 (Nov.28-Dec 2nd 2011)

Big Week!  We continued reading the books we started last week - George vs George and The Pilgrim's Progress which takes us through this whole week.  We did finish The Fighting Ground by AVI.  We are reading a small booklet on ADVENT and Dd made a wonderful wreath and candle display for our Advent candles (good job!).

Dd started a new ADD-IN:
Lydia the Patriot: The Boston Massacre (1770) (Sisters in Time #5) by Susan Martins Miller

Our normal weekly IG and lessons:
Bible:Judges-Momma  Esther-Dd
IEW: Final draft-Pearls. DVD on Boy and his Nuts, KWO, Rough draft, and Final Draft-completed
AAS:Level 3: daily, tested & passed step 9. Reviewed Book 1 -steps 18,19,20,21
MUS:Gamma: 23b,c,d, e, f, and Teaching Textbooks: Lesson 60
Typing Instructor: typing program: 45 minutes

12-3-11  (Friday-Dh has this day off from work)  A wonderful woman from church gave us one of her two piano's.  Her son and his son and she herself-brought the piano to our house.  We had a nice visit with them after unloading the piano.
12-3-11 (Friday) We get all dressed up and go to Butler University to see
The Nutcracker Ballet.  We've seen the ballet 5 times; 4 at Butler U.


Sunday-church and then later we went to Hanging Rock Camp/Church for a fundraiser.  They had the Oaks (john thomas and father) preform a musical set in the Old West about Esau and Jacob from the Old Testament.


This was our last week of Aqua Athlete's and our first night for "Meet the Coach" for Upwards Basketball.  Here are a few Aqua Athlete's pix:

You can kinda see Dd in the back left getting her lessons from Isaac!

SL Core D Week 23 "A" (week 467of this core) Nov. 21-25th 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!  We still keep our lessons going though!

Our Add-In's for this week:
A Picture Book of Patrick Henry (Picture Book Biographies) by David A. Adler, John Wallner and Alexandra Wallner

 Pilgrim's Progress by Gary D. Schmidt and Barry Moser  (finished on 12-5-11)

 George vs. George: The American Revolution As Seen from Both Sides by Rosalyn Schanzer (finished on 12-5-11)

 The Fighting Ground 25th Anniversary Edition by Avi (in progress)

 The Frugal Gourmet Celebrates Christmas by Jeffrey Smith (Pappa reading a section each night- great bible knowledge and cultural information shared.)

AAS-Step 9 -reviewed from Book 1-Step 16 & step 18
Intro to Poetry-Emily Dickenson & Walt Whitman
IEW-KWO:Pearls, Rough draft, watched dvd on Boy & Nuts
Aqua Athlete's-Tuesday
Sewing with Giz-Thursday and Friday (on sewing machine)
Wrote letters to GG and AC and AC
Built Soda Can Robot with Grampy
FLL-Lesson 16
WWE-Week 12 day 1 & 2
MUS-24 and test Unit III
Bible Daily

Mussels

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Lobsters from Maine

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