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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Sonlight Core G Week 34 "C" August 29-Sept 4, 2016 (BiblioPlan Week 25)

Sonlight Core G Week 34 "C"

August 29-Sept 4, 2016

(BiblioPlan Week 25)

Hello Friends!

We had an unexpected trip to Indiana this past week! Of course, I had our full week's homework all figured out, and then Dh said he could get Thursday and Friday off work, and of course, Monday was Labor Day, so he had that off already. So we left on Thursday morning, and returned Monday. We tried to get in as much of our assignments before we left as we could. A friend from church was willing to check on our chickens and collect our eggs while we were gone--she collected 50 eggs while we were gone! Speaking of eggs, we brought Giz and Grampy 6 dozen eggs for their Black Lab, Kate, who is not doing well. Kate is 14 years old, and her organs aren't doing well. She won't eat dry dog food anymore, but is willing to eat scrambled eggs.

The tree Dh and I were wed under.

On our drive down to see Giz and Grampy, we stopped off and looked at our old house and had a two hour visit with our friends the "L" family!!!! Two of the children were not home, so we did miss seeing them! But, I had a lovely cup of tea with my friend, Heather, and Dd got to have some sword fighting with the other kids. It was really great getting to spend some time with old friends. They might be coming up to visit us next month!! Yay!

Giz gave Dd her guitar that she had bought a few years ago, when she was going to learn how to play the guitar, but couldn't find the time...retirement for them is more work than when they worked! Dd has been loving the guitar, and found it is very similar to play as the violin. She even played on our ride home in the van.

One of the highlights of our visit was going to the Drive-In. Our old hometown has a wonderful Drive-In....I just now thought it would have been a good picture to share here, but I didn't think of it at the time. We saw Finding Dory; which was really well done!!!! So nice to have a Disney/Pixar movie that I didn't cry at, or a parent didn't die in! I can't say the same about the second movie: Pete's Dragon. Pete's Dragon was a mess! First we are introduced to Pete, in the backseat of his parents car as they are driving down the highway. We literally watch as their car almost hits a deer, swerves, and is flipping in the air, toys and gear floating all around. In the first 10 minutes our lovely main character is orphaned. Then immediately after his parents die, he starts walking away from the wreck---and is surrounded by a pack of wolves!! A pack of wolves!!! Oh my! My daughter couldn't get over that! Luckily a dragon arrives and scares off the wolves. Then as he approaches Pete, Pete asks: "Are you going to eat me?" Oy. That isn't even the parts where I cried---it actually get's worse and more depressing later when a mean adult captures the dragon (Elliot). I definitely don't recommend this movie---it went from sad to blue to downright depressing. Then the last 30 seconds of the movie have a "perfect, happy ending" which is the only positive note in the whole movie--so we didn't leave the movie with an eye tick after being traumatized by the series of unfortunate events. We all, Dh included, did really like Finding Dory! A movie that any kid would love, and not be too terrified or feel emotionally battered.

Dh and I got to hike one of my favorite trails, at one of our favorite parks---Spring Mill Park, Trail 3. Just Dh and I went to the park and hiked a trail that I have hiked over and over throughout the years. It was nice to have some time alone hiking together. Dd got some alone time with Giz, her grandmother. They played music together and worked out in the yard, clearing trails from dead limbs. Giz now rides a golf cart around their 5 acres, and Dd had a blast driving it as much as possible!!!

Dh and Grampy put up a new storm door on their house.

We filled in some washed-out holes on the long driveway.

Dh and Grampy also put up a new mailbox at the farm (the other one got hit by a car and demolished).

Giz was so happy Dh helped Grampy to get some projects done that needed getting done!

We went to church with Giz and Grampy. They have the nicest little church, up on a hill, surrounded by farms. It is always interesting to drive by the Amish family's house on the way and see what they are up to---this time they had built a small greenhouse behind their home. We drove past a little black horse and buggy that an Amish man was driving on his way home. It is so nice to hear the clicking of the horses hooves as they trot past our farm--I miss those sounds when not at the farm. The other lovely thing about our farm is the night sky---since we are in the middle of NO WHERE, there aren't any city lights to brighten the sky, so the sky is black and the white stars just pop out in display. I *love* the night sky at the farm. Even in our small town in Michigan, we don't have anything like that...I can barely see the stars here--so sad!

After church on Sunday Giz had some family over for lunch. It was really nice getting to see everyone.

It is always great to see the trees we planted as seedlings, now getting so tall and beautiful. Since our last visit some had been cut down, as they were dying or getting too close to other things...so, bitter sweet really.

Our lessons:

Bible: (3 hours)

Veritas Press: Gospels: Card 121: In Process

The Triumphal Entry

Read bible and Believer's Bible Commentary:

Matthew 21: 1-11

Mark 11: 1-11

Luke 19: 28-40

John 12: 12-19

Check out the soybeans---our area in Indiana had so much rain all summer, and now all the fields we saw looked amazing.

Language Arts: (2 hours)

All About Spelling 7: reviewed blue cards

IEW: SWI B:

final draft on last paper

Word Roots: Level 1

pg 33, 34

Math:

Teaching Textbooks, lesson 48 with Pappa,

Khan Academy, Prime Factors and fractions

Drawing:(2 hours)

Dd bought some black drawing paper and white ink pens and has been drawing and writing with it.

Giz, Dd, and Grampy

Foreign Languages: (1 hr)

1) Sign Language: passed lessons 9,10, & 11

Rosetta Stone: French: (45 min)

45 minutes this week

History: (6 hours and 45 min total)

The Kingdom Strikes Back: pg 22, 23(15 min)

Renaissance Artists Who Inspired the World- Add-In: (1:30)

pg's 1-25

Famous Men of the Renaissance & Reformation: (30 min)

Cosimo de Medici (1389-1464 AD)

Mystery Of History Audio: (BP's assignments) (1 hour)

Lesson 19: Cortes & Pisarro

Lesson 36: Bartolome de Las Casa

Monks & Mystics, Early Church History: (2 hours 30 min)

Councils of the Medieval Church,

John Hus,

Other Medieval Christians

Master Cornhill (Sonlight Read Aloud that I turned into a Reader)

(1 hour) *Dd is having a very hard time wanting to read this one, I might have to turn it back into a Read Aloud.

BiblioPlan Maps: Advanced Medieval
Week 24: exploring explorers map

The Phantom Tollbooth: (5 hours under Literature)

Ch. 5-13

(This was suppose to be a Reader, but I wanted to read it too, so we switched up the last R, and RA. This is a funny non-sense type book. I thought this was going to be a serious book, but it is kinda like Alice in Wonderland, in a very absurd fantasy land, with lots of word-plays...Whether/Weather..etc.

Music: (11 hours, 20 min)