Monday
All the kids did a math lesson and a penmanship paper. Everett did grammar lesson, Annika did a phonics lesson, and the older kids did a science lesson.
Tuesday
I figured out that the bowling alley on the Naval base had a great daily special so I declared it PE day and we went bowling. The kids had so much fun, they couldn't wait to go again (see Friday).
Wednesday
We were going to do some lessons, but woke up late and needed to get to the base by early afternoon to pick up Matt for the couple of days he'd be home this month. So I pulled out the game 10 days in the USA and we had a fun morning of US geography.
Thursday
The kids each did a math lesson and a penmanship paper. I was trying to keep it light, because Matt was hoping to get home early that day. Then the Navy changed our plans and the kids did whatever while I dealt with Matt having no idea when he was coming home and the schedule changing every couple of minutes, at least it ended with Matt being home and extra day and having that day off. Ah, military life, you gotta love it.
Friday
After the Thursday schedule fiasco, which at least ended up with Matt having Friday off, the kids woke up and asked him if they could "do bowling for school". Being the principal he decided that was a great idea, so off the to Navy base bowling alley we went. We all bowled 3 games and had lunch. We made a quick stop at the base exchange (it's the base's equivalent to Walmart or Target for my non-military friends and family) and then headed home for a break. After being home a while we did "art" by picking designs and carving pumpkins. Lucas refused to scoop out the guts, he said "This is just gross." Annika and Everett did some of their own pumpkin gut scooping. I carved Lucas's pumpkin for him and Ev and Anna did as much of theirs as they could. They turned out great and we can't wait for trick or treat night.
I hope you'll all enjoy the slideshows of the bowling outing with Matt and Pumpkin carving from Friday. Matt has returned to sea again for the next few weeks, so we'll be back at our normal lessons full force next week.
Bowling Day Slideshow
Pumpkin Carving
2 comments:
Isn't homeschooling grand? When dad is home, you can have PE day and save the "normal" lessons for when he leaves!
Love your posts :) The pumpkins look terrific ! I just watched a pumpkin carving challenge on FoodNetwork TV ..it was amazing! We bought two pumpkins for the boys just on Saturday, and then when we came home they were outside carving while I stayed inside. So nice whenI don't have to scoop guts ! :) They broke both the little knives that came with the kit, and Joel got a small cut, but nothing major. They had a lot of fun!
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