Homeschool Highlights 6/22/20 - 6/26/20

Sunday was Silas's birthday! He turned 10 years old! We went to church and Titus was given a Bible and his baptism certificate. We had my parents over for lunch to celebrate Father's Day with my dad and Silas's birthday. I made lasagna, corn, and garlic bread and an ooey-gooey cake for dessert! My mother-in-law and her husband came over for cake and ice cream and presents. Silas got some more horses and cows for his collection! Last week in Texas, he also picked out a new cowboy hat and a few bulls. Eli also got his presents (Thursday was his birthday). He got a new basketball, some Nike shirts, some Under Armor socks he likes, some cash, and an Xbox gift card.

He searched through his Illustrated Cow Encyclopedia until he identified which breed this cow was that he got for his birthday!

Monday Mikaela started her new job! She worked from 8-4. She likes it but says it is exhausting being on your feet all day. We did a bit of school, starting back with Morning Time. Morning Time is such a great way to start out days! We read the Bible first, and we started reading "Grandpa's Box". I also let the kids each read a poem aloud from one of our poetry books for kids. It's actually for little kids, but reading poetry aloud is such a great way to work on reading skills. They also love it! We will be adding in "Road Trip USA" soon.

Tuesday Mikaela worked again from 8-4. She got to decorate cakes and really enjoyed that! I had to mail some Tot Boxes and other products. I'm having so much fun making these! We did some school. The boys watched a video in Experience Astronomy. They were supposed to go outside and draw the sun and shadows, but it was too cloudy. We worked in the garden and picked some more tomatoes, cucumbers, banana peppers, and bell peppers.

Wednesday Mikaela was off! We went to my uncle's house to swim and ate pizza. Mikaela, Zeke, and I ran to the bigger town about 30 miles away to get some more items for my Tot School in a Box kits. I was also out of laminating pouches.We came back home and tried to organize my supplies! We got three more tot boxes ready to mail and started working on the newest one. Then we settled down to watch Chicago Med (my favorite show!). I went to bed about 8:30.

Thursday was Eli's birthday! I made his him own bowl of puppy chow (Muddy Buddies) since we had cake on Sunday. Mikaela had to work 12-7. I ran to town to mail three more Tot Boxes and pick up a few things before she left for work. We didn't do much the rest of the day because it was raining off and on.

Found this picture on my phone! 

Friday morning my computer crashed! I spent a frantic morning trying to buy a new computer and get my printer connected to it. I took Zeke to my mom's after his nap so I could get some things done! He had a great time and I got quite a bit of my to-do list done. My parents took Eli bowling for his birthday and he spent the night over there. That's why my Homeschool Highlights post is late - I've been trying to get everything back that I lost and am having no luck.

Here are a few shots of Zeke's Tot Trays this week:

He loves this felt puzzle I made for him!

Such great fine motor practice matching the craft sticks to the correct cups and sliding them in the slits I made in the bottom of the cups.

Putting straws in the hole in a plastic container was a win! He did this several times. He didn't like threading the straws on the pipecleaners though.

I made Zeke a simple sensory tray with pinto beans, tractors, and farm animals.

Working on learning shapes!

He loved putting stickers on the ice cream cone worksheet I created for him!

How was your week?

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