Sunday was Mercie's 14th birthday! Saturday I took her to buy a new pair of boots, three pair of jeans, and a new cowgirl hat. We also went out to eat at Cracker Barrel. We had a fun day together! Sunday we had cake and ice cream at our house, and then we went to Rod's grandfather's house because he shares a birthday with Mercie. It was his 90th birthday! We had more cake and ice cream with family.
Tuesday was another busy day. Zeke had speech in the morning, Titus had TKD, and Eli had a basketball game. Mercie had tennis Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. We had church Wednesday night, where I teach Bible Drill at 5 and TeamKid at 6. Mercie had Acteens, and she actually taught the lesson! The leader told me she did such a good job and was really prepared.
With regards to schoolwork, we had a good week! In history the boys and I are reading "Raiders from the Sea" and it's proving to be very interesting so far! We are also reading in "A Child's History of the World" about some of the Roman rulers. They made a juniper leaf crown, and they turned out really nice!
In science, we learned about Earth, Venus, the moon, and Mars. They added to their solar system model by making the planets from modeling clay. I can't wait to get these put together!
We started using Art Achieve to practice drawing. This is available on SchoolhouseTeachers.com. We actually reviewed a membership to this program years ago, so I was excited to see it here! My kids enjoyed it last time, and I can tell they're enjoying it this second go round.
Zeke and I only did a few days of preschool this week, but that's okay! He learned F is for Fish. Here are a few of his activities.
We also have a baby calf that lost its mom, and Mercie and the boys have been bottle feeding it a few times a day. It's a lot of work taking care of a calf! These life skills my kids are learning through experience are so valuable!
How was your week?
I hope you daughter had a great birthday; it sounds like she did! How sweet that she shares her birthday with her great grandfather.
ReplyDeleteShe did! Thank you! I can't believe she is getting so old.
DeleteThank you, Megan, for hosting your link-up party. We've had plenty of bottle calves and bottled pigs on our little farm too. Enjoy the moments, as the kids get older and start working, they get too busy to do that stuff anymore.
ReplyDeleteYou're so welcome. This isn't our first bottle calf, but we've never had pigs! That is something that would be fun to add.
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