Reformation Day 2011

WE have a huge fall festival at our church. I think we had 5,000 people there this year. So proud to be apart of it and my little Jedi's had tons of fun and too much candy. I actually made their costumes this year with the help of one of my students. I wish I had taken up sewing a long time ago, because I really enjoyed making them. But don't look too close, there are lots and lots of mistakes, plus I am far from a perfectionsist, so there were parts I just didn't care about...ha! Thankfully my boys thought it was the coolest thing ever! I am going to enjoy being cool while I can!







Kevin's artwork. He is getting really good at carving pumpkins. This year I printed a darth mal template off the internet and he went to town. I thought since the boys love star wars it would be cool. However, it was kinda scary. OH well no permenant damage done.

What I am presently reading.

I was reading The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokov. I stopped over half way through. Decent book about WW2 Generation. I love reading biographies of people in WW2, however this collection of very small biographies was lacking for me. I think Brokovs purpose was to demonstrate how the people of that generation were able to accomplish so much through heroic decisions big and small and how they take nothing for granted (unlike the generations that follow). It's the kind of book that makes you proud to be an American and proud to have the heritage of these amazing men and women. I guess my only complaint was that the short biographies were too short:) oh well, I will just stick to my 500+ page biographies. If you haven't read Boenhoffer's biography, you are missing out! You can read about this amazing book here.

Two books that I am presently reading and enjoying are:

No Ordinary Home by Carol Brazo
http://www.amazon.com/No-Ordinary-Home-Christ-Centered-Homemaking/dp/0880707445


For the Sake of the Children by Susan Schaeffer, wife of Francis Schaeffer.
http://www.amazon.com/Childrens-Sake-Foundations-Education-Child-Life/dp/089107290X

Bee Week

We had bee week a while back and i took a few pics but just have not had the extra time to blog these days. I am amazed at these women who blog all the time...yall are awesome and I love reading...I am totally addicted to blogs, Anyway here are a few of the activites we did during bee week.


Daddy helping out with school.
Biscuts with honey.
Bee books from the library...always fun.
Elijah counting to 100 bees in the bee hives.
Letter B dots with magnet balls.
Bee craft.

#43-50 of 1000 gifts.

43. Thankful I can take care of my sick family....because my family is my dream come true( not the sickies)

44. Endurance-the God-given kind.

45. crisp fresh air whipping through my hair while driving with all the windows down.

46. thankful husband.

47. delight of my boys as they play WITH EACH OTHER!

48. toast made out of homemade bread and a diet dr. pepper AND all while sitting down :)

49. the energy of my little guys and ability to bounce back from sickness.

50. The weather I long for all year round. Amazing how the weather can change my mood.

#31-42 Of 1000 gifts.

31. Watching the body of Christ care for their own.

32. Watching my boys learn and grow in God-given talents and in character.

33. A husband who is quick to listen and quick to forgive.

34. Crochet hook, pretty yarn, good music, rainy day.
35. Memoirs of winter and snow:)

36. Learning the slower paced life and the peace it brings.

37. Beth Moore bible studies.

38. The beauty of women who bask in delight of God as apposed to basking in the world.

39. Spilled hot chocolate all over the floor because it's only hot chocolate..

40. CAndle lit dinner with the family, talking about being thankful.

41. 2 day left-over chili means I don't have to cook.

42. The most beautiful woman I have ever seen radiant of Christ in the midst of failing flesh, a life lived to the fullest extent of the glory of God.

Star Wars WEEK: a solute to all us nerds!

DISCLAIMER: ok, so my kids NEVER wear clothes. They sport the undies 24/7. I mean, seriously, it's pretty hot here all the time, and they wear clothes when we leave the house, but I am telling you, they tear off their clothes as soon as they walk in the door, before I can lay my purse and keys down. So.... there it is. One day I guess I will make them, but for now not worth the fight.

Alrighty...so here is the most fun week we have had in school. I stole everything as far as I know and I will site everything I can remember, so none of this is mine. Most of the printables I found here.
My boys knew it was going to be something special when they saw their new name tags. I found these cute printables here. ART. Elijah's starfighter.

Mearuring lightsabers

Phonics. In the printables there was also a story about Luke and his friends that Elijah enjoyed reading. Oh and the boys LOVED all the books I got from the library on star wars.
Lego Star Wars, my boys are in love:)
READ. BUILD. WRITE.
Tracing Letters. I had also found some Star Wars Clone WARs puzzles on clearance to go along with our theme.

Starfighter math. The printables for math were too easy for Elijah, so I made some extra starfighters and we did lots of addition. If Elijah got it right, he got to blast me with a blaster. If he got it wrong I got to blast him with the blaster. HE LOVED!

Beware of the DARK side. I Peter 5:8

Starfighter snack time. Graham crackers, marshmellow and peanut butter.

Best craft project EVER! We all had so much fun doing this. I bought a lego mini-figurine ice tray and made salt dough recipe and painted away. This was literally hours of fun!! We had checked out the LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary from the library and tried to copy the figurines we wanted. I found this craft project here.





Elijah had earned a new leapster explorer game(Star WARs) and we bought a new clone war tag book to go with it for the coopster. So there it is in all its random nerdiness. There was so much to do and we will be this one again next year as I build our star wars collection.

Also this was a great Idea that I loved but the boys were just not old enough yet. Next year! This lapbook.