tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45556963397744067652024-03-13T10:17:36.913-05:00Bristle Ridge AcademyAdventures of life and homeschooling at Bristle Ridge Academy; where we love, laugh, learn and live.Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.comBlogger282125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-62236093554566610872011-03-26T12:52:00.001-05:002011-03-26T12:52:23.540-05:00Leopard Geckos<p>Elijah has some new pets. Leopard Geckos. Their names are Rango and Comet. He loves them so much.</p> <p> </p> <p>Elijah worked hard at making them the perfect habitat. Doesn’t that look like a great home for Geckos?</p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4naF8i0SI/AAAAAAAABqc/MbQtmQHP5HA/s1600-h/DSCF7386%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7386" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7386" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nakUJRiI/AAAAAAAABqg/zwJpwkg7p3o/DSCF7386_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nb0AuBGI/AAAAAAAABqk/yny6k2MH9GA/s1600-h/DSCF7394%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7394" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7394" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4ncY64I7I/AAAAAAAABqo/xGn0CzbemF4/DSCF7394_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Rango spends a lot of his time in the tube.</p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4ndJNCHCI/AAAAAAAABqs/7Ol-OSjJjzo/s1600-h/DSCF7389%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7389" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7389" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4ndtcJ_hI/AAAAAAAABqw/_ex2HZIA8cM/DSCF7389_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Comet likes the heat rock.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nel0BoaI/AAAAAAAABq0/ehXpiRuojeI/s1600-h/DSCF7390%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7390" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7390" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nfFgMHrI/AAAAAAAABq4/YTT4KE1cv-I/DSCF7390_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p> Comet also likes the heat from the heat lamp.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4ngEuL_MI/AAAAAAAABq8/P2E1ugT06AI/s1600-h/DSCF7392%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7392" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7392" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4ngpDYtqI/AAAAAAAABrA/s1Y1y7mREa4/DSCF7392_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nhr9KEKI/AAAAAAAABrE/XPz4Z2RwAVA/s1600-h/DSCF7393%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7393" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7393" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4niBzJ71I/AAAAAAAABrI/cIUFP771s1o/DSCF7393_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p> When we first brought them home Comet didn’t want to eat. A few days later she shed her skin and now she is eating well. We read and found out that sometimes they won’t eat when they are about to shed. Elijah feeds them meal worms.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4ni5ceAsI/AAAAAAAABrM/NqKSKiUxvUw/s1600-h/DSCF7395%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7395" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7395" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4njWSVN7I/AAAAAAAABrQ/hkjRy3O7zyU/DSCF7395_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nkNmoq8I/AAAAAAAABrU/G6q14UrNUqw/s1600-h/DSCF7396%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7396" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7396" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nkpjVU2I/AAAAAAAABrY/HhvqFVmL2M8/DSCF7396_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nlewFhrI/AAAAAAAABrc/MvH5jDep4Gc/s1600-h/DSCF7397%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7397" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7397" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nl-BfT6I/AAAAAAAABrg/x2u-fd33yCM/DSCF7397_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nmqUf18I/AAAAAAAABrk/1rIQx1AzgD4/s1600-h/DSCF7398%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7398" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7398" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nnEUM8cI/AAAAAAAABro/mOf_oANh450/DSCF7398_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Rango likes to eat.   Elijah takes each gecko out one at a time and places them in a smaller container to eat so he will know who ate and who didn’t. If one doesn’t eat very well he will offer that one more food in the evening.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nn8rkFII/AAAAAAAABrs/SaHw-1s8_Mo/s1600-h/DSCF7399%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7399" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7399" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4noXRrBiI/AAAAAAAABrw/a8amuQm7bT0/DSCF7399_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4npIExeoI/AAAAAAAABr0/lt0hmBULIKM/s1600-h/DSCF7400%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7400" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7400" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4npUC5DPI/AAAAAAAABr4/t50KC3y1sk8/DSCF7400_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nqZXgOYI/AAAAAAAABr8/gRql-rGUJFY/s1600-h/DSCF7401%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7401" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7401" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nq-5ciGI/AAAAAAAABsA/QIn5lJmQ1tM/DSCF7401_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nrf7r0TI/AAAAAAAABsE/VaGn6tJZBfI/s1600-h/DSCF7402%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7402" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7402" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nryRxWGI/AAAAAAAABsI/GsF_oXG_LOg/DSCF7402_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nsoGwuaI/AAAAAAAABsM/tjjVh0R4zpE/s1600-h/DSCF7403%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7403" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7403" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4ntbXv9zI/AAAAAAAABsQ/KHMDiVxYwms/DSCF7403_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nuCg-QAI/AAAAAAAABsU/G4aR1OYUvx4/s1600-h/DSCF7404%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7404" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7404" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nujfljgI/AAAAAAAABsY/IoSkFYVCi6A/DSCF7404_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nvXV8eYI/AAAAAAAABsc/DTFWvD1ylQA/s1600-h/DSCF7405%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7405" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7405" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nvoOLWxI/AAAAAAAABsg/iY4EYC5GaRg/DSCF7405_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nwSBUxKI/AAAAAAAABsk/TkKjontSFVA/s1600-h/DSCF7406%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7406" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7406" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nw9fFTsI/AAAAAAAABso/XNiMr5Ktnzs/DSCF7406_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>I don’t know who is who in the pictures below. I can tell them apart if they are side by side, but if I look at only one of them I have no idea who it is. Elijah knows who is who from a glance.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nxxUI5jI/AAAAAAAABss/4C21P77Z6_4/s1600-h/gecko3%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="gecko3" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="gecko3" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nyUQ79xI/AAAAAAAABsw/fx5qCrGdmRw/gecko3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4nzpuRJ0I/AAAAAAAABs0/g7LRaIj1Swc/s1600-h/gecko1%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="gecko1" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="gecko1" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4n0P5jhBI/AAAAAAAABs4/Y0DjJcKCYfw/gecko1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4n1B3vYrI/AAAAAAAABs8/EbkVIHWEtAI/s1600-h/gecko2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="gecko2" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="gecko2" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TY4n1n6jSfI/AAAAAAAABtA/7UWQZTZ4kF4/gecko2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>We are enjoying learning about Leopard Geckos and I plan to do a unit study on Geckos soon.</p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-17785793720381173522011-03-15T18:05:00.001-05:002011-03-15T18:05:11.498-05:00Baby Owls<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TX_worJfQcI/AAAAAAAABqU/iiHUEuZNP0Q/s1600-h/Owl01%5B4%5D.jpg"><img title="SONY DSC" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="294" alt="SONY DSC" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TX_wpp-a-UI/AAAAAAAABqY/WAp3wZ_ztnY/Owl01_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="200" border="0" /></a></p> <p>We have a big owl that has lived in a tree by our house for years. She is fun to watch and I find it comforting to hear her hooting at night.</p> <p>A week or so ago we discovered she has two babies. They have been peaking out at us, but today Dakota was able to get a picture of one of them. </p> <p>Guess what unit study is next on our list?  OWLS</p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-67618086858061576062011-02-26T12:24:00.001-06:002011-02-26T12:24:15.783-06:00Lowe’s Build and Grow<p> </p> <p>Dakota and I took Elijah to Lowe’s this morning for a Build and Grow workshop. Today’s project was a pull back race car.</p> <p> </p> <p>Here is Elijah nailing the two halves of the car together.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWlFB5DC1SI/AAAAAAAABpQ/0yQ4Q4HOpP0/s1600-h/DSCF7252%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7252" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF7252" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWlFCsdF0TI/AAAAAAAABpU/tKrLdRSG6ec/DSCF7252_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWlFFLTAJDI/AAAAAAAABpY/4JsOMbnRDOc/s1600-h/DSCF7253%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7253" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF7253" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWlFGLUbTvI/AAAAAAAABpc/SJ7qeHWxo7k/DSCF7253_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /></a> Gosh, that boy has a lot of hair!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWlFHrtF7kI/AAAAAAAABpg/gV4Ke6st4QE/s1600-h/DSCF7257%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7257" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF7257" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWlFIY_mixI/AAAAAAAABpk/CYANQwel2lQ/DSCF7257_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /></a> I was thankful Dakota went with us so he could help Elijah.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWlFKjxeBFI/AAAAAAAABpo/dqJ46f5jUfY/s1600-h/DSCF7260%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7260" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7260" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWlFLFLqbuI/AAAAAAAABps/scrgoHOazBc/DSCF7260_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Cousin It almost finished with his car.  </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWlFM3nMcDI/AAAAAAAABpw/96ocOfW0Oa0/s1600-h/DSCF7261%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7261" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF7261" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWlFNngD0oI/AAAAAAAABp0/jYHDeIeRLPg/DSCF7261_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /></a> It was a fun little project and didn’t take long at all.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWlFPnDKBfI/AAAAAAAABp4/EpHcdh4Hy6s/s1600-h/DSCF7262%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7262" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF7262" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWlFQ2wfrxI/AAAAAAAABp8/JtmY9WfaYPc/DSCF7262_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p>The finished car! It really works, if you pull it back and let go the car takes off.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWlFS-hCd6I/AAAAAAAABqA/3sktdSwFrws/s1600-h/DSCF7263%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7263" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7263" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWlFTiMqm0I/AAAAAAAABqE/EVfsaZIblzE/DSCF7263_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>If you have a Lowe’s near you they do these wood workshops every other Saturday, I believe. Check with you Lowe’s to find out more. I think there might even be some information about it on their website.</p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-19649911623492661672011-02-24T19:55:00.001-06:002011-02-24T19:55:43.674-06:00Our Taco<p>We added a new baby to our house this week. His name is Taco and he is a chiweenie. He has the body and nose of a weenie, the legs and head of a Chihuahua and ears of Dumbo. Isn’t he so cute!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWcL-Y21CCI/AAAAAAAABoc/DDFPonZ7VS8/s1600-h/taco%5B11%5D.jpg"><img title="taco" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="200" alt="taco" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWcL-wBclkI/AAAAAAAABog/SpHkVko7jBc/taco_thumb%5B9%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" border="0" /></a></p> <p> Pedro has surprisingly done well with Taco. He has growled a couple of time, but when I’ve said hush he has. They haven’t fought, but I don’t think Pedro loves him.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWcMBIPqFZI/AAAAAAAABok/E9f6EE7s2Jk/s1600-h/DSCF7249%5B4%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7249" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="200" alt="DSCF7249" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWcMBiQ9nGI/AAAAAAAABoo/hf9LgIsJMvU/DSCF7249_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" border="0" /></a> Taco and Pedro.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWcMD0rhsSI/AAAAAAAABos/oARi55NDov4/s1600-h/DSCF7250%5B4%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7250" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="200" alt="DSCF7250" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWcMEeaCERI/AAAAAAAABow/Tb_zoq66xvo/DSCF7250_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" border="0" /></a>  A few minutes later Pedro and Taco.</p> <p> </p> <p>Taco has taken a liking to Dakota over the rest of us. He follows Dakota all over the house. </p> <p> </p> <p>Taco reminds me a lot of Jose who passed away this past year with kidney problems. They have almost the same markings, but Jose has tan where Taco has a darker brown.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWcMFfPZSbI/AAAAAAAABo4/M9fl6fKolb8/s1600-h/taco%5B22%5D.jpg"><img title="taco" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="taco" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWcMFxBGprI/AAAAAAAABpA/swtCh7nBlwY/taco_thumb%5B18%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" align="right" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWcMHHlIq6I/AAAAAAAABpI/Q4O2VVsOLPc/s1600-h/DSCF4825%5B8%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF4825" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF4825" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWcMHnqBoBI/AAAAAAAABpM/s0feAmM8jGY/DSCF4825_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" align="left" border="0" /></a></p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-34350315607672658222011-02-23T22:55:00.001-06:002011-02-23T22:55:00.948-06:00Science Fair 2011<p>Our homeschool group had our science and social studies fair this past week. Elijah entered a science project, How are Rocks Made?   <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXkcVVNcsI/AAAAAAAABnY/5LM6LF2S7Tk/s1600-h/DSC00128%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="DSC00128" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSC00128" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXkdIzAbkI/AAAAAAAABnc/A9chgIXSk94/DSC00128_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" border="0" /></a> Elijah made his project into a little learning center.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXkd3npPnI/AAAAAAAABng/wZdUUcMgQU4/s1600-h/DSC00130%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="DSC00130" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSC00130" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXkeuzaSwI/AAAAAAAABnk/5Wcs8dD9QMU/DSC00130_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" border="0" /></a> The board was interactive, the cards in the pockets can be taken out and moved around.<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXkfN3q4cI/AAAAAAAABno/9dqGLywSQBE/s1600-h/DSC00132%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="DSC00132" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSC00132" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXkfr52-dI/AAAAAAAABns/9cqlcj__sE8/DSC00132_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" border="0" /></a>The big white flap opens up and had matchbooks on the inside. At the top it says Can you name these rocks and minerals? Each little flap opens and has the name written in the matchbook.<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXkgMepL_I/AAAAAAAABnw/Gu2XHrUyDRE/s1600-h/DSC00134%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="DSC00134" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSC00134" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXkguSTlsI/AAAAAAAABn0/3gFPCX-aoRI/DSC00134_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p>Elijah’s board had a lot of information and little booklets about rocks. Even a magnifying glass to use to take a closer look at the rocks.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXkhZEh0tI/AAAAAAAABn4/G28xlQVFNwA/s1600-h/DSC00133%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="DSC00133" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSC00133" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXkiMHEvCI/AAAAAAAABn8/ZmZ-QeX7QQA/DSC00133_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" border="0" /></a></p> <p>We only took a few rocks to the fair. We have a ton of rocks, but the load would have been so heavy to try to take them all so I told Elijah to just pick a few of his favorites.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXkjUmILyI/AAAAAAAABoA/1n63SCC2Skk/s1600-h/DSC00131%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="DSC00131" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="164" alt="DSC00131" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXkkN4DqNI/AAAAAAAABoE/yYuIwCz_xYY/DSC00131_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Elijah won 2nd place with his project. He was very pleased and of course I reminded him that I would have still been proud of him even if he didn’t place. The great thing about our fair is that everyone gets something so even if a project didn’t place 1st, 2nd or 3rd that person still got a medal.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXkmXE6q9I/AAAAAAAABoI/bSI9QOwQapw/s1600-h/DSC00151%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="DSC00151" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="164" alt="DSC00151" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXknPLU4-I/AAAAAAAABoM/dsAbDRS898Y/DSC00151_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> Here is Elijah with his project and his trophy.<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXkoJWujVI/AAAAAAAABoQ/RXZVOw5DMKg/s1600-h/DSC00160%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="DSC00160" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSC00160" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWXko7BIK8I/AAAAAAAABoU/X5zXpmwBP7E/DSC00160_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" border="0" /></a></p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-50535713510692252452011-02-22T00:27:00.001-06:002011-02-22T00:27:47.712-06:00The Brain!<p> Elijah and I are going to be learning about the different parts of our body. We will do a unit and project on our body in between other studies.</p> <p>We will be using this <a href="http://www.jeanniefulbright.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=9&zenid=85b41d304f0f63e5b3d8c129017e1701">Anatomy book by Jeannie Fulbright.</a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXIk2ihjI/AAAAAAAABmA/YvjvBfiGqxI/s1600-h/223%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="223" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="197" alt="223" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXI-ZI6VI/AAAAAAAABmE/JXa9dEn6flg/223_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="154" border="0" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p>We started with the brain.<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXKodE45I/AAAAAAAABmM/zyWjPoenNY4/s1600-h/DSCF7067%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7067" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF7067" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXLFWbHjI/AAAAAAAABmQ/023UydiHlqE/DSCF7067_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /></a> I set up the learning center with brain information.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXMR8nogI/AAAAAAAABmU/iUXQ0HG9IYk/s1600-h/DSCF7069%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7069" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF7069" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXMnltGeI/AAAAAAAABmY/kRwfEj7-rgI/DSCF7069_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /></a>I bought this styfoam head at Hobby Lobby for Elijah to draw the brain on it and label it. </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXOut22BI/AAAAAAAABmc/G_YTNkkd0EU/s1600-h/DSCF7070%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7070" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7070" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXPDUOIzI/AAAAAAAABmg/2ljnCSgL1ZQ/DSCF7070_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXQ7Je6hI/AAAAAAAABmo/JNNLVf8jEBk/s1600-h/DSCF7071%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7071" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7071" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXRQ-oHAI/AAAAAAAABms/zN2SuA3Vwt0/DSCF7071_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a>  Some information about the brain.<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXSTPOQxI/AAAAAAAABmw/J5q9qHL0woM/s1600-h/DSCF7073%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7073" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7073" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXS2Fd1-I/AAAAAAAABm0/3G3Csf0zhIg/DSCF7073_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXTm73BVI/AAAAAAAABm4/TnDXqA23zdQ/s1600-h/DSCF7074%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7074" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7074" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXT3dbHSI/AAAAAAAABm8/QyZexfFsTjU/DSCF7074_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> What boy wouldn’t love eating a marshmallow brain?</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXVIsGD_I/AAAAAAAABnA/OD4jKR3-OQo/s1600-h/DSCF7075%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7075" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF7075" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXVhHsVPI/AAAAAAAABnE/FAS6b8S9LuA/DSCF7075_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXWlr4blI/AAAAAAAABnI/_IKTbfn0bk8/s1600-h/DSCF7077%5B4%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7077" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF7077" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXXOlH2JI/AAAAAAAABnM/mjyxbLDUNR4/DSCF7077_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /></a> Elijah did have fun cutting up that brain and eating it. It was too funny!</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXYNAw2XI/AAAAAAAABnQ/9Y3fkygmcKg/s1600-h/DSCF7080%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7080" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7080" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNXYpQKjwI/AAAAAAAABnU/rY_2ku9veyY/DSCF7080_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>I’ll post a picture of the head after Elijah has finished drawing the brain on it.</p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-21813890057237000332011-02-21T23:52:00.001-06:002011-02-21T23:52:47.222-06:00MNO Art Party<p>Last week I hosted our homeschool group’s mom’s night out and held it in Dakota’s studio and we had an art party.</p> <p>We had such a good time. Dakota gave us step by step directions to paint a winter cardinal scene. </p> <p>I love how everyone's painting turned out a little different from the others. All the paintings turned out awesome.</p> <p>This is my painting.<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNO5sM7W6I/AAAAAAAABkw/vhH4I-Ev3-8/s1600-h/179829_147393558654936_110081792386113_275805_7660323_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="179829_147393558654936_110081792386113_275805_7660323_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="175" alt="179829_147393558654936_110081792386113_275805_7660323_n" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNO6Xva0bI/AAAAAAAABk0/YrXaUwd6e4o/179829_147393558654936_110081792386113_275805_7660323_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNO8Z3C4OI/AAAAAAAABk4/IyFZxcnF72c/s1600-h/185971_147393808654911_110081792386113_275810_6022671_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="185971_147393808654911_110081792386113_275810_6022671_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="175" alt="185971_147393808654911_110081792386113_275810_6022671_n" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNO9EFAAUI/AAAAAAAABk8/2l5_nUiyqa0/185971_147393808654911_110081792386113_275810_6022671_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p>I like how the snow turned out on Jamee’s painting.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNO991uslI/AAAAAAAABlA/JiSX1ZIig8g/s1600-h/180521_147393495321609_110081792386113_275804_643495_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="180521_147393495321609_110081792386113_275804_643495_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="175" alt="180521_147393495321609_110081792386113_275804_643495_n" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNO-YrXjvI/AAAAAAAABlE/Qz94iZWyHMA/180521_147393495321609_110081792386113_275804_643495_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> Kristie did not add snow to her painting. I like her branch and her bird looks great too.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNO-4NlUZI/AAAAAAAABlI/b1XOBpuG1oc/s1600-h/181627_147393665321592_110081792386113_275807_4200997_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="181627_147393665321592_110081792386113_275807_4200997_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="181627_147393665321592_110081792386113_275807_4200997_n" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNO_RvbRTI/AAAAAAAABlM/GDENKa85d38/181627_147393665321592_110081792386113_275807_4200997_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="175" border="0" /></a> Everyone looks so serious and hard at work. Trust me there was a lot of laughing and talking going on.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNPBdhM1PI/AAAAAAAABlQ/AnrluPk4ifg/s1600-h/181909_147393761988249_110081792386113_275809_5218496_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="181909_147393761988249_110081792386113_275809_5218496_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="175" alt="181909_147393761988249_110081792386113_275809_5218496_n" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNPCnGAr3I/AAAAAAAABlU/7xbd4NIXZYs/181909_147393761988249_110081792386113_275809_5218496_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> Jessica’s bird turned out really cute.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNPDXWPOXI/AAAAAAAABlY/MIajMfpkN6Q/s1600-h/182009_147393278654964_110081792386113_275798_2218400_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="182009_147393278654964_110081792386113_275798_2218400_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="164" alt="182009_147393278654964_110081792386113_275798_2218400_n" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNPEEYYh8I/AAAAAAAABlc/hX2QR4YQZgQ/182009_147393278654964_110081792386113_275798_2218400_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNPFdIytjI/AAAAAAAABlg/Kva5e3smiQM/s1600-h/182623_147393885321570_110081792386113_275811_775646_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="182623_147393885321570_110081792386113_275811_775646_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="164" alt="182623_147393885321570_110081792386113_275811_775646_n" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNPFxgfXJI/AAAAAAAABlk/VrdWpUArOr4/182623_147393885321570_110081792386113_275811_775646_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> I like how Konni added more to her branch at the ends.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNPGhJLYTI/AAAAAAAABlo/dR9iTZ7KWD4/s1600-h/183846_147393358654956_110081792386113_275800_78283_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="183846_147393358654956_110081792386113_275800_78283_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="183846_147393358654956_110081792386113_275800_78283_n" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNPHcvAKMI/AAAAAAAABls/Wimtfu83tI0/183846_147393358654956_110081792386113_275800_78283_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="175" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNPJVbJCRI/AAAAAAAABlw/8zQN0KhGim0/s1600-h/184203_147393911988234_110081792386113_275812_5031683_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="184203_147393911988234_110081792386113_275812_5031683_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="175" alt="184203_147393911988234_110081792386113_275812_5031683_n" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNPKMlLrVI/AAAAAAAABl0/46Oce1Z9ovc/184203_147393911988234_110081792386113_275812_5031683_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> Pam’s fat bird turned out cute too.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNPKz7a13I/AAAAAAAABl4/sbRuyPzlBfY/s1600-h/185829_147393618654930_110081792386113_275806_6088565_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="185829_147393618654930_110081792386113_275806_6088565_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="185829_147393618654930_110081792386113_275806_6088565_n" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TWNPLTGj59I/AAAAAAAABl8/md4cKHMs27k/185829_147393618654930_110081792386113_275806_6088565_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="175" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>We had such a good time, it was a fun experience.</p> <p>Dakota plans to offer ladies art nights and couple art date nights soon.</p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-28875284357955822222011-02-14T01:56:00.001-06:002011-02-14T01:56:26.151-06:00Happy Valentines Day<p>Happy Valentines Day to my sweet Jody.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVjgJF4xa_I/AAAAAAAABko/cWftqwoO_ZY/s1600-h/jodylove%5B4%5D.jpg"><img title="jodylove" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="240" alt="jodylove" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVjgKTXjLMI/AAAAAAAABks/nT9Lb-lnl7o/jodylove_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" border="0" /></a>I am so lucky to have you for my husband.  You are my Sunshine and I’ll always be in love with you!</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>I used to think maybe you loved me, now baby I'm sure. <br />And I just can't wait till the day when you knock on my door <br />Now every time I go to the mailbox, gotta hold myself down <br />'Cause I just can't wait till you write me you're coming around <br />Now I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh! <br />I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh! <br />I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh! <br />And don't it feel good! <br />I used to think maybe you loved me, now I know that it's true <br />But I just can't spend my whole life just-a waiting for you <br />I don't want you back for the weekend, not back for a day <br />'Cause baby I just want you back and I want you to stay <br />Now I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh! <br />I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh! <br />I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh! <br />And don't it feel good! <br />Walking on sunshine <br />Walking on sunshine <br />I feel alive, I feel a love, I feel a love that's really real <br />I feel alive, I feel a love, I feel a love that's really real <br />I'm on sunshine baby, oh yeah! <br />I'm on sunshine baby <br />Now I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh! <br />I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh! <br />I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh! <br />And don't it feel good! </p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-67246545542609037082011-02-09T16:06:00.003-06:002011-02-09T16:11:55.053-06:00Elijah’s FormulaThe new formula came today. I’m so happy it came, but I’ll admit I’m a little nervous about giving it to him. He has been on Neocate One + (plus) for <b>11 years</b>. I pray he can tolerate this formula well.<br />
The new formula is EleCare.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPmY4oYtI/AAAAAAAABjo/_e015D62cy4/s1600-h/cans-of-vanilla-and-unflavored-elecare%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="cans-of-vanilla-and-unflavored-elecare" border="0" height="137" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPnLt_IaI/AAAAAAAABjs/d9i7-HQxeBk/cans-of-vanilla-and-unflavored-elecare_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="cans-of-vanilla-and-unflavored-elecare" width="140" /></a>I don’t like that this formula has to be measured. <br />
The Neocate came in packs like this and all I had to do was open and pour it in a container of 6.5 ounces of water.<br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPnjXaGcI/AAAAAAAABjw/7olegf_jN9I/s1600-h/f8c4_2%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="f8c4_2" border="0" height="204" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPn-OIz9I/AAAAAAAABj0/I0KenPM1Q34/f8c4_2_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="f8c4_2" width="204" /></a> <br />
Just as Neocate was, the EleCare formula is very expensive. <a href="http://www.abbottstore.com/Adult-Nutrition/elecare/icat/elecare&source=ele">6 cans is $204.00</a> I’m not sure at this moment how long 6 cans will last. When Elijah was a baby his formula was $40 a can and he used a can a day.<br />
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Just to explain how Elijah gets his formula…<br />
After the formula is mixed up, it is poured into a feeding bag like this.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPofFi0GI/AAAAAAAABj4/wqrTe98ViSg/213c_1%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"><img alt="213c_1" border="0" height="158" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPtShf98I/AAAAAAAABj8/AAP2lWDB7vE/213c_1_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="213c_1" width="124" /></a> <br />
At the end of the tube I add an extension tube like this.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPuE0C2NI/AAAAAAAABkA/zinG3Dbf0Tk/s1600-h/0121XX_NONBOLUSEXTNTNSET%5B3%5D.gif"><img alt="0121XX_NONBOLUSEXTNTNSET" border="0" height="130" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPufp_-dI/AAAAAAAABkE/N0YqtNKspjI/0121XX_NONBOLUSEXTNTNSET_thumb%5B1%5D.gif?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="0121XX_NONBOLUSEXTNTNSET" width="150" /></a> <br />
That tube fits into a plug on Elijah’s stomach next to his belly button like this. The balloon part is inside his stomach. I have to change his button if the balloon burst or if the button gets dirty and also when he outgrows the button size.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPvF8C8FI/AAAAAAAABkI/W6i6MaZCdlM/s1600-h/mic-key%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="mic-key" border="0" height="198" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPvkAgapI/AAAAAAAABkM/B8-FL9X29oE/mic-key_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="mic-key" width="198" /></a> <br />
Then the tubes are ran though this pump.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPwBZhAyI/AAAAAAAABkQ/cFEOGbM2SUk/s1600-h/infinity%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="infinity" border="0" height="204" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPwrmGW6I/AAAAAAAABkU/rsLp0XRW91U/infinity_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="infinity" width="238" /></a> <br />
If we are going out we put the feeding bag and pump into a backpack like this. Elijah doesn’t like wearing his backpack. It’s heavy and hot on his back.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPxFiD-DI/AAAAAAAABkY/gqqmQ8wrGl0/s1600-h/back%20pack_front%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="back pack_front" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPxsfZBHI/AAAAAAAABkc/PsM6Cc89jOU/back%20pack_front_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="back pack_front" width="214" /></a><br />
If we are staying home then the feeding pump stays on the IV pole and the feeding bag is hung from the top. Elijah pushes the pole around the house with him.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPyF0V5eI/AAAAAAAABkg/qo2FXUd964M/s1600-h/ivpole%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="ivpole" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TVMPyYWiqEI/AAAAAAAABkk/HBuVM4Ha_lE/ivpole_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="ivpole" width="90" /></a> <br />
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Just a little info on how tube feeding works. Elijah has been tube fed for 9 years, before that he drank his formula from a bottle.<br />
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I’ll update on how the new formula is going after he has been on it a while.Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-34463689765377529792011-01-31T23:20:00.001-06:002011-01-31T23:20:41.023-06:00What a hassle!<p>Elijah's formula, Neocate One +, is being discontinued so the medical supplier called me a couple of weeks ago to say he needed to change formula. I guess his formula will change to Elecare. It is also another formula for <a href="http://elecare.com/eosinophilic-gastrointestinal-disorder">Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis</a>. </p> <p> <br />So it began.... around and around with the doctor's office and medical supplier trying to get it all worked out.</p> <p> <br />The medical supplier is saying the doctor's office said Elijah had to come in for a visit before they could give a prescription. And when I call the doctor's office for an appointment, they ask what is wrong with him and I tell them he needs a new formula prescription. They say that doesn't warrant an office visit. <br />HMMM it's not like I <em><strong>want</strong></em> to come up there in an office full of sick people. And I can't make him sick to justify an office visit.</p> <p> <br />Ole Doc must be doing pretty good if he can turn away money.</p> <p> <br />The doctor's office finally told me they sent a prescription to the medical supplier. The medical supplier says the prescription wasn't signed by the doctor.</p> <p> <br />I've talked all I can talk I'm not sure how to get through to these people.</p> <p> <br />If I get nothing else done this week, I have to get all this worked out so Elijah's formula will come SOON! Having a starving child is not going to be fun. I’ve been at this for a couple of weeks now, it has to get solved this week!</p> <p>This really isn’t anything new… a new prescription is needed every 6 months and it’s always a hassle! Someone sitting behind a desk just can’t understand that when you need formula for your tube fed child you have to have it, you don’t have time for them to play around. Because even when they decide to send the prescription it still has to get approved by insurance, then formula has to be ordered by the supplier and then they turn around and ship it to us by UPS. This process doesn’t happen over night.</p> <p>Please pray someone gets a clue and realizes this is a child’s life they are playing around with and prescriptions get sent and formula is shipped quickly.</p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-73274340692411881812011-01-28T14:05:00.001-06:002011-01-28T14:05:13.004-06:006 more weeks….<p>I went to the doctor yesterday and he is keeping me on the chemo drug, Mathotrexate, for 6 more weeks.</p> <p>I am not a med taker, I hate taking meds and especially a medicine that makes you sick. I can tell the drug has helped me, but yet it itself makes me sick. </p> <p>Doc said I look like a new person. I do look much better than I have in about two years.</p> <p>Also he said my immune system is very low because of the medicine so I need to be extra careful about being around people that are sick. So I’m asking all sick people please wear a sign so I will know to stay away from you! Go a head and wear a sign if you think you might get sick this winter. LOL</p> <p>I could have cried yesterday when the doc said let’s do 6 more weeks. 6 more weeks of making yourself sick on purpose is not something to look forward to.</p> <p> </p> <p><b>Methotrexate Side-Effects</b> <br />Some of the common side-effects of methotrexate are as follows:</p> <ul> <li><b>Increased Risk of Infection</b>: Use of methotrexate may result to a decrease in the white blood cells produced by bone marrow, thus causing an increased risk of infection. The person may also suffer from <a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/headaches/">headaches</a>, aching muscles, sore throat, pain passing urine, or may feel cold and shivery. </li> <li><b>Anemia</b>: <a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/anemia/">Anemia</a> is caused by the deficiency of iron in the body and results in low number of red blood cells. There is a possibility of the person becoming anemic while undergoing treatment with methotrexate resulting to lethargy and breathlessness. </li> <li><b>Diarrhea</b>: <a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/diarrhea/">Diarrhea</a> is characterized by frequent liquid bowel moments and may cause severe <a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/dehydration/">dehydration</a>. If the <a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/recognizing-dehydration-symptoms.html">symptoms of diarrhea</a> occur and last for more than a couple of days, while the usage of methotrexate, a doctor should be immediately consulted. </li> <li><b>Nausea and Vomiting</b>: The occurrence of nausea and vomiting are seen when the patient is prescribed with a high dosage of methotrexate. </li> <li><b>Other Side-Effects</b>: The other side effects of methotrexate include ulcerative stomatitis, abdominal distress, undue fatigue, chills, fever, leukopenia and dizziness. It is also inadvisable to become pregnant if any one of the parents, or both, are undergoing a treatment with methotrexate, as the developing fetus may be harmed.</li> </ul> <p>I usually don’t get side effects from meds, but this one is so different. Severe headaches and muscle aches are a part of every day. Then at night I can’t rest because I ache all over. I toss and turn keeping Jody away until I move to the couch so he can sleep. Lately I just go straight to the couch so he can rest without me flopping around.</p> <p>I’m usually so hot and everyone knows I’m a always hot and like the cold, but on this med I am freezing to the point that I am so cold I hurt.</p> <p>Diarrhea and vomiting! I just don’t know why I haven’t dropped 100 pounds yet!!! And even if I’m not vomiting the waves of nausea that come and go through out the day are just as bad.</p> <p>Life must go on! I do try to pull myself together and make the most of it. I feel like just laying in bed, but I want to be with my family and I want to make memories with them so I push myself to do more than I feel like doing.</p> <p>I appreciate the prayers, that’s what keeps me going!</p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-79052936008291446192011-01-25T23:33:00.001-06:002011-01-25T23:33:28.242-06:00January Art<p>We have been having the best time out in <a href="http://bayouartclasses.com/">Bayou Art Classes</a> studio. I love painting!</p> <p>Here are a few paintings I have finished and one I’m still thinking about.</p> <p>One day I kept singing Jesus loves the little children, red and yellow, black and white they are precious in his sight… and I ended up painting this 20x20 acrylic.  I’m giving it to my friend, <a href="http://ahighercallingchristianacademy.blogspot.com/">Nicole</a>, so she can hang it in the children’s room at her church.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TT-x7MW-qCI/AAAAAAAABiY/5BLlocCYOzE/s1600-h/JESUS_edited-1%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="JESUS_edited-1" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="241" alt="JESUS_edited-1" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TT-x9X6A9cI/AAAAAAAABic/9M0yT38BjVw/JESUS_edited-1_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p>I love how this next painting turned out. I didn’t really have a plan, but I had fun painting it. 16x20 acrylic</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TT-x-qJnVwI/AAAAAAAABig/tPe76Yo380Y/s1600-h/164099_141458899248402_110081792386113_244750_6704668_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="164099_141458899248402_110081792386113_244750_6704668_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="193" alt="164099_141458899248402_110081792386113_244750_6704668_n" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TT-x_jMNA6I/AAAAAAAABik/T-ta5j6zL9E/164099_141458899248402_110081792386113_244750_6704668_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>I decided on a zebra print cross because no two zebra’s have the same stripes and it is a great reminder that God made each one of us different too. 8x10 acrylic</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TT-yA39CS5I/AAAAAAAABio/iOeZt_tSQyA/s1600-h/167023_141459032581722_110081792386113_244752_3446270_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="167023_141459032581722_110081792386113_244752_3446270_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="167023_141459032581722_110081792386113_244752_3446270_n" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TT-yBwZX92I/AAAAAAAABis/thM1u9vJ63Q/167023_141459032581722_110081792386113_244752_3446270_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="207" border="0" /></a></p> <p>I’m still working on this piece. I haven’t decided what to add just yet. It’s a work in progress.</p> <p><img title="168738_141458975915061_110081792386113_244751_1196351_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="168738_141458975915061_110081792386113_244751_1196351_n" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TT-yCt1G3tI/AAAAAAAABiw/aen6hN0DzDU/168738_141458975915061_110081792386113_244751_1196351_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="203" border="0" />  </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Here is some art Elijah has done in art class at Bayou Art during the month of January.</p> <p>This 11x17 bird print was a fun project.<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TT-yDTXqOfI/AAAAAAAABi0/adgXZdtOjoo/s1600-h/163808_141459242581701_110081792386113_244756_618611_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="163808_141459242581701_110081792386113_244756_618611_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="163808_141459242581701_110081792386113_244756_618611_n" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TT-yDxC6_VI/AAAAAAAABi4/G56eq0_Qi4Y/163808_141459242581701_110081792386113_244756_618611_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="170" border="0" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p>The students really enjoyed making this 11x14 acrylic marble painting. Each student picked out 3 colors and Elijah wanted a Mardi Gras look so he picked purple, green and gold. Turned out great and I love how Dakota frames their art work for them.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TT-yF3bPTaI/AAAAAAAABi8/eoUZYiP8U6Y/s1600-h/163894_141459349248357_110081792386113_244758_6673315_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="163894_141459349248357_110081792386113_244758_6673315_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="163894_141459349248357_110081792386113_244758_6673315_n" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TT-yGmR3VvI/AAAAAAAABjA/xqhAtkxnCw4/163894_141459349248357_110081792386113_244758_6673315_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="207" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Night time landscape of birch trees in water color on a 9x12 canvas. I thought this turned out to be a cool picture.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TT-yHpp0-CI/AAAAAAAABjE/mexo_gDHrGQ/s1600-h/167228_141459099248382_110081792386113_244753_7742509_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="167228_141459099248382_110081792386113_244753_7742509_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="180" alt="167228_141459099248382_110081792386113_244753_7742509_n" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TT-yIeFNetI/AAAAAAAABjI/Hz6JZA--bF4/167228_141459099248382_110081792386113_244753_7742509_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Here Elijah is working on an 18x24 acrylic painting that he designed. I can’t wait to see it finished.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TT-yJAeguhI/AAAAAAAABjM/uBQl8RDClNk/s1600-h/180482_141459379248354_110081792386113_244759_3434491_n%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="180482_141459379248354_110081792386113_244759_3434491_n" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="180482_141459379248354_110081792386113_244759_3434491_n" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TT-yJ1dQDuI/AAAAAAAABjQ/FTUyeZh7S_U/180482_141459379248354_110081792386113_244759_3434491_n_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /></a> <p> </p> <p>We have some exciting events coming up at <a href="http://bayouartclasses.com/">Bayou Art Classes</a> for February. Dakota will be doing an art class for 27 girl scouts where they will work on 3 projects. I’m having our homeschool group Mom’s Night Out at the studio and Dakota will give us an art lesson. I can’t wait to enjoy art with my friends. We have new students starting in February also.</p> <p>If you want to see more projects done at <a href="http://http://www.facebook.com/bayouartclasses">Bayou Art Class check out our facebook page.</a></p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-66026504080099130242011-01-25T01:06:00.000-06:002011-01-25T01:06:37.335-06:00It's a workbook week!Everyone knows I'm a unit study/lapbook/notebook kind of teacher, but this week is a workbook week. I have been feeling bad and not doing much of anything with Elijah as far as school goes. I just feel too bad to even make an attempt. He has been doing his TT 4 math that is on the computer. Over the weekend I prayed about what to do and the ole Spectrum workbooks came to mind so I looked through them and made him out some lesson plans for the week. I'm glad to have these workbooks to fall back on, but I don't care for that being our school for very long at a time. I much perfer real learning.<br />
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Today wasn't so bad, Elijah did Math on the computer this morning before it was time for us to head out to the Spelling Bee where Dakota was asked to come be a judge. Elijah took his Word Study book in the van and did two pages on the way to meet friends for lunch. I almost hinted for him to go ahead and do two more pages so he would have Thursday's work already done, but I decided not to push.<br />
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We enjoyed watching the Spelling Bee. The kids did an amazing job. I can't even pronounce some of the words they spelled. I was really proud of each and every one of the spellers.<br />
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When we got home I told Elijah he needed to finish his work for today, but I wanted to go paint so he took his books out to the art studio and did the rest of his school while I painted, but yet was there to answer questions and help him along.<br />
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After he finished his school work he started on a painting that he is really excited about. Then we came in and both took a really long nap.<br />
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I hope the rest of our school week goes as well as today.Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-58238367103451326192011-01-20T00:52:00.000-06:002011-01-20T00:52:32.727-06:00Chemo Drugs are NASTYThis week I will complete the 6 weeks of the chemo drug I have been on. I tried the drug back in October, but it made me so sick I couldn't continue on it. When I stopped my health went way down fast so the doctor told me I needed to get back on it and stay on it. He said we would give it six weeks and then re evaluate. This Friday will be six weeks. It has been a ride that is for sure. With Lupus you are already sick and feel really bad everyday add chemo on top of that and it is horrible. Chemo is about the worst thing you can do to yourself on purpose. One night Jody was at work and I texted him if it wasn't for Elijah being so young I'd be ready to just die.<br />
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While I feel horrible and don't feel like doing anything I do try to push myself to do things even though I know I'll pay with pain later. Even the simpliest task that I used to take for granted are so hard for me to complete. Washing my hair for example. I'd love to go in there right now and wash my dirty hair, but I can't. My arms hurt and are so weak. One day Dakota was waiting on me to get ready so we could go buy groceries. I told him I need to wash my hair and I need to buy groceries, but I can't do both. Either I pull my dirty hair up in a hair clip and off we go or I wash my hair and stay home. I pulled the dirty hair up in a clip so we could have groceries that week. One day my hair needed washing so bad and I had somewhere to go that night, but I knew I couldn't do both. I had decided I'd have to cancel my plans because I couldn't go looking like a hag. Then I thought if I can just get dressed I'll go by a hair place and get a wash. I ended up in town all dressed up with my dirty hair and couldn't find a place to give me a wash. I called a friend and even though she has 3 young kids and was probably busy she said come on over. She washed my hair and even styled it. I was so thankful!<br />
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I don't go and do like I used to. I love to be busy and be around people, running from place to place, I am just not a homebody. Lately I've had to say no to many things that I really wanted to attend. It's a hard adjustment because my body can't keep up with my mind.<br />
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I think Lupus is hard for people to understand. Sure you can google it and read about it, but that doesn't really tell you what it is like to live with Lupus. I don't think my family really understands even though they see the tears and know I am suffering. It's hard to describe how I feel also, but I found this article that really explains what life with Lupus is like.<br />
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<h2>The Spoon Theory</h2><h3>by Christine Miserandino www.butyoudontlooksick.com</h3>My best friend and I were in the diner, talking. As usual, it was very late and we were eating French fries with gravy. Like normal girls our age, we spent a lot of time in the diner while in college, and most of the time we spent talking about boys, music or trivial things, that seemed very important at the time. We never got serious about anything in particular and spent most of our time laughing.<br />
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As I went to take some of my medicine with a snack as I usually did, she watched me with an awkward kind of stare, instead of continuing the conversation. She then asked me out of the blue what it felt like to have Lupus and be sick. I was shocked not only because she asked the random question, but also because I assumed she knew all there was to know about Lupus. She came to doctors with me, she saw me walk with a cane, and throw up in the bathroom. She had seen me cry in pain, what else was there to know?<br />
I started to ramble on about pills, and aches and pains, but she kept pursuing, and didn’t seem satisfied with my answers. I was a little surprised as being my roommate in college and friend for years; I thought she already knew the medical definition of Lupus. Then she looked at me with a face every sick person knows well, the face of pure curiosity about something no one healthy can truly understand. She asked what it felt like, not physically, but what it felt like to be me, to be sick.<br />
As I tried to gain my composure, I glanced around the table for help or guidance, or at least stall for time to think. I was trying to find the right words. How do I answer a question I never was able to answer for myself? How do I explain every detail of every day being effected, and give the emotions a sick person goes through with clarity. I could have given up, cracked a joke like I usually do, and changed the subject, but I remember thinking if I don’t try to explain this, how could I ever expect her to understand. If I can’t explain this to my best friend, how could I explain my world to anyone else? I had to at least try.<br />
At that moment, the spoon theory was born. I quickly grabbed every spoon on the table; hell I grabbed spoons off of the other tables. I looked at her in the eyes and said “Here you go, you have Lupus”. She looked at me slightly confused, as anyone would when they are being handed a bouquet of spoons. The cold metal spoons clanked in my hands, as I grouped them together and shoved them into her hands.<br />
I explained that the difference in being sick and being healthy is having to make choices or to consciously think about things when the rest of the world doesn’t have to. The healthy have the luxury of a life without choices, a gift most people take for granted.<br />
Most people start the day with unlimited amount of possibilities, and energy to do whatever they desire, especially young people. For the most part, they do not need to worry about the effects of their actions. So for my explanation, I used spoons to convey this point. I wanted something for her to actually hold, for me to then take away, since most people who get sick feel a “loss” of a life they once knew. If I was in control of taking away the spoons, then she would know what it feels like to have someone or something else, in this case Lupus, being in control.<br />
She grabbed the spoons with excitement. She didn’t understand what I was doing, but she is always up for a good time, so I guess she thought I was cracking a joke of some kind like I usually do when talking about touchy topics. Little did she know how serious I would become?<br />
I asked her to count her spoons. She asked why, and I explained that when you are healthy you expect to have a never-ending supply of “spoons”. But when you have to now plan your day, you need to know exactly how many “spoons” you are starting with. It doesn’t guarantee that you might not lose some along the way, but at least it helps to know where you are starting. She counted out 12 spoons. She laughed and said she wanted more. I said no, and I knew right away that this little game would work, when she looked disappointed, and we hadn’t even started yet. I’ve wanted more “spoons” for years and haven’t found a way yet to get more, why should she? I also told her to always be conscious of how many she had, and not to drop them because she can never forget she has Lupus.<br />
I asked her to list off the tasks of her day, including the most simple. As, she rattled off daily chores, or just fun things to do; I explained how each one would cost her a spoon. When she jumped right into getting ready for work as her first task of the morning, I cut her off and took away a spoon. I practically jumped down her throat. I said ” No! You don’t just get up. You have to crack open your eyes, and then realize you are late. You didn’t sleep well the night before. You have to crawl out of bed, and then you have to make your self something to eat before you can do anything else, because if you don’t, you can’t take your medicine, and if you don’t take your medicine you might as well give up all your spoons for today and tomorrow too.” I quickly took away a spoon and she realized she hasn’t even gotten dressed yet. Showering cost her spoon, just for washing her hair and shaving her legs. Reaching high and low that early in the morning could actually cost more than one spoon, but I figured I would give her a break; I didn’t want to scare her right away. Getting dressed was worth another spoon. I stopped her and broke down every task to show her how every little detail needs to be thought about. You cannot simply just throw clothes on when you are sick. I explained that I have to see what clothes I can physically put on, if my hands hurt that day buttons are out of the question. If I have bruises that day, I need to wear long sleeves, and if I have a fever I need a sweater to stay warm and so on. If my hair is falling out I need to spend more time to look presentable, and then you need to factor in another 5 minutes for feeling badly that it took you 2 hours to do all this.<br />
I think she was starting to understand when she theoretically didn’t even get to work, and she was left with 6 spoons. I then explained to her that she needed to choose the rest of her day wisely, since when your “spoons” are gone, they are gone. Sometimes you can borrow against tomorrow’s “spoons”, but just think how hard tomorrow will be with less “spoons”. I also needed to explain that a person who is sick always lives with the looming thought that tomorrow may be the day that a cold comes, or an infection, or any number of things that could be very dangerous. So you do not want to run low on “spoons”, because you never know when you truly will need them. I didn’t want to depress her, but I needed to be realistic, and unfortunately being prepared for the worst is part of a real day for me.<br />
We went through the rest of the day, and she slowly learned that skipping lunch would cost her a spoon, as well as standing on a train, or even typing at her computer too long. She was forced to make choices and think about things differently. Hypothetically, she had to choose not to run errands, so that she could eat dinner that night.<br />
When we got to the end of her pretend day, she said she was hungry. I summarized that she had to eat dinner but she only had one spoon left. If she cooked, she wouldn’t have enough energy to clean the pots. If she went out for dinner, she might be too tired to drive home safely. Then I also explained, that I didn’t even bother to add into this game, that she was so nauseous, that cooking was probably out of the question anyway. So she decided to make soup, it was easy. I then said it is only 7pm, you have the rest of the night but maybe end up with one spoon, so you can do something fun, or clean your apartment, or do chores, but you can’t do it all.<br />
I rarely see her emotional, so when I saw her upset I knew maybe I was getting through to her. I didn’t want my friend to be upset, but at the same time I was happy to think finally maybe someone understood me a little bit. She had tears in her eyes and asked quietly “Christine, How do you do it? Do you really do this everyday?” I explained that some days were worse then others; some days I have more spoons then most. But I can never make it go away and I can’t forget about it, I always have to think about it. I handed her a spoon I had been holding in reserve. I said simply, “I have learned to live life with an extra spoon in my pocket, in reserve. You need to always be prepared.”<br />
Its hard, the hardest thing I ever had to learn is to slow down, and not do everything. I fight this to this day. I hate feeling left out, having to choose to stay home, or to not get things done that I want to. I wanted her to feel that frustration. I wanted her to understand, that everything everyone else does comes so easy, but for me it is one hundred little jobs in one. I need to think about the weather, my temperature that day, and the whole day’s plans before I can attack any one given thing. When other people can simply do things, I have to attack it and make a plan like I am strategizing a war. It is in that lifestyle, the difference between being sick and healthy. It is the beautiful ability to not think and just do. I miss that freedom. I miss never having to count “spoons”.<br />
After we were emotional and talked about this for a little while longer, I sensed she was sad. Maybe she finally understood. Maybe she realized that she never could truly and honestly say she understands. But at least now she might not complain so much when I can’t go out for dinner some nights, or when I never seem to make it to her house and she always has to drive to mine. I gave her a hug when we walked out of the diner. I had the one spoon in my hand and I said “Don’t worry. I see this as a blessing. I have been forced to think about everything I do. Do you know how many spoons people waste everyday? I don’t have room for wasted time, or wasted “spoons” and I chose to spend this time with you.”<br />
Ever since this night, I have used the spoon theory to explain my life to many people. In fact, my family and friends refer to spoons all the time. It has been a code word for what I can and cannot do. Once people understand the spoon theory they seem to understand me better, but I also think they live their life a little differently too. I think it isn’t just good for understanding Lupus, but anyone dealing with any disability or illness. Hopefully, they don’t take so much for granted or their life in general. I give a piece of myself, in every sense of the word when I do anything. It has become an inside joke. I have become famous for saying to people jokingly that they should feel special when I spend time with them, because they have one of my “spoons”.<br />
© Christine MiserandinoSugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-30179920296184521212010-12-06T20:58:00.001-06:002010-12-06T20:58:54.032-06:00Life Cycles<p> </p> <p>Remember the <a href="http://bristleridgeacademy.blogspot.com/search/label/learning%20center">Learning Center</a> I made for Elijah a while back? I decided to keep that one as our morning center so I made a new one that I change out for different units.</p> <p>On this day the Learning Center was Life Cycles.</p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2ig9ao5bI/AAAAAAAABg8/q0ducqeF8PU/s1600-h/DSCF7039%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7039" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7039" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2ihpgzHGI/AAAAAAAABhA/7VPSlj4u1RM/DSCF7039_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2ijjsOaKI/AAAAAAAABhE/wgwHrebB_n8/s1600-h/DSCF7040%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7040" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7040" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2ikI-66RI/AAAAAAAABhI/Idug2fF0Wo4/DSCF7040_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2il9Z3veI/AAAAAAAABhM/Y9Smoxsi1hw/s1600-h/DSCF7041%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7041" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF7041" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2imX9bq0I/AAAAAAAABhQ/FOfubxs8GxU/DSCF7041_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2ioau2tUI/AAAAAAAABhU/wFuqiRwOypo/s1600-h/DSCF7042%5B7%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7042" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF7042" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2io1WOufI/AAAAAAAABhY/7cdQ8JOzx40/DSCF7042_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" align="left" border="0" /></a>  <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2iqsXd7VI/AAAAAAAABhc/SCadTbEU_LQ/s1600-h/DSCF7043%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7043" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF7043" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2irb7fOaI/AAAAAAAABhg/i8uryvH73o8/DSCF7043_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" align="right" border="0" /></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Items are either velcroed on or in pocket charts. It’s very interactive. Elijah can move things around as he is learning.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2itpleqKI/AAAAAAAABhk/Wr8mjtCRIT8/s1600-h/DSCF7066%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7066" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7066" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2iuQED7pI/AAAAAAAABho/nlZdz9xna8w/DSCF7066_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Above Elijah labeled the stages of a butterfly and below he is labeling the stages of a frog.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2iwKCdgaI/AAAAAAAABhs/ZPsZih4mvVU/s1600-h/DSCF7064%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7064" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7064" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2ixF4Xp3I/AAAAAAAABhw/dbY5HNJLCBw/DSCF7064_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2izmERZcI/AAAAAAAABh0/YP23gdABlwY/s1600-h/DSCF7065%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7065" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7065" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2i0f2didI/AAAAAAAABh4/A2igCLeC4uQ/DSCF7065_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Elijah likes the interactive board and I have many many units planned to use with the board with so check back to see what we use it for next.</p> <p>We also made a Life Cycle lapbook. </p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2i2VBDxvI/AAAAAAAABh8/7eaPUuCGjWQ/s1600-h/DSCF7044%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7044" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7044" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2i3Hsd_4I/AAAAAAAABiA/KQy9eEK6gEQ/DSCF7044_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2i5Xyy7lI/AAAAAAAABiE/a0RaO8tQ7u8/s1600-h/DSCF7046%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7046" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7046" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2i549VqsI/AAAAAAAABiI/uScmt1hNw2Q/DSCF7046_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2i6wNE4AI/AAAAAAAABiM/AtAgAZqi7Rg/s1600-h/DSCF7047%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7047" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7047" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP2i7ZzSkDI/AAAAAAAABiQ/D26QV8gCW_U/DSCF7047_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-67463422447759379202010-12-06T13:09:00.001-06:002010-12-06T13:09:40.128-06:00Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs<p>Who says school work has to be boring? Elijah and I just finished up a fun lapbook based on the book Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP00pu3-FeI/AAAAAAAABfk/KSbhy2r3XXc/s1600-h/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-cover%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-cover" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="210" alt="cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-cover" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP00qI4z5XI/AAAAAAAABfo/6bGT5RjR604/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-cover_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>I printed out the lapbook components from <a href="http://www.homeschoolshare.com/">Homeschool Share</a>. This is a simple lapbook, but it was fun and silly…. just what we needed.</p> <p> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP00sQpmRBI/AAAAAAAABfs/1sNZYDEYitM/s1600-h/DSCF7037%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7037" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7037" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP00tG7mpsI/AAAAAAAABfw/mFQ69fakinI/DSCF7037_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p>Here Elijah is reading back over the book and adding answers to the booklets in his lapbook.</p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP00uYivV7I/AAAAAAAABf0/8Nt0u954izo/s1600-h/DSCF7038%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7038" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7038" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP00u_6P_UI/AAAAAAAABf4/KlY_RDfEFtU/DSCF7038_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP00wmpc-AI/AAAAAAAABf8/VtvOZ3nwFZ4/s1600-h/DSCF7052%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7052" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7052" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP00xAtKJKI/AAAAAAAABgA/tchTv923UXk/DSCF7052_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>We decorated the outside of the lapbook. Does it look like spaghetti and meatballs?</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP00x-3vcyI/AAAAAAAABgE/X5OirggwAIU/s1600-h/DSCF7056%5B12%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7056" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF7056" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP00ytoY5EI/AAAAAAAABgI/HRRRGlMN2nc/DSCF7056_thumb%5B10%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP00zl7tUXI/AAAAAAAABgM/H56WTLhytVo/s1600-h/DSCF7057%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7057" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7057" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP000Yb2gYI/AAAAAAAABgQ/lRAzmjdddVk/DSCF7057_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>I pulled out our weather board for Elijah to play meteorologist.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP001ctjDnI/AAAAAAAABgU/VJ64tFUzGVw/s1600-h/DSCF7058%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7058" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF7058" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP002S1JksI/AAAAAAAABgY/HraN1YL8Prs/DSCF7058_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP003YeecII/AAAAAAAABgc/ptaH8Eo5sb8/s1600-h/DSCF7059%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7059" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="DSCF7059" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP0036Gc_-I/AAAAAAAABgg/0Adyschk-Io/DSCF7059_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="184" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP005IAzOnI/AAAAAAAABgk/8ErWDXL5wmY/s1600-h/DSCF7060%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7060" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7060" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP005i3lxUI/AAAAAAAABgo/ozPZDSPet4M/DSCF7060_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Elijah gave us a silly weather report. It’s raining pigs in Texas!</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP0064kw-tI/AAAAAAAABgs/lKEu0fHYdyQ/s1600-h/DSCF7061%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF7061" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="184" alt="DSCF7061" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP007TRJNaI/AAAAAAAABgw/KyDwLB5mgT0/DSCF7061_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a></p> <p>To finish up the unit we watched Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs on Netflix.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP008c5KiyI/AAAAAAAABg0/8bAOBsjDIsk/s1600-h/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballsmovie%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballsmovie" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballsmovie" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TP008xwQx9I/AAAAAAAABg4/Sh4CrV4Zr1I/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballsmovie_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="165" border="0" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p>You can find this unit and a lot more at <a href="http://www.homeschoolshare.com/">Homeschool Share</a> .</p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-49581569544499634002010-12-06T00:11:00.001-06:002010-12-06T00:11:17.837-06:00Redneck Christmas Parade<p>Saturday morning the kids and I went to the Redneck Christmas Parade in Bawcomville. You might remember the <a href="http://bristleridgeacademy.blogspot.com/2010/11/bawcomville-christmas.html">video</a> I posted a week or so ago.</p> <p> </p> <p>Dakota took a ton of pictures and I tried to go through and pick a few, but that few turned into way too many. You can click on the full album and see the ones I picked. There was way more photos, but I didn’t figure you all would want to see every four wheeler or lawnmower that went by.</p> <p>Most floats threw candy, some threw stuffed animals or beads, one float threw rocks.  I loved it!</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Here are a few pictures. </p> <p>This one had a sign that read: Bawcomville Yacht Club</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPx-TF4_wHI/AAAAAAAABes/By5jplpNF-8/s1600-h/DSC00426%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSC00426" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="164" alt="DSC00426" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPx-T8Pt2hI/AAAAAAAABew/3oB3-0iOJug/DSC00426_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Some used the excuse of the parade to let their freak flag fly.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPx-VuEygUI/AAAAAAAABe0/_8ssD2otG0I/s1600-h/DSC00503%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="DSC00503" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="164" alt="DSC00503" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPx-WqS8DBI/AAAAAAAABe4/qPwcPXxmqOw/DSC00503_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>I liked this float, well it was a wrecker truck with this car on the bed of the truck. Reminds me of an old Christmas movie where the family goes out and cuts down a tree and bringing it home to decorate.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPx-YcU2cZI/AAAAAAAABe8/3CHp-5oaCoE/s1600-h/Copy%20%282%29%20of%20DSC00305%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="Copy (2) of DSC00305" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="164" alt="Copy (2) of DSC00305" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPx-Y9-lZYI/AAAAAAAABfA/RITal9kzUrs/Copy%20%282%29%20of%20DSC00305_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Don’t be fooled to think these guys just did this for the parade. This is the norm in Bawcomville!</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPx-aZZ4ppI/AAAAAAAABfE/qoqyKshLtoY/s1600-h/Copy%20%282%29%20of%20DSC00407%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="Copy (2) of DSC00407" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="164" alt="Copy (2) of DSC00407" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPx-bGDUfII/AAAAAAAABfI/vVmDK6LloMI/Copy%20%282%29%20of%20DSC00407_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Yes, there was a power wheel vehicle in the parade. I wonder if she made the whole block before the battery ran down?</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPx-caTUgvI/AAAAAAAABfM/ubKalpgmxgU/s1600-h/Copy%20%282%29%20of%20DSC00624%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="Copy (2) of DSC00624" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="164" alt="Copy (2) of DSC00624" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPx-dBLc-uI/AAAAAAAABfQ/YTLG1HD6d2E/Copy%20%282%29%20of%20DSC00624_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPx-fA0HLLI/AAAAAAAABfU/eWG-0gT4Clc/s1600-h/Copy%20of%20DSC00102%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="Copy of DSC00102" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="164" alt="Copy of DSC00102" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPx-gOPzHgI/AAAAAAAABfY/DvlLW_6goG0/Copy%20of%20DSC00102_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>This float had a big sign that read “Santa’s dropping a load” Then on the back was Santa peaking out of the outhouse. He has toilet paper in his hand.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPx-giaznZI/AAAAAAAABfc/Y0gcF4wAi_U/s1600-h/Copy%20of%20DSC00118%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="Copy of DSC00118" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="Copy of DSC00118" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPx-hGsg1NI/AAAAAAAABfg/gaV8HnJUEv8/Copy%20of%20DSC00118_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="164" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>What a fun morning!</p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-57196106075094137942010-12-01T00:15:00.001-06:002010-12-01T00:15:21.871-06:00Veteran’s Day: A Patriotic Look<p>Elijah loves learning about wars, what airplanes were flew and what weapons they used. This year for Veteran’s Day I wanted him to really understand that many men and women have lost their lives fighting for our country.</p> <p>To begin our Veteran’s Day study we visited the traveling memorial wall. WOW, just that little piece of traveling wall is powerful, I bet it is awesome to visit the real thing.</p> <p> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXgrNcp0DI/AAAAAAAABb0/UEJUre3iQ8Y/s1600-h/wall001%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="SONY DSC" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="151" alt="SONY DSC" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXgsEhnnZI/AAAAAAAABb4/KTm3VxHg_FM/wall001_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXgui65o_I/AAAAAAAABb8/Ujt6h-uaylo/s1600-h/wall007%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="SONY DSC" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="166" alt="SONY DSC" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXgvI2pT8I/AAAAAAAABcA/MfEcWjNW380/wall007_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" align="left" border="0" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXgwFEMTxI/AAAAAAAABcE/Om9NQWeQips/s1600-h/wall002%5B4%5D.jpg"><img title="SONY DSC" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="240" alt="SONY DSC" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXgwrWmciI/AAAAAAAABcI/LDC_iaGj_yI/wall002_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="160" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXgxT4tMdI/AAAAAAAABcM/S2YZnzyrmTA/s1600-h/wall004%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="SONY DSC" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="240" alt="SONY DSC" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXg3b7ZiaI/AAAAAAAABcQ/IinP5PEbsXc/wall004_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="177" border="0" /></a>  <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnb-EwnPI/AAAAAAAABcU/6kVw6FXwfX8/s1600-h/wall0056.jpg"><img title="SONY DSC" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="240" alt="SONY DSC" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnce3GPVI/AAAAAAAABcY/3Dm34clbz4I/wall005_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="160" align="right" border="0" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXndp3ar0I/AAAAAAAABcc/If24uQuEjAI/s1600-h/wall0064.jpg"><img title="SONY DSC" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="158" alt="SONY DSC" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXneMG9Q0I/AAAAAAAABcg/ATAyl2uMgVQ/wall006_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" border="0" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>That week we read some books about Veteran’s Day and made a lapbook. It was a simple lapbook, but one of the most important lapbooks I think we have ever made.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnesKefYI/AAAAAAAABck/FZcnF7_frPo/s1600-h/DSCF70204.jpg"><img title="DSCF7020" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="240" alt="DSCF7020" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnfupm7TI/AAAAAAAABco/XIRXAX2mVos/DSCF7020_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="180" border="0" /></a></p> <p>In the picture below you can see we did a sample rubbing of the wall for Elijah’s lapbook. </p> <p><img title="DSCF7021" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="180" alt="DSCF7021" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnf4AFg3I/AAAAAAAABcs/PYaZmQpMNtE/DSCF7021_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" border="0" /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXngxYZ3eI/AAAAAAAABcw/bEZ1Zg0LP0E/s1600-h/DSCF70224.jpg"><img title="DSCF7022" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="180" alt="DSCF7022" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnhw-rQHI/AAAAAAAABc0/VuoVjPddXCc/DSCF7022_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" border="0" /></a>  </p> <p> </p> <p>We finished up our unit with a trip to the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum. </p> <p> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnjjw6dYI/AAAAAAAABc4/fX00V2cFiSg/s1600-h/DSCF70164.jpg"><img title="DSCF7016" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="180" alt="DSCF7016" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnkJ9TxWI/AAAAAAAABc8/KHhK4mQF-_w/DSCF7016_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" border="0" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnlPlppcI/AAAAAAAABdA/UUOUpMo3nI4/s1600-h/DSCF69924.jpg"><img title="DSCF6992" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="240" alt="DSCF6992" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnloqSZVI/AAAAAAAABdE/Wfzoipq7Gk0/DSCF6992_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="180" border="0" /></a></p> <p>The museum has a lot of weapons, uniforms and pictures displayed.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnmt1sLwI/AAAAAAAABdI/U94A0PDJwj8/s1600-h/DSCF69974.jpg"><img title="DSCF6997" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="180" alt="DSCF6997" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnnFH7nDI/AAAAAAAABdM/lrW8_MWynuQ/DSCF6997_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" border="0" /></a></p> <p>Elijah liked this case that had a ton of arm vehicle models.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnpgyNEzI/AAAAAAAABdQ/p77al-K4-ic/s1600-h/DSCF69984.jpg"><img title="DSCF6998" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="180" alt="DSCF6998" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnqS91ThI/AAAAAAAABdU/gFOJSYQcBxI/DSCF6998_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" border="0" /></a>  <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnrPKYlGI/AAAAAAAABdY/KPIy1pAscQM/s1600-h/DSCF69944.jpg"><img title="DSCF6994" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="180" alt="DSCF6994" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnrnpt0cI/AAAAAAAABdc/JSkDongkAqs/DSCF6994_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXntk6HeNI/AAAAAAAABdg/jhOW_p2yPdg/s1600-h/DSCF70014.jpg"><img title="DSCF7001" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="180" alt="DSCF7001" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnuQP2TrI/AAAAAAAABdk/EVfmTeDjfww/DSCF7001_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnvVQsg2I/AAAAAAAABdo/UXbKM78OMSc/s1600-h/DSCF70034.jpg"><img title="DSCF7003" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="180" alt="DSCF7003" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnwO0eTfI/AAAAAAAABds/XtFOk4DnV8w/DSCF7003_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnw6_PdLI/AAAAAAAABdw/5MtaTStRDt0/s1600-h/DSCF70084.jpg"><img title="DSCF7008" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="240" alt="DSCF7008" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnxdDaHnI/AAAAAAAABd0/F-QUkTb6MXs/DSCF7008_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="180" border="0" /></a> The museum had been remodeled since our last visit and it really looked nice. There is so much to see. I think I was on information overload.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnyUO1iOI/AAAAAAAABd4/FqiulovIMio/s1600-h/DSCF70104.jpg"><img title="DSCF7010" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="180" alt="DSCF7010" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnzF8xP0I/AAAAAAAABd8/EW1sKEY-9Zc/DSCF7010_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXnzx15_4I/AAAAAAAABeA/nW59ZGdWTbc/s1600-h/DSCF70114.jpg"><img title="DSCF7011" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="240" alt="DSCF7011" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXn0URl4VI/AAAAAAAABeE/TACm0luqR8A/DSCF7011_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="180" border="0" /></a> The next two pictures are maps showing where people live who have visited our museum. That alone was amazing to look at.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXn2m_cZOI/AAAAAAAABeI/MiyWe5NDK7U/s1600-h/DSCF70124.jpg"><img title="DSCF7012" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="180" alt="DSCF7012" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXn3nLjOGI/AAAAAAAABeM/XPBPqGkL13E/DSCF7012_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXn4xKcroI/AAAAAAAABeQ/hRKmx20wGQk/s1600-h/DSCF70144.jpg"><img title="DSCF7014" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: block; border-left-width: 0px; float: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-right-width: 0px" height="180" alt="DSCF7014" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXn5YQvvkI/AAAAAAAABeU/JZsJiUzyk8o/DSCF7014_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" border="0" /></a>  <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXn6vjLhFI/AAAAAAAABeY/rFkyxIW80iM/s1600-h/DSCF70174.jpg"><img title="DSCF7017" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="240" alt="DSCF7017" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXn7ua0J3I/AAAAAAAABec/vvjapOQS-dE/DSCF7017_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="180" align="left" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXn9X3p0WI/AAAAAAAABeg/lro4BMZhNf0/s1600-h/DSCF70183.jpg"><img title="DSCF7018" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="240" alt="DSCF7018" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TPXn91Jnh6I/AAAAAAAABeo/hNKf6Kh3jEU/DSCF7018_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="180" border="0" /></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>I’m so glad we took the time to study about Veteran’s Day. I’m not sure we (we; not just our family, but also our nation) appreciate our military men and women enough. Thank you to all our branches; Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard.</p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-19176645719026665592010-11-25T18:29:00.002-06:002010-11-25T22:08:59.582-06:00Happy ThanksgivingHappy Thanksgiving from the Millers!<br />
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How does your family celebrate Thanksgiving? <br />
At the Miller home we celebrate Thanksgiving by having a pumpkin shoot every year. For us this takes the focus off of food.<br />
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Elijah has Eosinophillic Gastroenteritis and has a feeding tube. Holidays seem to revolve around food and that's not fun for him. Dakota has food issues also so food events have never been enjoyed by our family.<br />
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We look forward to our pumpkin shoot each year. During October we collect pumpkins and set them around our doorsteps and wait for Thanksgiving day.<br />
On Thanksgiving day the boys set the pumpkins out for shooting time.<br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7-w5pk6-I/AAAAAAAABZw/mkLKBuFoZVY/s1600-h/DSCF6933%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6933" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7-xneBRiI/AAAAAAAABZ0/TAouX_PgYdk/DSCF6933_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6933" width="244" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7-yyjSaXI/AAAAAAAABZ4/1CMfUdT1JrE/s1600-h/DSCF6928%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6928" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7-z_zSc2I/AAAAAAAABZ8/cBvH9Wl-1jI/DSCF6928_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6928" width="184" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7-2vHQXeI/AAAAAAAABaA/5bie6Y_rMGk/s1600-h/DSCF6929%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6929" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7-3pZfJEI/AAAAAAAABaE/fsw6LtinzrQ/DSCF6929_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6929" width="244" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7-41HR0JI/AAAAAAAABaI/dFbFs0kDRf0/s1600-h/DSCF6930%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6930" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7-5mWQLII/AAAAAAAABaM/YUT6y8Yj29U/DSCF6930_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6930" width="184" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7-7T2PD8I/AAAAAAAABaQ/hPNx8zzw63I/s1600-h/DSCF6932%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6932" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7-8D4VVMI/AAAAAAAABaU/AAZuxduhEzw/DSCF6932_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6932" width="244" /></a> <br />
Then everyone takes turns shooting pistols, rifles and shotguns. I’m sure we look like a bunch of rednecks, but that’s okay, the guys enjoy this part of the day.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7-9f-HHcI/AAAAAAAABaY/pWyKuZppaJI/s1600-h/DSCF6945%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6945" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7--BrkmwI/AAAAAAAABac/rKBvVJdEh64/DSCF6945_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6945" width="244" /></a> Elijah shooting his 20 gage and he blew the top of that green gourd off. <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_AVfcu-I/AAAAAAAABag/VFS7aFkJCpo/s1600-h/DSCF6934%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6934" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_BZJKYJI/AAAAAAAABak/FteoeSljrMs/DSCF6934_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6934" width="244" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_DER3VgI/AAAAAAAABao/wZ5fQo6Z64w/s1600-h/DSCF6935%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6935" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_DgW0TfI/AAAAAAAABas/8Wov64If-EU/DSCF6935_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6935" width="244" /></a> Dakota giving it a shot.<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_FpiYraI/AAAAAAAABaw/MY3kMXqYMqg/s1600-h/DSCF6936%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6936" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_GCVT-kI/AAAAAAAABa0/BhRyVoRaecQ/DSCF6936_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6936" width="244" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_HdqmabI/AAAAAAAABa4/W7NR6CRF8Kc/s1600-h/DSCF6937%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6937" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_IW7NvoI/AAAAAAAABa8/P0qF5QMjfIE/DSCF6937_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6937" width="244" /></a> All three shooting at once.<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_JuCKcNI/AAAAAAAABbA/O3QkDrAnbjI/s1600-h/DSCF6938%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6938" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_Kb9kmpI/AAAAAAAABbE/3IlGFjgBVmo/DSCF6938_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6938" width="244" /></a> Big Daddy taking a turn.<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_M3Cw-XI/AAAAAAAABbI/wIcL_EzS8mY/s1600-h/DSCF6941%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6941" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_NxtpbiI/AAAAAAAABbM/Hz6RzxZGny4/DSCF6941_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6941" width="244" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_QNIjOaI/AAAAAAAABbQ/lqSrGt8e_OI/s1600-h/DSCF6942%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6942" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_RcPFoFI/AAAAAAAABbU/vNPB8IoxKgE/DSCF6942_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6942" width="244" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_Tj837KI/AAAAAAAABbY/pjIfmTzwPoc/s1600-h/DSCF6944%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6944" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_U0ddACI/AAAAAAAABbc/Nz2wO9Ka1qk/DSCF6944_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6944" width="244" /></a> My great niece Hannah stayed with us today. Jody made her wear ear protection while the shooting was going on and she wasn’t happy about that. <br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_W96POoI/AAAAAAAABbg/vzzJDzO25LA/s1600-h/DSCF6947%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6947" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_YOl371I/AAAAAAAABbk/b1qjO4P4uJk/DSCF6947_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6947" width="244" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_Y5BMGeI/AAAAAAAABbo/Yn6A9qkIl3w/s1600-h/DSCF6946%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6946" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO7_ZycienI/AAAAAAAABbs/MOYmZV8an4Q/DSCF6946_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6946" width="184" /></a><br />
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I hope your family had a great Thanksgiving day. We enjoyed a laid back Thanksgiving. It was a relaxing day.Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-92047293214465072372010-11-24T23:28:00.002-06:002010-11-24T23:48:44.995-06:00Bawcomville Christmas<h5><span style="font-size: large;">This would be funny if it wasn't true! I can't believe Bawcomville is on the internet. We have no shame!</span></h5><div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:0863894f-fb6d-4202-8809-00ab5f150e28" style="display: inline; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="3acc6ab0-46ae-42c2-9ee0-323855e4cf16" style="display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J03FopEfEQo" target="_new"><img alt="" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('3acc6ab0-46ae-42c2-9ee0-323855e4cf16'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/J03FopEfEQo&hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/J03FopEfEQo&hl=en\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO3z-e-DwhI/AAAAAAAABZs/ZRHRO33-PvY/video94c16282bc8e%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none;" /></a></div></div></div><br />
Happy, happy holidays from Bawcomville!Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-51104939273392565602010-11-24T22:42:00.001-06:002010-11-24T22:42:53.377-06:00R.I.P. Cheyenne<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO3pM7lhJ4I/AAAAAAAABZY/hrgNsrJ-EKs/s1600-h/DSCF6426%5B4%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF6426" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="200" alt="DSCF6426" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO3pNWzuDkI/AAAAAAAABZc/n-Cx-P5anuI/DSCF6426_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO3pSLBImdI/AAAAAAAABZg/FXjVJwa8Ilc/s1600-h/DSCF6425%5B6%5D.jpg"><img title="DSCF6425" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="200" alt="DSCF6425" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TO3pS3CO5kI/AAAAAAAABZk/3gFpjoS9_yQ/DSCF6425_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="260" border="0" /></a> </p> <p></p> <p>Elijah’s dog, Cheyenne, was a really good dog. She appeared wild and crazy to anyone who drove up, but she was really a sweet dog.</p> <p>A week ago we were leaving to take Elijah to choir practice and we ran over Cheyenne in our driveway. It was really sad. Elijah loved his do so much.</p> <p>We will miss Cheyenne.</p> Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-31011920495511531612010-11-23T23:27:00.003-06:002010-11-24T21:50:24.001-06:00Cool PhotosOur homeschool group has two big co-op groups at different locations because all of us can’t fit in one church at the same time. We are very blessed to have our co-ops. <br />
Last week Dakota took group pictures of each co-op location. I love how the pictures turned out. <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyiPXP5yfI/AAAAAAAABY4/zhfO0qfz3Dw/s1600-h/group%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="SONY DSC" border="0" height="240" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyiQQUyEWI/AAAAAAAABY8/T8ze_KBDHSA/group_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="SONY DSC" width="240" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyiSNRDlpI/AAAAAAAABZA/jLxUKPSvoL8/s1600-h/_0002%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="SONY DSC" border="0" height="240" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyiTAUoVgI/AAAAAAAABZE/QTiOIkg-DIo/_0002_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="SONY DSC" width="240" /></a> <br />
He would love to do this circle picture with a wedding group. The bride and groom with the groomsmen and bridesmaids on each side of them, having the parents and grandparents next to the wedding party, then family and filling in the rest of the circle with all of the wedding guest. Wouldn’t that be a cool picture?<br />
This would also be a cool picture for family reunions, school classes or groups or even sports teams.<br />
Dakota can’t wait to find a group so he can take another picture like this.Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-47711039140939183572010-11-23T22:43:00.002-06:002010-11-24T21:48:53.160-06:00Bayou ArtElijah is enjoying art class through <a href="http://bayouartclasses.com/">Bayou Art Classes</a>. I’m loving the art pieces he has completed.<br />
This piece is an 8x10 chalk pastel of fall leaves. Dakota taught the students how to use chalk pastel and blend colors. Elijah’s turned out really nice. Dakota framed this project for the students.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyXhDPAtOI/AAAAAAAABXg/XO1dOv1HgDs/s1600-h/chalk%20pastel%20leaf%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="chalk pastel leaf" border="0" height="197" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyXipKi4_I/AAAAAAAABXk/4mr_KfVgH2M/chalk%20pastel%20leaf_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="chalk pastel leaf" width="244" /></a>This turkey was done with colored pencils. Dakota was teaching how to blend colors with colored pencils and using the pencils with different pressure to get different effects. <br />
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This acrylic pointillism project was fun for the kids. Each student could draw any picture they wanted for this project. Elijah drew a big fish.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyXoGbuQqI/AAAAAAAABXw/uCA4R6e2qms/pointillism%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"><img alt="pointillism" border="0" height="196" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyXtptgFSI/AAAAAAAABX0/rr8JX_d1Wvc/pointillism_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="pointillism" width="260" /></a> <br />
This fall leaf project was created with water colors.<br />
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At the end of each class or while waiting for paint to dry on a project Dakota gives the students drawing lessons. He has been getting them to draw things out of certain shapes or using certain lines. I snapped a few pictures from Elijah’s sketch book. I can certainly tell Elijah’s drawing is improving and he is learning to control his pencil more.<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyXxiWBWrI/AAAAAAAABYA/oaReQZFvAlA/s1600-h/DSCF6918%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6918" border="0" height="200" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyXyGP3myI/AAAAAAAABYE/8bnOyOuZDC0/DSCF6918_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6918" width="260" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyXy6TRbVI/AAAAAAAABYI/l3UA2iWgGKs/s1600-h/DSCF6919%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6919" border="0" height="200" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyXzQ3RqvI/AAAAAAAABYM/-pbTHhCQ3rI/DSCF6919_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6919" width="260" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyX0FJ7ThI/AAAAAAAABYQ/6ghkFd7H7UY/s1600-h/DSCF6920%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6920" border="0" height="200" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyX084usCI/AAAAAAAABYU/N7AlKTLbMqM/DSCF6920_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6920" width="260" /></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyX1rvCZyI/AAAAAAAABYY/rN1Vdb67AJg/s1600-h/DSCF6921%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6921" border="0" height="200" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyX2IGKM3I/AAAAAAAABYc/IGsIWqLnyl8/DSCF6921_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6921" width="260" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyX217Qg3I/AAAAAAAABYg/zmfiJUyg3WU/s1600-h/DSCF6922%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6922" border="0" height="200" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyX3hexHGI/AAAAAAAABYk/NssHyDFG2mE/DSCF6922_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6922" width="260" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyX5Jt2a6I/AAAAAAAABYo/rgT5k9OV3vk/s1600-h/DSCF6924%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6924" border="0" height="200" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyX52QatOI/AAAAAAAABYs/r27YfZQ5OVo/DSCF6924_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6924" width="260" /></a> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyX6tlkJ0I/AAAAAAAABYw/t4t0TE1cB0I/s1600-h/DSCF6925%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6925" border="0" height="200" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOyX7htv7mI/AAAAAAAABY0/_OQ7ODL3mtA/DSCF6925_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6925" width="260" /></a> <br />
Elijah’s <a href="http://bristleridgeacademy.blogspot.com/2010/10/bayou-art-classes.html">October art</a> from Bayou Art Classes.<br />
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Bayou Art Classes can be found on the <a href="http://bayouartclasses.com/">website</a> and on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=125797717481187&set=a.125101844217441.19187.110081792386113#%21/bayouartclasses">facebook</a>.Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-65877436492266665052010-11-22T22:50:00.002-06:002010-11-24T21:49:44.543-06:00SpellingI’ve never been a fan of spelling curriculums. I’ve seen a lot of kids memorize spelling words for a test but then can’t spell the words when writing.<br />
Dakota was a horrible speller, but an excellent reader and read all the time. When he started using email and posting on some message boards his spelling seemed to have changed over night. Now he is an excellent speller and I’m often asking him how to spell words.<br />
The same thing happened with Elijah when he got his cell phone and started texting and using facebook his spelling improved so much, but he still needs to improve. <br />
Elijah does ask me how to spell a lot of words when he is writing so I thought he might need something to expose him to more spellings, but I still didn’t want a curriculum, I thought something on the computer would be more fun.<br />
I found Mrs. Flinkster’s Spelling Accelerator and it turned out to be a fun spelling program.<br />
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There are 6 games to play with each list of words and there are over 1,000 spelling words. You can put in your own spelling if you want to.<br />
Elijah wasn’t thrilled to see what I had bought, but once he tried it out he decided he did like it.<br />
Just thought I’d throw this out there in case anyone was looking for something to help with spelling.Sugga Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04596849518134430033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4555696339774406765.post-81098418946149263962010-11-21T21:01:00.003-06:002010-11-24T21:52:26.057-06:00Ben FranklinThere is so much to learn about Ben Franklin, he was truly a remarkable man. He surely deserves to be on our one hundred dollar bill.<br />
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<ul><li><i>Day 1: Who Was Ben Franklin?</i></li>
<li><i>Day 2: People and Places in Ben Franklin’s Life</i></li>
<li><i>Day 3: The Accomplishments of Ben Franklin</i></li>
<li><i>Day 4: Lessons to Learn From Ben Franklin</i></li>
<li><i>Day 5: Remembering Ben Franklin</i></li>
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Elijah just finished the <a href="http://www.theoldschoolhousestore.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=429">Download N Go</a> <a href="http://downloadngo.com/shop_specials.php">Ben Franklin unit</a> created by Amanda Bennett. We found this unti to be FULL of information. So much information we could have spent 2 weeks or more on this unit.<br />
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We learned a ton of interesting facts about B. Franklin. So much that we ended up with a lapbook full of booklets and folds. We used two large file folders to make this lapbook.<br />
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You can see I added the yellow and orange card stock pages to make extensions just so we could get everything in the lapbook. <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOncxjMwhGI/AAAAAAAABWk/4ZfQmC5FGeM/s1600-h/DSCF6901%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6901" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOnczX7IDvI/AAAAAAAABWo/JrptiPVfpzg/DSCF6901_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6901" width="244" /></a><img alt="DSCF6903" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOnc0EbdhlI/AAAAAAAABWs/tgvUlrZcL78/DSCF6903_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6903" width="244" /> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOnc1f_7n7I/AAAAAAAABWw/Z7jsu-sCH6Q/s1600-h/DSCF6902%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSCF6902" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_KL6m0XsJxac/TOnc14QpVdI/AAAAAAAABW0/ba-OqWl4Lj8/DSCF6902_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border: 0px none; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="DSCF6902" width="244" /></a> <br />
If you are not into lapbooks the booklets could be used in notebooks.<br />
The <a href="http://www.downloadngo.com/">Download N Go</a> units do include a nice list of library books, but if you are not able to get to a library don’t let that stop you from trying a unit. I have not gotten any library books for any of the DNG units we have done and that has NOT stopped us from learning and enjoying the units. The units are full of SAFE links with tons of info you can read about Franklin on the internet.<br />
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I really appreciate the vocabulary words found in each <a href="http://www.downloadngo.com/">Download N Go</a> unit. Each unit also includes spelling words.<br />
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To finish up our unit Elijah built different electronic experiments with his Snap Circuits set.<br />
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