Curves. No produce co-op. Michael's day off - he only went in for 3 or 4 hours. ::snort:: Actually, he had a suspense that needed to be met - that's the way life is in today's short manned military. There is talk of taking some time off next weekend. We'll see what happens.
In school the younger ones made "snake throwing sticks". It was another great day with paint. I need to buy some varnish and then we'll play a game with our snake sticks. This activity was a God-send. I'd been praying in the a.m. that I'd like to find some games that were played in Ancient Egypt. I've not had time to really read TOG. I didn't want to order more things. Arielle was thumbing through *Old Testament Days - an activity Guide* by Nancy Sanders, and asked to do an activity. The activity was to make snake sticks and there are directions to play an Egyptian throwing game. We've enjoyed all the things we've done in this book to date. We talked about how Moses would have grown up throwing snake sticks and how God later gave him confidence by telling him to throw his stick which turned into a real snake. (Note to self - buy new wooden spoons). Stacia covered herself in GREEN paint on Friday. 
Michael came home and decided he needed to get me out of the house for a bit. We went out to lunch and then on to Sam's club.
Mike had missed *Facing the Giants*, it came out when he was deployed. We watched it last night. Then we set up for Hogan's Heroes. I went to get into jammies and came back and they had on WALTONS!!!! What a fun surprise for me. They watched Hogan afterwards and I went to bed.
We are getting a very late start today. I did make crepes. We'll see what else the day brings.
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Isn't Old Testament Days a great resource? It's been used a lot in our house this year too.
Michelle, we used it a bit the last time we did year 1 - 3 or 4 years ago....but at that point I was still resisting the mess/time factor of changing to lots of hands on....so we only did one or two things in there..
This time I'm contemplating making bricks! LOL
Wow! What fun! I think we're so incredibly blessed to be homeschooling now with so many resources available and years/decades of experience, knowledge and wisdom. :::grin:::
Sis:
Like what you said about Moses, snake sticks, and throwing his rod down........... What an awesome God we serve and how much fun it is to look back on stuff and see where the hand of God was all the time.
l/p
I love the Waltons!! We own the first two seasons but have only watched through 1/2 of the first season. I am hoping we can all snuggle up and watch them this winter. Sounds like you had a great day.
*smiles*
Kim
DeEtta,
How many years has it taken you to get over the mess/time factor? I'm not there yet which is why my little ones are taking art at the DoDDS school. I am not a crafty messy person. I like order and books :)
Glad you were able to get out for lunch today.
The snake stick throwing sounds like a lot of fun.
I suppose I better think about starting school one day this week.
Looks like a fun activity, the kids did a greay job on their projects.
Kim - I like your plans.
**How many years has it taken you to get over the mess/time factor?
10 - 15 years? LOL This is our 18th year and I'm more open to messy schooling this year than I've been in the past....
**I suppose I better think about starting school one day this week.
Ah - don't rush it Cindy. Last year we began the middle of Sept because Mike was deploying and the girls were home - I wasn't about to fill our days with school. LOL
Jodi - these were the EASY, EASY, EASIEST activities I could find. ::snort::
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