Week 10

This week started with an ass early airport drop off.  Dave went to Texas for work on Sunday.

So we traveled to France alone.  

We had French Dip sandwiches and French fries with friends on Monday.

 Nathan got back into school work with nearly no issues.

We learned lots of cool things about France and the animals that live there.  

We made an Eiffel Tower puzzle.

I made Coq Au Vin, or rooster in wine for supper this week, and we enjoyed french cheese and crackers.

We had friends over to make soap.

I think because the French are known for their perfume, but making perfume would be really tricky with kiddos, so we made soap instead.  We used essential oils and shea butter glycerin.  It is so silky, and smells so delightful.

I had some fun molds to use.   

I even declared we must use my very precious rose oil.  

Which is nearly 200 bucks for a little tiny bottle because it takes a gazillion rose petals to make a single drop of oil or something like that.  

But the rose soap is so amazing.  

Seriously!  

I'm going to make more because I think it might make nice gifts.

It was a very fun relaxed week.  Apparently Nate wore the same shirt four days in a row! 

A Fall Break

After our ninth week of school we took a week off for a fall break.  

It happened to fall on the week of Halloween.

Nathan wanted to be a soldier.  

During our break we had lots of lazy mornings with cooked or baked breakfasts, lazy afternoons of catching up on sewing and playing.  

We met friends for lunch and bowling one afternoon.  Actually we got flu shots first, then bowling.

  

We went to opening night of the new Thor movie.

We talked our friends into skipping school one day to go visit The Bakery Fabrics in Belle Fourche.

It also gave us time to catch up on a couple things around the house too, and in the classroom.  Gulliver's Travels had to be finished and it was no biggie.

It was a great week.  We have Christmas break to look forward to in December, and spring break to DISNEY at the very end of February.  This year is FLYING by!

Week Nine

Week nine is in the bag!  We have finished a quarter of the school year.

We traveled to the United Kingdom.

Nate decided to dress up for school.  

The boys had fun with coding the Ozobot.

We caught up on all of our work.

And made a Big Ben model.  Actually it's an Elizabeth Tower model since 'Big Ben' is just the largest bell inside the tower.  FYI. 

One day this week I had started snipping my split ends while Nate was working, and he asked why I was cutting my hair.  I explained about my split ends and showed him, but I decided we should look at it under the microscope... It was INCREDIBLE!  So cool we had our friend come over to look at it.  They looked and suggested I switch to Pantene Pro-V. 

Weeks Seven and Eight

Week seven flew by! 

Our homeschooling friend S came over to do school with us a few days because her sister was recovering from having her tonsils removed.  

We were 'traveling' to Thailand and we had so much fun making Thai boats, playing chess, 

.....going swimming, and doing lots of fun stuff.  We watched lots of videos about the floating market, and the foods sold and eaten in Thailand which lead to some grossed out fourth graders. 

It worked out insanely well to have two kids to school.  Nate painted his pumpkin sculpture while I did S's spelling dictation with her.  We all had fun going over sentence diagramming.... and lunchtime was a flurry of excitement. 

Week eight was B-A-N-A-N-A-S because we had a change of foster placements on Monday and then a constant crying unhappy baby that kept me busy.  Nate did some work independently on those days, but we got it all done later in the week. 

We learned a lot about Russia this week.

Adding the crazy of the week, hockey has begun.  For the next month Nate has two - two hour practices a week!  Good grief! 

We also spent two afternoons working the pumpkin patch to get some of our volunteer hours. 

Buddy Our New Fur-baby

At the beginning of September I mentioned that Nate and I drove to Iowa to pick up our newest fur-baby Buddy.

 Nate has taken so much responsibility for Buddy, his messes, and his care.

This pup is super sweet and soft.

I find his eye color to be so interesting!  I've never met a dog with eye color like his.

He naps a lot.

 He fits right in with the girls.

And even though potty training is taking longer than with the girls, this sweet guy is worth it.  Look at that face!

Adventure to See Fall Colors

The weekend before last we went up to Spearfish Canyon to see the fall colors everyone speaks so highly of.  I knew there would be no reds, so I would have to keep from being disappointed, but the sights were so beautiful I didn't miss the reds much.  

There were lots of cars, pulling of to snap pictures of the trees and canyon.  But David found an 'easy' hike and we decided to give it a try.

I really thought we were lost or trespassing most of the time, but the hike was amazing.

It was a fantastic day, and I will cherish the memories forever.