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We had an excited weekend.....the girls had riding. Lots of kittens to play with.
Then we came home and cooked like pioneers. The girls and I made cornbread and chili over an open fire.
The cornbread was a bit overcooked. I wasn't controlling the flame enough. But everyone said it was good.
Grandpa and Grandma came and had dinner. So did My brother, Sister-in-law and their kids. It was a nice family evening, and ended with smores.
The girls had their first swim meet. This Regional meet determined whether or not they got to compete at state. The girls did really well. But we weren't sure if they would get to go to state because this is their first year on the team.
In the end, Lydia got a 4th and Participation in her Breast stroke categories. She swam on the relay team also, they placed 2nd.
Caty got 2 - 1st place in back stroke and free style. She also swam on the relay team, and got a 2nd place medal for that.
The kids were begging to see Trolls, so I timed it while we were in Toledo for Lego Robotics. They all really liked it.
Then we headed to Lego. They built cars and programmed them to run. They also had to give them different variables to see if it affected speed.
For our country this week studied England. This was one of our meals, roast with Yorkshire pudding.
We ate it while watching Robin Hood (1959 version from Disney).
For each country, the kids are filling out a country report. I really like this one from Activity Village.
We also learned about William Shakespeare. Watched this Brain Pop video.
For our other meal, we had fish and chips. This was a hit for Caty. She loves fish. I didn't have newspaper, so I served it in parchment paper.
Next week we will finish up most of the United Kingdom, and "visit" Wales and Scotland also.
In History we continued Pioneer Life. We watched several episodes of Little House on the Prairie and read these books.
For our project they made a brownie sod house, which was a hit.
Brownie mud bricks.
To go along with our math of figuring change, we played Buy It Right. I bought this off of Amazon a couple years ago. Lydia loves playing it.
We had a long day on Thursday. We had American Girl Club, which I didn't get any pictures of. This was our first meeting of Saige. The girls talked about the book and then worked on horse silhouette art. Then we headed to basketball practice. This is the first time in 3 years that Brayden has agreed to play basketball. A big step!
Caty and Lydia also joined the team.
Then after dinner we headed to swim practice. The girls found out that they get to go to State Competition in a couple weeks, so we have lots of practicing to do!! They are both excited.
It kept getting longer Thursday. The kids new Pokemon game out Friday, so we took them to the midnight opening at our local Game Stop. The kids were so excited! The boys were definitely with their people. Everyone around them knew what they were talking about, where as when I listen to what they are talking about it's like a foreign language.
In Science we wrapped up our Sassafras Science book - Botany. We are listening to the final chapter this next week. Then we will be starting a Geology class. The kids want to learn about volcanoes, earthquakes, etc. We did learn about the Redwood Forest this week. We watched a documentary about that.
Looking forward to half a week next week. Lots to do, but a bit of downtime to enjoy. This was definitely one of those educating when we can this week.
Hope everyone had a wonderful week! See you soon!
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