Saturday morning we woke to a frosty world. We decided our trip to Pigeon Roost Farm would be best in the afternoon after things warmed up a little. That meant a relaxing morning at home doing a few chores, playing games, and eating leftover 'Thanksgiving' food for lunch from yesterday's mini-Thanksgiving dinner.
Pigeon Roost Farm is a pumpkin farm with a giant area of activities, games, animals, corn maze, and play. We only go once every few years. The kids all had a great time and Daddy and I got a great workout in helping the little ones and Mason with different things. Mason loved the Ninja warrior course, and could do about half of it on his own, but needed help with the rest.
Sunday we had church, tithing settlement with the bishop, and a broadcast. The rest of the day was family time.
Monday was the first day back to school after break. It was a bit of a rough re-entry with a few grumpy children who didn't want to do certain subjects. We made it through it eventually and moved on with the rest of our day. We switched out some of the books on our shelves for ones in the attic. It was time to put away books on ancient Greece and Vikings and pull out books on explorers, native Americans, pilgrims, and Thanksgiving. Some of our chapter books were put away to make room for new chapter books we ordered from The Good and the Beautiful.
In the late afternoon Jason and I went on a date while Grandma played with the kids, which was great. When we came home we decided it was the perfect night to introduce the kids to the 2010 movie The Karate Kid. There were lots of laughs, lots of questions, and lots of discussions.
Tuesday was a cool, breezy day with rain in the morning and sun and clouds later on. The kids enjoyed cloudwatching. In homeschool today most of the kids worked on making a notebooking page for their science notebook. They each chose some aspect of yesterday's science lesson (natural resources, non-renewable resources, reduce/reuse/recycle), except Mason. He wanted to draw and write about Earth, so that is what he did.
My favorite thing about Wednesday was history. I love reading the stories of people and times past. Some of my kids love it too, while others prefer science. My least favorite thing about Wednesday was that our second refrigerator stopped working. It had been given to us when someone we knew upgraded their fridge a couple years ago. We don't plan to spend money to replace this right now. We can make one fridge fit food for the 11 of us, sort of. Or we will just have to grocery shop a bit more often to restock what will fit.
Thursday's day had school, lots of reading, singing, play, an orthodontist appointment, birdwatching, clothes shopping for a boy who outgrew all his pants, and family time.
Friday the kids were most excited about our nature study plans. After a morning of school we headed to the arboretum. On this trip we had several goals:
- Joseph was working on his photography elective.
- We were checking out the fall changes compared to our last trip - trees are glorious colors right now!
- The kids decided it was time to visit the swamp.
All these pictures are mine. I'll try to share some of Joseph's photography in a post soon. For now I need to go do haircuts on 6 of the boys.
What a great week. I love all of the pictures and outdoor time. I am sorry about your fridge.
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Well do I understand the woes of not enough fridge space! :)
ReplyDeleteThe photos make me miss the outings I used to be so good at taking with my crew. Looks like a lot of fun/learning!
And I laughed at Mason doing his own thing in his science notebook! I've got kids just like that, too!! :)
What a fun week! So glad you had a chance to go on a date night with your hubby!
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