January week 4

This week was all about 

Minnesota outdoor recreation.

Three nights in a row the 

kids played in a bunch of 

pick up games at the rec center.

Playing with their buddies on 

the out door ice for 3 plus hours 

every night.

I couldn't have been more pleased.

Until the most amazing thing happened

Taggert decided to hit the ice!

By the second night he was 

skating and stick handling!

Homeschool co-op this week we 

went sledding on a huge hill.

Despite the cold I had a 

hard time getting them to leave.

On the academic side 

of our schooling we 

have been focusing more 

on math.  I taught Matthew

long division and triple 

digit multiplication.

He practiced through Khan academy.

I have been trying to read a 

classic each week and 

this week it was Stuart Little.

Which they loved.

On Thursday we spent the day at the Science 

museum.  We went with our very 

good friends.  We even stayed for 

the Omni theater movie, Rainforest.

Matthew had a violin performance

at a nursing home on Sat.

Sunday the kids had hockey.

However, they spent the morning ice 

fishing with friends.

We even had fish for dinner.

Winter in Minnesota at 

its FINEST!

Until next week

~blessings

January week 3

The week started with 

a holiday.  Monday was 

Martin Luther King day.

All the public school kids had

the day off.  Matthew spent the day 

with  them at a fiddle jam

at the tapestry folk dance center.

He loves to jam with other kids.

He had an opportunity to play and 

learn new tunes from his peers.

I love when he jams too.  He gets 

a new fire and practices for hours.

The kids and I took 

advantage of the cold 

day and visited 

Minnehaha falls.

 

The frozen falls were so cool.

It was breathtaking.

 

  

 We also got to celebrate another
birthday this week!

My baby turned 4!

For his birthday he said
he wanted to get "really dressed up"
He picked out the shirt and tie.
He also wanted to spend the
day at the mall of America.
With most of his time spent at
Legoland.

 

 He had a great day and
said he can't wait for another
birthday.

Two books we read  this
week I wanted to
recommend.  One was
Shingebiss
and the other was The Bat-Poet.
Both were perfect for this
time of the year.
Everyone liked them very much.

We finished the week with
Matthew in a hockey tournament.

Sunday was the biggest day
EVER.  For Christmas Grandpa
and Katie bought the kids a
day skiing.  They had never tried it before,
 now they never want to stop!


 

 To say they all loved it would be
an under statement.
Matt and Lindsay better look out!
They are already counting their money
for Colorado.

Many many thanks to
Grandpa and Katie
It was awesome!

Until next week
~blessings

January week 2

This week started out

great!  It was Wesley's 

birthday.  We celebrated 

with just our family on Saturday.

We had too much hockey over the 

weekend to do anything spectacular.

He still had a good time with our 

gifts, special dinner, and ice cream cake.

We had an open day on Monday 

and had his party at Pinz.

He had the best birthday 

with very close friends and 

lazer tag all night.

For homeschool co-op we were

back at the YMCA camp on the 

St Croix.  We had a beautiful 

building to have a fire and play 

board games with our friends.

Although, our children all ran around

like wild banshees.  They did 

get into a rousing game of Foosball though.

Thursdays science club as we new 

it is no more.  I am sad to say that 

it became a bit of a burden for some of 

the parents.  We have decided to disband.

For the last hurrah we spent 

Thursday at the Physics Circus at the U.

 

Time well spent :)

Friday we had friends over
for sledding.
It was very good week.

Happy Golden birthday Wesley!

Until next week
~blessings

New year 2016 January Week 1

Coming home from Colorado
we started right in with our
lessons.  We had a long break
and I was looking forward to
our rhythm

For homeschool co-op this week
we spent our Tuesday at
MIA, Minneapolis Institute of Art.

We had the best day.
We had a guide take us around.
She explained all the details of
the sculptures and the paintings.

We were so inspired by all the
art of course we had to come home
to paint and draw.
We also researched artists
like Pablo Picasso.

He wanted to try a realistic face

Chalk drawing of dragon

Then, we were back at it with scope,
violin, and hockey.

With scope for the new term
Matthew is learning to compose
a short story correctly.

Violin, he is moving into his
second books of Suzuki and Fiddle.
He is also learning Swedish fiddle.

For hockey Matthew was in a
tournament over the weekend
They ended up taking third place.
He played very well and had fun.
The last game went into a shoot out.

Tillie is still working on her
ballet and phonics.
She is excited to read.

For read aloud I have been visiting
The Family Under the Bridge.

It is such a wonderful
story of homeless life
during the winter in Paris.
We highly recommend it.


Until next week
~blessings

Colorado

We decided to end December

and start the new year 

with one more celebration...
Tom and I drove

 the kids out to Denver.  We went to 

surprise Tom's brother, wife and two nephews.

At first I was really dreading the 13 hours 

with the four kids in a mini van.

It turned out great!
We broke the trip up 

a bit and stayed one night each way
in hotels.  

Continental breakfast

Post pool dinner party

The kids watched movies and 

loved being in a new car. 

With only one mishap...

We drove into downtown Denver 

and we were 7min from our 

hotel room...

the car ran out of gas!
 

Because we were there to 

surprise his brother we couldn't call

him for help.

We had to wait for a state trooper. :)

Tom's dad and Katie were already 

planning on visiting Matt.  So we 

drove in with the plan to jump out of the 

car at their house and they would think 

we were them!  

We did surprise Matt and Lindsay, but

to our surprise Tom's sister

Molly and family had already beat us 

to Denver and surprised US!

It was an unbelievable double doop.

We all had two days to enjoy each other 

and love up those kiddos!

The absolute best new year!

We got all the grand kids together

We also spent time in the mountains

at Redrocks.

Sitting on stage with Thomas!

The whole trip couldn't have gone better.
We love you guys and miss you already!
Thanks for the hospitality.

Happy New Year!!!


Until next week
~blessings