February week 3

This week for lessons

we worked on 

our English books.

Wesley has been working 

on digraphs, contractions,

and compound words.  He 

has improved immensely 

with flipping his letters.

We still work on reading 

(reluctantly) everyday.

Matthew has been working 

on the different kinds of sentences,

editing stories, and identifying

subject and predicate. 

He is also focusing heavily on

story writing.  

For his scope classes he has begun a 

5 week research project 

culminating with 

a written research report.

He has been doing his 

math practice on khan academy

only if he is rewarded with

 coding at the end of it.

Matthew has also been spending his 

time trying to finish his 

Minnesota gun safety.

Maybe Tom could've taught him 

this one :)

We were able to get in one 

more ice fishing trip

before Miller pulled it

off for the season.

On Tuesday for our

homeschool co-op

we went sledding.

It was an amazing hill.

HUGE.

It was at Battle Creek.

We were also able to 

use their gym and play 

basketball and soccer.

The kids had a really great time.

This week we also 

enjoyed ourselves at 

vertical endeavors.

We brought Matthew's

buddy with us.

The kids always have a great time there.

Thursday we went out 

of town for Matthew's hockey 

squirt B red tournament.

We spent four days in 

the Fargo pool.

This was the team's last hurrah.

It was a good season.

Now we are on to baseball 

and AAA hockey.

Until next week 

~blessings

February week 2

After my girls get away

I really wanted to spend the 

week regrouping.  I felt 

very rejuvenated and 

compelled to focus on the 

family.

In my world this means

Monday started out with

baking an apple pie. :)

The kids LOVE apple pie.

It is Tillie's favorite food.

They also love helping me 

bake.  This recipe turned out 

really well.  I do not want

to forget so I am adding it here.

Maybe you all will be inspired 

to pie making;)

This time the crust was half butter

half lard.  It was perfect.

I cooked the filling and

I will always do that now.

I used the recipe from the 

New York Times.

Currently I am working 

with more intention on Wesley.

Matthew seems to have hit 

a nice groove and knows what I 

expect out of him.  Wesley 

is slowly starting his nine year change.

I have found the Waldorf pedagogy for 

this time is perfect for their soul.

I have read many old testament 

stories. 

I was able to download Jakob Streit's

Journey to the Promised Land

He is responding very well to these stories.

When I read them it is like he is at a

well drinking them in. 

He is also working on more 

grammar and writing 

Thank you Mad Libs!!!

On Tuesday it was cold and I 

was desperate for my yearly

winter fix...Conservatory.

 

This place works magic

on us. I slowly make 

my way through all the 

beautiful flowers.

I take my time with all 

the humidity and the 

earthy smells.  I could live there.

Of course we ran around to

see all the zoo animals.

The kids really had a great day

checking it all out.

Wednesday was Ash Wednesday.

Matthew and I want to Mass.

I do like this time of year.

Lent for me is such an inner 

focused time.  I feel we slow down

and notice the sacred. 

Thursday we spent the 

day on a waterfall hike with our

good home school friends.

The hill is steep, but the kids made the 

most of it.

It was a gorgeous day.

A really good hike.

Seeing the places 

I love in all seasons

is an inspiration to me.

Friday we spent the morning 

ice skating with 

uncle Bryce and cousins.

Over the weekend we 

were invited to celebrate with

my cousins little girl.

It was her birthday. Tillie has 

so much fun with her.

Happy Birthday Madison
thank you for letting us celebrate with you.

Until next week
~blessings

February week 1

This week was a little
shorter.  I decided
to get out of town for the
weekend with my very
best girlfriends!
We had the best time.
I don't think I stopped laughing
the entire trip.
It was just what I needed.

Thanks for the laughs ladies :)

As far as homeschooling this week...

The kids had painting day on Monday.
They love painting.
After Christmas and birthdays
Wesley received tons of art supplies
everyone loves using.

We took a nice hike
at Big Marine Park.
After the hike the kids played on
the playground in a blizzard.
Another great day!

We spent time at the library
reading books and picking out videos.
Since I was going to be gone
I thought they would like a special
treat of watching movies.
Here is a list of our families likes
and dislikes.

In case you my have a sick kid 

or help when your out of town. :)
~They watched Stuart Little
since we just read the book.
They did not like the movie.
Same with Treasure Island.
Wes especially disliked this one.
The Secret garden was well received.
They all very much loved
Swiss Family Robinson.

We took the kids swimming
at the local pool this week
for our gym class.

On Thursday we spent 

hours ice skating 

with our good friends 

back at the Rec center.

We learned about the 

science behind the

different skate blades.

Matthew loved this video. 

The kids also had scope and violin.
Tillie has officially dropped out of
ballet.  Maybe we will try it again.
I do not want to push her.


Good week all around!

Until next week
~blessings

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