December and Our Holiday Activities....

December is such a fun time of year.  We suspend our normal table time activities and concentrate on the holidays.  We did a lot of crafts and made a lot of ornaments and gifts.  We also spent a lot of time in the kitchen baking.  We all enjoy baking, not only is it educational, but it is fun and yummy, it also warms up the house.  We attended two homeschool Christmas parties.  The first party was a craft/gift party.  All the children made gifts and then wrapped them.  It was a lot of fun to watch as they became secretive about their surprise presents.  The second party that we attended was for the coop that we joined.

Hannah and Avery will start the CHARM COOP on Valentine's day.  We are really looking forward to it.  It will be every Friday from 10:00 - 3:00.  They will each have 4 classes.  It will be the first time they participate in homeschool classes separately.  I think the COOP will be good for them.  It will give them a chance to be in a classroom setting with many other children.  It will also give them many other adult perspectives.  I am really excited about this opportunity.

Our December in pictures:

The girls with their very own Christmas Tree

Our Christmas Tree with Pandora (Hannah's baby) and Avery

Making our annual salt dough ornaments

Our snowmen

Hannah's Manger (she made this all by herself using her imagination)

We attended my niece's Holiday Concert

Hannah and Avery at the Craft/Gift Party

These pictures were taking at the COOP party

Our family gingerbread house

Daddy decorating the kids too....

Avery eating a donut at Dunkin Donuts on her special day.  I took both girls Christmas
shopping and out to lunch and dessert.  It was special because I had one on one time
with each of them.  While one was with me the other was spending special alone time
with Mimi.

These are pictures of the local manger.  Hannah and Avery love the story of Jesus's birth.
They have been practicing the words to "Away in a Manger" all month.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!  It is our wish that everyone has a safe and happy holiday!!  And a Safe and Healthy New Year!!!!!

November......

Family and Friends.....

These pictures were taking at a friend's birthday party.


Hannah and Avery on Thanksgiving...

The girls at Memere's house on Thanksgiving...

Memere and the girls on Thanksgiving...

  These are the moments that make us thankful.




November was an easy month for us. We concentrated on academics.  The semester also ended for us.  In December we do not do our "Normal" Table Time.  We will continue to follow our Abeka Spelling and Math Curriculum.  Other than that, we concentrate on Christmas and what it means to us.  Last year we learned about how different countries around the world celebrate the holiday and we created a book based on what we learned.  This year, we will read the book.  It will be an interesting review.  We will do a lot of baking, present and ornament making.  We also spend a lot of time reading Winter and Holiday stories.  What better time of year to spend cuddled up on the couch with a good book.

Halloween Week and the Science Fair

My Sister and I took the Girls to Davis Park to see the Scarecrow Parade.

 My Niece, the athlete, and a Soccer Scare Crow.

This picture is for my Dad (RIP) He's looking down at us from

up above.  Halloween was always is favorite Holiday.

Kevin and I took the girls to Carter's Pumpkins in Pomfret

Pictures from Halloween

The girls and I made sugar cookies.  They decorated them

all by themselves.

 Hannah was an Asian Princess

 Avery was a Monarch Butterfly

 Hannah, Avery, and Mimi

 Mommy, Hannah & Avery

Our Little Group of Trick or Treaters 

 The kids Trick or Treating

At the end of the night, going through their stash.

Our Annual Homeschool Science Fair

The girls and I worked on Color Changing Carnations this year.

They learned all about the parts of a flower and

about how a flower uses nutrients. 

The Flowers right after we added the coloring

Our display

These are some of the other projects that the children

put together.  They all did a great job.  It's so nice to see how smart 

and creative they all are.

One of the children made electric circuits out of candy.

Hannah building her own circuit.

One of the older kids showing us how to extract DNA out of 

a Strawberry.  He really did it too.  I told you these kids are

smart.  It was amazing and all the little ones couldn't take their eyes 

off of the experiment.

Avery showing off the Panda Bear Mask she made at one of

the exhibits.

I just want to take a moment to say how truly thankful I am for our Homeschool Group.  My children and all of the others truly benefit from being a part of the group.  For that matter, the Moms all benefit too.