School wise we are SOO ready to be done!! I'm glad we had a couple really good months because this nice weather is killing us!! We're also nearing the end and that's making us antsy to finish... Only 3 more chapters of Science, 4 more weeks of English and we have 40 math lessons left but we're doubling up from now til we're done... Much of the math lessons is repetitive so I take 2 lessons and whittle it down to a large lesson. The boys are good with this because they're ready to finish!! We are finished with history for the year, because if we stopped right where we were in Sonlight then we were about where they start the 2nd year when you do American History in 2 years. Since there was no way we were going to finish the one year condensed and because I felt the following year was a bit too advanced for them we decided to stop and just enjoy the 2nd half all next year :) I'm excited to get our Sonlight stuff ordered so we can start playing with it!! Fun stuff we've done this month:
- We went to the Maple Syrup Days at Malabar Farm. It was nice but VERY cold and snowy that day. We were disappointed that the maple syrup was beyond our price range, but blessed beyond belief when that day our neighbor sent us a jar of their home made syrup!! God provides even the silly stuff for us :)
- Wyatt started up CF spring soccer this month. We've had no breathing problems still, though if he gets up early he doesn't have as much energy.
- The boys started their 'Gym and Swim' classes at the Mansfield YMCA. They get an hour swim lesson and then an hour gym class. This quickly became a favorite thing to do and I think we'll continue to do it.
- The boys participated in 2 Cub Scout build it days for their pinewood cars and then the 3rd Saturday raced them. Even though Austin didn't win any races he made it to district because there were only 4 Webelos (he's SOOOO excited!!!). Wyatt also made it to district :) That will be tomorrow (the 31st). We're so thankful it's only in Centerburg!!
- I had to spend a weekend away at a scout training to learn how to lead summer day camps so the boys had fun with Daddy. They went and saw The Lorax with Daddy and Po one of those evenings...
- We went to Fredericktown High School and saw the drama group perform The Suessical Musical. Ramey Turner did amazing as the boy!!
-The boys enjoyed learning ways to be green at the Bird Sanctuary.
- We went down to the Columbus Art Museum and had fun walking around and doing a craft. We will have to go down again and just walk around... Maybe a day we can go to COSI and the Art Museum. We were supposed to go another day as well but I didn't want to drive down again...
- Austin went on his first Boy Scout campout without Brian and hiked around Fredericktown looking at Indian Mounds. They gave him the nickname 'Pebbles' since there were 3 Austins- Big Rock, Little Rock and he was Pebbles because he was the smallest. Wyatt spent the night with a friend and had fun building a fort and catching an opossum. Brian and I were at a Marriage Conference that weekend... It was hard to remember where everyone was supposed to go!!
Our hours for the month were 140 bringing us to a total of 830. We'll have no problem reaching 900 hours and our goal is to be finished in early May!!
Books we've read this month- Lewis and Clark Expedition, The Great Horn Spoon and we're working on Moccasin Trail. Now that we're done with Sonlight the boys have been reading for fun- Wyatt has finished the 3rd and 4th Harry Potter and the 1st Percy Jackson book. He is now reading the 5th Harry Potter book. Austin finished the 2nd Harry Potter book, read a boys survival book and is now reading Indian in the Cupboard.
Wyatt working on his Pinewood car
The boys and I at Malabar Farms
The boys swimming at their Gym and Swim class
The boys' cars- Wyatt's Rocket Ship and Austin's Arrow of Light
This is supposed to be Austin working on his car...
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