The kids have been spending lots and lots of time playing outside. They even played out in the rain.

I found this picture on the sd card. They are training the kitten to walk through a hoop. There are other pictures before and after this one, and the kitten really walks through on its own. Too funny.

They have all spent a lot of time playing the story game together. This is a great game for groups to play, as all ages can play equally. One person starts and says one word. Then they go around the circle with everyone saying one word. You end up with some really funny stories! It’s nice to have someone who writes fast write down the story as it’s told. Great memories! My oldest daughter used to play this when she was younger on instant messenger with a cousin who lived in another state. They would take turns typing the next word. It’s a really fun game that all ages love to play.

We also worked on The Curiosity Files e-book Dung Beetles. We really liked the format and tons of information included. I learned a lot about dung beetles, also. Did you know that Dung Beetles were depicted in womens jewelry? Ever heard of a Scarab? It makes me wonder why they would choose the Dung Beetle for jewelry! lol You can go here to read my review of  The Curiosity Files e-book Dung Beetles.

Next Friday is Abby & Zachs State Bible Drill Competition. So next week will find them studying hard!

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The highlights of our week were two Bible Drills. Hannah had her State Bible Drill in Elizabethtown on Saturday.

Hannah competed in 3 different drills. The first drill determined state winners. They had to have a certain number of points to be state winners. All those who had enough points are state winners. Because of the number of points Hannah received in the first drill, she qualified to compete in the preliminaries for Nationals. That was her second drill, and she got enough points to qualify to compete in the finals for Nationals!

Kentucky sends one winner to compete in the National Bible Drills. Hannah’s third drill was to determine who would go to Nationals. Hannah didn’t have enough points to go to Nationals. Since her goal was to make it to the preliminaries, she exceeded her goal! Way to go Hannah!!

Here she is, after she got home, with her certificate, and the 3 number stickers from the 3 drills.

Here’s the banner her younger siblings made for her.

The pictures of her actually competing in the drills are on her sd card, and shes sleeping. lol I’ll try to add them later.

If your wondering about Bible Drill, here’s a link that explains more about Youth (which is what Hannah competed in) and High School Bible Drill.

Then on Sunday, Abby and Zach had their Association Bible Drill. Here they are in the group picture taken before the competition started.

They are the two in the middle on stage during the competition.

Their State drill is in a couple of weeks, so they are still studying hard.

Actual school book work was accomplished this week, too! As well as studying about Passover, and preparing everything for the holiday. We’ve had a great week!

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This weeks highlight for the kids was getting a coconut. We rarely eat coconut, so when they asked to get one to try, we were happy to get them one. They loved watching Dad trying to get it open. lol

Dad poured out the milk, for everyone to taste.

Then he cracked it open for everyone to eat.

Zack likes to do his schoolwork on the couch. I was helping him with his math.  He wasn’t listening to anything. In fact, the headphones weren’t even attached to anything. He was just wearing them. lol

A couple of months ago, while out on a walk, Abby brought home an acorn to plant. She planted it in a flower pot in the dining room. Here’s what it looks like now.

It grew out of the acorn, cracking the shell. Look at the big leaves.

It’s pretty tall, too. I took it outside for better lighting, it still lives in the house. We’ll probably wait until after the last frost date to transplant it outside. Hopefully, it survives.

Here’s Abby studying her Bible Drill. You can see the top of her tree in the dining room window.

Hannah has her State Bible Drill tomorrow, Saturday. Abby & Zack have their Association Bible Drill on Sunday. Lot’s of Bible Drill this weekend. Pictures coming next week. 🙂

Here are some links:

Computer Programming Course I’m considering getting for my son
Taking the Classroom Outside

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Hanging upside down from a tree counts as PE, right? lol The weather has been nice this week, so they have been playing outside a lot. Playing basketball & hide and go seek are the two favorites.

We’ve spend quite a bit of time working on Bible Drill this week. Abby & Zack (the upside down kid) have their church drill this Sunday. Hannah is still getting ready for her state drill on the 16th.

Calen likes to make Lego videos, using real legos & stop motion or using a program on the computer to make animated lego videos. This week, he’s been teaching himself how to make animated videos that don’t involve Legos. A person walking across the screen was one that he did. He’s doing really well with it.

My nephew has been staying with my Mother across the street this week on his spring break. The kids have been getting up early to get their schoolwork done early so they will have lots of playtime. That’s fine with me. 🙂 They kept asking why they weren’t getting a spring break this year. So I let them have today off. lol

Here are a few links for you:

American Sign Language Lessons
Cross Crafts
Free Spring Crafts, Fun & Activities for Families

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The last week has been really busy. In addition to our regular book work, we were getting ready for Purim.
Here’s Zack working on his costume.

We are back working at our church’s outreach center after taking a break while the church bought a new building. On Saturday, we worked at stocking the clothes closet at the new outreach center.

This is our 4th year participating in Bible Drill at church. The kids work hard starting in the fall memorizing about 26 different Bible verses and passages. They have to practicing finding verses in the Bible quickly. The competition season has started. Sunday was our church drill for the 7-9th grades group. Hannah is the only one in this age group this year. She got a perfect score! It’s not a competition in the sense that there is only one winner. They kids need to get a certain number of points to go on to the next competition. Bonus points are given for each question to the first one to step out. It is possible to get a perfect score even when drilling with others. Hannah actually had to work harder, being the only one. The same number of questions are asked, no matter how many kids are drilling. The person conducting the drill calls on one person for each question. Since Hannah was the only one, she had to answer every question herself. She did an awesome job!

This Sunday is the Association Drill, where she drills with other winners from other churches. The winners of the Association Drill go on to the State drill, where they drill with other Association winners from across the state. At the state drill, they person with the highest score goes on to compete in Nationals. This is Hannah’s last year in 7-9th, and she wants to at least make it to the preliminaries for Nationals. She’s off to a good start!

Sunday was also Purim, you can read about how we celebrate Purim. This is our second year celebrating Purim. We dress up in costumes and visit the neighbors passing out gifts of food. Here are this years costumes:

Zack – the box of Slim Jims – his choice, lol

Abby dressed as American Girl Josephina

Hannah dressed as Hadassah, she made every part of this costume herself, without a pattern!

Calen and Dad as hunter and target

Ah, yes, that’s me as Golde, the mother from Fiddler on the Roof

After our Purim festivities, we’ve just had a quiet week of book work.

Abby decided she wanted to do more with the American Girl Books, so I pulled out Portraits of American Girlhood . We used this a few years ago, and she’s excited to be doing the unit on Felicity.

Here are a few links I found:

Tsunamis: Know What to Do! – is a great video that explains tsunamis.

Easter Lapbook

Dolch Word List

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Last week, in our Homeschool Week in Review, I shared how we had had a minor cold. Well, this week, we had a major cold. It’s been a bad one.I’m pretty sure it wasn’t the flu. It was most definitely the worst cold we’ve had all winter. And we’ve had a lot. sigh….

So, this homeschool week was pretty much a bust. Here’s the picture I shared for Wordless Wednesday this week:

3 days + 4 sick kids + 2 sick parents = one trashed living room!

Pretty scary, huh?!

We are finally on the mend. The living room, however, is not. yet! I insisted that we all go out and sit on the porch in the sun for at least 15 minutes this afternoon. I read aloud some of the Purim chapter of Jewish Holidays and Festivals A Young Persons Guide to the Stories, Practices and Prayers of Jewish Celebrations. We also started reading Misty of Chincoteague.

Here’s the kids spread out on the front porch:

They decided they didn’t want to show their faces. The little one dragged his pillow and blanket outside. lol

After we came in, 3 of the kids decided to go back out. One decided to draw a picture of her sister. It took some doing, but she finally agreed I could share it here. I think she did great!

Did you know you can play Oregon Trail and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego on Facebook? When your sitting around sick, you find out all kinds of things.  🙂

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We had a blissful few weeks of being virus free. But, alas, all good things must come to an end. We had another cold go through the house this week. It was actually pretty minor as colds go, thankfully.

Being sick translates to extra movies and video game playing. I know I can’t concentrate when I’m sick, so I don’t expect them to keep up with all their school work while they are sick.

Unfortunately, we are all behind in our Bible in 90 Days reading. We haven’t quit, we are still working towards finishing in 90 days.

The kids in Bible Drill are still studying hard, as well. Competitions start in about a month! We really need to spend some time drilling here at home. The extra drill practice really makes a difference when it’s time to compete.

We started another puzzle this week. It’s a Winnie the Pooh mosaic. Where the big picture is made up of lots of little pictures. It sure looks hard! I’m thinking this one will be taking us awhile!

Our Sabbath meal is almost ready. We like to have a big meal on Friday night to start the Sabbath. Hannah, 15, has become an expert challah bread maker. We don’t normally have dessert, but we have started to with our Sabbath meal to give the meal an extra special feel. Abby, 12, made pumpkin pie today. Now, if I can just learn how to say the candle lighting blessing in Hebrew!

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