#1

So, I know I have mentioned more than once how much we love Chick-Fil-A. For the past few months, they have had these #1 promotional cards on the table to advertise their new improved chicken strips. Eric LOVES these. I do not know why, but he thinks they are so neat. (Kaden thinks they are pretty cool too.) But, Eric always insists on sitting at a table with one of these on it. We recently went and they were all out. The manager saw that he was disappointed about something and asked us about it. Then she went and found another package to put on all the tables. I should have taken one with me to put in the car, as I am sure they will be out again soon. Oh well, it is fun for now.

Learning verses

We have activities every day to help remember the memory verse for the week. This is Eric's favorite - bouncing a ball back and forth. Once you catch the ball, you say the verse. You should see how hard he laughs at me when I am trying to catch it. Oh the fun we have....

2nd unit verse

So, I was told yesterday that I need to update my blog. We have been so busy lately. I will try to post some this weekend, because I do have a lot of cute pictures. I realize I haven't put any of his game pics on. Maybe I can do that tomorrow. Anyway, here is his second unit verse. He loves making these videos.

First real week of Homeschool K

So, you know I was planning to start on September 8, and I did, but then we had our terrible tragedy that day, so homeschool was put on hold for a little while. This week we got back on track and did a full week of work. Eric loves it, and is doing so well.

Working on some math.

If he wants to take his time, he is an excellent colorer. He likes to color things "rainbow". This was a phonics page.

Here is his history timeline. We will be adding to it as we go through the year. I thought he did an excellent job on this. You may have to click on the picture to see it better.

I was keeping Nate and Hannah on Wednesday, so we combined our homeschool with Nate. Here the boys are working on land and water animals.

The boys loved this activity. We put masking tape on the floor for numbers 1-5, then we put that number of little people on the number. You had to count and jump over all the people. So fun!





This is Eric's memory verse for the week.

Apples, Apples, Apples

Last Friday was our first Friday Homeschool Day for this year. We are meeting every other Friday with Kaden, Nate, and Abbie (and of course Aubrie and Hannah).

Here are all the kids lined up on the couch right before starting. They were all so pumped.

I was so excited about our first day. You guys know me, I am a planner. So, I had all the stuff laid out for our apple day.


Here the kids are using a non-standard unit of measurement (ha-ha, girls) to see how tall they are. Eric is 13 apples tall.

Working on their fingerprint apple trees.

Eric had the BEST time! We can't wait to do it again next Friday.

Larry, is that you?

We are doing some better here. Thank you to all who have prayed and expressed sympathy and concern for us. We have appreciated it so much. Still missing him like crazy, but it is not so crushing now.
So, I was on the computer and I hear the sound of spitting from the other room. I am not a fan of the spitting, so I went to investigate. I discovered that my son had fashioned himself a tuba. He still plays daily with the tubing that we bought for Robert's arm contraption. He was marching around in a band playing his tuba. (For those who aren't familiar with VeggieTales, I was referencing that in the title. Larry plays a tuba in the opening number.) I found it hilarious and had to capture the moment.

Heartbroken

Last night was a horrific night for us. We lost Mackenzie in a very sudden and traumatic way. He was very special to us, and we loved him very much. We are all devastated. Please keep us in your prayers. None of us really can talk about it without being emotional, so we don't really want to talk about it. We miss him terribly and still cannot believe he is gone.