Spring Bulletin Board

Abbie and I just finished working on one of the bulletin boards at church.  The red flowers you see are roses made out of duct tape.  We had fun making these duct tape roses one Wednesday night at church.

Here's a picture of Abbie sewing a pillow for her new little nephew.

Now, she is turning it rightside out .

Stuffing the pillow.

Handsewing it closed.

Finished pillow.  I think she did a great job and I hope Matthew will enjoy using his pillow.

Favorite Homeschool Websites

I am going to list some of my favorite homeschool websites that I continue to go back to for inspiration:

Five in a Row Message Board

Free Homeschool Items

Spelling Tips

Science Experiments

American History Booklists


Free children's learning website
This post is  a work in progress.  I plan to continue to add websites that will help all of us in our homeschooling journey.

Homeschool Time

Abbie and I have had fun, I think, in school lately. We are studying the American Girl Felicity which means we are learning about the time around 1774 in America. Yesterday we attempted to make rock candy but I'm not sure if this is going to work. I plan for us to try again tomorrow to make some more.

Abbie is also zipping along in her math program and doing a great job. I love that we have found a math program that she actually likes and is learning so much. This year we started with Teaching Textbooks and we plan to continue with this next year in 6th grade.

Valentine's Party at Church

This year we planned a Valentine's party at church.  Unfortunately for us the only snow we have received this winter came on the day of our scheduled party.  But that didn't stop us, we just postponed the party to the next Wednesday and had a great time.

Snow Day!

It started snowing yesterday afternoon and today this is how our house looks!  We don't get much snow around here so we have really had a good time building snowmen and having snowball fights.

Wednesday night at church

This is our class on Wednesday night at church.  We just finished making the bulletin board.  Toward the bottom of the picture you can see where we were playing Bible Pictionary.  This is a fun game where we draw pictures of Bible stories and then everyone gets to guess the correct story.