February 2010

This month was lots of fun!

Groundhogs day gave us a chance to guess what the groundhog would see. Brook and I both guessed 6 more weeks of winter while all 3 children guessed he would not see his shadow and we would get an early spring. While the idea is fun we did have a great time learning how God placed each season where He wants them. We also did lots of shadow talk :o)

We also had a great president's week. We went to the library and the kids each picked 4 or 5 books about presidents :o) We did worksheets, played president games and learned a lot about what it takes to become the president.

On February 17th we had Ash Wednesday :o) This is the first year that the children have been involved in Lent. Learning to give something up for God is a humbling lesson. We talked about what it all means. Not it being a ritual or routine but as a humbling experience in your life. I had the children brainstorm on ideas to what they could give to God :o) The next morning I was pleasantly surprised with 3 answers. Alex and Melodey both wanted to give God their stubborn hearts and Tylor wanted to ask God to help him learn to listen better. What a precious time in my children's lives!

We also spent this month getting ready for the PACHA geography fair. We learned all about Scotland and had a great time learning all this information. Unfortunately we all got the flu this week and were not able to go :o( But the children did learn a lot and that really is the whole point :o)

March will bring us spring lessons, St. Patrick's Day, preparation of Easter and also the start of our Science presentations. Tylor will be studying and then presenting a report on the weather while Melodey and Alex are going to be working on dinosaurs. I think we will all study them all, but let them each do their own presentation for the May promotion and science fair!