Weekly Wrap Up: Random 5 on Friday {style} ~ Nov. 7th

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Happy Friday!

It’s been a while since I have written a weekly wrap up or a random 5 so forgive me for my absence. I was deep in the trenches doing life and getting our family on track with school and well…life in general.

 

1 ~ I am not sure if you heard but Marie has committed to attend Liberty University in the Fall of 2015. I am so stinkin’ proud of her and all the hard work she has put into her schooling to get to this point. I can’t believe she is a Senior this year, but I am enjoying every single minute she has left at home before heading to college.

 

2 ~ Madison is currently writing a novel, The Last Drifters, and in the process of getting it published, which I love for her, however, it is distracting her from her studies. I have had to remind her and reel her back in this week. We have had a minor setback in her math, but I think we are back on track now and that makes this Momma happy :)

 

3 ~ If this week was a week to make a breakthrough, then I will take it because Mikayla is steam rolling along with her studies. She even is reading her literature books without being told. That is huge for her! Last week she was invited to a Harvest Festival on Halloween and I did not let her go because school had been such a battle the last few weeks. I am pleased as punch with her turnaround with school and in the progress she has made this week in the gym!

 

4 ~ Montana has been plugging along steadily with her schooling. The highlight of her week was definitely finishing the 4th book of Explode the Code. I only require the girls to complete through book 6. She is eagerly looking forward to that day! A few weeks ago she finished up her second season of softball with her team The Twisters. Softball is definitely Montana’s sport. She is doing so well at seeing and hitting the ball.  Her bat definitely gets hot towards the end of the season and she is looking forward to Spring ball come April.

5 ~ Ah, my sweet McKenzie is growing up right before my eyes. This week was a week of big firsts for her. Since Monday morning she has read five words {Sam, at, cat, mat, & sat}, swung on the swings by herself, jumped rope, and by Wednesday evening she had learned to buckled herself in her carseat.  Tuesday night she started her new class at gymnastics, Pre-TOPs. While, it is not as intense as what Mikayla did in TOPs training, the two hour class wore McKenzie out. Her first night just happened to be evaluations night, and the coach said she did really well for her first time. She even scored three 5 marks. Wowzers! She had a great week and will always be my little Kenzie bug.

Micah is just being the cutest baby on the block. I may be a bit biased but oh well :) This week he rolled over from his back to his stomach. The girls and I were so excited for him that he rolled again to his back. He has been trying really hard to sit up unsupported and he does really well until he gets excited, then it’s down he goes. We started cereal last week. Micah is definitely hungry for something other than nursing, but watching him eat rice cereal is quite comical with the faces he makes. Tomorrow we are going to introduce green beans so that should be fun :)

6 ~ And, because I can’t end this post without adding a 6th random fact, my hubby received a leadership award at work this week. He was voted for amongst his peers to receive this special honor. It came as a pleasant shock to him, but I know he is such a hard worker and provider for our family that it is well deserved.

So, that was our week. How was yours?

I am linking this post up at Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers Weekly Wrap Up, The Pebble Pond’s Random 5 on Friday, and Collage Friday hosted by Homegrown Learners

 

 

 

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Weekly Wrap Up: Random 5 on Friday style ~ 12 September

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1 ~ Yes! We have finished four weeks of school! It feels so good to say that. Things are going well as we have worked out the kinks and made a few changes to the curriculum line up.

2  ~ I learned I was pushing Mikayla too hard in her Sonlight subjects. I just assumed that she would be able to complete Core G like her older sisters did. But I was wrong! She is not a strong reader, yet, and pushing her into this Core was a mistake on my part. So, after researching reading levels of books, by Monday evening I was able to find a replacement Core for her that would fit her reading level.

3 ~ I ended up going with Core E. Yes, the very same Core that I sent back last year. Funny how things like that work. I am praying this is a better fit for her and extra thankful that I was able to find a complete set on Ebay for a decent price.

4 ~ The girls started Girl Scouts again on Tuesday. We are apart of a homeschool troop that meets during the day, which is great! This year I have a Daisy, a Brownie, and two Cadettes. We were apart of this same troop a few years ago, so its nice to be back and still see some familiar faces and make some new friends too.

 

5 ~ Tomorrow is Montana’s 8th birthday, she is so excited! She is having an ice cream sundae party. I still have not posted McKenzie’s party pictures. I need to ASAP, but there is only so many hours in a day :)

That’s a little of what has been going on in our house this week. I am linking up with these linkies. Check the out!

Weekly Wrap Up: Random 5 on Friday {style} ~ 05 September

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1 ~ It’s been an eventful week here in our house. Baby Micah caught a cold and it quickly turned from bad to worse in a matter of hours. Thursday night the Lt and I ended up in the ER with Micah because he was having labored breathing and his temp spiked to 102.  Scary stuff, I tell you! After a chest x-ray the Dr’s said his lungs are clear (hooray) and he has an upper respiratory virus, possibly RSV. The nurses attempted to suction his nose which in turn made him MAD and he let the whole ER know it at 1130PM. However, that helped clear what mucus was trapped in his cute little nose.

   

2 ~ We were able to accomplish a lot during this week. We have started all subjects now. Some days I find it challenging to keep everyone on task and focused, but we are getting our subjects studied and completing what needs to be done each week.

3 ~ Montana & McKenzie are sponges. I learned this week that Montana’s brain is wired just like Madison’s. Put something to a sing-songy tune and she can memorize it quickly. Right now she is working on hiding Psalm 1:1-6 in her heart. So far she has verses 1-3 down with great dramatic effect when reciting.

 

4 ~  Marie has really been enjoying her Psychology class. She has been making observations of us throughout the week. Today we did a color reading test. We had to read a list of color words as fast as we could but the colors were different from the actual word, like brown was “Purple”. Some of the stuff she writes during her observations is hilarious to read. This week she wrote a paragraph about mysterious people in her life, here is an excerpt:

“Madison, a space-adoring voracious reader, places first in the race of mysterious people. Skipping around the house while humming is one of her seemingly favorite pastimes. What does she think about as she does this activity? One can only imagine. She also is authoring a book and won’t let anybody but Mikayla, a not-so-mysterious family member read it”.

Mikayla did not like that she was not considered mysterious, LOL! 

5 ~  Science class started today with 9 girls in attendance! I was quite nervous at first but things went smoothly and I think the girls learned a lot. Today we studied about the speed of light and calculated it by doing an experiment by melting a chocolate bar in the microwave. They all impressed me with their knowledge of the planets and the universe, way to go girls can’t wait for next week! Madison and Marie were great help for me before the class. Marie drew the universe picture on the chalk board while Madison is my resident go to for everything space. Plus she draws all of my visuals for the class too. {Thanks girls!}

So that’s my randomness and weekly wrap up all in one because this Mama is a bit tired tonight! :-) I am linking this post up to the following sights, stop by and see what everyone has to offer.