September 17th

Miracle!!  ChubChub actually finished his first book in English!  He's making a bit of progress...

The boys (and The Girl) all did well at last week's Forestry competition.  We had two first-place individual winners in the family.

 

Fearless ChubChub held up the cottonmouth that met its doom Saturday afternoon, thanks to Mo'M's cane.  Life in the south...

We had such a good time today during our Seekers class, studying St. Thomas Aquinas and the Magna Carta.  The kids below are reading through a play about the Magna Carta.

 

 And one of our favorite times of the class is the scary, unpredictable, edge-of-the-moment SUDDEN DEATH.  The kids have to choose a folded paper that contains a topic.  They have two minutes to prepare an oral, three-point essay on the topic.  Not scary enough for you?  Look at Seth laughing (to the right) in the picture below.  His topic was "the letter Z".  Yep.  Other topics were good habits, dust, styrofoam cups, squirrels, bad habits, and pickles.  Love, love, love their fearless creativity....

In the News!

http://www.thepostsearchlight.com/2012/09/07/county-4-h-students-participate-in-national-wildlife-education-program/

Fun Times

ChubChub looks as if he's having a hold-up...

What's on your note, Chub?

 

Working on knight shields...

Up in Minnesota, Chub and Eddie had to be lifted up in order to pick the apples.

Chub enjoyed his very first VBS!

Lots of Minnesota fishing...

 

 

 

 

Even Grandpa got in on the action!

The kids enjoyed playing soccer...until the ball popped!

We also enjoyed an authentic island cook out!

Visiting with aunts and uncles was fun!

Cutting wood...

Climbing the wall...

The girls looked so pretty dressed up "old fashioned" for Pioneer Days in Minneota.

Tractors on parade...

Back to school by making Greek flashcards for Latin and Greek War with the Seekers class...

Mo'M is back to teaching two classes at the college;  Stennes is working with a local consultant, collecting soil samples; Forestry competition coming soon; performances next week; The Girl has a new bird; Josiah has a new dog; lots of 4-H/community speeches coming up soon...back to work...back to work...



The older three boys were the "Senior 4-Hers" who participated in this project.  Good times!
http://bainbridgega.com/news/publish/article_9599.shtml

Photos of the Past Few Days

Coloring Middle Ages pages while Mo'M reads aloud

 Discussing foreshortened circles and other artsy terms with Teresa

Writing an essay on welfare reform

De-silking corn for tamales

A good friend blending the corn for tamales

Making tamales with another good friend

Preaching (Hispanic/Haitian) at one of the camps

Working on illuminated letters during a study of monasticism

One of Poppins' heirloom tomatoes

Latin test

We've been busy (breathe!!!), and next week is lookin busier (breathe!!!).  Patriotic performances will be beginning soon, so we're working on speeches/costumes/songs, etc.  The older boys are busy at the U-Pick.  Mo'M is busy at the college.  Life is just busy, busy, busy...

In the News Again!

http://bainbridgega.com/news/publish/article_9581.shtml

In the News!

http://bainbridgega.com/news/publish/article_9577.shtml