Ebenezer Acres: Granting Grandma's Request

A certain Grandma asked, "More pictures, Please?".

So, I go to my camera and these are what I find. They are a good reminder to me that some days in spite of administration, organization, re-administration, and re-organization, home educating is random! Learning never ceases and I once again delight in the fact that, learning is buffet style!

In the business of life, it's easy to believe that too little learning is accomplished. So these pictures do me good. Hopefully Grandma(s) too.

(Note: This is also more practice on my new blog)

My day always starts (and ends) with this little guy. He's growing much to fast and is never void of our attention. Today Peter had to write a biography. He chose 1 year old Eben. It's amazing the details an older sibling will remember and love. Eben is pure joy and a true preschooler.

Preschool, joined second by Moriah Love. Never a question left unasked. Tonight she asked me if, when it was her turn to go to Heaven, she could ask Jesus for a table. Then, she told me she wanted to color pictures for Jesus because she loves Him so much. Entertaining, she is, at the least!

Jed, jumps in here in 1st grade. Emulating his older siblings is his learning style. Here, he found the perfect matching glasses to his brother Ethan's. Thankfully Jed's cost only $1.00. He wears them believing he's just like his big brother.

Elisa is an artist in every way. She will create anything she puts her mind to. Here she and Moriah work together to mold an ancient pyramid and oasis. The whole time she's teaching little sister how she does it and why and bits and pieces from the lesson she just heard. I mean, who needs kindergarten anyhow?

Serena's favorite days of the week are music days: piano, flute, and choir. She absolutely adores her piano teacher and they laugh alot. Sometimes I wonder if learning is happening. But amazingly it does.

This week Serena put me in search of a voice teacher. So here we go, preparing for high school, vocational training, and providing her with opportunities that interest her, music, music, music! She's her daddy's girl!

It has also been fundraising times at our house. We've been selling Christian and encouraging greeting cards for about 10 years now. People love them because it's something that keeps giving. Plus, Serena makes some extra spending money and it requires math application. Love it!

A field trip next door. Our faithful neighbor and friend Ronda, an American Indian, often shares her knowledge with us. (Ronda has recently told her us though her "path" is undecided.) This week she set up a TP with all the fixings and gave my children a first hand Indian experience. Pretty neat

Real furs

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Driving our country roads, we acquired another pet. Jed claimed this little turtle but, due to endangered species laws, we couldn't keep him. Jed was very bummed! But we learned about endangered species, turtles, and letting go in the process.