Weekly Photo Collage :: 1/4/2013 Florida Vacation

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We started our Florida vacation a day early in hopes of missing some of the snowy weather hitting most of the midwest/east coast.  Christmas morning we decided to leave that afternoon rather than waiting for the next morning.   It turned out to be a great decision.  Not only did we miss the bad weather, […]

Summer Bucket/Project List

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Sarah and her “bucket” – summer 2005 Summer 2012 Bucket List 1.  Blueberry Picking  2.  Beach/Dune Buggy Ride 3.  Henry Ford/Greenfield Village 4.  Night time swimming 5.  Water Park – we can already check this off our list! 6.  Cedar Point – a majority of the kids are finally tall enough to ride many of the rides, […]

Apple Picking & Apple Resources!

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We had beautiful weather on Sunday, so we thought we would take advantage of doing something outside and take a drive to a local apple orchard. This orchard also had raspberries, but pickin’s were pretty slim and a bit prickery. On Saturday, Bob and the boys participated in a tree climbing class, so they were […]

Walking in the Woods

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Our trip to see The Nina & Pinta didn’t take as long as we thought, we we decided to visit a nature preserve in the area. Just a few minutes into our walk and Bob spotted a fawn. A little bit further along and Bob spotted the mother (?) It was a warm day, so […]

The Nina & Pinta: A Field Trip

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Monday we kicked off our first day of school.  New to us this year, the big kids {Jacob, Jonah, and Sarah} are using Paths of Exploration.  The first unit in Paths of Exploration is on Christopher Columbus. I joined the yahoo group for users of Paths of Exploration and one of the lovely ladies mentioned […]

Candle Making

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A couple of weeks ago we took a trip to our local living history museum.  This particular museum has homes of famous people like the Firestone family, Henry Ford, Noah Webster, and Robert Frost among many others from the 18th and 19th century. We were able to try our hand at some old fashioned games. […]

Wrapping up the Week – 6/4

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FIAR:  No Five in a Row book this week.  I am still determining if we are on a FIAR break until fall… I think we are.  However, we have been enjoying this book all week. Lessons:  No formal lessons. Yippee!  I am not sure who is more happy, me or the kids.  Sarah is very […]