Thanksgiving (99/180)

R went to Parkour:

We celebrated Thanksgiving at home.  W made great mashed potatoes.  The girls helped a lot with a lot of the cooking and setting up.  J took leftover pie crust and blueberries and made cup-pies for everyone:

D and J attended a performance of The Nutcracker, with most of the performers members of J's ballet school!

D and J attended their religious education class.

All the kids worked with LOF.

W read independently.  R read with support.  D and J practiced reading.

W watched a variety of YouTube videos on physics topics.

W stationary biked.  All the kids went to a Laser Tag birthday party.

I read to the girls:

The Littlest Owl by Caroline Pitcher


Seababy: A Little Otter Returns Home by Ellen Levine


If You Decide To Go To The Moon by Faith McNulty

This week included 5 days of instruction.

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary (94/180)

We went to Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, taking the fairly boulder-y Inner Loop up to the North Lookout.  We didn't see any hawks, but it was a great hike, and we learned a bit about birds of prey.

All the kids attended their MAHC classes.

An unseasonably early snowstorm created a chance to practice snowboarding on the hills around our house.  R, D, and J had a great time!

J went to dance.

W played D and D.

All the kids attended a multigen worship service, hearing live music and participating in ritual.

W cooked a roast beef dinner for the family.

All the kids worked with LOF.

W read independently:
First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher.

R read with support.  He also read independently without us telling him to for the first time I'm aware of, parts of
The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden.  D practiced reading:
Funny Bunny by Bobby Lynn Maslen.  J practiced reading too.

D worked with Handwriting Without Tears and J worked with Explode the Code.

D and J went to the library.  I read to them:
Frederick's Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass by Doreen Rappaport


Once Upon a Starry Night: A Book of Constellations by Jacqueline Mitton


Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude by Louise Borden

This week included 5 days of instruction.

Soccer Champions! (89/180)

R went to Parkour.

D and J observed me vote.

D went to circus.

J went to dance.

R played in the championship for his soccer league and his team WON!

All the kids attended their religious education classes.

All the kids worked with LOF.

W read independently:
Princeps' Fury by Jim Butcher


Captain's Fury by Jim Butcher



R read with support:
I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011 by Lauren Tarshis



D and J practiced reading.

I read to the girls:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality by Jonah Winter


Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill by Maud Hart Lovelace.

This week included 6 days of instruction.

Halloween! (83/180)

R went to Parkour.

J went to Ballet.

All the kids attended their MAHC classes.

Halloween was a rousing success!

D went to circus.

R attended soccer practice and games - his team is in first place in his division!

All the kids attended their religious education classes.

I was away from Thursday - Sunday so again, not a lot happened outside regularly scheduled events.

I read to the girls:


The Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & The Invention of the Piano by Elizabeth Rusch


A Tree is Growing by Arthur Dorros


This week included 4 days of instruction.