We have both been sick since last week.† I hate being sick.† My Mother used to say, “I am sick to death of myself” when she was sick and I know the feeling!† We didn’t do very much the past 8 days but we did manage to sneak in a little fun.
I took Kei on a ride to the 1st elementary school I went to.† I went there from 1st-middle of 3rd grade.† As we walked around the playground I remembered a few stories to tell her.† She loves to hear about ‘when I was little’.
We had fun wandering around.† I even took her to our old house, pulled into the driveway, then backed up and showed her how Mother would take us to school.
We made crystals last week.† The recipe can be found here.
It took about 5 days and the results were really pretty.† Kei wants to make more.
Even though Kei and I felt horrible this past weekend, I wanted her to take Nomad out and play in the leaves for a few minutes.† I knew it was supposed to rain and they would be all wet and soggy.
We decorated our table for Fall.
Our Roamschool group had a Halloween party at Cathy’s house.† It was a blast as usual.† A great HS group is my #1 advice for anyone homeschooling.† Cathy and Kaitlin went all out for the food!
The kids had a blast.† We had tornado warnings all day and they were inside and outside. They would come running in when they heard the tornado warning horns.† We live in Alabama, we are used to tornados.† We don’t take cover until we see the funnel cloud. 🙂
All of the Moms had a blast too [and Bobby] We laughed and ate and watched Dan the Weather Guy [we missed you Suz!!].
On the way home we saw the coolest mailbox and had to take a picture.
We ran by Books a Million [and ran into Heather and gang] for Kei to get the Red Panda Webkinz she has been saving up for.† She named her Lietus which is Latvian for ‘rain’.† Latvian??? Where does she come up with this stuff???
Hope everyone has a wonderful, spooky Halloween week!
Be blessed,
‘Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
~William Shakespeare
I love the crystals! The boys would really get into that… And I love the Latvian name for the Red Panda. Kei is the best! <3
Sorry you’ve both been sick, Karen! Glad you are better! Wow, for two sick girls, you sure got up to a lot. Australia doesn’t get into Halloween so much (though they try to sell pumpkins in the shops and people have a few parties here and there)óyour party looks awesome.
Hey, when there IS a tornado, do you go into a place underground like in the Wizard of Oz, with the big wooden door? Or is that just totally not how it’s done? That’s another thing Australia doesn’t have much ofótornadoes. Hope you stay safe when one comes by!
Have a happy Halloween! 🙂
You homeschool group seems like so much fun!! We do co-op and it’s great, but I don’t think it’s quite the same. I think I need to look for a group like that organizes parties and playdates and things. I love that hand punch!
Like Jessica said: FUNNEL CLOUD!! I’ve never seen anything like that. I would be terrified!!
Glad you are feeling better!
Of all the amazing things I could comment on about this post I find myself saying…..”funnel cloud? Seriously? Grace would LOVE to find out if you have encountered a real scary tornado!”
I’m glad you are both better. We have not had it happen where the three of us are sick at the same time. I am probably jinxing myself but taking them out of school has improved their overall health so much. I am grateful they have not even had their first cold yet (please don’t jinx myself, please don’t jinx myself……..)