Friday after Skate Day we had a get together at the park for our very first Homeschool graduate.† It was a great day filled with food, fun and friends.† We are so proud of you Evan!† Gosh our kids are growing up so quickly.† But they still run and play all through the playground. 🙂
After the park Chan came home with us Friday and stayed until Tuesday.† The girls had some serious talking/playing/creating/laughing time.† I loved watching them play.† It reminded me of all the posts and pictures from so many of my blog friends who have 2 girls.
1.† Hours of Dogopoly.† I am so glad because Keilee loves Monopoly, Dogopoly, Fairyopoly, etc. and I DESPISE them.† Like a good Mommy I play them with her but I am not thrilled.
2.† 10 Days in the USA.† This game continues to be a favorite of ours.
3.†† Making plans and just talking.
4.†† Snack creations.†† Strawberries with grapes inside!
5.††† Lots of iPad playing.
There was also kite flying, badminton playing, back yard scavenger hunts, movie making, picture taking, Webkinz playing, TV watching, dog playing and more girlie good times.
Saturday morning I pulled their butts outta bed at 6:00 so we could go to a HUGE Community Yard sale in a neighboring town.† We found some deals…not as many as I expected but several.† Keilee loves yard sales, I tolerate them.† I do love the deals, I just hate driving all over the town for them.† That is why I LOVE Community sales.† You park your car and just walk from sale to sale.
Keilee got a World Puzzle that the man assured us had all the pieces.†† Keilee spent hours putting it together.† Once she finally got it, we played a game where I would pick a country from a list and we would see who† could find it first.
As you can see it did NOT have all the pieces.† Notice the iPad in the background.† We are still watching the Red Tailed Hawks and they still haven’t hatched!
We got to attend a college production of “Much Ado About Nothing”.† It was awesome.† I made Keilee and Chan look up the storyline and tell me about it.† I just think you should have some sort of background when seeing Shakespeare.† We packed a huge picnic lunch; bagels sandwiches, strawberries, pasta salad, grapes and more.† We sat on blankets under a huge white tent to watch the play.† It was so great.† We also watched this version later in the week to see how they compared.
I think it is so amazing that Keilee already has such a great knowledge of this play.† She knows Beatrice, Hero, Claudio, Benedick and more.† I had no clue of anything Shakespeare when I was in the 6th grade.
What would we do without Nomad?† For some reason Keilee is sure that he is happier with a blanket over his head.† He is completely fine with this and many days we find him trailing it behind him like Linus.
I found a great resource this week.† It is my Favorite Resource of the week.† It is a magazine published by Homeschool Girls FOR Homeschool Girls.† They take submissions and Keilee is excited about maybe submitting something.† It is all free and you can get the latest issue and all back issues here.
I just keep repeating the same thing over and over, but I love our life.† I feel so blessed to be able to homeschool.† That I can work from home and stay with Keilee.† That our classroom is our world.† Isn’t that just the greatest thing ever?
Happily linking with
Susan at “Favorite Resources“
and
Kris at “Weekly Wrap Up“
Homeschooling rocks!
Karen
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. ~ Anais Nin
“There was a star danced, and under that was I born.”
– William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, 2.1
Looks like a great week! We have an opportunity to go to a college Shakespeare play tonight, but I’m a little afraid with how late we’ll get home. We’ll see. It’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream which we’ve seen once before.
And, I have played many games that I’d really prefer not to…one of the joys of being mom to an only child! 🙂
What a marvelous week! I am really blown away by everything you’re doing, especially the Shakespeare.
Sounds like a great week! I totally agree about Shakespeare. I think we HAVE to see Shakespeare to understand it, but I don’t think we should forgo the reading Shakespeare. In my lit classes I usually have them read a couple of acts, and then we watch it. I love teaching Much Ado!
What a fun week indeed! Sounds like a week I’d like to live. 😉
Your weeks always make me so happy! I guess it’s because y’all are always having fun and enjoying life:)
So glad Keilee had so much time with her friend! Love all of the photos of the girls (and Nomad:) Yay for someone else to play Dogopoly in your place (I hate all Monolopoly type games too!).
Checking out the magazine now…too cool:) Thanks!
Hi Karen! So glad Keilee had a great time with her friend. When you have multiple girls, you don’t always think about these moments. It lets me off the hook most times when they want to play little games that I have no interest in! But it is really a beautiful thing to see your child developing these types of relationships with friends.
Looks like Keilee and Chan had a super time!
Community sales are better than individual yard sales, I agree. That really stinks about the missing puzzle pieces! UGH!
I will be checking out that online magazine…neat! Thanks for linking Karen 🙂
Have a great weekend!!
Nothing like some good solid friend time! Sounds like a great weekend.
I just love it when you see older kids feeling free to play at the playground. I see it the most with homeschoolers! Yay for homeschooling. 🙂
Wow, what fun! I am so glad that you are cherishing every moment because it does whip by so very fast. It seems like just yesterday my Katie was in 6th grade and now she will be 21 this year!
What a GREAT long weekend–a little bit of everything in there! 🙂 I also get roped into playing Monopoly and other games that I just don’t have the patience for, so it’s always nice when the kids have friends to play with instead.
It’s so great that Keilee has a good background understanding of Shakespeare–the plays are much more enjoyable when you have that foundation. Neat that she got to meet and pose with the actors!
As always, you are making the most of homeschooling freedom!
I agree on having background on Shakespeare. I read Shakespeare in high school, but I always struggled to understand it. I know some people can just “get it” – like my brother-but not me…I always struggled with Shakespeare! That is until we started homeschooling and went to see a live production–watching it being acted out, it made so much sense!! I understood it and so did the girls…and that reminds me that I wanted to do one play a year, in the spring…I should look into what is playing at the Shakespeare theatre!
We bought 10 Days in Europe and have not had a chance to play it yet!! We are all dying to try it–we have just been so insanely busy–I am really hoping we get a chance this weekend!
Hope you and Kei have a great weekend!
Wow! What a wonderful few days! 🙂 That was great that Keilee got to spend time with her friend and boy, did you all keep busy! It sounds like they had so much fun. And, kudos to her for putting that puzzle together so quickly. Sorry, it didn’t have all of its pieces, but only a wonderful homeschool mom can make an educational and fun game from a puzzle! Awesome! 🙂 And, it is truly amazing how much she knows about Shakespeare at her age. I surely didn’t (and neither do my kiddos!) 🙁 I hope you have a great weekend!