†So yes, I am starting out the same way I have for 7 weeks. PUSHED AGAIN.† I wasn’t even surprised to tell you the truth.† You get used to disappointment when it happens time and time again.† I called my Dad and he did give us the money to pay our bills for 3 weeks. I have NO extra money but I will have electricity and internet/phone.† I have no clue what God has in plan for us and I try desperately every.single.day to see the beauty and love and wonder.† This gets me through so much:
Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope”

I just have to trust and believe. So I am….

We spent a day with our dear friends Melea and Maggie.† They took us to eat and then we spent the afternoon at their house.† Maggie is playing the little girl in the movie Keilee is in.† Keilee has been helping her with her part. Maggie is like Keilee’s little sister.† They love each other so much.† And I love Melea so much.† Film making is so very different than plays.† Everything in plays are BIG and over stated.† Not so for films.
Saturday was a long day.† We filmed from 12-6.† Keilee’s role is ‘green screened‘ in so she just has to deliver her lines and not be on camera yet.† She is a fairy.† A 2″ fairy!† We can’t wait to start filming the green screen parts.† I got to help make sure all the shots she needed were actually filmed…all the different angles and all the different characters.

Sunday after church we filmed the ‘cave’ scene.† Then off to record the soundtrack for the song.† This has been such a great experience for Kei.
Monday was Co-op.† I think Keilee is feeling better about it since she dropped Spanish.† She has so much fun at Co-op and so do I!† Great people make such a difference in your experiences.

Keilee did Math Tuesday for about 2 1/2 hours. She is really enjoying what she has been doing.† I love that she can take her time and really get into it and not have 4 more subjects to get to.

She also has practice 3 times a week for “Little Women”.† She is already ‘off book’.† She is the only one of the main characters that are so far.† She memorizes things CAT QUICK.† It is crazy.† This is a new theater group to us and we are both loving everyone and the way it is going.

In Science we are learning about Science and Archaeology.† We learned the 3 tests that a document must go through to be declared ‘authentic’.† We had great discussions about different scenarios.† Then I gave her an assignment.† “Write a document that tells an inaccurate account of something in History”.† She wrote about JFK [whom she is fascinated with and has been for years].† She wrote it all wrong.† We talked about what would have happened if her account was the ONLY one that survived.† We talked about how things can be very hard to get exactly accurate when the event happened thousands of years ago.† It was a great lesson.† Of course she had to get ‘authentic’ in her paper.† She said it was found in a house fire.

WE also got out the Halloween decorations and Keilee decorated the house and yard. We just love Halloween around here.† We also painted pumpkins.† We had the best day!† We spent hours on the patio painting pumpkins, talking, listening to Librivox recording of “Fairy Land of Science”.† Did y’all know that you can take a pair of computer speakers and plug into your iPhone?† We do that all the time. iPhone speakers just aren’t very loud.† It was just a wonderful day.† The acorns are falling fast and furious too.† They are VERY loud on our patio.† Sounds like bombs going off.† Keilee swore she saw a squirrel run through the yard dodging them left and right!

1.† Our sweet Nomad.† He is such a blessing to us both.
2.†† We saw this BEAUTIFUL tree on the way home from Co-op.
3.† This was the CRAZIEST thing!† This squirrel was stuck on the brick. At first I thought “how silly” but he was there 4 hours later.† I finally took a stick and helped him down. Poor little fellow.
4.† Keilee saw a dead squirrel in the road, [probably the one that I scared down…heart attack?? ;)]† She wanted to get it and dissect it! I told her NO WAY!† She made do with watching one on YouTube and then printing out the skeletal system and internal organs of a bunny.† Of course she had to get her Webkinz to go along with the lesson.

I have a few links to share for my “Favorite Resources”.
1.† Concordia University has free art lessons for 1-7 grade.
2. Freely Educate has a link for 100 free Henty ebooks and 20 free Henty audio books.
3.† Ann Voskamp has some AMAZING links on a page I found while perusing her site the other night, at 3:30 in the morning, when I COULD NOT fall asleep. Check it out, I’ll bet you find something you will love!
4. Librivox I am sure most of you know about Librivox.† Audio books in the public domain.† They also have Podcasts.† You can play them on your iPhone too.† [Use those computer speakers! :)] We listen to either a book or a podcast every night before bed.

So there you go, another great [mostly] week at Homeschool Girls.† And almost like “The Little Engine That Could” I keep telling myself, “We will be fine, We will be fine, We will be fine”.

Homeschooling Rocks!
Karen

ìI’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.î† ~ L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

Happily Linking up with
Mary @ “Friday Collage“
Susan @ “Favorite Resources”