It seems like we are always so busy. I crave days of doing absolutely.nothing. HOMEschooling…that’s at home right?
Saturday we went to the Dragon Boat Races at the Tennessee River. Our church had a team and it was a great day. We came in 4th out of almost 100 teams and while that was good our preacher has big plans to win it next year. He is a wee bit competitive! That is our preacher and his wife in the first picture. Actually they co-Pastor.
Monday was the last day of Co-op. Keilee is going to miss these girls every week. They all live around here but in a 45 mile radius. It is hard to coordinate get togethers with everything else going on in all of our lives. Keilee has planned a sleepover this summer to celebrate the end of Co-op. If we can just find a time to get everyone here, between camps and church camps and vacations!
Keilee wanted to paint her bed purple so we enlisted the help of Seth. We could have done it but he is 17 and always looking for ways to make money. They did a GREAT job!
Wednesday was our church’s Convergence. We have a small building and lots of people who attend Epic. We have 5 services every Sunday! So once every 3 months we ‘converge’ to a large place to worship. It is always amazing and moving and wonderful. We are in prayer for a larger place and that just may happen soon! I don’t see how our pastors and worship team do it week after week.
We have been outside almost every second that we are home. The weather has been beautiful and next week looks awesome! High 80’s every day! After painting our glider bright yellow we decided to paint our table purple! We already had the turquoise chairs. Our patio is old and needs some work but we spend so much time here in the spring and summer and fall!
1. Keilee is learning to do an aerial and all I do is pray every time she tries. Being the Mother, I envision broken necks every.single.time.
2. I took Keilee to Wheeler Wildlife Refuge for her “Thursday with Keilee” on 7 Cool Homeschoolers. She wasn’t feeling well and she didn’t get to film everything she wanted to but it turned out good.
3. Keilee can stomp me on the Wii but I rule on old school Nintento games. We have spent hours and hours playing Super Mario 3. Seriously I used to RULE Nintendo. The local TV station did a story on me years ago because I was a 22 year old married chick who played video games all the time! 
I told you I have always been a geek gamer girl!
THURSDAYS WITH KEILEE – WILDLIFE ADVENTURE
Learning around here just flows. When I try to remember some of the things Kei has done I can’t remember that much. She watches huge amounts of Crash Course. She watches CNN Student News every day. She reads ‘Jesus Calling’ every day. She works on her video and ideas and editing. She is working through an Ecology book. She does Khan Academy Algebra. She plays tons of Angry Birds. We have a competition going and she is WAY ahead of me! She does SAT app every day. She spends hours outside flipping and twisting and turning. She watches Gymnastics videos every day. She plays with Snap Circuits. The iPhone app “The Bible” has an audio option and we listen to it often.
Here are a couple of resources I would love to share. If you aren’t signed up for “Free Homeschool Deals” you should! She has awesome resources. Seriously go check it out right now!
Things we have used lately:
Middle School Science Resources
Free Chemistry and Physical Science Course
Master Math
We don’t do a lot of ‘schooly’ stuff anymore. Is Keilee learning? You betcha she is. The best kind of learning; learning she LOVES and remembers. We have tons of conversations, we explore things together, she teaches me and I teach her. She is forever showing me or telling me something she has learned. The Mark Twain quote is one of my favorite quotes and one I try to live by most of the time. “Explore, Dream, Discover”
So that is about it for our lovely week. Today is raining and it is supposed to rain all weekend. Lots of time to RULE Mario Brothers 3! Muwhahahahahah!
Homeschooling Rocks!
Karen
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain
“Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark. If there is some good inflammable stuff, it will catch fire.” ~Anatole France
Linking with Mary at “Collage Friday”
Hello Keilee. I like the pictures of the petting zoo. I am glad you got to go to the concert. I would not like it because sometimes the noise hurts my ears. Your cartwheel picture is very cool. I am working on my reading and handwriting this summer but I still get a summer break to swim and watch movies. I am learning to notebook and that is fun. My mom is letting me watch your videos. I hope you have a good week. Love-Dean H.
Wow! Aeriels! That’s awesome!
And that’s the exact kind of learning we do at our house, as well. I love it! I’ll miss it next year.
I’m always so amazed at how much you two do in a week! I love all the painted furniture. And the picture of the ariel terrifies me!
It does sound like such a lovely week
Love all the bright painting…the bed, the patio furniture…it’s so happy and cheerful!
Hope your week is going well, Karen. Sorry I haven’t stopped by sooner.
When she was younger did you do a lot of schooling? I have three little ones and I am trying to get them more independent…
Ha! Her childhood sounds a lot like mine. I used to do ariels but not very well. Hehe. I was also the first in my neighborhood to beat Super Mario 3. I found the infinite lives trick.
I love that quote from Mark Twain! I’d never heard it until today, but it’s a keeper (I’m a collector of quotes;)
Beautiful week, Karen! We love Keilee’s videos each week- we always learn something new:)
Love the colourful furniture. My Miss 12 would love a visit to the Wildlife Refuge.
That’s so cool you are a gamer girl! I wish I could join in games with my kids but I’m afraid I peaked at Tetris. I love the energy you girls have – you just seem to get things done, like painting the furniture. An inspiration, as usual
I think you should come to our house! We are old school gamers here, too… we have Pac Man and Donkey Kong and Frogger on our Wii and the kids think it’s so funny.
Your church looks amazing, Karen — you are blessed to have that in your life. I don’t know WHAT we would do without our sweet little church. I would be lost.
Enjoy your weekend — I bet it’s raining where you are today because it’s pouring here! Hugs!
P.S. I LOVE our old school video games, too. I can’t tell my way around my son’s Xbox, but I used to play a killer Ms. PacMan and Centipede in my day, lol! I am so old, that I actually remember having “Pong” before the Atari 2400 came out.
I LOVE Keilee’s video. You could never tell she wasn’t feeling well. It was SO good.
Your weeks always seem so full of enthusiasm and excitement. I am glad that Kei had such a good experience with co-op. We haven’t found one around here. There was one, but it was too “school-y.” They do academic classes all day. There is another that has just enrichment (art, music and gym), but it is also all day and about an hour away. I have to really think about it for next year. Your church seems like such a vibrant and faith-filled community. I hope you have a great weekend!
Love the video. She did such a good job. Looks like you also had a great week. Have a great weekend.
Blessings
Diane
We have had a snap circuits for a couple of years now and my older two love it. Last year we bought an Arduino experiment kit. It has a huge potential but a much steeper learning curve. We didn’t get much past blinking lights last year. Hopefully we will have more fun with it this summer. Next year Philip’s science has elecronics as a subject so we will be using it there.
Homeschooling means you stay home? Oops, we missed that memo.
Karen, Keilee’s co-op classes always look like so much fun. I wish I could take them too! The classes appear to be a great blessing to you both. Hopefully, all the girls will return to co-op next year so they can have another year of fun together.
I love all the colors that you have used outside, if I was brave that is how I’d like my house to look. I’m not brave and our neighbors are very conservative.
Keilee always does so much each week, and is clearly learning quite a bit. She is a bright girl that loves learning. I am always so amazed at everything she does.
Have a wonderful weekend
I have never, ever been a gamer. I don’t think I ever even played Mario–although we have a few.
It’s so great that Kei found her group at co-op! They look like such a nice group of girls!!
YOur love for your church always comes across every time you write about it!
Home? We’re supposed to be home? LOL I hear ya! I am trying to be very pro-active about keeping at least 3 days free of activities so that we can stay home ALL day. A little less “running the roads” makes for a happier Mama and kids!
Love the purple and blue furniture! Vibrant, pretty colors! Our mish-mesh plastic stuff is just plain ol’ khaki. Not very exciting! LOL
So, how’s it going with Mario Brothers?
You always have so much fun. I love the dragon boat. Yes, it seems that this is a time of shifting from co-ops and classes to more summer things.
It sounds like an awesome week. Thanks for sharing it with us. The boat races would be fun to watch. We have never done that before.
Blessings, Dawn
I love the “Jesus Calling” devotions – even bought the women’s version for myself! Your daughter is lucky to have a close group of friends from Co-op – I hope she finds some time to gather them together this summer! We too have had beautiful weather – afternoons are reserved for the kids to simply go out and explore! Have a lovely weekend. Blessings!