Another great week here in Alabama. This is the week before Show Week so it is hectic. Not as hectic as next week will be but still a little crazy.
We spent one day with Kathy and Sophie. We went swimming and then to a downtown festival that is held every 3rd Friday. After that we came back over here for dinner and watched Space Warriors. They hadn’t seen it yet. It was a great day except that I got so sunburned. Which was crazy because I am the darkest of us all. I think my sunscreen wasn’t strong enough!
Sunday we spent the day with my brother. His family was in Mobile visiting her parents so we went for a long Sunday drive. It was a beautiful day. We went back to the roadside Farmers Market that I loved last year. There is no one there, just a box for your money. And there is still the sign about IOU’s and Widows. Love it! I loved the store that sold “Beer Bologna and More” I mean what else is there??? 🙂
Keilee had practice 3 times this week. Starting Sunday it will be every day. We are so excited about this show. It is one of my favorite ones she has ever done!
She did a lot of creating as always. She got playing cards and painted them and wrote her favorite bands, Disney quotes and more on them. She wants to string them up and put them in her room. She also did another Art page and is making all her kittens in the play a “Kitten headband”. She has knitted them all and now just has to add the eyes, whiskers and ears. They are going to be so cute!!!
She also decided to make jewelry this week. I swear she is never idle. NEVER. She doesn’t ever just sit. She is always doing something. I wish I had 1/2 of her energy. She used things like bottle caps, the tabs from canned drinks and more to make these things. I love the birdcage! She hammered holes in a bottle top and used wire to make the cage.
The theme for 7 Cool Homeschoolers was “Water Cup Challenge”. This was fun for Keilee and of course she added her own bling to it. Check it out if you get a chance!
Next week is going to be insane but after the play we are going to take it easy for a bit. I hope!!! She plans to start/restart? school the week after the play. There are big plans for our fall. Can you believe it is nearly August? Where did the summer go.
Happy weekend all!
Homeschool Rocks!
Karen
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities. ~Dr. Seuss
“The stage is a magic circle where only the most real things happen, a neutral territory outside the jurisdiction of Fate where stars may be crossed with impunity. A truer and more real place does not exist in all the universe.” ~P.S. Baber, Cassie Draws the Universe
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Just discovered your blog and can’t stop reading. It is do uplifting to see your daughter’s creativity shine. My kids are quite a bit younger but I felt like ps was sucking the creativity out of them. It is evident through seeing your posts on hs’ing that you nuture creativity. Thank you for sharing.
It sounds like things are going beautifully. I love Keilee’s crafts. Good luck with show week! 🙂
I really wish we were close enough to come see the show! It’s going to be amazing, I’m sure! I love Keilee’s boundless energy and passion for creating:) Another beautiful week, Karen
I know you all are super busy! Have a wonderful show week. I just love all of the creative learning each week.
Blessings, Dawn
Another wonderful looking week. Good lick for show week.
You guys are so creatively busy all the time! I want to be in your homeschool! Speaking hippy vans…we saw an awesome one with pink hippy flowers all over it yesterday! I’ll be posting a pic tomorrow if you want to see it! As always, thanks for linking up at FF. I love catching up!
When the pace gets crazy I tell myself that God Willing, I will have plenty of time to rest one day….. Now is the time for busy. I am looking forward to getting back in a routine and back into classes and travels. I am ready. The girls, not so much yet. We have one more trip to take and then we will ease ourselves in mid-August.
Good luck next week. We are thinking of you both!!
Those wire and bottle top creations are so cute! I am in awe of Keilee’s energy too!
Your photos are wonderful. I especially like the VW Van shot and the one with the sunglasses in the corner.
The water cup challenge made me giggle. I couldn’t do that in a million years! 😀
Wow! Your daughter never ceases to amaze me! I want her energy and I want her to come here and inspire my kids! 🙂 I can’t wait to see photos/video of the play. I know it will be wonderful. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your weekend! Many blessings, friend, Lisa 🙂
I adore the homemade jewelry! What a wonderful imagination your daughter has! Thank you for sharing all the lovely photos and memories!
Oh…she could put magnet (with sticky backs) on the backs of the bottle camps for fridge magnets! How cool that she was recycling things that would simply get thrown away. No way I could do that cup thingy! LOL She’s not flexible, is she? 😉 I love her art pages with quotes/savings. My daughter has started doing these too. (I think I might get her a little journal or art book to do them in.) All the best with her show!
I love all of the jewelry she created! Allie and Piper were doing that for a while…maybe I will show them her stuff and they will get inspired again!!
Enjoy this week and I hope you get a break/rest. I don’t know how you keep up the pace!
I am glad you said that about her always being busy, because that is exactly what I was thinking…this girl must never rest. 🙂 I love her creativity. She is the essence of beauty…she creates beauty…she is beauty inside and out. I really feel so privileged to have met you two.
Hi Karen! 🙂 Sounds like things are going very well! I LOVE Keilee’s energy <3 Jenna likes to keep busy like that, too. I hope you get through show week in one piece and can relax soon!