Field Trip FUN!

 

 

I remember as a kid "Field Trip Days" being the highlight of the year for me.

 

I want that to be the same for Raylea!

This past year while we were "practicing" homeschooling on and off, we visited the Exploration Place. Jack came along, so did her Nana and Mimi. It was fun, but I guess since she's a little older and it was just her and I, I was even more exciting. She loves one on one time!

Jack's favorite baby sitter, (aka Christi and Momo) kept him the whole day, so that freed me up!


She didn't want to eat anywhere until we got there, so of course she got her a big ole' hot dog.
(And, so did I...)
 

 

 

She loves playing "Doctor." She asked me what was wrong with several animals and then she had a great explanation for their cure. Like with my pig, I told her he was playing in the mud and hurt his leg... she said "oh, well you see, pigs have very big bones, he will be fine, it won't break."

 

Learning about the motion of water...

This turtle was literally chasing her!
I didn't know that male turtles have red/orange eyes... interesting.

We built with some wooden slats and we copied the picture behind her and made a living room set.

 

 

 

She put on a great skit for me... and yes, she wanted me to do the same for her... I am really hoping the security camera people were taking a break at that moment!

 

 

 

 

 

Setting her hens on their eggs...

Another skit about the weather...

She loved the Medieval section. It has a huge castle you climb inside and there is tons to do.
She was happy though that this wasn't a modern day "Time Out" spot!

 

 

We ended the day by going to Nifty Nut House and getting a few little treats.

I wish I had a never ending gift card to that place!

 

 

 

 

We had an appointment afterwards and the nurse asked us why we went to the Exploration Place today... Raylea quickly answered "For a field trip!"

 

 

That made my day because it made me realize it was fun and exciting to her and it was so satisfying to me to know that she enjoyed her day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This past week Raylea and Jack started Bible Clubs. Raylea has done it for the past three years and this is Jack's first year. Jack felt like such a big boy!

 

Raylea doing school work and learning about rocks...

 

 

 

 

 

After gymnastics this week her Mimi took her out for dinner and ice cream.

 

 

 

I just threw this one in here because it's just too cute!

He pointed to his dad's hat and wanted it on and then wanted his baseball!

 

Last Saturday we went to the State Fair and this was on the train.

Jack LOVES trains. They are his favorite! He smiled like this pretty much the whole ride.


Not sure who the lady is that is photo bombing us, but she looks nice... :)

 

 

 

 

Hope you have a great weekend!

 

Thanks again for reading!

 



The First of First Days!

 

 

 

I woke up several times last night, anticipating today. I know Raylea is just starting Pre-K, but for me and her, it is so much more than that. This is the beginning of a 14 year journey that her and I will make together. I know lots of homeschoolers who graduate early, so it may end up being 12 or 13 years, but regardless, we have over a decade to spend together learning together!

 

 

I asked her for her first day if she would rather me make her a special breakfast or take her to Casey's Gas Station and eat breakfast there. Of course, she picked Casey's.

 

 

 

 

 

Like I said in my last post, each week will be a letter we focus on. This week is "A." She has had her capital A down for a long time, but she has always made the circle backwards on her lowercase "a." Although she ends up with the correct finished product so to speak, I want to really make sure this year she learns to write each letter correctly.

 

 

So, after about 30 lowercase "a's" she got it down!

 

 

I learned something about myself today.

 

 

 

I lack in the patience area. For instance, I found myself getting flustered just over her not making her "a" correctly. She was trying so hard and wanted to please me, I could tell. Then, I snapped out of it and realized this is her FIRST day of school and I need to take a chill pill. I'm pretty positive that I don't write every letter correctly... take "Z" for instance. I have no clue the correct way to do that in cursive! I just do what looks good to me!

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, come Friday, I am going to relax more when she is working on her letters.

 

 

She flew through all the other work pages. One of them she did perfect and so she got a sticker and she was pretty excited about that.

 

 

We started the day with devotion, prayer and then our verse.

Psalm 119:105 is the verse we are memorized this semester.

 

 

I found with Raylea (and myself) that if we take a few months to say a verse over and over again, it will be permanently stuck. Rather than trying to learn a new one ever week or two. My brain just doesn't work that way.

 

 

Today for fun I got some little sparkly squishy balls and taught her basic subtraction. She was pretty bored with it. Next time I will have more than 5 balls to work with! Haha!

 

 

 

 

Half way through she said "Teacher?" I replied... "yes??" She asked if she could use the potty... I thought it was so cute that she wanted to call me "teacher."

 

 

 

 

 

We learned about apples, and all the parts on it and what they're called. I didn't know the inside was called flesh!

 

 

We also made apple pie. I have never made it before, and being that Raylea stacked the apples, stirred all the ingredients as they melted and placed the lattice work crust on top, I give her all the credit for it tasting so amazing! Seriously! It was the best I have ever had! I was so proud of her.

 

 

 

 

of course... a la Mode...

 

 

 

 I've been overwhelmed with the amount of love, texts and even a super sweet gift from a friend at church encouraging me as I start this journey...
 

thanks SO much for caring and reading.