Popcorn in Momma's Bed

Library, Picnic and Symphony

Our last couple of days have been filled with fun! On Friday we had a short school time, with our friends, and then went on our first field trip to the library. The girls loved it and we even got our first public library card and came home with some books to read. I can't believe I haven't taken the girls before, we all love to read just never put the effort into heading downtown and visiting the library. Sahara found a Mandie book, the Mandie books are a series I loved as a little girl. Bria got a book about Frances the cute little badger. Mark had several Frances books when he was young.
Then we headed to the park for a picnic... Picnics at the park are always fun but it was over 100 degrees so we didn't stay too long before we headed home for cool baths:)
Then tonight we headed out with Allie and the girls to the Starlight Symphony. I thought I was going just to hang out and let the girls play but I ended up really enjoying the music and it was perfect weather for relaxing outside. The girls danced and played while we listened to the music. The last piece was the 1812 Overture, complete with the cannons "Boom, Boom!" It was very loud and made quite an impression on all 6 girls!

Guerrillas

One day a week, as a part of school, we read Windows on the World. It is the kids version of Operation World which tells you how to pray for all the countries in the world. Both are great books, the kids version has wonderful pictures and stories of kids in the countries.
Anyway, we started last week and the first country was Afghanistan. It tells about how when the communist were in power many men became mujahidin guerrillas, and it defined a someone who fights for a special cause against the government (and the mujahidin part means that they fight for the cause of Islam). I saw the girls all smiling at each other when I said guerrillas but thought the definition was sufficient, they didn't say anything else at the time.
Then last night at dinner the girls were telling Mark about what they learned at school. Bria starts with a very animated description of how in Afghanistan there are gorillas, as in the animal kind, everywhere attacking peoples and homes everyday. We need to pray for the people to learn about Jesus, Bria said, before the gorillas get them!

Playing Dora

More of Tirza playing Dora- this time she is mostly playing with the Superbabies:)

Dora-dor

Tirza loves playing Dora. She sets up all the little characters and then someone is supose to help her act out a story with them. Adorable!

Backpacks

Off to school...
The girls had a great first day "away" at school.

Beginning

We have officially started homeschooling. We had planned to started yesterday, but the head teacher (I am thinking of myself as a student teacher for now) woke up not feeling good so we postponed the first day.

It worked out good because we had some running around to do and doctor check ups. Which, I had promised the big girls no shots because we had done them all a couple weeks ago, or so I thought. Sahara was just along for the ride and she even had to get another one. Again, they were very brave, no fussing- they just got it done. In fact, Sahara and Bria set such a good example that Tirza didn't even fuss when she got her shot.

Anyways, so today was our first day of school. We did journals, learned about Ancient Egypt, started charting our weather, very fun! Sahara and Bria did great, they were excited to be using all their new school stuff and learning new things. Tirza on the other hand seemed determined to crash our attempts at doing anything. We let her color, gave her a folder, let her read books- she is not ready for school! So we did most of the work during nap time and thankfully 3 days a week we will be with Allie and the girls. One momma can teach and one momma can occupy the little girls:)

So one day done 179 to go!