Jessi, Jacob, Joseph, and Sarah had auditions to be in The Pied Piper this morning. Jessi is Council Member #1 (the town council), Jacob is a Townskid, and Sarah and Joseph are Rats.
They will have practice everyday this week from 10am until 2:30 pm. The performances are Friday at 7pm and Saturday at 2pm.
Our homeschool group brings in Missoula Children's Theatre twice a year. Hopefully we will be able to participate in the Spring also. Here is a description of what Missoula Children's Theatre does. And here is how it all was started.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Boffering
Shane has discovered the wonderful world of boffer fighting. Here is a picture I found of some men having a battle (no one I know) .
They take pvc pipe and cover it with swimming noodles or pipe insulation. Then they cover the whole thing with duct tape. Here is picture of just weapons.
Shane was sssooo excited about the whole thing that he decided to start a medieval war group with our local homeschoolers and see how many show up. Today was the first meeting (at the park since it was warm). We had about 20 kids, which is pretty good for our little town. They all had fun, we had no major injuries and everyone wants to do it again . We decided to meet once a month at the civic center gym to war some more :)
They take pvc pipe and cover it with swimming noodles or pipe insulation. Then they cover the whole thing with duct tape. Here is picture of just weapons.
Shane was sssooo excited about the whole thing that he decided to start a medieval war group with our local homeschoolers and see how many show up. Today was the first meeting (at the park since it was warm). We had about 20 kids, which is pretty good for our little town. They all had fun, we had no major injuries and everyone wants to do it again . We decided to meet once a month at the civic center gym to war some more :)
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
I'm baaaack....
Yesterday was my last day of work :) The first three weeks I worked outside, but the last two days I worked in the seed room. I found that I am definitely allergic to barley. I was supposed to work through the end of the week, but couldn't take being in the seed room anymore.
Today we are going to go over what the kids got done for schoolwork and clean house. Both deteriorated considerably in the last week or so.
Stan brought home some black wheat a while ago for Jacob to sell at the farmer's market. He didn't get it ready in time for the farmer's market though. Last night he took a couple of bundles to our local grocery store to see if he could sell them there...They said he could! They are going to take 30 bundles and sell them for $2.50, then Jacob gets $2.00 for every one that sells. I need to find a ledger book for him now to keep track of his business.
Today we are going to go over what the kids got done for schoolwork and clean house. Both deteriorated considerably in the last week or so.
Stan brought home some black wheat a while ago for Jacob to sell at the farmer's market. He didn't get it ready in time for the farmer's market though. Last night he took a couple of bundles to our local grocery store to see if he could sell them there...They said he could! They are going to take 30 bundles and sell them for $2.50, then Jacob gets $2.00 for every one that sells. I need to find a ledger book for him now to keep track of his business.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Still Working
I've been working for about two weeks now...It's going ok. The kids get most of their school work and housework done. Most of it... We usually have dinner. Usually... It's not working perfect but it's working ok. I hate being away from the kids though. I have more incentive to be extremely careful with our money next year so that we have money sitting in savings for Christmas and holidays. I'd rather not go this route again. Just two more weeks...
One of the big complaints from stay at home moms is no adult conversation. With this job I talk to no one and am around no one all day. I think I prefer conversations with the kids.
Stephen, Shane, and Jessica are learning a lot about running a household. I think it takes more than what they expected.
Stan has started doing science experiments with Jacob. They have made two different types of refrigerator pickles and had everyone do a taste test. Next they are ripening our green tomatoes in paper bags (5 per bag). They have a bag with one red tomato, one with an apple, one with a cucumber, and five green tomatoes on the window sill. They are seeing which green tomato ripens fastest. They are keeping a lab notebook to record all that they learn.
One of the big complaints from stay at home moms is no adult conversation. With this job I talk to no one and am around no one all day. I think I prefer conversations with the kids.
Stephen, Shane, and Jessica are learning a lot about running a household. I think it takes more than what they expected.
Stan has started doing science experiments with Jacob. They have made two different types of refrigerator pickles and had everyone do a taste test. Next they are ripening our green tomatoes in paper bags (5 per bag). They have a bag with one red tomato, one with an apple, one with a cucumber, and five green tomatoes on the window sill. They are seeing which green tomato ripens fastest. They are keeping a lab notebook to record all that they learn.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Home, School, and Work
Yesterday I did start working. I left Stephen with a list of what needed to be accomplished by everyone in the house. I came home at 1:30 so that I could get Jessi to her volleyball game in time, and they had finished everything that they were supposed to :) We went to the volleyball game--Jessi did pretty well since it was her first game. And did our grocery shopping for the month.
Today I left a list again, came home at 12:00 to get all the kids to Homeschool PE in time, and they did have their schoolwork done...but not anything else on their list. Maybe tomorrow will work out better.
They seemed to have fun at PE--They want to go again. After, Shane and I went to talk to the Forest Service about a merit badge counselor again. The lady we talked to this time seemed very excited about it. She said she would talk to some of the others in the office and see who would be willing. She's going to get back to us by Friday.
Today I left a list again, came home at 12:00 to get all the kids to Homeschool PE in time, and they did have their schoolwork done...but not anything else on their list. Maybe tomorrow will work out better.
They seemed to have fun at PE--They want to go again. After, Shane and I went to talk to the Forest Service about a merit badge counselor again. The lady we talked to this time seemed very excited about it. She said she would talk to some of the others in the office and see who would be willing. She's going to get back to us by Friday.
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