I never know how to "count" holidays for school. We had light duty, school-wise, this week. I decided to hold off on starting a new country until we got back to our normal routine.
Instead of our normal
Window on the World
reading for Monday morning Bible, I read aloud from
Voice of the Martyrs current
newsletter, which we just began receiving. It's hard to believe in our comfortable life, that in other parts of the world just owning a Bible can get you thrown in jail.
We made some Around The World ornaments this week.
The Canada stickers were perfect for this project.
We dug up some foamy soccer ball stickers for Brazil.
Bri was inspired by the Brazilian flag.
Between these, and the God's Eyes we made studying Mexico, and the Scandanavian felt ornaments from last week, our little international tree is looking pretty good so far. I'll have to get a picture of it.
Of course all this crafting is exhausting work.
Not sure what Sam's excuse is, he didn't make any, but took a nap anyway!
The kids decided Friday was the day to decorate for Christmas.
I tried to stay out of the way while they did their thing.
We laugh a lot around here.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that fake trees don't shed.
They do.
I would have thought it needed more lights, but they started throwing ornaments on, so these will have to do.
So there you have it. Homeschool this week was a little math and spelling, Bri's report on France, and a lot of holiday fun. Oh, and one more stab at making Eiffel Towers.
A craft involving food? Even the teens get into it when marshmallows are on the menu.
These didn't turn out *quite* like the original, either, but better than the glue versions of last week.
What they lack in engineering, they make up for in enthusiasm, eh?
"It fell over; I had to eat it."
Thanks!
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