Beautiful Fall Days

This morning started off a bit more stressful than I would have liked.  Today we had some doctor's appointments to get ready for Aaron's surgery which is coming up on Tuesday, October 2nd.

In the late afternoon we went to the Deerfield Fair in Deerfield, NH.  What fun we had!  Ethan got to sit in every single tractor available, we ate yummy food, and we saw a blacksmith demonstration, cows, horse pulls, oxen, and so on.  Of course we also tried out some of the carnival rides.  Ethan was not too sure if they were safe, but he ventured on the Scrambler after much prodding.  He ended up having a good time.  Further proof that he should ALWAYS listen to his mother.


Blacksmith Demonstration and the Scrambler!

Aaron eating his favorite carnival fare and Ethan in one of the various tractors.

 

Tomorrow we will be in Boston for pre-operative appointments all day and hopefully to the Museum of Fine Arts for the art class.

Tree House Progress

This is an example of what the boys made at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.  This weekend Ethan, Aaron and Jon continued working on the treehouse! Here are some updated pictures

Nervous System!

I find it hard to come up with good titles for the blog - I guess it is good that the audience is my family.

We are finished learning about the cardiovascular system and have moved on to the nervous system.  Yesterday we made some models of the cerebrum, cerebellum and the brain stem as well as a model of a neuron.  Good hands on fun!

 

 

Today we had school work in the morning.  We are learning about the Civil War.  It is very interesting, and I am learning a lot!  We also drove down to Boston to the Museum of Fine Arts.  On Friday afternoons they have a class for home schoolers.  Today the boys learned about ancient civilizations - mostly Egypt.  Then they did a project after touring some of the museum.  I'll post a picture later.

Tuesday is a Busy Day

Tuesdays are our really busy day, but it is a lot of fun too.  We started off with school work and accomplished quite a bit.  We had to review to be ready for our science class.  Here is Aaron with the thumbs up showing off his picture of the heart.

But, we left the house in a mess as we headed to the farm to pick some more corn.  Along with a couple of other local groups, we picked corn for a local food pantry.  We had fun once again and agreed that full time farming would be very tiring (but rewarding).

 Back of the van full of bags of corn!

Ethan posing on the ATV after the corn was removed.

 

After a quick lunch - we were very hungry after all that hard work - we went to a science class where another mom went over the heart and cardiovascular system.  We meet with 3 other home school families and the moms take turns teaching.  It is nice to get together with other families.

 

 

After science class, we took Ethan to karate and then came home to eat and now we are getting ready for bed.  The kids want to wrestle, but I am ready for bed.



Treehouse Progress

 

The treehouse is progressing nicely.  Jonathan put all 4 braces on.  Ethan will be ready to add the floor pieces.





Out on the Town

Thursday we had a good morning of school work - spelling, grammar, writing, math, science.  In the afternoon, Ethan was able to visit our town police station for a tour.  He was so happy!  He had a list of questions, and the officers were so kind to us.  Ethan now knows what it will take to be a police officer.  So, who knows?

Here is a picture of Ethan outside the police station.  Silly mom forgot to take pictures inside (I had some questions too!)

After the police station and a snack (very important, never to be neglected), we went to a program for developmentally disabled adults.  The boys played games with them and did a craft.  We had a nice time!

One of the games that they played was bowling with these big pins and ball!  Here is an action shot of Aaron knocking down the pins!

 

 

After that, Ethan had karate.  Here he is in his gi.  He is a yellow belt and works hard every class.

 



Then we came home and I finished putting together dinner (thank goodness for the crock pot).  Then it was bedtime - well after the boys had a wrestling match with their father.  Friday some more fun!

A Little Bit of Everything

Yesterday we had a full day of school and enjoyed some cooking as well.

The thumbs up seems to be the pose of choice these days.

Today we went to our local farm and helped pick corn and other chores.  It was so nice to be out in the sun and to work hard for a bit.  I think that we will all sleep well tonight.

School Year Begins

We started home schooling in earnest on Tuesday.  We have a new history curriculum which we are all enjoying.  We are continuing with Human Anatomy in Science.  In Language arts, we are working hard at writing this year as well as spelling.  More details to come as we go along.  For now, here are some pictures of the first week.  Next week we will add more subjects - we have to figure out a way to get Latin in there!  We also will add some activities.  Hope you enjoy the updates!

Ethan and Aaron fixed the go cart that had been broken.  They are enjoying riding around the yard after school is done.

Aaron and Ethan wanted to set up a tent in the back yard.  I asked if they knew how to set up a tent.  They told me that Grandpa showed them how! (OK, they needed a little help, but did most of it themselves.)

Ethan is hard at work keeping our yard in somewhat good shape.

We are learning about the cardiovascular system in Science.  This is a model of the heart using graham crackers, marshmellows, and frosting.

Aaron is more of my hands-on learning student.  He is working on the heart model.