With winter lingering on, I couldn't wait to get outside anymore. I downloaded this awesome app for my Smartphone called Runkeeper. It uses GPS to map where and distance, and includes pace and an estimation of how many calories burned. I logged in 6.08 miles of walking the last 1 1/2 weeks. Considering I had to deal with an achy leg due to neurological testing, icy roads, and messy weather, I'm happy with that. I even dragged the kids and dogs along! Seeing those miles add up is a great incentive!
Have you read The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin? Awesome!
Have you read The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin? Awesome!
School Snippets
- Jake is building a steam-powered 'power plant' that will run a Lego train, gave a presentation in Social Studies, and is studying Mars for another oral and computer presentation
- Cati and Sam studied Quinten Massys and Raphael in Art Fraud Detectives: Spot the Differences, Solve the Crime!
- Both went swimming (in a heated pool)
- Cati played clarinet in a band concert
- Cati read The Fellowship of the Ring, and Sam read The Magic Finger and started Flat Stanley (again)
- Cati wrote terse verses for poetry and worked on her collection of inspirational sayings
- Sam spend HOURS building and redesigning a Lego boat, then added a Technics motor and made it RC, and tested it in the bathtub for speed and maneuverability
- Sam worked on time (minutes), fact families, place value, and word problems
She started another scarf, peach and cream striped this time, and I'm going to make some dishclothes. I'm using this You Tube video tutorial for the dishclothes. Again, for beginners.
I've joined a decluttering challenge called "40 Bags in 40 Days" here. She has some useful printables if you're up for some simplifying. I'm not sure I'll get to 40 bags as I've been doing this for a year, but there's always stuff that can go, right? TBC (Total Bag Count): 3
Instead of buying pre-packaged bars for my oldest son's school snacks, I made Jordan Marsh Muffins this week. You can find the recipe here at Cooks.com. I made blueberry, raspberry and strawberry muffins from berries we or my Mom picked last season and froze, and omitted the sprinkle of sugar on top. Perfect for snacking!
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As always, special thanks to these weekly wrap-ups:
The Aviator's Wife is one of my favorite books! I wanted to punch Charles Lindbergh by the end of it! I'll take a dozen dishcloths! They are my favorite! Glad to see you on here! I have missed you, Jessy!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying The Aviator's Wife too, Nicole, but I haven't gotten to the end yet! Shh! Don't tell the ending! LOL I haven't started the dishcloths yet, but found some nice cotton yarn yesterday. I'll need to blog catch-up with you!
DeleteScarves, dishclothes, muffins...oh, they all look so good. Your school work list looked fantastic, too.
ReplyDeleteHey Phyllis! I need to hop over and read your blog too! It's been a while, huh?
DeleteThose scarves are beautiful. I wish I had that talent 8) Great reading going on. Enjoy your weekend.
ReplyDeleteMy Mom helped me with my first scarf in December, but it's amazing what you can find for tutorials on You Tube!
DeleteI am doing the 40 Bags in 40 Days Challenge as well. I have a long way to go on this journey but I am at 15 bags. Philip is currently reading Two Towers but has gotten distracted by the 'How to Train your Dragon' series.
ReplyDeleteSam looks so sweet in the picture above. I love to crochet and look forward to knitting.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you guys had a very productive week! I'm waiting for winter to end too. It was snowing again today! UGH!! I love the scarves. The colors of the first one are lovely and I love the style of the white one! The Muffins look delish! I'll be checking some of your links later on! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeletenice job on the scarves! I keep meaning to decrapify my house more, but right now the collected crap is in my living room until we sort it and get it out of here! LOL
ReplyDeleteWould love to know where you got the kit Jake's using if he is using one. I'm visiting from Weird Unsocialized Homschoolers Weekly
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting on my blog! Yes, we're expecting more snow tomorrow. I'm in the DC area. I am ready for warm weather!
ReplyDeleteI am not on the computer much these days, but was today and saw your newest post come through my feed. I followed your old blog and love getting "caught up" on what you have been doing. I always leave your blog feeling inspired. :)
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