Weekly Wrap-up: Week 8 - Some Frustrations As Quarter Ends

EVERYDAY LIFE
This week we celebrated what would have been my nephew's 2nd birthday on Tuesday. Ayden was born a preemie, living only a precious hour. He'll always be in our hearts! We shared a dark chocolate cupcake with vanilla buttercream, and lit 2 candles in remembrance.

I visited a Rheumatoid Arthritis specialist as well. I had hoped to have answers to my lingering wrist and finger stiffness and discomfort, and possible treatment. I've become frustrated with the lack of strength in my hands. I have things to do! But he didn't have any answers for me, "wait and see".

Then the kids, with their Dad watching, spilled water on my laptop. I am now SOMETIMES missing 3 very important keys. It is less than 7 months old and water damage is not covered under warranty. I have been quite frustrated about this as all 3 know there are no drinks around electronics, and a large part of our school is on-line...But the keys occasionally work so I have hope that it is not permanently damaged.

And that snapped tree is still hung up on some branches of another tree, threatening the chicken and duck run. Cross your fingers! For now there isn't a lot that can be done but stay away as it seems quite "hung up".

MENU
• Cheeseburger Mac, Cucumber Slices & Homemade Applesauce • BBQ Chicken Drumsticks, Rice Pilaf, Corn & Pears • Sub Sandwiches, Doritos & Choice of Fruit • Creamy Spaghetti, Green Beans & Pears and/or Grapes •

HOMESCHOOL HAPPENINGS
Our first quarter is complete! It's been a wonderful year thus far! I have been quite happy with the pleasant attitudes and focused attention to studies, most days. Be sure to check out my quarter goal check here. We're doing A-OK!

To vacation or not to vacation next week is the question? Usually we break between quarters, but the kids took a week off to spend time with Nannie and Grandpa Lobster and Cousins Noodle and Nugget just a couple of weeks ago. And then there Thanksgiving AND Christmas breaks...

Cati

• Studied Gerunds at a Subject & Progressive Verb Forms, Wrote a Creative Story on Wattpad & Reviewed Parts of an Essay
• Solved Improper Fractions, Mixed Number & Decimal Number Problems, Reviewed Graphs & Order of Operations & Added and Subtracted Fractions with Unequal Denominators
• Learned About Plate Tectonics, Location & Types of Volcanoes, Volcanic Eruptions & Landforms, & Rock Weathering & Erosion
• Read About the Israelites & Egyptians
• Walked

Sam

• Read Sara Teasdale Poetry & Illustrated Meaning
• Completed Centimeter Scale Problems, Reviewed Triangles, Rectangles, Squares & Circles, Rounded Whole Numbers to Nearest 10 & Studied Metric Length
• Studied Coral Reefs, the Rock Cycle & Metamorphic Rock, the Part of Earth's Interior, Heat Transfer (Radiation, Conduction & Convection) & Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics
• Read About the Israelites & Egyptians
• Biked

READING and VIEWING
• Lost in Translation (Mones) (Me) • The Hobbit (Tolkien) (Cati) • The Story of Davy Crockett, Frontier Hero (Retan) (Sam) • 

• "Inside the Earth" (You Tube) • Layers of the Earth" (You Tube) • "Ken Burns' Dust Bowl" (Netflix) • "Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics Theory for Kids" (You Tube) •

PEOPLE and PLACES
 • Tom & Kids Visit (All) • Jazz & Concert Band (Cati) • Cub & Boy Scouts (Sam & Jake) • T__ Visit (All) • Library (All) • Rec Center (All) •

A FAVORITE SOMETHING

Happy Homeschooling!

As always, special thanks to these weekly link-ups:

Don't forget to check out my other blog posts this week!
Memory Monday: My First Date
Wednesday Hodgepodge: For the Birds
Goals' Check: Our First Quarter (40 Days Completed)
Random 5 on Friday: Rambles from the Livingroom

And check out these FREE on-line resources for YOUR homeschool!
World & Historical Maps
Pattern Block (Tangram) Puzzle Resources
Binder Printables