Even Maine gets sweltering summer days. I'm not made for hot, humid days...It's a WONDEFUL thing that we live so close to a lake for refreshing dips in the water! (BTW, Cate is somewhere out with that group of kids in the photo to the left.)
But the garden is loving the warm weather. We had our first handful harvest of green beans to enjoy with homemade garlic hummus. The pie pumpkins have flowers. The 2nd batch of planted cucumbers and wax beans are coming along, but the peas were nibbled on by the hens again. They must like peas as much as we do.
Cate started band camp this week. We have such a cool program here! Not only does a school bus pick up and drop off band campers, but they provide them with a camp t-shirt and a healthy lunch, and encourage them to learn new songs and practice their instruments through summer. Free!
I also another thing to our summer studies: Physical Activity. On a quest to get us all moving more, I challenged the kids to aim for 7 hours of Physical Activity each week. (As you can see, we have some work to do here.)
We're getting closer and closer to meeting our first summer studies goals! Remember we're getting ice cream after 12 days of Language Arts and Math review lessons? Only 3 more days! (Note: Our counter will show a different amount of days completed as I record field trips and special activities as a day of school.) Cate would rather earn books - That's my girl! - so she'll be foregoing ice cream for an Amazon order.
But the garden is loving the warm weather. We had our first handful harvest of green beans to enjoy with homemade garlic hummus. The pie pumpkins have flowers. The 2nd batch of planted cucumbers and wax beans are coming along, but the peas were nibbled on by the hens again. They must like peas as much as we do.
Cate started band camp this week. We have such a cool program here! Not only does a school bus pick up and drop off band campers, but they provide them with a camp t-shirt and a healthy lunch, and encourage them to learn new songs and practice their instruments through summer. Free!
I also another thing to our summer studies: Physical Activity. On a quest to get us all moving more, I challenged the kids to aim for 7 hours of Physical Activity each week. (As you can see, we have some work to do here.)
We're getting closer and closer to meeting our first summer studies goals! Remember we're getting ice cream after 12 days of Language Arts and Math review lessons? Only 3 more days! (Note: Our counter will show a different amount of days completed as I record field trips and special activities as a day of school.) Cate would rather earn books - That's my girl! - so she'll be foregoing ice cream for an Amazon order.
Summer School Day Counter
Cate - 10 days | Sam - 12 days
Cate - 23% Completed Math | Sam - 24 % Completed Math
Cate - 3 Lessons Revolution, Completed WISC (Diagramming), You Tube + You Tube | Sam - 14 pages Completed HWT
Cate - 2 books read | Sam - 2 books read
Cate - 2 hour 10 minutes Physical Activity (walk/swim) | Sam - 1 hour 20 minutes Physical Activity (walk/swim/bike)
Cate - 23% Completed Math | Sam - 24 % Completed Math
Cate - 3 Lessons Revolution, Completed WISC (Diagramming), You Tube + You Tube | Sam - 14 pages Completed HWT
Cate - 2 books read | Sam - 2 books read
Cate - 2 hour 10 minutes Physical Activity (walk/swim) | Sam - 1 hour 20 minutes Physical Activity (walk/swim/bike)
Another of my bible journaling pages. I decided to be more "whimsy" with this one. Each part of the page represents something meaningful for me, but I won't explain. That would take some wordiness!
As always, special thanks to these bloggers for their weekly homeschool blog link-ups. Click on over to see what other homeschoolers are doing!
What a beautiful garden! I don't think of Maine being hot (I would love to visit) but the lake looks beautiful :) I'd love for you to share your post at my new Homeschool Memo Blog Hop, if you have the time? Thanks,
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Well, for US in Maine it's been hot and muggy. I suppose it's all relative compared to where you live. I'm sure those in TX or FL would find it cool here! LOL
DeleteThe lake looks like so much fun. We start school on Monday!
ReplyDeleteblessings, Dawn
The big day is tomorrow, Dawn! I can't wait to hear how your week goes on Friday!
DeleteYou are so artsy and craftsy! Your journal page is adorable and band camp does sound amazing and quite the awesome opportunity! Sorry about the peas, but the rest of you garden looks great!
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy being creative, Syliva! For the longest time I wouldn't have considered myself creative or artsy, but I guess I really am! LOL
DeleteYour square foot raised garden beds look awesome! We have two 4X4 raised beds, but ours are not doing so great this year. We are further northeast than you are and still waiting for our summer "heatwave" to hit.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't sure we would have much growing this year after the hens invaded the garden earlier in the season. I had time to replant and have been adding a lot of organic fertilizer. The beans are just about done, so I'll be replanting those again for another "crop". We only grow enough to snack on, sometimes I have pumpkin to freeze.
DeleteLove your journal page, by the way. That is beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I enjoy studying my bible and learning verses this way!
DeleteLovely journal page. I hope the kids earn their ice cream / Amazon order soon. It looks so calm and peaceful there and I can't imagine it being extremely hot, it looks too nice for hot weather.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they will! We all want ice cream! LOL
DeleteOh, that lake looks amazing!! I want to come too! I also am not made for humid weather. I am praying that God will keep that in mind with our next assignment. So glad to see you again, it's been awhile since I have waded into the blogging world. Summer is passing so quickly!!
ReplyDeleteHi Kay! Good to see you again! I took a break from blogging for a year. Sometimes you need to focus in other areas of your life and simplify everything else.
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