tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598664533888927602024-03-14T03:28:25.526-07:00Ladybugs and DragonfliesArihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.comBlogger359125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-8429130638832969452016-03-27T08:18:00.002-07:002016-03-27T08:18:47.837-07:00<a href="http://lb2dadventures.blogspot.com/2016/03/what-exciting-day.html">http://lb2dadventures.blogspot.com/2016/03/what-exciting-day.html</a><div>
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Our adventures yesterday! </div>
Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-91708016087308827082016-03-18T19:39:00.003-07:002016-03-18T19:39:59.957-07:00Quality issueAs you can see from the pictures we posted last time, the camera we used had a really red tint to the pictures. I emailed the company and they are sending out a new one to us as soon as they can. The customer service with this company has been wonderful! Looking forward to getting the new camera and getting it checked out before our trip! We have a working weekend this weekend then 2 weekends of fieldtrips, We will have the new blog and kids videos up and running soon!Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-44908863539046250232016-03-02T11:42:00.002-08:002016-03-02T15:18:40.666-08:00it's been awhile...updatesWe've had a lot going on. We are getting closer to our trip to visit Omi and Opa so that's taking up some time and energy. The kids are starting to work on their idea's for video's while we are gone and are wanting to do an updated and "new" version of their blog so I am slowly working on that with them as well. Then we had to put our dog down due to advanced stage lymphoma. The kids dealt with it pretty good. There were some tears and occasionally they get sad and talk about him. We are also trying to get caught up with other things and ended up getting 13 new baby chickens that a friend is hosting while they get their feathers in and can go out into the coop. We are down to 4 of our old ones and they are all over 3 years old now and probably won't be around to much longer. So we are working on taking down the chicken run and redoing it (hopefully will have everything ready before the new chickens come home).<br />
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We had some fun the last couple of weeks as well while having to traveling to Dr. appointments. The weather was pretty nice so we were able to go for a couple of short walks they discovered a few interesting looking mushrooms and saw a snake.</div>
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They got to play with the baby sheep, see a newt, catch a frog, swing on the rope swing, pet a bunny and for Dominic it was a great day to find all of his friend Fred's trucks! Thanks Fred!</div>
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We had friends come and stay a week with us as well as having Omi and Opa visit in January. It's been a crazy year so far. The kids are all excited about the upcoming trip and have been figuring out where everyone wants to go. The list is getting pretty long! </div>
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Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-5027181995219589512015-12-09T14:01:00.002-08:002015-12-09T14:01:26.312-08:00WOW! Catching up!<br />
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So...yes, we've been busy again!<br />
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Arianna has had an initial evaluation with CDRC (Child Development and Rehabilitation Center) and was diagnosed ADHD (which we knew YEARS ago. lol), slight speech articulation issue (and we knew that, as both myself and her older brother went thru a year of speech therapy to correct similar issues) as well as Dyslexic/Dysgraphia/Learning diability. It was very interesting process and the Dr's impression was pretty close to what we knew.<br />
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"She is quick to learn, primarily when it is visually related or when information is presented to her orally." and the assessment stated " the more difficult the questions, the more she pays attention and the more answers she gets correctly (he only went up to 5th grade level I believe). Then he wrote that She was very vocal and carried on a conversation that was much higher than her chronological age.<br />
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So we are going to be working with the school district for more testing and evaluating her. We did get a recommendation for Bookshare.org which is a site for free audio books for students with learning disabilities with printed text. You do need a formal diagnoses but it is a wonderful resource for those that need it.<br />
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We also got all three kittens moved home and that has been an interesting and fun process! Arianna's kitten ignores everyone except her. She will sit with Arianna a lot, which actually helps Arianna settle down and keeps her sitting! She'll sit there and pet cupcake thru out a short film, or a discussion over a lesson, etc. The only time cupcake visits anyone else is when Arianna is gone for a sleep over at her friends house. Cookie, Kaitlyn's kitten, ignores us unless we pick him up. Then he will sit with us for awhile (where as cupcake will get away from us as soon as possible if we pick her up). Gumball should have come with a warning label. He likes to run down the hall, across the living room and launch himself onto your upper chest..Which causes a few cuss words on occasion because your not expecting it. He will also scoot as close to your face as possible to lick it then bite you..and he especially loves ears. He's also incredibly PERSISTENT when doing so!<br />
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We have had a couple of fieldtrips as well. One to the World forestry Center and another to the Portland Aquarium. and we have another fieldtrip coming up soon as well!<br />
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At the World Forestry Center<br />
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The girls and I had a Fire jumper competition to see who could "land" the closest to the fire with out landing in it...Kaitlyn won! She did a great job! Then the girls took a river trip...<br />
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We tried and tried to get Dominic to get in, but he was having none of it! at least until it was almost time to go. Then we did get him in and got a picture from the automated machine there.<br />
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At the Portland Aquarium...<br />
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Kaitlyn thought this guy was pretty cool! Then she discovered the rest of the place!<br />
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They had a ball! One of the touch tanks has small sharks and stingrays. The girls were so excited to touch them while Dominic was very silly! He didn't want to pet them, but it was okay if they petted him! So he would put his hand into the water and wait for the stingrays to swim by and brush up against his fingers. Then he would laugh and laugh and laugh! One stingray came up and a little out of the water against the wall and splashed him which he also though was fun and he tried to splash it back.<br />
After that we headed up to the IKEA in Portland and bought Dominic a little kids bed so we could finally move him out of his pack and play bed. So far he seems to really enjoy it! and While we were there the girls found their "dream" room. So now that we have an idea of what they want for their room we can start slowly moving in that direction!<br />
It's been an exhausting time, but we are starting to feel like we are actually accomplishing things again!<br />
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<br />Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-87536968091798200492015-10-22T17:39:00.002-07:002015-10-22T17:39:53.259-07:00FAQ..I was asked if I found homeschooling easier than public schools..in some regards yes. I don't have to have them up super early and out the door super early. I don't have to do the pick up, parent/teacher conferences, fill out a lot of paper work, etc. but that just means I have to do everything..but at least it's more or less on our own schedule.<br />
Are the kids always easy to deal with...um...No...but that's a given. Nobody is ALWAYS easy to deal with..and when one or more of your kids is not your typical kid. When your dealing with ADHD, LD's, Special needs, or any number or other things, each day has its own little challenges..Somedays are better than others..<br />
Do I get time to myself...sometimes. I'm lucky enough to have a great friend who also homeschools her children and we sometimes take turns having each others kids over for a night...or two...or three....when we DO need breaks. I do try and get up before the kids in the mornings so I have a breather before starting the day..it's my "coffee and quiet" time..I like to have some time in the evenings as well and generally send the kids off to bed so I can wind down as well.<br />
Do I ever want to send them to public school...as in today was horrid and why do I even do this? No. Do I want to send them to Public school if they want to go in? Possibly. If they know what they are getting into, and have thought out the pro's and con's and have an idea of WHY they want to go to public school vs. homeschooling or schooling at home (public online school, charter schools etc.)<br />
Will I homeschool thru high school? I have no idea. If they are fairly self motivated and have interests they want to pursue and are wanting to stay in a homeschooling or schooling at home environment I have no problem with that.<br />
Do you expect your kids to go to college or university? Well, pretty much! Although if they want to do a trade school etc. that is fine as well! I do not expect them to stop with just a high school diploma.<br />
What about socialization? Well, that's a fairly typical question of all homeschoolers. We have groups, clubs, fieldtrips etc..so yes, they get LOTS of socialization.<br />
I would say those are the most typical questions I get all the time...along with..do you LIKE homeschooling? And YES, we like homeschooling...<br />
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Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-37137434068635811002015-10-18T15:54:00.000-07:002015-10-18T15:54:52.215-07:00throwing stuff together...science style..So I promised a while back that I would kind of explain what I did for some of our classes. I'm starting with science because that's some of the easier stuff for me to throw together.<br />
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So this year the kids are doing a couple of different science classes but for the purposes here I'm throwing together their zoology stuff (we also have geology and marine biology).<br />
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The first thing I do is go thru their main book they are working out of, in this case it's the Sassafras Twins.<br />
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I got them the logbook that goes with it..<br />
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Then I got three other science books that I go thru and see which experiments and subjects go well with the first book above...<br />
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Then I look around the house and see what I already have sitting around that can be added to it as well..<br />
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Then I try and add it some fun stuff...<br />
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I also have a couple of others of the card games but this one works well with the first few chapters in the book. I look to see what kind of movies, documentaries or other programing we may have playing available on netflix, youtube, and Hulu that might go well with it as well as going thru their fun reading books and adding in whatever might go with which ever chapter we are on. Then I look at things in our area that might go well with it as well, field trips are the funnest part to take a look at. I do try and plan them according to the progression in the book. So for instance the first chapters cover the African grasslands so we might go to the cheap day at the zoo and head straight for the African animal exhibits. When we get to ocean animals (at the end of the book) I already have the 2hour marine boat tour and science class booked. We have tickets for the aquarium purchased already (Thank you Groupon!)! It does sound like a lot of work, but in reality it takes very little time (Other than the field trip planning since I do the field trips for a larger group than just the family, it tends to be the most time consuming).<br />
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Yes, I do similar for each subject they want to tackle. History, cultural studies, etc. I will admit it helps that we (my husband and I) are avid readers and have a ton of books at home. The kids also have a nice selection, but that usually takes me a little longer to go thru since I'm not always 100% certain what they have and where.<br />
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<br />Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-42423239706051326172015-10-18T09:34:00.002-07:002015-10-18T09:34:40.895-07:00Hood River and The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and Museum...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We started out in Hood River at the Fall Festival. The girls thought the pumpkin carving was pretty cool! Dominic had fun running around in circles..<br />
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Then it was into the crafting tents to see what was going on in there. Arianna found the Indian Sauce stuff..and loved all the stuff she tried however she didn't try the hot sauce..So Nik decided to try it for her...<br />
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Yeah..He says he'll never try that again! LOL!! Poor guy! It decided to have a good rain come thru so we hid out for a bit and then thankfully before long the rain stopped. We decided to head up to the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and Museum and so glad we did. Had a great time there with the kids. Looking forward to a few more trips up that way (thank you Groupon for the great deal on a membership!). <br />
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In front of the museum..<br />
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Then it was inside to see what else they had going on. We started in the very back and worked our way forwards, you know, because why not?! The kids found the Columbia Mammoth. <br />
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We had some dress up time as well in the Oregon trail area...<br />
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I told Nik to smile for us...and got this instead...<br />
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Which of course cracks all the kids up every time they see it..I might have to print this one and put it on our family and friends photo wall!<br />
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Dominic and Sophia were having a great talk..I just wish I knew what he was saying to her. They both found it pretty funny! The view from the back of the museum is pretty cool as well...<br />
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It's been a few years since I've been out of the "green" section of Oregon and I forgot how pretty the difference can be between the different area's in Oregon. The Gorge is so pretty to visit. Think we may have to do some traveling that way again next summer (we'd planned on trying to do it this summer but didn't get a chance).<br />
Some more pictures from around the center...<br />
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We had a really nice time and so glad to have a day off to spend with our friends! Already discussing another trip up that way and adding in a couple more stops.<br />
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<br />Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-10918869319690885822015-10-13T20:01:00.003-07:002015-10-13T20:01:48.020-07:00Biomes...Had a science meet up today and did our biomes. We started with a discussion on what biomes are and then made our own. First we started with our vocabulary list..<br />
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Then started our talk and the fun stuff...<br />
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we started by lining the tank and containers with a small layer of rock, then added in plants and dirt..<br />
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once those were in we watered the plants, cut the screens to fit each container and added crickets, food and water...<br />
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we filled out our day 1 of our experiment book and the kids had fun watching the crickets..<br />
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Then we discussed the different biomes and habitats, defined them, and then selected some animals for each one. As we go thru our science book, we will fill in each square with different animals we learn about from each...<br />
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Had lots of fun, and the girls are excited for the next meet up!<br />
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<br />Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-55956000627834373822015-10-09T19:56:00.001-07:002015-10-09T19:56:34.684-07:00Mt. St. Helens fieldtrip!Got up super early (for us) at 5:20, got everyone up, packed breakfast and lunch and headed out..Started at the Johnston Ridge observatory which was great! The kids watched their short movie on the eruption, learned about different rocks and how they are produced by the volcano. It was so cloudy however that we couldn't really look into the crater from the blast. But it was a lot of fun anyway! Had a ranger talk, picked up some materials for their geology unit for spring and then had lunch and headed out..with a few stops!<br />
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We made a couple of stops along the road to point out places you could still see the fallen trees from the eruption, where you could see the buildup of silt, logs, debris, etc. in the river beds, where you could see the end of the blast zone and the beginning of what would have been the "ghost forest" (those tree's that remained upright but were burned by the heat from the blast), and then stopped at the Forest learning center about 12 miles from the blast. They are normally closed by mid Sept. but had opened today for a tour bus that was scheduled to come thru. They decided to remain open for others and I'm SO glad they did! What a cool facility! The kids got another idea of the blast from a short 2 minute film then went in to discover the rest of the exhibits!<br />
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We will have to visit again next year in summer! What a totally cool place!<br />
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<br />Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-80803494137534816052015-09-20T20:09:00.000-07:002015-09-20T20:09:32.444-07:00Weekend list of honey do's...It was a very long weekend of getting stuff done. Which is always nice, except when your still not feeling 100%. My better half did a great job in finishing some things in the upcoming hangout slash school room. Casters got put on our shelves, the table top is finished and the bottom half is ready to go except for a couple of coats of stain. Kaitlyn spent Saturday being a GREAT big sister for Dominic and a good little helper for me.<br />
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She pulled out all the magazine file folders for me to go thru and whittle things down a bit to things we really want for this year and got rid of duplicates or things that were old and needed to be reordered (thankfully, these are all pretty much free stuff we can order from different places!) <br />
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Then after she did that she put together Dominic's easel for the school room! She did a great job!<br />
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Dominic went right to work!<br />
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Then the idea of taking things outside came up...<br />
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I finally had to get the hammock chair that will hang in the hangout room out for Kaitlyn to sit on and watch Dominic..before long....<br />
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What's better than a cuddle with sis!<br />
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I had a few people ask about some things we are doing this year with the kids, and how I put things together..Which I'll start posting in the next day or two. The most asked ones seem to be history and science. I'll take some pictures, write down what I generally do and we can go from there :) So that should be up in the next couple of days and then before long we should have some pictures of the hangout slash school room...and yes, I would normally just type the slash symbol...but that button seems to have decided to stop working...again.<br />
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<br />Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-54865224717435957452015-09-17T19:00:00.001-07:002015-09-17T19:03:21.687-07:00Our week in Review...We spent a day at the coast over the weekend as a "field trip". It was overcast, but not rainy and everyone had a great time!<br />
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The kids all walked with Omi down the boardwalk..<br />
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Until they heard a great ruckus!<br />
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Sealions! The kids thought it was great! Arianna even made sure to show Dominic..<br />
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Its not until your there that you remember exactly how loud those guys get! First stop was lunch (of course!)<br />
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Afterwards it was on to the fun stuff!<br />
Undersea gardens (while I remember it being somewhat better than it appears to be now the kids did enjoy it..it might be worth the price if you make one of the shows, but just walking thru it I would really have to think about it. We did however get a groupon price so I didn't feel to badly).<br />
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There is only one very small touch tank and not much in it at that. The fish in the bigger tanks where rather limited as well, but the kids had fun and I guess in the end that is what counts..Arianna did have a moment when she was rather upset she couldn't check out the artifacts at a closer range..<br />
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After that it was into the wax museum to meet some interesting individuals...<br />
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and of course..what visit would be complete without Spock...<br />
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or a fast peek at Marilyn..<br />
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After that it was to Ripleys believe it or not..where the kids tended NOT to believe it LOL!<br />
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The kids have a list of things they want to look up from famous pirates (Anne Bonny), to actors and actresses and several cultures they thought interesting from the Believe it or not trip :) Looks like they will be learning something from there after all!<br />
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The rest of the week we did some school, worked on the school room, and worked on lesson plans for the kids. We have a couple extra for science and history classes that will be joining us and we wanted to make sure we had a good class supply list at least for the first semester of school. Unfortunately I got sick Wednesday night and am not feeling the school thing today. We did get an hour of reading in with Omi and The kids have agreed to do some work over the weekend to keep on schedule!<br />
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These will cover some geography and cultural studies. We did get a couple of geogrpahy books as well and I'll post them later. Also on for this year..Science..<br />
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We are starting out with the science around the world and the zoology stuff. We are skipping around in the third and 4th grade science books to go along with our current stuff and we will do Geology towards the other half of the year. The lower pictures show some of the science kits and card games we picked up.<br />
For history we are combining 3 different things into more of a unit study type approach..<br />
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We will see how we like it!<br />
Then on to the fun stuff! We already have 2 fieldtrips (in one day!) under our belt for this year! The first stop was a four hour adventure thru the Oregon Gardens in Silverton during their homeschool days! We picked up a friend and I dropped off Dominic so that we could have a bit more relaxed time. The kids did seed germination experiments, tried edible plants, dissected owl pellets, studied animal tracks and more!<br />
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Of course we also had our favorite subjects show up around the gardens...<br />
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and Arianna of course was curious..pokey or soft...<br />
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SOFT!! Felt really cool too!<br />
then of course we saw this and it gives you a hint about our second fieldtrip...<br />
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BATS!!<br />
Our local wildlife refuge did a night class on bats that was super interesting and then afterwards we sat out on the deck of their facilities and watched the bats fly around us! My older daughter thinks they are super cool while my younger daughter thinks they are a bit creepy..but they both like them!<br />
It was a super long day. We were up and out the door before 8 and didn't get home and into bed until 10 at night! The kids did sleep in this morning somewhat though!<br />
More fieldtrips in 2 days! Lots of fun stuff planned for the year!<br />
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The girls decided they wanted to try something different from unschooling, etc. that we've been doing and opted to try a more structured curriculum this year so we have been passing ideas around and finally decided on things we wanted to use and since they wanted a little more structure and to feel like they went to "real" school. We signed up for a charter school that gives us a budget and a few different places to shop for stuff and we just send them the list of what we want and they order it for us. The girls are all excited and are helping put the old dedicated school room back together after its been used for storage for several years. We decided we didn't want to feel like it was a school room, so we've opted for more of a relaxing place with lots of fun energy. So the girls helped pick out colors..<br />
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The walls will be the sandy color and the four other colors are to add energy, color and fun in a Caribbean/beach theme for the room..Yes, they really love the water. Kaitlyn even thinks she would like to learn to scuba now!<br />
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Anyway, we've picked several things up for the room already, as well as having purchased all our school supplies for this year. Hope to paint the room Sunday/Monday and then start moving things in. I'm amazed with how much "stuff" we have for the girls learning put aside in different places. boxes and boxes of stuff...and that's BEFORE we have the curriculum! Lots to do and hope to have everything done by the middle of August so it's ready to go by September 1st..what we are going to call the "first day of school" this year.<br />
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In the mean time..Hans is helping out a friend with her cabinets and she wanted to pay him for his time..and then discovered that the pool her kids begged her for wasn't getting used so asked if maybe we would like it..Since the girls had been bugging me for several weeks that they wanted a pool, we said sure..<br />
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I got it put up last Friday..and they've only been out of it two days..one day was so cloudy and un summery they skipped it and today..since I shocked it overnight..I'm sure they will be back in it first thing tomorrow morning! When its even a hint of warm they are living in it from morning to night!<br />
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<br />Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-78052972768802524282015-06-16T22:44:00.000-07:002015-06-16T22:44:32.815-07:00Gardens (Rose Garden and Japanese Garden)We drove into Portland and visited the Rose Gardens and the Japanese Gardens. It's been a while since we visited the rose garden and it was the first trip for the Japanese Garden.<br />
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The kids had a nice time walking around looking at the roses and even got a treat (snow cone)<br />
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The Japanese Garden was very pretty the fish in one pond were a huge hit with Dominic! and well I just love the amount of water features.<br />
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I'll post some more later but it's been a long day and I'm about to fall asleep!<br />
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<br />Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-5459997087099164422015-06-16T22:40:00.002-07:002015-06-16T22:40:40.981-07:00Nature walks and a Birthday party Omi and Opa have been visiting so it's been a little quieter than it normally is around here. So we took one day and went for a nature walk at the wildlife refuge. Ari found a tree that had been downed by a beaver and thought it was pretty cool!<br />
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During our walk we also found these guys..<br />
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What guys? Let me get a close up....<br />
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There was probably over 50 in the group!<br />
Dominic got a little "Opa time"<br />
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and the girls got a surprise quiz!<br />
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They did really well figuring out the pelts (coyote, bobcat, nutria and beaver) and even did pretty good on the skulls (coyote, bobcat and deer). They had a pretty nice time and a couple of days later it was time to celebrate a birthday (a little early).<br />
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We headed down to the lake and met up with some friends (15 kids and 9 adults at last count!),<br />
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we did some kayaking and as expected Dominic took a little nap..<br />
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We made sure to put him in the shade away from the water. Also discussed the idea of just putting a kayak into his room for a bed since he sleeps so well on them ;)<br />
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I did wake him up in time for his cake..<br />
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All in all it was a pretty nice day! Dominic had a great time!<br />
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We traveled thru Forest Grove where we picked up a friend and her son for the day and off we went!<br />
The first stop was the Tillamook Cheese Factory (it's a must!) picked up some yummy cheese and fudge! Then stopped at the grocery store for food and snacks for lunch!<br />
<br /> It turned out to be a beautiful day to do it! Not to hot, blue sky but mild temps for the most part.<br />
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We stopped at Cape Meares for Lunch and a visit to the octopus tree!<br />
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Then it was down to the beach and some fun in the water!<br />
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The kids took a nap as we traveled (no pictures from Cape Lookout, so now I have to go back ;) )<br />
Then it was south some more and this beautiful area...<br />
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We picked up some coffee's for the mom's and headed back towards home. It's a long day trip and much to fast to actually enjoy each stop! So we have made plans to go camping at Cape Lookout sometime this summer and then a day just to investigate the southern Cape Kiwanda! Looking forward to another trip!<br />
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<br />Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-82779909867117122912015-06-08T12:02:00.000-07:002015-06-08T12:02:30.102-07:00Niagara Falls OREGON...yeah, not THE Niagara Falls :)We went with some friends over to Niagara Falls in the Siuslaw National Forest just East of Beaver Oregon along the Nestucca River Road that travels between Beaver and Carlton Oregon. The trip is a beautiful drive and there are several very small camp grounds along the way which we may eventually need to check out! Its been years since our last trip out there and the road is much different than it used to be! After parking at the trailhead and getting everyone situated (8 kids, 3 adults) it was time to head out! It's a fairly short trip (1 mile to the punchbowl formation). The walk in is pretty and lots to see<br />
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You cant hear the waterfalls until your almost to the end of the trip. The First waterfall you can actually see from the trail is the second waterfall not the first one you pass..<br />
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As you turn a corner you finally get to the first Waterfall...<br />
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Then a little further on and you get to the picnic area..<br />
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and the second waterfall, which you can get down to and explore!<br />
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Which they did! and LOTS of it!! The trip to the falls is pretty easy (because its mostly down hill!) and it doesn't occur to you that it also means it's mostly all uphill going back! After all that playing the uphill walk was a bit of a battle! Of course we've all recovered now and the kids all want to go back!<br />
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We had science class and tried to catch some crawdads (which we would then release back into the stream) but although the kids had a great time trying to find them and then catch them, they didn't have much luck! We started out at the local creek with just the kids before our friends arrived...<br />
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Then once the rest of our friends arrived it was on to the crawdad part!<br />
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Not a lot of success but it was a lot of dirty fun!<br />
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After that it was over for a fun snack and ice cream!<br />
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Later in the week it was over to the Children's Theater in Portland for a play "the Little Mermaid" which of course was interesting but much different than the movie and was the kids first time seeing an on stage play!<br />
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The kids enjoyed it, even Dominic was pretty happy to sit and watch it.<br />
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Lots of music and dancing. Of course once the kids were done and heading out to the car it was "Mom, it was a good play...but they messed the movie all up!" Oh well. got a fast lunch and headed to our next stop...Fort Yamhill! We met up with another friend and her kids (who are wonderful!) and had fun walking around the old fort site and discovering little tidbits of interesting information from pages of the soldiers diary they had placed around the area to get a feel for what it must have been like!<br />
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We even found some of these in a small section of the grounds!<br />
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After that it was a day off (well kind of) before more craziness! We did have a Dutch skype lesson and a French skype lesson before....<br />
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Since I got to be a rescuer this time instead of just observing I didn't get many pictures but had to get a couple from our fearless leader Wendy of our friends who as always do things with "style"! I love these kids!<br />
As soon as we were done doing the rescuing it was home, lunch and then Dad took the girls to see the UFO parade while mom put Dominic down for a short nap and got a chance to relax for a little while. <br />
The next day it was out for fencing...<br />
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<br />No! Not that fencing! This kind...<br />
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and then Dad had to get in on the action!<br />
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Arianna (and even Dominic) seem to have inherited Dad's love of knives, swords etc. and were so excited to be there! Kaitlyn thought it was "okay" but Arianna was literally vibrating with energy and happiness! So what do we do? Sign her up for lessons of course~! She starts lessons in just a couple of weeks! She is so excited about it!<br />
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I finished my CERT classes and am kind of sad to be done with them! So much interesting information! The class was a lot of fun! The girls of course found out that I had passed everything and had to give me high fives. What a week! <br />
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This week its all kinds of chores at home! Then it's time to hit the ground running again! Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-22896431630482882142015-05-05T14:32:00.002-07:002015-05-05T14:32:52.734-07:00Rough start to the week..Yep, we got hit by a Monday..I really hate Mondays!<br />
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I had our youngest wake up at 2:30 and play until 4:30, just in time for a nap, which of course means we overslept. We were late leaving the house, I couldn't get permission slips for the group to print nor could I get it to download to my phone to take to Staples and print, So I asked a friend to print them, and she ran out of ink and had to stop at staples which of course made her late as well! Then we got lost on the way to the fieldtrip, got behind an accident clean up, by the time we did get where we were going everyone had already headed out on a hike. So once our friends got there we headed out somewhere else to relax for a bit on the way home. We headed to the wildlife refuge and walked the seasonal path that is only open May to October and I'm so glad we did! What a nice little hike!<br />
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We checked out the eagle nest but didn't really see much.<br />
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All the kids had a great time and Dominic was pretty determined to keep up with them most of the time! Doesn't he look determined! It's a little blurry as it was a Oh, man grab the camera and snap a picture quick type photo..<br />
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Then since he'd had such a great time playing all night Sunday night, he decided a second night might be worth it! Up at 3:30, but I got him to lay quietly in bed with me for an hour before he was ready to get up. He finally went to take a nap around 7:15 but I only got about 1/2 an hour in. Hope I have enough coffee to keep me all day! I'm really wanting to hit a reset button on the whole week!<br />
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The kids started off by picking up their friend J from his mom's booth and heading to the exhibits!<br />
First stop was a game of chess...<br />
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Not sure who (if anyone) won the game! But they had fun! Arianna decided to check out some other games while Kaitlyn decided to look at the clothes!<br />
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Then it was off to discover other fun stuff!<br />
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Then finally a stop for a bite to eat and drinks before playing!<br />
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(one of those really rare photo's of the hubby!)<br />
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Then the kids decided to try a fun activity...<br />
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It was a LOT of fun and the kids think they'd like to visit another one over the summer. Arianna enjoyed the sword fights and wants to see more!<br />
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Arianna was first up and played two short songs she had pretty much memorized instead of some of the newer stuff she's been working on.<br />
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We then found out that the shop has open mic. once a month and the girls are interested in doing that as well!<br />
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Dominic of course was fascinated by the small tractor! Kaitlyn tried her hand in the drivers seat, and said it reminded her of the go kart trying to get in/out.<br />
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It was a nice hour or so visit up the road and then it was home to make a birthday cake and dinner for Daddy! The girls had a great time making the cake! Today (Friday) is a day of cleaning and getting stuff put together. Another busy and fun week ahead next week!<br />
<br />Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-40302494061993382872015-04-22T20:49:00.000-07:002015-04-22T20:49:45.665-07:00It's about TIME!! GO KARTING!!We got the word this morning! She was good to go to the track and give it a go this evening!<br />
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When we first arrived we meet with Smark Family Racing and learned a little about the carts, what she would need to wear for races, we watched their 9 year old go around the track a few times and then it was time for Kaitlyn to say "yes" or "no" to trying it out!<br />
Guess what she said! LOL. She stood at the trailer while they found stuff for her to wear on the ride.<br />
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Then I stood back and let the experts handle everything! First was getting suited up!<br />
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Then it was checking to see how the peddle extensions where for her..<br />
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and then it was out to the track!<br />
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She did a couple of little oval laps, then started feeling a little braver and picked up some speed, got a little nervous and went off the track a tiny bit. They got her back on the track and back in the cart and she was ready to go some more! After another small run it was out to the full track and see how she did! She did really good for her first time! She took it slow the first couple of laps had an issue with one corner and went off the track just a tiny bit (enough to get stuck) and after a little bit of help she was going again!<br />
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She talked about it all the way home (even thru the fast stop at the store!). Now of course Arianna thinks she would like to give it a try as well! So we said we'd see about meeting up again and getting Arianna a chance to give it a try! All in all a very FUN day for the kids!<br />
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<br />Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-55195261283147185192015-04-22T08:29:00.002-07:002015-04-22T08:29:52.614-07:00CERT TrainingI've started training with our local CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) and it's been SUPER interesting!<br />
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Here my partner and I are putting out a "small fire" (I'm the one to the far right). We were the first to go last night and I'm happy to say we did NOT become an example of what NOT to do! This was our 4th class, so we are half we to completion with some very interesting classes coming up. The kids are even learning a lot from me taking the class and they are doing great with planning ahead, putting together an emergency 72 hour kit for each of them and discussing evacuation routes out of the house, where to meet up, what if we have to travel out of the area and meet up with Dad somewhere out of town, fire hazards around the house and putting things up! They are also looking forward to being victims on the next "victim day" training. The current crew will get to "rescue" them!<br />
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Even if you don't volunteer for the team, the training is free and has been very interesting and eye opening! I highly recommend doing the class (and volunteering for the teams)!<br />
<br />Arihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469886699442499754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459866453388892760.post-55543380716167864592015-04-16T19:54:00.001-07:002015-04-16T19:54:41.916-07:00Like a fish to water!Today was THE day. The first day for Kayaking! <br />
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We drove to Hagg Lake and meet up with a friend and her two kids. First of all was a short hike (possibly one of the shortest in history).<br />
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Then it was a fast lunch.<br />
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And then it was TIME! We had 4 inflatable kayaks. 2 double, 2 singles. It took a little while to get everything put together (but not as long as you'd think!).<br />
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Then is was time to put them in...and the kids took to it like a fish takes to water! For two kids who have never kayaked before they were in them and gone before you could say Hi. Yes, that fast. No going around in circles, no hesitation at all! They just hopped in and went for it. In less than 10 minutes they'd learned to go forwards, backwards, turn, and stop! Dominic even hopped into the front seat of our double leaned back grabbed a paddle and tried it out. He actually would have had great form if he'd been just a bit taller! A few minutes later he let me have the paddle back and sat back for the ride! He did great (he even managed a nap in the kayak!). Arianna discovered a little area that was great fun and all the kids ended up playing on the bank of what they called "the island" and took turns jumping in the water! Yes, they even managed to go swimming today! I couldn't believe how nice it was and the water in the area was shallow enough that it was fairly warm!<br />
What I thought was going to be just a couple of hours at the lake turned into an all day thing! Didn't leave until 4:00. The kids are already planning another trip back in just a couple of days! They LOVED the Kayaks and playing! So I might have to think about a season pass for the lake!<br />
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Here's a picture of the kids (Arianna riding on the double with friends while Ella and Kaitlyn check out the singles. Dominic decided that he was ready for some playing and throwing rocks so we took a short break.<br />
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