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a new pet!

 the kids found a caterpillar in the house this am.  it was in cameo to blend into my tiles. ha. they wanted to keep it as a pet. i said NO WAY!  no pets in this house! 
 see it?
 i let them catch it and put it outside!

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joggins!

 i found this note from ellie to joey the other day. love it.  joey put it on her desk. i love how close the girls are!

thursday morning we woke up and headed off to joggins for the day.  i told nate the day before that NONE of his friends will be there.  thurs is a super busy home school activity day and all his friends were in other classes. so i told him that i dont know anyone who is going BUT its a great opportunity to meet new people!  he was convinced he was going to have "the worst day of his life"  on the drive there i went over how his attitude is everything!  once we got there and he saw that he didnt know anyone, he did what he always does....and made NEW friends.  i was so happy that he chose to have a good attitude because as i told him, i was going to have a great day and he could have one too!
 the kids enjoyed the museum. we spent about 20 mins before our tour and a good 2 hrs after playing and reading all the information

the girls followed the tracks into the cave
 nate really got into the history of joggins and the discovery of fossils
 even thought we dont believe in evolution and darwin's theory we were able to learn and discover new facts and we able to talk about why we believe in creation
 looking at the plants in the floor. so fun
 heading to the beach. our guide was AWESOME.  im telling you, the guide/teacher makes or breaks the field trip. this dude was awesome.  he guided us along the beach then spent another 30 mins pointing out and identifying all the rocks and fossils we brought to him. he was really good with the kids.  my girls were by far the youngest.  i think the closest girl to ellie's age was 9.  but they did SO well.  they stayed quiet and listened during the lesson/guide.  after the guide was done, we stayed on the beach for another 20  mins or so then hit up the museum for lunch and more play.  we met another family and had lunch with them and turns out nate is the same age as the boy and they played together for most of the day! 
 the beach was beautiful!
 the girls got into the rock and fossil collecting, the guide was impressed with how well they did and how they collected fossils too (and feathers)
 huge fossil of plant and animal prints
 my little fossil finders
 more fossils, coal and an abandoned  mine
 nate found some too
 my little ellie joy
 i am grateful to home school.  i love that we do this. even on the hard days, i get to be with them.  thursday was enjoyable for all of us and im glad we get to do these things and make new friends
 my buddy
 just a cool pic
 picking snails off the rocks
 the girls watched a docu on joggins. they watched the whole thing...a good 20 mins
 looking at their findings under an old school microscope
 miner ellie
 joey's turn!
 come on, who doesnt go to sleep with their back pack on?  she was already to go to nana and papa's
 ellie joy all tuckered out
it was a great day! 3 comments

sat

 fri night i spent the night with nate, we tried to find something suitable for us to watch, after giving up we broke out the board games...we had a lot of fun! and i WON! 

great night nate!
 sun we went to the land, we invited our friends to join us and we all enjoyed the property.  ellie was most excited to turn on the lights in the shed for the first time
 LIGHT!
 very pleased
 before our company arrived we took some time to plan out the cabin layout. so exciting. and see the work chris has done the last week
 chris is working on compacting the area for the septic field
 picking where we want the cabin to face
 deciding if we should cut down more trees for a view over the valley...i think we will...
 curious joey

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sat

 love it.  love how i spent my time at the land.  ellie loves to join me in the hammock and swing. love the memories i make with her
 after we had supper cooked over the fire we headed out for a walk with the crew. so fun.  so enjoyable
 men making plans
 beautiful scenery
 micah in the tree
 nate wanting to "stab her in the back" as a joke
we stayed until it got dark...the kids cant wait to come back out again! 0 comments

joey

 i found her the other morning like this.  hair a mess, 1/2 asleep sitting at her desk
 then she found the play doh. so messy. so fun. she played alone for 1.5 hrs...if we stayed home that afternoon i think she would have played longer....
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 we hit up get air for a jump party. so fun.  the kids had a blast and i enjoyed catching up with home school mom friends. joey and ellie played the whole time
 what are they doing?
 thats right. haha.  the kids were making a chair/longer for joey to sit on
 so cute!

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