it's all fun and games: November 2022

nate's crew

i try really hard to respect nate's privacy as he grows up. but i just have to sneak these pics in...our place is still a place where they come to hang. the drive is a pain in the butt but im willing to pick and drop off the kids. last wkend we celebrated Hendrix's birthday. it was hard. one kid was missing.

but they still managed to make some memories and laughs...i dont mind them being here. at all! i often get calls ..."hey mom, do you mind if so and so come for the night?" i dont mind at all. they are a great bunch of kids.

some of nate's crew...Hendrix, dylan, ash, cindia, nate in the middle, chase and clara

5 yrs from now they will be gone...post secondary, married, moved....i just get a quick peek into their lives. but i hope they know they are loved, welcomed and wanted at the eig's house!

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Posted by mel at 12:14 PM

meeka!

this post is 100% Meeka! feel free to skip over. she's my side kick, my shadow. she follows me everywhere...and does so very quietly. if im in a room and close the door she lays down outside and waits for me...i love her so much. so thankful for my meeky girl

this is meeka's brother! chubbs!

seriously! can you be any more chill

evening reads with ellie and meeka

i love you too!

ellie put her to bed during school. ha

i was petting her belly like this after my belly dance class....she flipping farted! haha

my meeka

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Posted by mel at 3:13 PM

my books

a peek into what ive read sept/oct. there are 3 missing bec i loaned them out and forgot to take a pic

i enjoyed my dark vanessa. its a dark subject (child grooming) but the book its self was not heavy

a local author! based on a true story! FANTASTIC! i love learning about history in a novel setting

a circus book that i enjoyed! the inner dialogue was quite annoying and i skipped over it but the book its self/story line was a thumbs up!

amazing read this one was! i stayed up one night till 2 to finish it. excellent

i found this gem!

in this book!

i started this one and hope to finish it tonight....

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Posted by mel at 3:10 PM

school!

we are off to great start this yr school wise! im actually getting stuff done. we work in the loft area. i do morning time with the girls/devotion/bible scripture then we do our joint subjects together. we take a break, i coffee with chris and then i do 1 on 1 subjects with each girl. nate works in his room and i pop in to check on him

i am LOVING this book! i read a chapter a day, we do notes and talk about the lesson. the girls were really interested in ther Greek history so i paused the textbook and spent 2 weeks learning about Greek History from mythology, Olympics, plays, arts, culture, food, money, social systems. you name it. i found a few learning aids on line and videos to watch. i learned a lot as well!

i got nate's school set up. i gave him Sept off...it was to soon for him to go back to school after jayden's death...

oct we were up and running. this semester he's finishing Geography and im adding map study so he can participate in the "macisaac family travel trivia" and not loose...bawahhhhh

maths

Masterbooks Geology and Winston grammar. i LOVE this grammar program! seriously! it makes it much simpler to understand and follow. ill be using with the girls as well!

physics and world lit. im surprised by how well nate is doing in world lit. he's actually enjoying it and making an effort!

lit he's reading or read for oct

and this

ill be adding science and other subjects as the year goes on.

i mark and prep his lessons on the wkend. he works at his own pace and around his work schedule. i dont care how or when it gets done....as long as its done and done properly by sat. so far so good! im going to set up his official transcript this yr...

the girls

ellie is in gr 5

we are reviewing all about spelling level 4 and math

language arts

joey's math and spelling

history

im starting science up this wk...no pics yet

our read out louds. we just started a tale of Despereaux. i plan on doing more reading with them this yr. they also do independent reading each day

school cart

im surprised by how well the school yr is going. we are entering Nov at a good place!

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Posted by mel at 3:06 PM

school/activites

i took this pic of an art class i taught. we painted fall trees

the afternoon was free play. which means i can coffee and chat

the teens did a thing. i sampled the food!

grace had her b-day party. so much fun and sugar!

we (amanda, jess and jess) splurged and took the girls to hop, skip, jump for the morning. they had much fun playing while other kids were in school. ha

we went out for lunch after

and we added to our family! we got 2 rats. the girls love them and take them where ever they can. i bought ellie a carry container for hers. they are sisters and about 6 months old. they are super social! and come running to the cage when you walk into their room. their names are cocoa and nibbles

they are cute!

the annual book fair was in the middle of oct! this was the line up to get in! i have never been to a sale that big! it filled the stadium....i was lucky when a friend who was about 1/2 in the line yelled for me join her. i skipped the line. haha

i bought these! top pic are school books. bottom pic are for me

nate texted me asking for snacks. we were out and he was starving. i got him this. it was all gone by sunday night

the rats are besties

we gave up using the church for home school activities because we got this bad boy instead! the YMCA's GYM! with everything in the supply room! fridays we do open play from 10-11. then lunch 12-2 and classroom activities in the afternoon... LOVE our new space

we did science and art! the room holds 25 kids and i kick parents out. i LOVE it.

i took this pic to remind myself to post....i took up a new class! thursday night i go belly dancing with aralee and amanda. we coffee after. im actually enjoying the class!