My Weekly Notebook: New Link Up!

Life this week...

It's been a while! I haven't been blogging at all except for prior commitments like reviews and the weekly abc blog post because I just needed a break from thinking about it. It was nice. Life was plenty busy! I made a stop into Hobby Lobby this week and found several aisles lined with Christmas stuff! I got a little excited and even picked out an ornament already. I am not one of those "it's too early" people. Life's too short, enjoy it now because you never know when tomorrow won't come. It's also important to have things to look forward to. So, I enjoyed perusing the Christmas aisles, in July!

     

Homeschool this week...

We got some math and art in this week. Aric did some drawing from Art for Kids Hub, and drew this picture of Stitch. It turned out pretty good. 

 

Mom-school this week...

This is a new prompt for my weekly journal. It's a space to share my learning and growth. I think it's important to be learning and growing myself in subjects that interest me, so hopefully I'll have things to share here each week. I have decided that I want to learn more about horses, so I'm going to be starting a Funschooling Journal about horses. If you'd like to know more about Mom-schooling, click this link to see what I'm using. But, really, you can do Mom-school with any books. This is just a great place to find ideas and get your mind rolling. 

   

Helpful homeschool tips and advice to share...

Goals. I used to make goals for the new school year (and all throughout the school year), but I haven't been keeping up with that. As I was chatting with other homeschool moms this week, one mentioned that she made some goals for the school year to help her figure out her plan, and that reminded me that I haven't done that for a long time. I need to do that, so that's my advice for this week.

Places we're going and people we're seeing...

We hit the ice skating rink this week now that it's fully open again. It was so nice to do something we hadn't done for so long. Alex was afraid he wouldn't remember how to ice skate. He was a little slow at first because he's a little taller and bigger than he was last time (probably almost 2 years ago), but he picked it up again in no time.

 

I also realized he's almost the same height as me on ice skates now. That didn't use to be the case.

Nothing like freshly smoothed ice for the first time back!

 

My favorite thing this week was...

Taking a walk through Hoyt Arboretum through the redwood trees. I love being outdoors, and wish I could get out there everyday.

 

My kids' favorite thing this week was...

Alex said his favorite thing was bowling, and yes he was just so happy the whole time we were there. That kid could not contain his excitement.

         

He got a kids meal and it came on this cool bear tray.

I have never gotten more than one strike in any game (at least that I can remember), but the first game I got 2 strikes within 3 frames. I couldn't believe it.

Things I'm working on...

My first diamond art picture. April received this for Christmas from her aunt, but she said I could help her. I've wanted to give it a try to see if it's something I'd like to do more, so I'm working on hers a bit. I actually enjoy it! 

 

Random things the kids worked on...

Aric built one of his new LEGO sets from his birthday. We all had fun playing with the little basketball feature of this Spiderman set.

 

Something I accomplished...

Not much!

What we're reading...

Alex is listening to the A to Z Mysteries on CD. He discovered that he really likes those this week.

Movies we watched... 

We didn't really watch any movies either!

Outdoor time...

See my favorite thing from the week.

Games we played...

We played the official LEGO Ninjago board game that I blogged about a few days ago.

I'm cooking/eating...

I love getting tacos at the music in the park events during the summer. This week's tacos did not disappoint. So good!

 

Something that worked out great or didn't work out for us this week...

We have something that didn't work great. This jacket from the Disney store. I picked it up for Aric because he really likes The Nightmare Before Christmas, but it didn't fit him. I have to take it back, but I thought it was fun!

 

Other thoughts from the week...

Visiting the dinosaur exhibit with a friend this week was fun. But, we only got one picture. This one!

 

I'm grateful for...

The cloud cover that we've had the past few days to help with our heat wave happening now. 

That about wraps up my week. It's time for you to tell me about your week! I have decided to make this a Link-Up for others to join in and share. You can share anything about your week and link-up. You can use the prompts that I use if you want, or you can just do your own thing. Here are the prompts for you to copy and paste:

Life this week...
Homeschool this week...
Mom-school this week...
Helpful homeschool tips and advice to share...
Places we're going and people we're seeing...
My favorite thing this week was...
My kids' favorite thing this week was...
Things I'm working on...
Random things the kids worked on...
Something I accomplished...
What we're reading...
Movies we watched... 
Outdoor time...
Games we played...
I'm cooking/eating...
Something that worked out great or didn't work out for us this week...
Other thoughts from the week...
I'm grateful for...

Rules for the linky party:

1. All posts need to be family friendly. I will remove anything inappropriate or unrelated.
2. This is a weekly wrap-up style post. Please tell us about your week. You can use my prompts if you want, but it's not required.
3. Read and comment on other posts. We all love to know someone is reading our posts.
4. Use the button if you'd like (I will make one soon)
5. This link up will be live on Sunday.
6. Thanks for linking up and have fun!