My Weekly Notebook: Week 48

 

Life this week...

It was a sick week again for some of us, including me. I woke up on Tuesday morning with a sore throat and stuffy. The next day a kid said his throat was feeling sore. I'm looking forward to being able to do stuff again next week.

Homeschool this week...

I made a big switch for Alex's school and decided to start him into Level H Bookshark curriculum. It's a book heavy curriculum, but I am hoping he likes the flow of things better. It just felt like none of his subjects were linking together very well. Everything felt disconnected. I love how things feel more connected with Bookshark. He is starting out with learning about the 1600's in history, robots in science, and reading some great books for Language Arts.

Mom-school this week...

I am lacking in any mom school from this week.

Helpful homeschool tips and advice to share...

I love this Christmas notebook idea!  (From the Unlikely Homeschool)
 

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

I had the opportunity to go with some friends to a fun Christmas tea in Aurora. I love this picture of us. 

 

Things I'm working on... 

I am really working on getting fun advent activities in each day, planned or not. Even if I'm the only one that ends up doing them. This particular LEGO challenge will probably mostly be me, and I made some cute little reindeer for day 1. I will post those pictures in the LEGO prompt. 

 

Random things the kids worked on...

Two of my boys worked on building Aric's computer when new parts came this week. It was heartwarming to see them working together. Basically Aaron was helping Aric figure out some things.
 

Something I accomplished...

I made it to 600 followers on my LEGO Instagram account. I'm amazed! I don't think I've ever had 600 followers on anything. I made this little mosaic to commemorate it. 

What we're reading... 

We are starting A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Who Was Charles Dickens? by Pam Pollack. I somehow managed to get 3 different copies. I'm pretty sure the Eyewitness one is an abridged version, but it still has some great pictures.

Movies/TV we watched... 

Watched the new Indiana Jones movie with the Hubby over the weekend. It was my 2nd time watching it and it was still enjoyable.

Outdoor time...

We went on a beautiful walk at Chehalem Nature Ridge with our homeschool nature/outdoor group. It was sunny and beautiful.

 

 

Games we played... 

We played Tenzi with some prompt cards. This challenge was pretty fun to do.  

We also played this Disney version of Codenames. We've had this game way too long and haven't even played it until this week. It was difficult to figure out for 2 players, but we did!

LEGO...

I am so proud of my reindeer that I made for day 1 of advent building. Especially the pink reindeer.

 

I'm grateful for...

I am grateful for a warm home to sleep in, and protection from the elements (including rain).