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No.48: Our Farmhouse Schoolhouse in Photos (Week 11)

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What a whirlwind of a week!  The highlights include a fun Halloween celebration, All Saints Day mass and coming thisclose to hitting a deer on the way home (talk about adrenaline!), and meeting a friend’s brand new baby girl.  My house is looking a little rough and the laundry pile is high, but some weeks are like that, right?

Notes and highlights:

HALLOWEEN SCHOOL

+ Halloween is never a huge deal around our house, but we do have certain years where we go big and other years where it’s a little lean.  Financially, we’re on the lean side this year and couldn’t swing decking out five kids with new costumes at the store.  So instead, Mark suggested that we all come up with costumes that we can make from the dress-up box or around the house.  The kids were all about it!  To make the day extra special, we decided that instead of trick-or-treating (since we’re in the middle of nowhere with miles between houses), we would have “Halloween School” and a big family party.

+ We had ghost pancakes for breakfast, already dressed in our costumes.  We played a couple of fun games I found through Pinterest: a Roll a Pumpkin game and one that had you drawing with your eyes closed.  (We only had one kid crying, so I call that a success, hah.)  We also made a pumpkin pinata and lots of spooky crafts to decorate our dining room.  After a dinner of chili and cornbread, we knocked down the pinata and had a blindfolded candy taste test.  It was a full day, but so so good. 

HISTORY

+ The little kids started Pocahontas this week.  I’m embarrassed to say that I remember very little about her (and most of it probably comes from the Disney movie) so it’s been fun for me to learn along with them.

+ M is finishing up his Civil War unit with a small study on slavery and the Underground Railroad.  I feel like we only hit the tip of the iceberg, but it was a strong start.  He read Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad, Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad and Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt.

Current 1000 Books Project Total: 59/1000
Poetry Teatime Treat: Candy Bar Cookie Bars

MOTHER CULTURE & SELF-CARE

+ Health: Running and a new kettlebell workout I tried for the first time – I was sore everywhere for days!
+ Reading: not much…I’m in a reading funk!
+ Fun: Instead of reading, I’m spending any free time watching super old episodes of The Amazing Race.  So random, but fun to watch a show that I remember from high school.  There are 20-something seasons on Amazon Prime!

Comments

    • I usually have one at least once every year, so I'm considering it a blessing that I lasted until November! P has been teething again and my sleep is suffering, so I'm thinking that may be my problem. I'll veg on some reality TV and then get back to the books soon 🙂
      Hoping you get out of your reading funk too!

  3. Tim and I got hooked on Amazing Race last year and are hoping for more seasons to be added free! I love seeing all the places they visit, and enjoy the really stand-up contestants. 🙂

    • I'm obsessed! I've become the chief storyteller at the dinner table – "So there was this temple in India where they worshiped rats and the rats were scurrying everywhere as they tried to find the next clue…" hah!

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