Homeschool Mothers Journal {15} - 46 days of LENT ?????

The Home school Mother’s Journal began as a single post on a Friday morning over at The Home school Chick, and turned into a link-up for home school mothers across the blog-O-sphere to share a piece of their journey with one another each week. The link party is open from Friday to Monday so join me in The Home school Journal and lets encourage one another on our home school journey.

In my life this week…

 
In our home school this week…

Sir N touching a Little Penguin

• We worked on skip counting by fives.  Took out our abacus and used that.
• Worked on the letter Y in the Go for the Code book.
• This week we read: The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of BALTO. 
• We went to visit Melbourne Zoo for a couple of hours while Paul had a meeting !
• Did lesson six of Drawing Textbook by Bruce McIntyre. We do half a lesson each week. 
• Watched Episode 4: Intimate Relations from BBC Life in the Undergrowth. You can watch Life In The Undergrowth – top ten video clips on the BBC website.  

Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share…

• Did you know that 2012 has been designated the National Year of Reading ??
• 48 Great ways Homeschoolers are using Pinterest.
• 22Living books for Math addition over at Heart of the Matter.

I am inspired by…

• A beautiful post over at Princess Warrior Lessons by guest blogger Leah from Prayer Gifts titled: Wait and see. To whet your appetite here is a snippet:
     My son was my teacher today.  As I drove him across town to his friend’s house, my 15-year-old and I chatted about his older brother, all full of plans, heading off to college soon.  As we talked about how different things will be when Garrett moves out, Logan glanced over at me and said, “Mom, I don’t want to know all the answers. I just like to wait and see what happens.”..............
  head on over to Princess Warrior Lessons to finish this excellent post that will touch your mother heart with the deep abiding love of Jesus. 
• What would I do differently ? over at Keepin it real. I wish I had had this information when I was a mum with very young children.  
• When God wont hurry up.  Beautiful post and healing to the heart.

Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…

• This week it was our turn to host the home school mom's group.  It was good to see the ladies and enjoy encouraging fellowship.
• Went to Granny's house for lunch and a haircut.
• Went to Granny's house to celebrate her birthday on Thursday.
• On the spur of the moment we decided to go with Paul to Melbourne Zoo on Thursday.  We enjoyed looking around. Did you know it's their 150th year anniversary ?
• Counting down the months, weeks and days

My favorite thing this week was…

• Conquering Mount Washmore and then destroying Mount Ironmore !! 

What’s working/not working for us… SOS HELP

• I am a little confused!  This past Wednesday was Ash Wednesday and signaled the begining of LENT.  In theory there are 40 days to Lent and day 41 is Easter Sunday.  This year Ash wednesday is 46 days before Easter Sunday so how am I suposed to do this ?????? Day 40 is actually next Tuesday the 28th February.  Please HELP me untangle this ?

Questions/thoughts I have…

• What does your daily schedule look like?  I need to make one and was wondering if I should do a little of each subject each day OR have a day for each subject other than the three R's.

Things I’m working on…

• My overall fitness. I have been using Wii Active and enjoying it.  I am surprised by it's effectiveness.  I am not a game console person and I must confess that after each session I feel as though I have had a personal coach coaching me. I just hope I can see some results in my clothing size soon ;-)
• Reading the books I have on Nature Journaling: Keeping a Nature Journal by Clare Walker Leslie, Field Trips by Jim Arnosky, Chapters 33{Nature Study} , 34 {Nature for City Children} & 35 {Neighbourhood Nature study} in my Charlotte Mason Companion book. I am planning a once a month linky party for the Charlotte Mason Companion starting on Monday 19 March with these three topics to start with.  So if you have the book get reading, blog and join me. 

I’m reading…

• All about the THE KOOKAGUMJOEYS who are the FIRST® LEGO® League Australian Champion’s Award Winners 2011. They are fundraising for their planned trip to represent Australia in Germany in June 2012.  If you are able hop on over and donate to help these girls get to Germany. 
• His Dreams over at Keepin it Real.
• The book of Leviticus.  My favourite chapter has been chapter 19.  If you are a new christian, an older christian wanting to be refreshed or simply looking for a good summary of boundaries to live by or things to teach your children about Godly living then this is the chapter for you.  I want to summarise this for Sir N's wall: Guidance for Godly Living.
• Joshua - God's Warrior by Ellen Gunderson Traylor.
• The myth of the eight hour sleep on the BBC News site.

I’m cooking…

Even the cat knew there
was good food to be had!!

• Stir Fry chicken for wraps.
• East African Chicken.
• Omelettes filled with mushrooms, onions and capsicum.
• Fresh flounder my husband caught last night. (5 Flathead & 2 Garfish on the board and Flounder in the sink)

I’m grateful for…

• The insights I gain when I pop over to Vicky's place Creating With Wisdom.  I especially enjoyed her last two posts: I think I'm going green and Shop Free Lent.
• The Gift of Weakness.  A blog post about God's provision in depression.  His hand of healing.  
• The people who have shared generously about their lent traditions and ideas.

A photo, video, link, or quote to share…

•  Start by making your own home a place where happiness and love abound, through your love for each member of your family and for your neighbour.  Try to put in the hearts of your children a love for home.  Make them long to be with their families.  So much sin could be avoided if our people really love their homes. 
  
  Mother Theresa

Blessings

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