Happy Halloween

Homeschool Helps

I am five years into this homeschool journey and still learning my way.

Here are a few of my new favorites that we are enjoying!

Charlotte Mason - Outdoor Secrets
 We are enjoying reading these short stories together. The stories we are doing now all have to do with apples. Some of the activities we have done are visit the farmers market, find the star in the apple, tasting different kinds of apples, and we visited the apple orchard in August.

Picture Study in a Jar
This is a great sitting around eating breakfast/lunch activity. We have small prints of famous paintings and questions in a jar. The kids loved the Art Museum so we are running with that and trying to get them looking at famous artwork and paying attention to the details.

30 minutes of quiet time after lunch!
My kids are long removed from the napping stage but I have found we all need a little quiet time in the afternoon. They are allowed to read or draw during this time. Of course everyone goes to a different room to make it work.

NC State Fair

Thursday morning I loaded up the kids and headed to the fair. It was perfect fair weather 65 degrees and breezy. We had a fun morning of games and rides. My kids take after their mommy so they stick to the kiddy rides. Poor Adrienne looked like she wanted to hurl on the swings but when she got off she said she loved it.

Cole took this picture to show Daddy that you can get deep friend ANYTHING!! The whole deep fried thing was gross to my picky eater.

On our way out of the fair the kids got caramel apples which is the only "fair food" they want.

Of course I did not get a picture of the most memorable thing at the fair for them this year......a girl catching cow poop in a bucket! They were amazed that anyone would stand behind a cow and do that. I would have to agree with them on that one.

Fall Festival

Sunday was the perfect ending to our busy weekend. We left the mountains around 8:30 Saturday night so we could be back for Homecoming and Fall Festival at church on Sunday. The service was wonderful with all three services together for one service and the weather was perfect for the Fall Festival.

The kids were exhausted from traveling so late Saturday night but that did not stop them from having a great time with their friends. Adrienne kept it pretty low key this year with face painting, a caricature, and a pony ride. Cole of course was going 100mph and did every activity out there at least twice.  It was such a fun day for all of us.....now if we could just find time for a nap!!

Fall Colors

We may not have hit peak weekend for fall color in the mountains but we were pretty close. I don't know about the rest of my family but I had a great time admiring all the fall colors.

Playing in the River

We took a quick trip to the mountains this weekend. Playing in the river on a cool October day seemed like a great idea. The water was freezing and their little feet and legs were red but they were having a blast.

Of course it was all fun and games until someone fell in!! I will not say which one fell in but lucky for them it was in the 70s and they dried pretty quick. I think they were having so much fun that wet clothes did not matter much.

Fall Fun

We took a trip to Green Acres Farm on Saturday. The weather was a perfect 60 degrees and breezy. We had a great time.....

Running around the corn maze 

 

Climbing on big tractors

 

Climbing and jumping on giant hay bales.