Kerr Christian Homeschool Academy

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It's been quite a busy few weeks.  To start with, I haven't been feeling well.  That always seems to make things run slower and crazier!  I've finally reached the age where my blood sugar is getting harder and harder to control.  From here on out, I'm going to have to watch what I eat and how much.  On top of that, we've had allergies and a cold running through the house.  Crazy few weeks!  The washer and dryer are working great, though!!!  Other things we've done........ Fishing at Grandpa's We decided that since Z was sick on Grandpa's birthday, we really needed to get up there and visit.  So, was headed out  Friday a week ago.  It was a nice evening and the fish were biting like crazy.  Craig didn't even get a chance to thrown his line out.  He spent the evening going from one child to the next helping them take their fish off and generally throwing it back.  Several swallowed the hook and weren't saveable. ...

For the last several years, we have priced appliances and then put off purchasing a new washer and dryer because 1) the old ones were still working and 2) other applicances broke. Last week, my dryer decided it didn't want to work anymore.  I guess 13 years and 2+ loads a day for 5 years got to be too much.  We narrowed the problem down to an overload circuit on the motor.  Unfortunately, the motor pieces aren't sold seperately.  The entire motor, which was available, one of the only replacement pieces still being sold, was a much as a new, plain jane dryer.  We figured out that we could limp the machine along by drying in shifts - meaning run the dryer until it stops and then letting it cool off and re-running with anything not dry.  Today, we decided to stop by Lowes and Home Depot, to start pricing a new one.  We knew that this "patch" wasn't going to make it until Thanksgiving, the day we t...

On Saturday, we visited the local children's museum, again.  We purchased a membership last year and have used it well!  This visit, Craig came with us.  The kids had fun showing him all their favorite things and he got to see a new exhibit.......    TRAIN TRACKS!!!!! A and Z had alot of fun riding the new ride.  It's a hand peddle which was hard for Z to get started, but once going, he did great!  We also had a visit from Wonder Girl (notice the stars on her skirt and the sleeves?  That's the difference) And, H found her stroller and had fun taking her baby for a walk.  Later, C and H cleaned up after a delicious lunch with cookies for dessert. Finally, our Knight in Shining Armour protected us from the Daddy monster!

Happy Birthday C We started the morning off by opening 1 present - the Blu-Ray and DVD "Tangled" movie - so they could watch in the car while we drove to McKinney.    When we got home this afternoon, we finished decorating the strawberry cake and had a party - complete with mini cast iron frying pans filled with ice cream!  The girls LOVED it!! Then, C finished opening her presents - a princess puzzle, 2 Tangled level 1 and 2 learning to read books, and a fairy color page.  Very exciting day!!! We also had to redress H because she enjoyed the ice cream and cake soooooo much.  So, we put her in her new shirt from the Heard Museum - how very appropriate! Last week, I gave the girls a placement spelling test and one of the words was 'trouble'.  A repeated it several times as she spelled it.  Well, H comes running into the room and announces "I not trouble, I JoJo!"  Love it!!!

We spent the day at the Heard Museum in McKinney.  I found a deal on groupon a while back for a $35 family membership.  We activiated our membership today.  It was fun trip and they kids all said they wanted to come on their birthdays! We did do some school work - the girls had some rock, flower, and tree detectives sheets to fill out.  They had done the flowers and trees for our house.  However, since we have only a few flowers because very little grows in the shade, we decided to take advantage of a different garden.  We hiked one of the trails and visited the animals.  Overall a very fun trip!  We didn't get to see everything, so a membership is going to work out well. We also reinforced some Revelation - we discovered what Chyrsoprase looks like!  S was very excited about that.  In the museum portion, the kids were also able to perfect their digging skills while searching for the dinosaur bones in the sandpit! ...

This weekend, we attended the Bible Bowl competition portion of the North Texas Leadership Training for Christ ( http://www.ntltc.org/ ).  This year, the book was Revelation.  S answered all 75 of her questions correctly!!!  Way to go, S !!!!  I don't know how common it is to get all correct.  However, this morning, on the way home, Craig said that he ran into one of our college friends this morning and he told Craig that he'd heard about S's achievement.  I saw our friend in the middle of the competition, but not after.  So, either he walked by and heard us talking, or we are being discussed by "strangers". S also created a sculpture of the white horse and rider.  We did get that turned in on time.  However, we left early this morning so we won't know the results until tomorrow evening.  *Update* - S received a silver for her sculpture.  Excellent since this was her 1st year and we were unsure of the requirements, etc. ...