Week 14 of our homeschool was a partial week because of Thanksgiving, but we still managed to squeeze in fun and learning.
Sunday night we hosted a Friendsgiving then Monday we had a group of Homeschool friends over to celebrate Thanksgiving. The kids looked for leaves in our yard for a craft, while also climbing our rock walls and sliding down the hill in the leaves. We used the leaves to make turkeys while I read the book, Gobble Gobble Crash to the kids. Lunch was leftovers from our Friendsgiving as well as slices of deli turkey and mac-and-cheese. The kids, and moms, had a lovely time together.
On Tuesday Jack and I did our regular schedule of schoolwork and also had the opportunity to see how many different kinds of birds are in our back yard right now. There were a dozen or so bluebirds, sparrows, cardinals, a blue jay and even a woodpecker. That evening we enjoyed the annual Chili & Pie Supper with our church family.
Wednesday we met up with a local hiking club to hike and play by the Piney River just north of Spring City my boys had a blast tramping around the woods with a gaggle of other little boys (Isaac has a rough start to the hike but eventually came around).
Thursday we slept in and then met my little brother at Cracker Barrel in Lookout Valley for Thanksgiving brunch.
After our delicious breakfast we took the boys to explore the Boulders on Lookout and then took advantage of our National Park pass and visited Point Park on the top of Lookout Mountain. We were blessed with amazing weather.
After hiking we headed across town to visit with Daniel’s dad and his wife and her family. And enjoyed a Thanksgiving Meal with them. The kids were excited to have a ton of kids to play with, and are always glad to see their Grandpa and Abuela.
Friday the kids enjoyed more visiting and playing with their Uncle. We took the kids to the Pumpkin Patch Playground and then their Uncle Mark treated us to treats at Pruitts. And we showed him the Brow view on the way home.
That night we enjoyed the boat parade downtown at Chattanooga’s Cheer at the Pier and ended the night with Jack pulling his first loose tooth and fireworks.
Saturday was more playing and getting the house ready to decorate for Christmas. That night my brother watched the boys while Daniel and I actually went on a date.
Our
weeks are a constant state of hands on learning. Some weeks are more
fun focused than others but always some kind of learning is taking
place.
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