Rock Rivers, Snakes, and Yucca Fries! (Siobhan)

                                             

~Alma Mater Academy~

There is never a lack of activity once the school year starts!! Here are some pictures of some of the fun projects we have been working on...

Baxter and Cade are loving preschool! When studying the letter 'D for Dinosaur' they made these pudding cups with oreos and malt ball rocks.

Letter jumping

Baxter and Cade have been working hard on their catechism questions. They were very proud to share them with you all :)

Shaila had her first meeting for American Heritage Girls last week! The girls have had to adapt to social distancing this year and changes due to COVID, but they have been doing a wonderful job. Shaila loved decorating her "sit upon" paint bucket, which holds all her materials, clipboard, and handbook.

Mom and I are volunteering as leaders this year. It's going to be a lot of fun!

The girls' first group activity was making a beautiful rock river at Big Springs Memorial Park. The girls hauled rocks and painted them with inspirational messages for the community. Their troop got to take pictures with the major, and they even made the front page of a local newspaper!

Click here to read about their project

Everyone was happy to help Shaila paint rocks to add to her project!

For those of you who don't know, Ethan got a ball python a few months ago. Owen absolutely loves her!

Brandan made our second regional meal! South American chicken, fried okra, and yucca fries.

Shaila and Brandan love their science class! For this project they drew pictures of what they thought dogs would look like based on the strands of DNA that they put together!

I hope you all are having a great school year!

Last Day of School 2017 (Siobhan)

~Last Day of School~

We finished our last day of school! This year Brandan finished Preschool, Shaila finished 1st grade, Connor finished 3rd grade, Aidan finished 6th grade, Ethan finished 10th grade, and I finished 12th grade. Here are some pictures from our last day...

 We have been going through a crazy heat wave over the past few days. Last week we were bundling up in winter coats, and this week we had to pull out our shorts. Baxter and Cade have not liked this heat, but they still nap together 😉

 Cade and Baxter

Poor Brandan had a bad asthma flareup today 😔He felt much better after having the nebulizer.

Brandan finished his letter of the week (LOTW) curriculum. We are so proud of him! He has absolutely loved school this year and gets so upset every weekend when he hears that it's not a school day.

Brandan is graduating from preschool this year, and I am graduating from highschool!

This year I am finishing Omnibus. I have been doing Omnibus since 8th grade and have read 172 books! 

 Sylvan Classical High School

 We finished the day with burgers and  s'mores! Baxter and Cade loved trying marshmallows for the first time.

 These pictures pretty much sum up how we all felt after our last day of school. We had a great year, but we are all very excited for summer!!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day 2017! (Siobhan)

~Happy Saint Patrick's Day~

Happy Saint Patrick's Day, everyone! I know this post is a little late, but hopefully it will give you some good recipe/craft ideas for next year 😉 We had a lot of fun making yummy treats and learning about Saint Patrick through some fun activities.

First we learned about Saint Patrick. I just found a brief summary of his life online. Brandan and Shaila did a coloring page while they listened, and Connor filled out a crossword puzzle which had questions about Saint Patrick's life.

Click here to print out the Saint Patrick's Day crossword puzzle

Click here to print out the Complete the Leprechaun coloring page

Next I had the kids glue tissue paper squares onto a shamrock template to make a mosaic.

The kids' favorite Saint Patrick's Day craft is this leaping leprechaun. I printed and cut out the printable, and they colored it and put it together with brads.

Click here to print out the Leaping Leprechaun printable

Our last craft was this Heart Shamrock. We made the hearts out of green construction paper and stapled them together. You can click here to see our Valentine's Day Heart Chain tutorial. It shows you how to make the hearts. They are so easy and are a lot of fun to make!

(Baxter took advantage of the fact that I was distracted with the crafts to unload Mom's spice cabinet!)

I didn't get great pictures of the food, but it tasted delicious! For lunch we had a homemade 'green' pizza, with pesto, artichokes, sundried tomatoes, and asiago cheese.

 For dinner we had corned beef, cabbage soup, and homemade honey wheat bread.

Click here for our Rustic Irish Cabbage and Potato Soup recipe printable

Click here for our Slow Cooker Dijon Corned Beef recipe printable

Click here for our Simple Honey Whole Wheat Bread recipe printable

Click here for our Shamrock Shake recipe printable

Click here for our Classic Mint Chocolate Brownies recipe printable

We had shamrock shakes on Friday, and on Sunday I made some mint chocolate brownies (photo courtesy of Sally's Baking) which we served with mint chip icecream. Both are wonderful Saint Patrick's Day desserts!
Click here to see our 2014 Saint Patrick's Day post
Click here to see our 2015 Saint Patrick's Day post
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