We had another storm this past week. It was pretty snowy and blowy. I didn't think Tim would make it home that one night but he did. He has his dad's 4-wheel drive pickup so he is having an easier time getting to and from work this winter. It sure is nice to see the sun today and to know that the temperature is a lot warmer!
Daniel is outside shovelling snow again. Tim is getting ready to go out and plow our yard. We would never make it out of here with the van. He has an appointment to get new tires put on the van Monday so he does need to have it clean.
We did get to town on Friday with the pickup. Daniel and Tim went to the monthly home school ice skating party. Leah and I went to the library. I'm not used to the pickup, yet, and there are so many the same color. When we came out of the library we went to the wrong pickup. I had opened both doors before I realized it wasn't ours. That was a little embarrassing!
After we picked the men up from skating Tim took us out for an early supper at Applebees. What a treat and so delicious it was. It was different driving a pickup than a van, not much storage for groceries! We sure had it packed in there. And we didn't have that much.
We finished our 17th week of ECC and the study of Europe. Next we will be going to Africa for 3 weeks. Last night we watched a video, Duma, about an orphaned cheetah. We liked it. There sure were a lot of children's books, videos, and even a CD of music at the library about Africa. I mostly got fiction E (skinny) books. They are the most interesting to the children and teach them a lot about different cultures and countries.
Daniel started his second book, Singapore 3B, in math. This one will be mostly measurements and geometry which will be a nice change. Daniel will still do a different math facts sheet each day to keep up on his addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts.
Daniel continues to do well in spelling. He is almost halfway through Level 3 in All About Spelling. It takes him 3-4 days to finish each step. I'm happy that he is remembering the different rules. I just wish our English language would be a little easier. Why couldn't there just be one way to spell each sound. It is so confusing!
Today I'm planning to make our German dinner. I looked through the "Cooking the German Way" book that I got from the library. But I didn't find anything that sounded good to make from there. I have a cookbook from Fredonia with a lot of German recipes in it that I'm going to look through. I have never tried making strudels but think I will today.
I will take some pictures (if I remember) of our dinner.
