Our week

Our raspberries are ripe....the girls picked loads of them.
and we made yummy raspberry smoothies.

Found a new Lake Superior agate book at the library, very comprehensive...I already went to EBAY and bought my own copy.

drawing

making Lentil soup

we got the recipe here

It was excellent!

We had school for 2.5 days. Both girls are about 1/4 done with their next year math books....I LOVE being a bit ahead as it gives us a lot of freedom...

We made this gingerbread that my mom and Gram used to make.

and served it with cream cheese and a warm lemon sauce....yum!

Millipede we found at Hok-Si-La

agate hunting

This is one of three I found, but Mary Emma found about 25.

picking black caps

silly girl stained her shirt

snails on black cap stained hands

snail habitat...they love carrots!

They played lots of barefoot tennis yesterday....I played a bit...I still have my game on!

Art and a Chicken

Margaret's drawing for art
Mary Emeline's

I was downstairs when I heard Margaret yell, " There is a wild turkey in our

back yard!" She sounded so excited, so I just grabbed my camera and went to a back window....

sure enough, definitely a fowl.....guess Margie needs a visit to the optometrist!

They were playing truth or dare...

An almost full day of school on Wednesday!

Mary Emeline's tomato

Margie's apple

I cleaned these two off the fridge....I LOVE this

Senior Citizen soup lunch!!!!!!

No school over the holiday, but I could tell the girls were getting bored...this is how I found my dining room table....they were playing school and Nim (a math game)

Painting

Everyone loves all the new art supplies!


Mary Emeline's piece looks a bit tribal.



Love Gracie's tree!


Margaret's got a bit smudged.

Margaret makes breakfast

scrambled eggs and hot cocoa

Drawing

Mary Em's drawings
reading comp

geography

Margaret reading to Casey