The kind of week it's been...

 Yesterday on the way to swim practice, I drove past the N Dec HS sign that stated it was 48 degrees out.  My thoughts immediately went something like this... "Hm...that's why it feels so cold out...I thought that it was gonna drop on Thursday...oh, yeah...today IS Thursday!"

  Then, this morning as I looked out over the newly harvested corn field toward the sunrise, I thought it looked eerily wintry with the hazy pink sunrise perking and the icy frost covering everything very thickly on the ground.  Well, of course, (I thought) b/c it was supposed to be 29 last night. 

   Despite my confused state of the time and seasons...we have accomplished a lot in school.  It is so fun to see and hear the boys learning. 
   Jake continues to learn (along with Mom) the stories of our US History.  What beautiful indicators of God's providence and care of our nation!
   Below you can see Jake's summary of hours (and I mean hourS) of reading library books and more about the Colonial Years leading to the American Revolution.

   Here you can see Jake's "quill pen" writing re: the Dec of Independence.  We hunted feathers and berries in the woods so we could make what we needed.  (Now he wants his own ink well)

   Needless to say, I did have a moment yesterday where I wasn't sure I could handle another gun shot mimicry or battle reenactment from the boys.  It has been endless battle noise, reenactment, and mimicry...both physically as the bounce around the house in the midst of daily chores and activity and in the actual battle set ups on the family room floor with daily representations of wars read about.  :)

   Joe is very excited in his learning these days.  He told me this morning (as he wondered -out loud- how much school work he had to do) that he likes doing the letter things.  :)   This week he has been continuing to strengthen his ability to put letter sounds together to determine words.  AND, he is now able to hear me say a word...and write down the letters that make up that word.  You can see his work from today. :)