Is he cute or what?

Talking to Papa!

Ancient Egypt....YUM!

In history, we have been learning all about ancient Egypt. So we decided it would be fun to make a cookie dough map of all the places we have been visiting.

The boys really enjoyed this project!

We used blue frosting for the Nile River and the Red Sea.

The green frosting was the fertile "black land" created by the inundation.

Hersheys Kisses=The Great Pyramids & Sphynx

M &M's= different cities along the Nile

Chocolate Chips= The Valley of the Kings

Noah's finished product, which as soon as this photo was taken, decided to add to it to make the imaginary village of "Acatare"! LOL!



Here is Micah's masterpiece....as you can tell by the chocolate on his face, he ate as much as he placed on his map!

Blubber Experiment

We have been learning about polar animals for the past couple of weeks. I found an experiment about blubber in Janice VanCleave's Science around the Year Book.

We put shortening (blubber) in one hand and placed ice on top. Then we put ice in our other hand with no blubber.

Guess which hand was the first to get cold!

The polar bears, penguins, and whales are in good shape.

Isn't God smart???

Grandma's Been Babysitting!

Snowflakes

Today we read all about snow and made some coffee filter snowflakes. Didnt they turn out pretty!

After dinner, we made snowflake tortillas. You cut the tortilla just like a paper snowflake and then fry it.

After it is done, you spray it with a little butter and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Yum!!!!!!!!

And just for us, this is what it has been doing outside all day long!



What a great way to start our Polar Lands & Animals Unit!!!

Snow

Here are few books we have been reading about snow.

This book by Janice VanCleave has several experiments with snow. It has lots of fun and easy ideas to try! We also are going to try a couple of experiments later in the month on Polar Bear Paws & How Penguins Stay Warm.

My Word for 2009

Some of the ladies over on the FIAR and HSS message boards decided instead of making New Years Resolutions to choose a word to focus on throughout the year.

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So after much deliberation, I have decided my word for this year with be

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PURPOSEFUL

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I have spent alot of time over the last several days thinking about what it means to be purposeful.

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Here is what the dictionary has to say:

to intend, resolve, or plan; to resolutely aim at a specific goal; not meaningless

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Okay, so then I checked it out in the Thesaurus.

Synonyms for Purpose : aim, aspiration, goal, intention, objective

Antonyms: accident, fate, hazard

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Alright so I began to think of some adjectives to show what I wanted my PURPOSEFULNESS to look like.

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Vigorous, Persistant, Steadfast, Forceful, Stubborn, Tenacious ohhh, I like that last one....so I did a little word study

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Tenacity-Persistant in maintaining, adhering to or seeking something valued or desired.

Synonyms for Tenacity: Perserverance, Persistance, Steadfastness

Antonyms: idleness, Laziness, Sloth

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Alright, so I want to be Vigorous, Persistant, Steadfast, Forceful, & Tenaciously

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Purposeful in

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My Relationships

Our Home

Our Homeschool

Our Health

Our Finances

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So now I am the process of looking at what our purpose in each of these areas really looks like and what God has to say about it.

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I mean you cant be purposeful unless you know exactly what your purpose is. Right????

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I think this will be my verse for the year. I think it goes along perfectly with what the Lord is trying to teach me this year.

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1 Corinthians 15:58 (New American Standard Bible)

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

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Wow, this is going to be good!