And is awake a lot during the night!! The first week was crazy! It didn't help that Michael was out of town that whole week, we were hosting a Fiesta to celebrate the end of our 'travels' through Mexico, and I had a bone marrow biopsy (nothing serious, but good grief...I was SORE!). We did take an extra week to get through Mexico and to recover....that made a world of difference. I feel like we're ready to start Canada on the right foot tomorrow. And as an added bonus....he slept through the night last night. Woohoo!!
Mexico has been very fun. We started the two weeks by setting up a "bus" in our kitchen. Caleb was to be our bus driver for our trip to Mexico, but once we all boarded, he got shy and Abby took over for him! He keeps asking when we're driving to Canada, so maybe he'll be willing to drive tomorrow!
Our fiesta was SO fun. We had 6 families, for a total of 15 kids. We never did get to our pinatas, but my friend, Wendy's kids did, and they were kind enough to bring one to display and one to break (AND due to my "soreness" she came early to help me set up and decorate! Many thanks to her!!!) The kids had a great time!
We have thoroughly enjoyed our study of deserts. There has been some talk on the Yahoo groups about the Science being dry or light in ECC. To be honest, there are some pages that we skip, but my girls have really enjoyed notebooking after the daily readings. I feel like between that, a couple of extra things that we've done from Janice VanCleave's Science Around the World, and a couple of DVD's...they've learned a lot. We are fortunate enough to have access to BBC's Planet Earth DVD's. I have been SO pleased with how well they have coordinated with what we're learning. I would not recommend allowing especially young children to watch these without parent supervision....especially if your kids are squeamish. We have fast-forwarded through a few things, but overall....well worth it!
We are settling into a new routine...puppy and all, and we're looking forward to travelling to Canada!
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I have obviously been using spellcheck for way too long because when I saw the phrase "we have been enjoying our study of deserts" my first thought was "How/ did I miss out on the curriculum that studies the chocolate??!!!" Clearly, my brain is craving sugar...and not the study of biomes :-)
Thank YOU for hosting the fiesta... really you are giving me too much credit... all I did was hang some decorations and mess up your kitchen with all of my Mexican frying!!
Sounds like fun! Glad that you are finally settling in :)
~Heather
I remember the first weeks of having a new puppy. You are right. They are alot like newborns:) I have to admit- like Wendy, I read it as dessert the first time as well!!! I guess I am having a sweet craving at the moment also:)
How nice that you have a local group of MFW ECC users! I wish we did as well. :) I'm sure they're out there somewhere ;)
I'm glad the puppy is sleeping at night now. It is quite a bit like having a baby :)
I pray that you'll be feeling better soon.
I just found your blog through someone else's. We just began doing a unit study this week. I had thought about My Father's World, but couldn't find anyone who actually used it. But, we're doing Egypt and studying deserts, as well. I had thought about using the Planet Earth dvds to help out - thanks for the affirmation!:)
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