September

When I first started looking through the pictures for September, I thought "Wow, Valerie is having a lot more fun in kindergarten then Lily is having in third grade!" Luckily, I kept looking and realized that third grade is pretty darn fun too!

 Lily took up tennis lessons at the Cooper Complex! Tennis is officially her favorite sport and she improved so much over a month period. She looked so forward to her tennis lessons that were twice a week. I just wish it wasn't a 40 minute drive to get to the Cooper Complex!

 

We had a fun field trip to the air show in Camdenton, Mo. Lily loved looking at all of the air planes.

My favorite project that we have been working on so far this year is her Story of the World Journal. We listen to these cds that are called Story of the World and they tell all about history. As we listen, we draw pictures to help us remember what we are learning.

Another awesome thing about Story of the World is that it matches up with our Classical Conversations memory work so Lily is constantly making connections.

We also had a great field trip to the Wonders of Wildlife that is connected to Bass Pro. I guess it was actually at the learning center. We went on a scavenger hunt and Lily wrote down all of the animals in either the invertebrate or vertebrate categories.

We also had a wonderful speaker teaches us about invertebrates and then we did art projects to go with it. Here Lily is with her jellyfish. She also made a crab and a worm farm.

We love having friends over so we invited our lifegroup friends over for a day of pumpkin fun. We made pumpkin pie scented.

 We also sent all of our friends home with a snack of pumpkin poop! :)

At Classical Conversations, we are having so much fun with our presentations. The other week she did a presentation on her favorite animal which is a horse. These presentations really motivate our writing lessons. We love that! She also did a persuasive presentation the other day where she convinced everyone that garage sale shopping is better than regualar shopping!

Lily loves her best friend Boston. Boston often comes over after CC on Mondays and lately they have been drawing together. Then they set up a table in the front yard and they sell their work. I am shocked to say that in two weeks they made almost $5.00.  Very proud of these awesome girls!!!

Third grade!

Lily is now my big 7 year old and she is ready to start 3rd grade! I have loved watching her grow in knowledge and skills each year. I am looking forward to seeing what this year has in store for Lily!

 

We went on a field trip to the City Utilities Transportation department to learn about the bus system. Lily did a great job of listening and asking questions. She really enjoyed looking at the maps and learning about the routes that the bus takes.

Lily is also back at Classical Conversations. She is really becoming a great public speaker. This last week she did a presentation on her favorite book. She drew pictures to help her narrate what was happening in the story. The she presented it in front of her class!

We had a field trip with our friends to Ha Ha Tonka. Lily loved reading the map and learning the history of the castle ruins!

 

Then we went over to the Creation Xpo in Camdenton, Mo to learn about dinosaurs, space, and many other things. She loved it and since she knows the place very well, she enjoyed showing her friends around!

 

I love learning with my girls! I can't wait to see all that we accomplish this year!

The last two presents

 I got a new bike. I used my birthday money to buy it.

I got a new doll from Germany. Her name is Gretchen.

My Birthday

 I had an Alice and wonderland party.

 

  It was fun. I got lots of presents. It was a tea party!

 

 I like playing with the kittens at Grandma Peters house.

I got cookie crisp for breakfast in bed.

Grandma got me new shoes.

Becca got me cool moon dough.

Easter Fun

I love Easter! I love easter because we get to selabrate jesuses reserection.We saw baby ducks.We saw baby chicks.We got to pet the bunnys. It was fun.

The Discovery Center

We went to the Discovery Center! This ball made my hair stick up.

Daphnes favrit part was cralling in the tunll.

 We  went to the digestive system.

We blew bubbles at the Discovery Center.

I wrote a news artacle.

We went to the water table. It was fun!