People are occasionally using the volleyball net, after all. Even I did, and I was impressed at how magnanimous I was (hey, I should be impressed. I am naturally quite stingy, selfish, antisocial and more!) to welcome all ages and abilities. Remember inwardly groaning when you wanted a great game, but very small children wanted to partake?
The Sasquatch photo is a recent siting. Actually, on Labor Day, the fam and the Mother-in-law all traveled over the bridge to the Port Orchard property to get another gander. It is covered in vegetation and hard to really see. So Chris, Zach, and even moi hacked a path with a very dull machete down to the "roaring" creek. It was very audible, and was our eager goal. After an hour of hacking, sweating, swatting bugs, the small creek was visible. Later that night, I was alarmed to find a large bruise on my wrist. I hadn't injured it, nor did it even hurt. I felt a little nauseous, and was sure I had been bitten or stung by a nasty bug. I was scouring the internet, feeling worried. The fam prayed for me. The "bruise" faded fast, and I have not felt anything else untoward. Thank God!!
After the property, we stopped by the shore, where William is ambling. Zach found a tiny lizard which he had never seen before. It was very fast and nobody else would have ever noticed it, but of course he caught it. I picked a quart of blackberries and made crisp a few hours later. I love free fruit!!
The dark photo is Zach and Jessie on their first day of school. They decided to get crazy about drawing and art this week, which was unexpected and very cool. I had purchased this instructional book several years ago called Drawing With Children which we dragged out and started delving into again. This first week has gone pretty well. I am feeling my way along, praying a lot, doing a lot of research, being as organized and planning and flexible and disciplined and realistic and guilt-free as possible. I ordered some Math-U-See for Jessie. She has struggled with math for a long time, and I had to start her with math years below her grade level. (I bought what the placement pretest indicated)This bothers me, but it can't be helped. We aim to catch up eventually. After hours of looking, I found this really cool early American crafts kit from HandsandHearts.com. It has about a dozen things to do, like dip candles, make a quill pen, drink brick tea (not sure what that is). We are continuing the New Adventures in Learning unit study from last year. He is at the Revolutionary years stage, so that is where we are for history/social studies. I started The Light and the Glory for Kids as a review. I need to order grammar, but that will have to wait. In the meantime, I am burning up my printer with free worksheets!!!