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No schoolwork,GASP! I made a claim we had not done any schoolwork for a few weeks. Okay, so I guess I lied a little on Tuesday night when I said we hadn’t done any school work for a while! I meant to state we haven’t done any boring worksheets or handwriting or math worksheets, but WE HAVE DONE PLENTY of school work during November.
Looking through all the pictures we took in November made we realize WE DID HAVE tons of learning experiences such as shooting a pellet gun, sewing a stuffed bear, learning to cook hamburgers, visiting a news and radio station, attending gym day, taking pictures for mom’s blog, typing up our own things, creating guns out of wood, painting ornaments, tot trays, state quarters…. The list goes on and on, but for those of you who might be skeptical as to what learning CAN take place outside the world of textbooks and worksheets please take a look at what we have done (at least what we caught on camera!)
We started the month off with a visit from friends and 2 days at the hotel indoor swimming pool!
Eldest loves weapons and guns. If you know him, then you know he loves learning about their specs and creating his own. He has made them from Lego’s, Contrux, and now hardcore foam and wood! He keeps designing them after real weapons or one from video games. He is very creative and hope he continues to pursue his creative side as an adult.
Lil’ Red does NOT like to be left out. When the big kids were at Grandma’s he decided to do chores. “I crush cans”, he said! He’s so lightweight he cannot crush them very well, but he did his best and that is what counts.
Princess was too excited about the bear she made for Lil’ Red that she gave it to him early and not on Christmas day! She was very proud of the sewing skills she learned last year at Keeper’s of the Home. She is continuing to grow those skills. She is now working on presents for family and friends. (it was hard or me to work on the pc last night since I had to stop 8 times to help her thread needles and tie knots until she learned to tie a knot!)
I have my own set of scientists! We experimented with some candy and plan to do more in the future.
What month would be complete without a field trip? We were able to take a tour of Cox Media Group’s news room and radio station! We had lots of fun with homeschool friends.
We had fun putting ornaments on Grandma’s Christmas Tree after Thanksgiving dinner.
Lil’ Red did work on some fall themed tot trays a couple of times during the month. He also worked on matching numbers with foam puzzle in a line and wooden puzzle numbers.
Boy, this post was really fun and helped to share with you all the things we learned and did and I have not had time to blog about:) I think I should do this each month! I hate not sharing all the wonderful things we do, but sometimes it is hard to edit pictures and get a decent post written. I have loads more to share with you but this post is getting LONG:)
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There are a lot of little comforts we go without in order to sustain ourselves and save money. Sometimes I wish we lived outside the city limits so we could have a couple chickens, a goat, and a nice big garden. We live in a city with very strict ordinances and I dread the thought of asking if we could even have one chicken on our small property! I’m sure it’s against either a health ordinance or nuisance ordinance ( we live in a city where you must move your car ever 48 hours if it’s not on private property otherwise it’s 7 days I think!)
So here are 10 ways we save money plus links to a few posts to save more if you read all the way through:)
1. Make our own laundry detergent– I’ve been doing this for over 3 years out of necessity At first I was skeptical like many others, but I am happy to save so much moolah and know I am adding to our family by making our own. We make our own washing soda from baking soda as well! This helps stretch the almighty dollar even further.
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I had recently been researching how to make homemade deodorants and lotion bars. I really, really wanted to make my own lotion bars since they run $5-$7 at a local Farmer’s Market. I cannot afford that to experience lotion on the go that works in any kind of weather! I’ve been searching online and pinterest looking for the easiest and cheapest versions on lotion bars. I already had beeswax, olive oil, vitamin e oil, and some essential oils, but NO Coconut Oil. I had no idea even where to buy it locally besides a pricey health food store 45 minutes away.
I was lucky enough to come across a blogger review opportunity from Tropical Traditions. I was super excited to learn I qualified to receive a free sample to review and a chance to offer a giveaway to my reader’s of some virgin coconut oil from Tropical Traditions.
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Just thought I would share a quick tip for cold & flu season. It’s one of those DUH moments of why didn’t I think of that! I, of course, take stock of what medicines and natural remedy ingredients we have on hand BEFORE we are sick. It is no fun having to run to the store while you are ill to pick up medicine. Spreading germs to everyone else in town is just not nice!
Okay, are you ready to be super impressed with how ingenious I am?
Here goes- LABEL YOUR MEDICINE CUPS with your child’s initials and LABEL YOUR NOSE DROPS so each person in the family uses their own! I used a sharpie marker on the bottom of the medicine cups. (yes, we do save them from tylenol and wash them really, really good.) I used stickers from dollar store sticker sheets. To make them more permanent I will be covering with clear packaging tape!
2nd TIP- if you have good nose spray bottle DO NOT THROW THEM OUT! I learned the hard way that not all nasal sprays actually spray up! I bought 2 new bottles that will not spray up and I am very disappointed Now I will keep the good spray bottles and wash them out and then refill with homemade nasal spray!
Simple YES! Easy to do YES! Just one way to keep germs to themselves.
What do you do to get ready for cold & flu season?
