Valentine Boxes

Here are the kids' Valentine boxes. Always a tradition at our homeschool group to have a Valentine mailbox contest. We divide them up into age and ask someone objective to do the judging. James won first prize in his age division. I was very proud of him. He worked very hard on his box.





The insane look on Suzy's face is her delight in taking APART her box after the party. LOL

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Weekly Review - Week 23

I wished this Weekly Review would write and post itself. Since that didn't happen, all you're getting is some photos. LOL February blahs!

We did our lessons 4 days this week and had a Valentine party on Wednesday. The kids did math and literature that morning before we left. So here are some pictures of learning to use chopsticks (project for Mystery of History). I showed them a youtube video or two since I myself do not know how to use chopsticks. David got it, Emily and James tried hard, and Suzy gave up, as you can see.

The rest of the pix are from the Valentine party day - a couple of doing math beforehand and the rest at the bowling alley.

They Came, They Bowled, They Partied

Today was our homeschool group's Valentine party, held at a bowling alley. The kids are invited to create a Valentine box to serve as a "mailbox". They are supposed to do this completely on their own (although I think some parents "help" a bit too much). Anyway, this is a 'tradition' in our group. We've done it for years now. Here are my children's entries. David did not participate. In fact, none of the 12+ crowd did. I think all 12 of the ones who showed up in that age group today were all boys!























No, none of my kids won a prize. Each age group was judged separately. But because I thought they each did a phenomenal job deciding what to make and making it, yes, on their own, I bought them each a prize myself.