Dogs

Do you have a dog?
We sort of have a dog.
Her name is Bella.
She is our neighbor.

Johnny (all of us actually) have been walking her for almost 2 years.

Can you believe that he gets $5 every time he (we) walks her?

And we walk her 2-3 times a week.

Even when it is below freezing.

My 9 year-old makes more money than I do.

Today was a perfect walking day.

We even stopped at the park.

My kids really want a dog.

I always thought we would have one.

Then something happened to me.

My dog wanter turned off.

We do not have a fence.

I use that as an excuse.

No fence.

No dog.

For now,

I really like "sort of" having a dog.

Do Better

Here is some more word art for you.

I used this with The Family School, Year 1, History Lesson 7

I hope you like it!

Doodling

I'm a doodler.
I always have been.
While taking notes at school.
I doodle.
While listening to a talk.
I doodle.
While writing in my journal.
I doodle.

I know something is really important to me if it has a lot of doodles with it.

Likewise, I know something was really boring if it there are a lot of doodles.

That being said,
I think everyone should have a chance to doodle.

As I was giving a lesson during Family School, I saw my two youngest getting a little restless.  I completely understand that.  Some of the things we learn are challenging for them.  But I love that we are together so I don't want to send them to another room.  So I had a thought.  When I was in school, I doodled.  Why not find a way for them to doodle while I teach?  Then, perhaps they will be able to listen a little better, or if nothing else, they will not distract the older two.

This is what I came up with.

And guess what?

It worked!

Not only did they sit quietly through the entire lesson,

but they also actually heard what I said and learned something!

I also made sea life creatures.

You can check it out at my TPT store.

They are begging me for more, so be on the look out for more "Doodle and Draw" creations.

I also put up some doodle frames and some more free clip art.  So go on over there and see what you think.

Thanks!

Have an "aimless daze"!

Noah

These handouts can be used for Family School, Year 1, Lesson 6.

We read some more in Moses 7.

I got to do another scripture study sheet and scripture inserts.



We read the story of Noah.
Everyone knows the story.

Noah.
Righteous.
World.
Wicked.
People.
Warned.
Ark.
Animals.
Flood.
Destroyed.

In just a few words.

Think of how much courage it must have taken Noah to obey the Lord.
Do you realize that he was warning the people and building the ark for over a hundred years?
That is some serious dedication!

"Obedience makes you spiritually strong."

Every time we obey, we are building spiritual muscles.  The more muscles we build, the easier it will be for us to obey things that are hard.  Just like Noah, we can be obedient and the Lord can protect us.

I made this for our history notebooks.

Obedience is power!

Molly Dolly Pattern

I did it!

I finally finished the Molly Dolly Pattern and it is in my etsy shop.

Come on over to my etsy shop and get a pattern!

You have plenty of time to make a Molly Dolly for your special little girl for Christmas.

If you do get Molly Dolly Pattern, let me know and I will send you some Thanksgiving journal cards.

Thank you!!!

Enoch

These handouts can be used for The Family School, Year 1, History Lesson 5.

 How did Enoch remain righteous in such a wicked world?
How was he able to influence so many others to also choose righteousness?
How can we follow Enoch's example?

Those are the questions that we talked about in one of our history lessons.

I made a scripture study chart for the kids.



I was surprised by how much they enjoyed the study chart!
They loved marking their scriptures with purpose.
They loved writing key words in the margins.
They really loved gluing the quote into their scriptures.
I think that I will be doing a lot more of these.
It is very rewarding to see those kiddios really absorb the Word of God!

Moses 7 can be found here.

Butterflies

A few weeks ago,

we released our butterflies.

I have to say,

it was a very cool experience.

First of all,

we missed the first four butterflies breaking out of their chrysalis.

It was tragic!

The kids would wait and watch,

wait and watch.

Then it would happen...

When we were sleeping!!

Why???

There was one left.  

When this chrysalis was a a caterpillar,

it could not climb to the lid to make its chrysalis.

It formed its chrysalis on the ground.

Lucky for us!!!

We were not going to miss the big event.

We gathered around the table.

I read from our book,

and read,

and read,

and read.

Probably 2 hours straight.

Then Molly shouts.

"it's cracking!"

This is what we saw.

So incredible!

Then the day came to release them.

Notice Molly's face? That butterfly may have pooped on her...

We will definitely do this again!