Call me Miss Domesticated. I made calzones for our pizza night because Racer wanted to know what they looked like plus I stuffed them with my own homemade ricotta cheese. We had spinach and ricotta calzones and pepperoni ones. It was my first time making ricotta cheese. I might do it again if I need ricotta and don't want to go to the store, but it takes a lot of milk to make not a lot of cheese. It was interesting though. I also would make it earlier in the day so I wasn't rushing around trying to make it, make pizza dough, get the calzones stuffed, not step on babies, and get everything into the oven so we can have dinner at a reasonable time while also directing the other kids in their dinner chores and helping to put dinner together.
I got granola done this morning too, but I overcooked it and didn't put enough syrup on it so it's not my best attempt. I'll have to look at the recipe more closely the next time that I make it. I was kind of going on memory and trying to combine two separate recipes. It's passable, but only just. Enjoy these pictures of what I am proud of -
I got granola done this morning too, but I overcooked it and didn't put enough syrup on it so it's not my best attempt. I'll have to look at the recipe more closely the next time that I make it. I was kind of going on memory and trying to combine two separate recipes. It's passable, but only just. Enjoy these pictures of what I am proud of -
Racer did well at his independent subjects today and he was all caught up with his other subjects so he got some extra free time this morning while the twins were awake. We discussed his scouting progress. I think he just needs to get one requirement in his leadership area and he will have his Bear.
Religion - We just did our memorization today. No one earned a chocolate chip again. We have to work harder at that.
Physics - We did our last balance quiz today. It was a fill in the blank quiz and they got all the blanks correct.
History - I had planned to read a book about John F. Kennedy today, but we haven't got it from the library yet so we read The Story of Ruby Bridges since we had been learning about Martin Luther King, Jr., desegregation, and civil rights. Her story always amazes me because she was such a little girl doing such an important and big work. I don't know that I, as a six-year-old, could have faced down angry mobs every day and been in a classroom by myself every day, knowing that other children weren't allowed to come to school because of me. I think I would have given up.
We also continued our timeline memorization and learned some more facts about Idaho. The kids loved the baked potato bar for yesterday's dinner and today's lunch. We looked at some pictures of Minnetonka Caves and Hell's Canyon.
Spelling - Racer missed one word on his spelling for the week, but Chicklette got 100% on her spelling test. She was so excited to show DH that she got them all correct.
Grammar - Racer's grammar dealt with contractions and reviewed personal pronouns and adjectives. Chicklette learned more about the seasons. We learned that we capitalize holidays, months, and days of the week, but we do not capitalize the names of seasons. We also reviewed all the months of the year and which seasons they belong in.
Religion - We just did our memorization today. No one earned a chocolate chip again. We have to work harder at that.
Physics - We did our last balance quiz today. It was a fill in the blank quiz and they got all the blanks correct.
History - I had planned to read a book about John F. Kennedy today, but we haven't got it from the library yet so we read The Story of Ruby Bridges since we had been learning about Martin Luther King, Jr., desegregation, and civil rights. Her story always amazes me because she was such a little girl doing such an important and big work. I don't know that I, as a six-year-old, could have faced down angry mobs every day and been in a classroom by myself every day, knowing that other children weren't allowed to come to school because of me. I think I would have given up.
We also continued our timeline memorization and learned some more facts about Idaho. The kids loved the baked potato bar for yesterday's dinner and today's lunch. We looked at some pictures of Minnetonka Caves and Hell's Canyon.
Spelling - Racer missed one word on his spelling for the week, but Chicklette got 100% on her spelling test. She was so excited to show DH that she got them all correct.
Grammar - Racer's grammar dealt with contractions and reviewed personal pronouns and adjectives. Chicklette learned more about the seasons. We learned that we capitalize holidays, months, and days of the week, but we do not capitalize the names of seasons. We also reviewed all the months of the year and which seasons they belong in.