This month’s primary scripture

Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God. D&C 88:119

We are grateful to the Goddard family for sharing their talents with us and we have their posters, listing the themes and primary scriptures, up in our home each month.  You will want to visit their website at www.ldsgreats.com.  Good people doing good things and always sharing so abundantly!  Thanks!

Here is a link to a great article by Daryl Hoole, one of my new favorite homemakers (thanks Ingrid for sharing).  Her article adds great insight to this month’s primary scripture.  http://www.theartofhomemaking.com/gospelcenteredhome.htm

Home school tip: We use these scriptures and many others for our daily copy work.  Each of the kids have their own scripture binders that they use for daily family scripture study, getting gum from the scripture gum jar for recitation and for their copy work.  There are alot of things in those binders… maybe a topic for another day’s post!

Homeschooling Friends Play Day at Jumpin’ Jacks

Home school Christmas Party

Thanks to the Goddard family for inviting us to a Christmas Party with our home school friends.  We did a craft decorating Christmas trees, heard a story and saw a puppet show about giving, put together 40 education kits for the humanitarian center, and had lots of fun playing and talking!  Ben’s favorite part was “playing with Max Goddard”.  Abby’s favorite part was “making my special trees”-she made 2.  All 4 our our kids crashed in the car on the way home-a sign of true success.  Merry Christmas

Dado took the kids to the zoo!

Volcanic Eruption

Ben got this volcano kit from Cool Aunt Amber back in July and we just now got around to making it and watching it erupt.  It was good for several hours of entertainment!  Thayne didn’t quite figure out that vinegar and baking soda don’t taste good and went back for several experimental licks-all with the same negative outcome.  Ben had to experiment with squirting green food coloring in his mouth.

Student Becomes the Teacher

A few days ago we ventured to the Mapleton City Library.  I was quite pleased with myself for taking “all 4″ children to the Library by myself.  The trip was a success!  We loaded up the stroller basket with books, then met dado at the park for lunch, went to group piano lessons and headed for the homestead.  First thing upon entering the house, Ben loaded up all of the books next to himself on the couch and started reading.  Within a minute or so, Abby curled up next to him and asked him to read to her.  It was definitely a moment worthy of documentation.

Piano Recital 2007

Ben and Abby just performed at their Suzuki Piano Recital.  Both of them now playing hands together.  At our house… we call recitals “gigs”.  Our kids want to be just like their Dado.  They both played beautifully!

Tree House Sack Lunches

Ben created a basket rope system for getting “very important things” into his tree house.  When I saw his creativity… I thought he needed something for the basket besides rocks and sticks.  So I made the kids sack lunches for the tree house.  Who would have known that such a simple thing could make three kids so excited and giggly and spend so much time together in their tree house munching on their goodies.

Botany 101 with Nana