Great Day - Girl Scouts & Mummies

Today was an awesome day. We spent the morning on math and music. Read Geography in the car (West Africa) on the way to pick up Halloween costume stuff. Cameron cleaned the playroom - 12 year old style - but the floor is more or less clear.

Audrey and I attended GS Meeting. We had a great time learning about Girl Scouts and Making Mummies with our friends. The Girls learned about the founding of Girl Scouts by Juliette Low. Then they made Mummies. We used green cups, glue dots, gauze, and googly eyes. To make the Mummy Candy Holders.

Then the girls turned two brownies into mummies. Audrey is the neatly wrapped version. Here are a few snaps:

The boys went to Boy Scouts and drum lesson. Cameron is working toward his Tenderfoot rank. He wants to achieve Tenderfoot by the December Court of Honor.

Although we are always learning formally and informally, we officially started school two weeks ago. I planned for a rolling start with the schedule and routine established by August 15th. Isn't a plan great!

Well the rolling part of the plan is certainily in play. We seem to be rolling around and around ...

The past two weeks Cameron has been working on a literature study on the book Holes. He loved the book and has enjoyed many of the activities. He particularly loved making spiced peaches and sharing them with our family. We will try to post a picture.

Along with this novel, he has also enjoyed beginning a study of geology. We will be continuing this unit through the next few weeks.

Audrey is working hard on her reading skills and doing so well. Her favorite subject is math. We use Right Start Math which really brings math alive with manipulatives and games. She has been working on a unit study of habitats and homes and is having fun learning about animals and their homes.

I think by next week we will be in the groove again. Cameron and Audrey are anxious for coop to start and be back with their friends most of whom we have not seen all summer.

It will certainly help us get focused next week when all the schoolies (those adorable cousins and friends attend a school outside of their home) go back where they belong. It will be tempting to run all over for early field trips in virtually abandoned venues like the zoo before the pesky schoolie field trips have time to get underway. But, we do need to get buckled down as well so maybe we will schedule just one.

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It has been such a fun week. Cameron and I watched the inauguration complete with Root Beer and Popcorn - Not on our healthy food plan :)! But it certainly made it memorable.

I have experienced such joy and renewal of spirit in this election and the inauguration of President Obama. At no time in my life have I been more certain that the man we elected is the right man for the job. What a wonderful moment in history! In this time of crisis for our nation a man of this caliber rises to the challenge and possesses the unique skills and personal characteristics to tackle the problems and inspire the people.

But what amazed me most this week was the renewal and spirit of enthusiasm I saw in my son. At the age of ten, how much the renewal of spirit does one need? Certainly, he has been swept up in the tremendous events of the past year and is expecting a lot from our new president. But the remarkable thing is that he is expecting more of himself as well.

Last night, we had an amazing coveration about what he could do to change his community. He really listened to the inauguration speech and wants to do his part. He wanted to know where he could help.

Until, we can find projects that are age appropriate for community service, he will focus his energy on the enviroment. He is an active environmentalist and is the enviromental "Captain" of our house. He is in charge of energy conseravation and recycling. But now he wants to find away to take his passions to help to the community.