Connor: My Campaign Poster

Vote for me, Connor M. Jones

A vote for me is a vote for more history based units and more chemistry experiments. The reasons you might want to vote for me are as follows: I am the oldest candidate and the most intelligent. I would make sure that as the party name The School Party says that there are more history based units. I would do the best I could to give the little kids an interest in history through more interactive units, much like the Pilgrims unit we did before we moved to Marble Falls.

Connor: Book To Add To The Booklist

I am reading The Legend of Shady Hallow also called The Legend of The Headless Horseman. The book is great so far. I am enjoying it. I am thinking of reading Pet Cemetery by Stephen King. I am very interested in reading horror novels.

Avery: A Book Review

Blubber
By Judy Blume

I think that Blubber is an awesome book to read! It is funny and serious at the same time. It is all about a girl named Jill Brenner who is a public schooler. She is in fifth grade class with her friend Tracy and a lot of other interesting people. Tracy is Jill's best friend. In one chapter it was Halloween and Jill and Tracy put eggs in Mr. Machinist's mailbox because they thought that he deserved it. Later in an other chapter a girl named Linda became popular and Jill was not a cool person in school anymore. I loved this book and I hope that people who like Judy Blume books will read this one.

Max: A Story

Storming
By Max Jones

Storming. It was raining in the storm. was scared and cried. The rain never stopped. When it stormed I went to bed. Going to bed and I hear it still storming. THE END

Mommio: It's Raining, It's Pouring

So, I guess you know you live in Texas when the kids act like it is snowing outside every time it rains. After a very long, hot, dry summer it has been finally raining and this afternoon it has been POURING for several hours already. The kids are so excited, as if they have truly never seen rain before. Gabe is repeatedly checking the radar online, they all keep going out on the front and back porches just to look at it and all the "amazing" things. They told me the road is flooded and that it actually has a "current" on it. The entire house is surrounded by a "swamp". All the cars make these amazing sprays of water as they drive by. Too bad they can't go out and play in it- too much thunder and lightning- but they seem pretty happy just looking!

Mason: Our Play

We are making a play called Zelda Twilight Princess. In the play Avery is going to be Medna. I am going to be Link. Gabe is going to be Ganendorf. Connor is going to be wolf Link. Marney is going to be Zelda. Max is going to be a monkey and one of the kids. Kiki is going to be the other kid. I think it is going to be a really funny and exciting play!

Kiki: I'm Sick

I have a bad cough. And my throat hurts. I played my princess Wii game. And I played Cooking Mama.

Marney: Book Review

Meet Molly
An American Girl
By Valerie Tripp

Meet Molly is so fun to read because it's telling about an American Girl that you guys might want to buy. It's kind of hard to read because it has words like '' Mrs Gilford''. There was one thing at the end of the book called "A Peek In The Past'' that was very hard to read. My favorite part was where she was dressing up for Halloween and when she got outside her brother Ricky sprayed her with water. It was super funny! I think girls who love American Girl dolls should read this book.

Gabe: Our Garden

We planted in our fall garden this weekend. First we spread the bone meal. Then we mixed it up with the dirt. Bone meal is ground bone.We mixed it up because it adds nutrients to the dirt without adding chemicals. Then we planted a lot of seeds. Here is a map of our garden.

Gabe: The Black Cat Issue #2

Marney: Yoga

I went to yoga and Dad went too. Like always Lily and Elder and Robin came. We did the circle share, we held hands and we said nice things to the person next to us. We did poses that look like reptiles, like turtle and alligator. And we did the lizard, the lizard is awesome. I like the lizard because it stretches your back and your arms and legs. I made a picture of yoga class, the first part of the picture is me sitting down and breathing and the second part is me doing a tree pose and the third part is me doing relaxation.

Mommio: What We're Reading

Dinnertime Reading- The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
Lord Of The Flies by William Golding
Max & Jack- whatever books they find around the house
Kennedy- Dick and Jane
storybooks online at Tumblebooks
Marney- Meet Molly: An American Girl by Valerie Tripp
storybooks online at Tumblebooks
storybooks from our collection
Gabe- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
1000 Facts On Bugs Edited By Barbara Taylor
Thor, Uncanny XMen by Marvel
Avery- Blubber by Judy Blume
1000 Facts On Rocks and Minerals by Chris and Helen Pellant
A History of US: Making Thirteen Colonies 1600-1740 by Joy Hakim
American Girl Magazine
New Mutants, The Uncanny XMen by Marvel
Mason- The Mouse And The Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
Connor- A History Of US: Reconstructing America 1865-1890 by Joy Hakim
Real Science-4-Kids Chemistry Level II by Dr. R.W. Keller
Sea Of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Mad Magazine
Odysseus Escaping Poseidon's Curse graphic novel by Dan Jolley and Thomas Yeates
Order Of The Stick by Rich Burlew
Mommio- The Island Of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
The Physick Book Of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
The Complete Idiot's Guide To Eastern Philosophy by Jay Stevenson
The Lazy Man's Guide To Enlightenment by Thaddeus Golas
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Daddio- The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
Pathfinder #8 by Wes Schneider
Chem C3000 Chemistry Experiment Manual
Rolling Stone Magazine
New Mutants, Thor, The Uncanny XMen by Marvel

Gabe: The Black Cat Issue #1

Mommio: Our Week

Whew--we made it through the week with sick kids and Daddio toe gone for three days. The house was quite a wreck by the time he got home but it is now Sunday and all that has been fixed, no one is sick and the garden even got planted today. Needless to say- last week was a mess and we didn't get much done (other than a great Adventure Club meeting). So, here's to hoping we stick to the plan this week! Here it is:

Monday- mulch the garden, work on the Daily Girl, Buddhism Unit Study, yoga (with Daddio!)
Tuesday- Nana day, Max well-check appointment, Avery getting her ears pierced
Wednesday- Mason new dermatologist appt., afternoon school, D&D
Thursday- field trip with homeschool friends to Austin Nature Center and Zilker Park
Friday- school, finish Buddhism Unit Study, house chores, family movie night
Saturday- buddy day, yard chores, groceries, science (Daddio and Connor start the new chemistry set), family game night
Sunday- lake swimming day (Nana and Popo's house)

Mason: Being Sick

Yesterday Max was sick and today Gabe is sick. We all know that they are sick because they have a high fever, a bad cough and they have a sore throat. Mama is giving them medicine and giving Gabe cough pills so that they will get better. And Gabe is having tea because it can help your throat. Maybe someday they will get better, I hope.

Mommio: What We Did Today

Today was our first Homeschool Adventure Club meeting of the year and it turned out great. It was the first time using Robin's new classroom- which looked very "school like" inside with all the bug reports, display tables, etc. that Robin set up. She really worked hard to get it set up that way and it showed. Tony also worked hard on the property around the school and it looked beautiful. I really appreciate everything they both did and being able to use their place for our family and homeschool activities. What a great place to have a class! Robin and I taught the kids about bug anatomy at this meeting. Go check out our blog to see all the pictures and notes about today's class. The kids loved it all!
On the down side- Max is pretty sick and has had a high fever and cough since VERY early this morning. Unfortunately Daddio toe is out of town (we miss him!) and Nana toe was away for the day so we had no one for Max to stay home with. He survived the morning though and enjoyed some of it. Connor even took him in to Robin's house to babysit him alone for a while when he was feeling really bad. Thanks Connor! We are expecting that by the time Daddio toe arrives home late Friday he will walk into a very messy house full of sick people. Sorry about that.

Max: Doing Class

Adventure Club today. Go in the car. People coming. Bugs. Me sick. Are we going to yoga? Daddy come to yoga. More blog.

Kiki: My Hummingbird Feeder

I made a hummingbird feeder and it was homemade. I made it in the school room. I got a piece of string and I got a piece a paper. I folded the paper and wrapped it around with tape. I got a piece of string and I put it on the paper and taped it on. Then I tied a ribbon on. I hanged it outside. The hummingbirds are going to eat the paper and the string.

Marney: What I Did Today

I went to yoga and I did some new poses. King cobra and picking avocados and peaches. I caught a bird! We did tree, I was a tiny bush. And then we did relaxation and said thank you to our bodies. Here's a video that my mom just took of me doing poses.

Marney: My Recipe For Cookies

Ingredients

cookie mix
water
eggs
butter
flour
cinnamon

Directions

Turn on oven to 350. Pour cookie mix into the bowl. Put the water in the bowl and mix in the bowl and put 2 eggs. Put butter in the bowl, put some flour and put some cinnamon and mix it. Bake for 10 minutes.