Classical Conversations Homeschool Group

Annora's Kindergarten class w/ teacher Mrs. Sumner.
"Abecedarians 1"

Annora drawing & coloring "her face" for the "Human Body" project.

This is part of their science this year - Anatomy.
They are also working on time-line memorization, Latin, English Grammar, U.S. Geography, Math memorization(times tables/squares/cubes/square and cubed roots), Art, Music, and each week everyone gets to make a "presentation" in front of the class (this helps with public speaking skills). Whew!

October Camping w/ AHG

We camped out for two days for an American Heritage Girls event, at Crabtree Falls in Nelson County, VA.
But there were only two of us who braved the chilly weather.

Kami happy & cold.

Cool fungus along the Appalacian Trail in the Priest Wilderness.

Crabtree Falls Trail
A "Yellow Wood"

Kathleen was the only girl that came!
And she really toughed out the cold.

Little Gymnast

Gymnastics class - Thursday Evenings

Lotsa fun!

Mama and Annora

Annora being silly!

Annora's Birthday Party

Everyone made foam crowns as friends arrived.

Have at ye, balloons! Take that! And that!

We need more balloons!!!

The dreaded dragon, "Smaug" emerges from his "cave".
The kids attacked and killed him. Twice. Then they beat him some more.

Then they confiscated the treasure chest (full of candy and glass "jewels").
It was cold and windy! (Around 34F.)

The Castle Cake. Sweet.

Blowing out the 5 candles.

"Catch the Reading Bug" Party

Our library has a wonderful children's program. All the kids that participated in the summer reading program got to come to the party. There was a professional puppet company, blow-up bouncies, a store (where the kids got one "dollar" for every half-hour they read). Annora earned 70 tickets.

Summer Aikido

Kami doing "eagle wing" toss with Melissa

Melissa Locking Brian

Annora all cutified in her uniform.

Melissa showing Kyle what she worked on in Tae Kwan Do (TKD).

Brian hip-tossing Kyle.

Kami tossing Melissa by the wrist.

Dance Badge Camp

Lena (one of our troop's Leaders In Training-LIT for short), organized and taught some of the girls (the ones NOT on vacation at the time) the requirements for their Dance merit badge.

The girls choreographed their own dance to "I'll Take You Back" by Jeremy Camp.
Looked good!

Me, right before the end-of-summer party, where the girls dressed in dance costumes and performed for everyone. Had a good turnout for it being the middle of the summer!

During practice, "Okay, everyone. Look silly!" (Not in this picture: Maeve and Annora.)

AHG Bake Sale

Our American Heritage Girls troop had a bake sale and gave away free water at "Celebrate America" on the Sunday before July 4th.

Just a few pics of some of "my" girls.

Gymnastics

This Spring, Annora took Gymnastics for 8 weeks. She loved every minute of it!

These are pictures of the "Parent Day" where we were allowed to be on the floor with the girls.

Annora's Re-Made Room

So...we completely re-did Annora's Bedroom, and it looks great! I chose the color pallet, and she chose the actual colors that would go on the walls. I was kinda concerned about the limey green, but it works. :) So all is well.

Brian painted her old furniture too. And we painted the knobs to match the throw rug.

Annora found the cool lamp (which just happened to be at her knee level & on clearance--that's my deal-findin' girl!)

We also put the canopy over her bed. it's so cute with its little butterflies!

I painted the bookshelf and put the heart shelves on the wall.

Annora and I found some cool stuff at the Dollar Tree that would match (picture frames, a mirror, etc).

I put it all together while Brian and Annora were in GA. Here's the video of Annora see her bedroom for the first time. Enjoy!

New Year, New Blog

I'm gonna get you, mama!

Mama and Annora

How mean is your nannie?



Oh, man! She looked right into it!

What a good sport. :) (snow incrusted hair and all)

Let me think...what DO I want for Christmas? Hmm....