September is a busy month for showing animals, which is why we do not start all of our subjects until our shows our over. This week we had two days of animal shows. We also had to take a day off of school because of dentist appointments and a health office appointment. We did get a bit of school work done on a couple of days.
Week 3 in our Homeschool
Bible: We continued reading in the book of 2nd Corinthians.
Read Aloud: We read 2 chapters of our biography on John Adams. In the evenings we are reading The Hardy Boys series for the boys and just started Tales From Memory Creek Ranch by Susan K Marlow for the girls.
History: We finished Week 3 in MOH Vol 2 on Masada, The Dead Sea Scrolls, and Pompeii.
Math: The children completed 2 lessons in their math assignments.
Reading: I had planned on doing a reading lesson out of AAR with Emmie on Monday, but we were babysitting and during the afternoon when we would have been reading Emmie was sitting in the playroom with Liam. While he was building Lego creations, she read to him out of a stack of picture books for more then 30 minutes. It was very sweet and I decided that more then counted for reading for the day.
Other Activities this Week
Monday we were babysitting.
While I was reading aloud.
Later Liam was pretending to nap on the playroom floor. Willow fell asleep in my lap and I put her on the couch with Lily beside her so I could help Anthony with his math.
And the girls were back at gymnastics.
Tuesday was a long day. We dropped Alex off at school and went to the park while we waited for his class to end. It was a beautiful morning.
We spent the rest of the day at appointments. The good news was everyone was cavity free and there is a Walmart down the road from the dentist that does grocery pick up so I took advantage of that while we were there. We had just enough time to drive all the way home, unload groceries and head to another appointment. That office was running way behind and we were there for a few hours, right up until just about supper time. Being in a crowded waiting room for a few hours was not my idea of a fun time, but at least we got it over with.
Then we had to wash all of the goats and prepare them for the show the next day.
Wednesday we were up before 5 to get the trailer loaded and head off to the Four States Fair goat show. We had never shown there before so it was a new experience. Art was at work so I was thankful that our Ag Agent was able to go with us and help me transport the animals. Competition was very stiff and every judge you go in front of is looking for something different then one before. Alex placed 7th with one and 13th with another. Christian's goat was the most improved from the week before and placed 7th with his. Lily placed 5th in her class of 5.
Thursday the babies were back and it was so pretty outside that we stayed out all morning long.
Friday we were up at 4 to load pigs and head back down to Four States for the Hog Show. There were 412 hogs entered and they said it was way down from what they usually have. The judge only placed the top 5 in each class. Neither Emmie or Nick placed.
Sunday Our church resumed in person worship, which I have been waiting for for months! Of course we have mask regulations, social distancing, temperature checks on the way in the door, and other safety measures. No Sunday School classes or group meetings but it was wonderful to be back in church!
Our next week should be a fairly normal school week and then the week after we have our last shows of 2020.
I hope you had a great week!
Happy Homeschooling!
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