Our Scouting Unit (both the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts) celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America tonight at the Blue and Gold Banquet. The boys were invited to make and decorate a dessert. The top three would win a prize. Guess which one won first place in the dessert contest? Yeah, [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2010 by trish
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We finished reading a chapter in our history book about Ancient Africa last week. Because Ancient Africans left few writings and artifacts, what we know of the time period is based mostly on oral history passed down. A favorite character in many stories is Anansi the Spider. We read a couple of stories, but the [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by trish
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I am one of the Nursery Leaders in my ward. That means that I attend sacrament meeting the first hour of church and then teach the children (ages 18 months to 3 years) for the second and third hours of church. By the end of last year, we had as many as 16 children, but [...]
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by trish
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Sarah and I love the Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series. We have been waiting for the movie, The Lightning Thief, to come out since Rick Riordan announced it at a book signing we attended last year. After seeing the movie at the midnight showing Thursday night, we had lots to talk about on [...]
Posted on February 13th, 2010 by trish
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This past week, I’ve noticed that Zoe has acquired more language. She is starting to use these phrases in coversation: “Sure.” (I asked her if she wanted to wear a certain article of clothing and got this answer. Two minutes later, I asked her if she wanted something to eat and got this answer.) “Oh, [...]
Posted on February 12th, 2010 by trish
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We were able to continue the tradition of giving out valentines when we were invited to a homeschooling Valentine’s Day party. (Aside: We were able to call it a Valentine’s Day party without fear of hysterics from the atheist/non-denomination parents since all in attendance would be LDS. Another perk from homeschooling is we don’t have [...]
Posted on February 11th, 2010 by trish
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It has been really cold here lately. We’ve got the heat on and we’re wearing socks around the house. It sucks when we have to actually go outside and be somewhere, let alone get out of the cozy bed. I know it’s not the relentless cold of the North, however, so I’m thinking about my [...]
Posted on February 2nd, 2010 by trish
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