HAPPENINGS
We ended the summer with a trip to Gnome Cones! Nothing beats the heat like a Sweaty Yeti!
This week we started our fifth year homeschooling! Joshua is in third grade, Maverick is in Kindergarten, and Anchor is ready for preschool! The boys are so excited and here’s what they have to say: “I want to make a bottle rocket, I want to learn about the states, and I want to work really hard” said Joshua. Maverick wants to “read many books and do crafts.” Anchor wishes school was just “watching Paw Patrol and riding my scooter.”
Joshua is trying karate this year! He is part of a homeschool class that meets on Tuesday and Thursday. He’s had four classes so far. He says the hardest thing is learning the proper form. But he loves running laps and practicing kicking and punching.
For our field trip, we went to see Beat Bugs with the Artisan Children’s Theatre. The Merrimans joined us and it was a great show with lots of songs from The Beatles. Joshua’s favorite character was Mean Mr. Mustard. Maverick enjoyed Jay, the main character. And Anchor was just happy to eat popcorn.
To end our first week of school, we went swimming and made peanut butter blossoms!! We still had to finish reading Little House on the Prairie from last year. However, the boys were excited to have a pizza and movie night to watch the pilot episode from the TV series.
WRIGHT LIGHTS
Maverick was very helpful this week by taking Anchor upstairs to play while Joshua did school. Joshua was a light by telling Maverick he would pick up the laundry that Mav dropped on the way upstairs.
BOOK CLUB
This week we are studying the Vikings! We have been reading about Lief Erickson. He found North America. We have also been reading Pilgrim Adventures. Joshua loves the story about the pilgrims leaving Great Britain because they didn’t want to go to King James’ church. He wonders if they will meet Indians like Leif did.
Joshua is reading Viking Adventures by Clyde Robert Bulla. The main character is Sigurd and he went sailing with Gorm to find new land. Sigurd is patient and kind.
Maverick and Anchor learned about the first four days of creation. They liked making the sun, moon, and stars for the fourth day.
PRAYER BASKET
We have been praying about serving in the high school student ministry at church (aka HUB). This week we had a HUB meeting and were so encouraged by how Valley Creek views this generation: giving them the term “gen hope!” They are passionate about equipping students to become leaders and want them at the front of almost everything the church does. We love how life giving the staff is and were amazed by how many students graduate and still come back to serve.
