Biography Project

Owen chose to do his biography project on John Steele. 

He did a timeline:

A poem:

He also included a few pictures.  We were fortunate enough to be able to visit the actual church.  Pascal and Owen were in such awe of being there, and loved every minute of this special trip.

He has to present his project next week.  We had the idea of giving every student a little paratrooper as a remembrance of this great WWII hero.  Thanks to Mimi for making this happen.  We searched high and low here in Germany for the little paratroopers with no avail but Mimi came through!  She found some at Walmart and they are on there way.  He is very excited about his presentation! 

Tuesday Tidbits

I saw these snowflakes on a blog I follow and wanted to give it a try.  They were super easy to make and the kids loved it. You use just 6 pieces of paper.

 

Meg loves to play school.  She sets up all her stuffed animals.  Today, she gave them an art lesson.

 

 

I asked her later if anyone "misbehaved" or had to go see the "principal" and she said, "Yes, Woody did."

 

 

                                        

We finished this book in about 1 week. The kids LOVED it!  I have to say it is a tear jerker, I cried and I looked over at Owen and his eyes were filled with tears.  It is a puzzling book with lots to talk about but we liked it.    

We also finished this book in the states.  We did a whole unit on this book when I was a fourth grade teacher.  My school kids loved this book and I was very curious to see how Meg and Owen would like it. They both loved it!  Such a cute story with a great lesson!  So far Owen says the books above are in a tie as his favorite stories! 

It has not been easy coming back and finding a routine for just the three of us.  We miss our family so much and it has been especially hard for Owen.  We have had lots of tears and dropping him off at school is an emotional process. Each day I try to think of something to cheer him up. We have had nerf gun fights and lots of video games but today I got him a pie.  An Edward's Key Lime is one of Owen and my favorites.  We usually buy one when there is something to celebrate.  So today we are celebrating that Owen went to school!

                                           AaHHHHH  the sweet taste of key lime pie!

I decided to take the kids to the Thermal Bath here in Wiesbaden just a few blocks away. It was our first visit.  The water is super warm and is suppose to be really good for your body.  We were so excited that no one was in the kids area! 

 

At about half way through our new swimming experience Meg discovered Owen's goggles.  She loved them and kept saying, "Mom, I have to get some of these."  I think she loved them just because they were some sort of accessory.  She asked to wear them outside of the pool and in the car but I declined on this one. 

 

They even have an outdoor area where you can swim.  It was in the low 40's and raining, but lots of people enjoyed the thermal baths outside.

 

 

We avoided the sauna at all cost on account of bullet point number 3!!

And that's a wrap for our Thermal Bath experience!

 

We got the opportunity to go to the electronic range with Pascal's unit.  We felt a little lost without Pascal showing us what to do but Owen still had a lot of fun learning about the weapons. 

 

Meg's outfit for Bible study!

Our annual list of books we've read. 

A few standouts this year were: 

Stone Fox

Henry and Ribsy - Thank you Amy for sending us this one.  The kids loved it!

The Return of the Indian

A few pictures for my ipad that I just downloaded

Owen celebrating turning 8!!

A trip to the Biltmore House

We loved seeing Dan and Wendy.  Meg cried and cried when we had to say goodbye to them and Chewie.

One last shot of Mr. 8!

 

 

Praise!

 

Last year we rescued this sled from the dumpster.  We took it out today and it worked great.  The kids loved being able to ride down the hill together.  It was another great day for sledding. 

Huge Praise!! The little Honda passed her yearly inspection!  This is a ginormous blessing from the Lord.  I prayed and prayed about this. Last year she didn't pass.  I will never forget getting the form back last year with huge red stamps that said, REJECTED, UNSAFE, DENIED.  We had a dear friend help us last year and he spent hours working on her.  Not long after he finished working on her he moved away.  With Pascal gone and our favorite mechanic gone, I just felt like handling car issues would be so hard.  So the kids and I prayed and prayed and prayed some more.  We had a little party afterwards to celebrate her success!  Thank you Lord!

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