Last of April

We spent Easter Sunday at my mother-in-law's house after church.  Mary and I made a Bunny Butt Cake to bring for dessert. It was delicious!

All the littles had an Easter egg hunt after lunch in the backyard. The girls had to check out all their treasures!

Beth and I gathered all the kids and started a softball game. We played for hours, and everyone was completely exhausted. I can't remember the last time I had so much fun!!

Saturday was Bible Quiz Regionals. It was exciting and intense, to say the least. There was a three-way tie and the teams went into playoff's. Max's team placed first, which we did not expect, and it was truly epic! All those kids work so hard, and are so driven and focused. It truly was a joy to see them quiz.

Sunday night was the end of the year party. We had a potluck dinner. All the kids received character trait awards from their coaches, and then they all went swimming. We are officially done for the season! We are going to enjoy our break and hit it hard again in July.

We had a great week of school. Max had a little help from a friend...

I'm hoping to be through Unit 12 before we take a six-week break. We'll start again after the fourth of July weekend, and just have 1/2 days .

Res to Ref: Units 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7

Just a quick update for the month.  We have been so busy!!

Max is starting to find his rhythm in Res to Ref.  I can tell he's enjoying the history.  His oral narrations are just fantastic!  No more run-on sentences, and so's, or and then's!!  It warms my mommy-heart to see him so fascinated with everything he's learning.  He thought A Midsummer's Night Dream was, and I quote, "hilarious."  He just finished Black Horses for the King, and begged to read more every day.  I have a hard time keeping both kids out of their books before they're scheduled.

I didn't take a lot of pictures this month because I've been deep-cleaning and reorganizing -- and I couldn't remember where I put my camera!

Unit 3

History Project - Unit 3

Making game pieces Unit 4

Making game pieces Unit 4

Mary is almost finished with Bigger Hearts, just eleven days to go.  I think she's ready for Preparing, and I am looking forward to going through that guide again, but I think we might do a few unit studies before we start.  I was packing up some of the books from Bigger and asked her if there were any she wanted to keep.  Mary carried off a stack of books to her bedroom almost higher than her head! She's already reading Alexander Hamilton and By the Great Horn Spoon again.  I think I'm going to hang on to the guide for a while.  You just never know what the Lord has in store!

Dyeing eggs

Helping Dad

umm... Hillbilly fun?

While Max was at quiz practice this morning, I took Mary to the Easter egg hunt at our church.  She had a blast!  We went to the park afterward with Max's coach, his wife, and both of their teams for a bar-b-que.  It was a perfect afternoon!  Sunny and not too hot, good food, great people, and we all had a really nice time.  We have Regionals next Saturday, and then we are done for the season.

There is a documentary coming out in June about Bible Quiz.

Have a wonderful and Blessed Easter!

He is Risen!