Family Band

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Something Fun...

Here's a few fun thoughts for you. The kids were reading a library book that showed a picture of the inside of a basement and another picture of a furnace. We had to explain what those were. The other day I had to explain that for many people in America a dishwasher is not their daddy! Dan and I had a date night the other night and we left to find a restaurant at 6:30pm. We were grateful that there were still 4 restaurants open at the mall when we got there. Most stores close by 5pm although there are 2 grocery stores that usually stay open until 6pm. By 6:30pm the streets are empty and everyone is home for the night. We still haven't quite gotten used to that. When we tell nationals that we were used to a 24hour Walmart they have a hard time grasping that concept!

Rhino/Lion Park

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A few weeks ago, the entire Finance department took a day to visit the Rhino/Lion Park. We enjoyed seeing lots of animals as well as having a braai (that's South African for BBQ) and fellowship. All the excitement just wore Joshua out!

Racecars

Time to race!

Lucas & Alexis attended a friend's birthday party and I had to share some photos of the racecars each child got to make. What a great idea! Click on the above picture to view a few more.

Field Trip to the Zoo

Trip to the Zoo

A few other homeschool moms and I took our kids on a field trip to the zoo this week. The kids had so much fun seeing the animals. The highlight of the day was the gorilla who threw a cucumber at us! The kids also laughed a lot at the orangutan who was really fat with really long hair. Even the other monkeys threw stuff at him. We did enjoy beautiful weather and a great time with our friends. Click on the picture above to see more of our trip.

Joshua in the tub

Here's a little boy who just loves bathtime!

School

School outside

Every once in awhile we do our school work outside because it's so much warmer.

Art class

We are studying the ocean and sea creatures for science. So today we traced starfish and painted them different colors.

Making Cookies with Friends

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Two of our neighbor girls came down to make sprinkle sugar cookies with us. It was a lot of fun and I got great laughs out of watching them because I didn't realize that little kids make such little cookies! They each made several that were no bigger than a penny! It was a little hard to wrap those to send home with the girls!