It's Monday, Sunday was yesterday

It is finished.  Do we now forget the Gift?  It is easy to slip into old life habits, pre-resurrection doubt and hopelessness. 

Can we remember what He does for us weekly?  It takes effort, watching, counting, taking note.  Asking and allowing Him to break our hearts for what breaks His.  I want those tears.

194. Mwangaza Children's Choir
195. African drum beat
196. dancing Baby K.
197. baby blowing raspberries

Last night concert by Ugandan orphans, Mwangaza Children's Choir.  Our five boys sit entranced.  Tender asks if we will get a chance to dance - he raises his hand in worship for the first time.  Beautiful. 

There is a little girl, I know she tugs at Man's heart.  A tall, thin young man boy holds my attention.  What do we do now?  When we know the need we must act.  How do we act for greatest impact? 

198. crickets chirping in the dark
199. fat, green caterpillars - boy delight
200. fuzzy orange and black caterpillars doing back bends

Yesterday school time the boys found miracles in the grass.  Caterpillars.  Do you know what it takes for a caterpillar to be reborn as a moth or butterfly?  It takes a Creator.  Evolution could not have done this.

The green guy with the yellow horn on his rumpus is 3 inches long - that's really long for a thing you find in your grass that's not a snake. 

Our schooling yesterday consisted of spelling word games on
http://www.spellingcity.com/
This is a free spelling site.  You get an account, create your word lists under list management, then your learner can choose to learn the word definitions, play spelling games, or even take a quiz. 

We then did magazine picture writing.
The boys each cut 5-10 pictures from magazines, then used those to write a story.  This makes writing so much easier for EQ, providing him with ideas as opposed to free writing.  You can put the pictures in an envelope and your learner can pick them without looking, or you can just turn them upside down, or let your learner choose the pics he/she wants to write about. 
If your learner is not yet a writer have him/her tell you a story using the pictures - you can even type up their story as they tell it, then they can glue the pictures in the sensible spots.

Science:  Square Yard Exploration
Mark off a square yard of, well yard, outside.  Give your learner a magnifying glass, clipboard with paper and pencil and set them down to observe their square yard.  Count and draw or describe bugs, flowers, dirt, rocks, you get the idea.   This is how my guys found their amazing caterpillars.

201. EQ reading to  Molly and Butterscotch under the trampoline
202. tomato sweat

The above bowl of good stuff is what typically gets set out along with dinner, that way everyone gets some healthy yum, and nobody leaves the table hungry.

203. Mushroom and Sausage Goodness

Chop up two portobello mushrooms and one onion.  Saute in olive oil.  Remove.  Add 1 or 2 pounds of nitrate/nitrite free sausage to the pan (most grocery stores have a carcinogen free sausage, right along with the other).  Cook meat, add shrooms and onions back in, add a jar of marinara sauce, some fresh basil if you have it, some sea salt.  Serve it over rice or pasta.