Week 3

 Monday - We started the day with a lesson on Vikings.  We made hats and talked about the Viking King Bluetooth.  We talked about the midnight zone in science and bioluminescent fish.  The kids did their spelling, vocab, reading, writing, and math.  For art we talked about Michelangelo and worked on our sculpting skills. We listened to music by Beethoven.  In the afternoon we went to running club. It was lightly raining so we still met but had fewer kids.  The K9 police unit was at the park today for a public meet and greet.  So it was fun meeting the dog and the kids got stickers and trading cards.  Maddy had her Van Andel zoom meeting then it was time for dinner.  A neighboor girl joined us for dinner. 

Westin the viking

A lesson on Bioluminescent

Running club in the rain

Westin working on his sculpting skills

Maddy the miniature Michelangelo 

Tuesday 

I took the kids to Spanish and got some things done around the house.  Then we meet up with friends after class at Canal street park.  Maddy had her horse lessons today because we will be gone on Thursday.   

Park playdate with friends

Horse lessons

Family game night

Wednesday 

We continued our Viking unit in history and worked on our science lapbook.  The kids tackled their other subjects and Westin bagged to do his Motte and Baily project early.  We then went to running club.  After running with the group we jumped into the car and drove straight to Traverse City.  We stayed in an awesome Airbnb right on the bay.  The kids had fun playing and holding the ducks outside of our rental.  In the evening they all enjoyed drawing together. 

Viking shield 

Homeschool fun at it's finest 

Westin's Motte and Baily

Running club

Traverse City AirBnB rental 

Catching ducks outside our rental.

The water was super cold but Caiden still wanted to try going in.

Playing at the beach on our rental property

Maddy's awesome duck drawing.

Thursday's schnanagins

We woke up to a beautiful rainbow over the Bay.  We had a nice slow morning and enjoyed our AirBnB until 11:00.  We headed to see my Aunt who has a u- pick flower in Sutton's Bay.  My mom forgot some things at the AirBnB so I took the kids to a downtown Traverse Park while we waited for them. The kids enjoyed playing at my Aunts house.  It was lightly raining so we went and had lunch on their porch.  After lunch I took the kids in my van to the Sutton's Bay Candy shop.  They also enjoyed the London style phone booth.  

Rainbow over the bay in the morning

Grand Traverse Bay Park 

The water is really high so the kids could swing over the water

Playing at the park 

Maddy loved my aunt's u-pick flowers

Sutton's Bay's Candy World

How many cousins can you get in a phone booth

Thursday's Ship School

We arrived at the boat at 2:00.  They broke us down into groups.  We rotated through a benzos group, microscope group, fish identification group, and everyone had a turn to drive the boat.  We also helped put up the sail.  We arrived at the dock at 5:00.  The kids really enjoyed this experience and learned alot.

Our Scooner

Maddy driving the ship

Putting the sails up 

Learning about the clarity of the lake 

Seeing what was at the bottom of the lake

Maddy working with the microscope.

Fish identification 

Friday  

The kids were very tired for our big day yesterday.  We didn't get in bed last night until almost 10:00.  So we had a slow morning.  We sipped hot chocolate and watched YouTube videos on Michelangelo, Beethoven, and the Abyss Ocean Zone.  The kids did a round of school a cleaning chore and then they got to watch some Dude Perfect.  This is our 2nd Friday with this rhythm and I love it!  The house gets cleaned and it feels nice to take our time.  Westin fell asleep on the couch.  He had a swim lesson scheduled but we rescheduled it as he was napping.  I love the flexibility of homeschooling.

Hot chocolate and snuggles kind of day 

Westin was wore out from our boat experience.