The Flu.....Don't try this at home

It has been 2 weeks since I have been able to blog. As you may have guessed, we got sick. I haven't read sister Janis' blog before I wrote this but it started with Hannah and Colton getting sick. They came down with the fever and all at the same time, they even peaked at about the same time. Then as all good families should do, we shared it with one another. Daryl and I were last to get it and we still are not 100%. If anything, it made Daryl take a few days off and we vegged in front of the tv. We had a anne of green gables marathon, watched a bunch of history cartoons with the kids, and put on our Bible DVD. We finished entire books of the Bible. (We don't have cable or dish, so we depend on what we have on VHS and DVD) Despite sickness, this gave us great family time. We played the occasional game, but this sickness required activities that did not require movement or thought.

I was able to go to class that fri. with the help of sis Janis. She came to the house and watched all the sickies (since she and Hannah were sick as well) I then went. I felt I really needed to share with the kids the greatest Valentine' s gift, the love of God. He loved us so much, He sent His Son to die for us. Now that beats all the mushy Valentine's one could get. In our group, we have kids who attend an organization that does not acknowledge the deity of Jesus. They think He was a good prophet but leave it at that. I dreamt for 2 days about sharing this, other wise I would have missed class.

We had a "cell" abration with the class. The other gal who I asked to teach this brought her husband's(he's a dr) microscope and she had a power point presentation. They then made a model cell with cookies and icing. I had to leave early, the cookie was my part of the presentation but I was getting sick. She taught science for 21 years in TX so I knew she could take over.

I now have to come up with next weeks lesson. I want to stick with cells but focus on germs. "The Germenator", discuss white blood cells and their fight against antigens. I want to make it fun but educational. Keep me in prayer as I put this together, please.

I have been checking out other curriculums for next year, I am happy with Abeka but I was intrigued with some of the info I was given on "Learning-Adventures" This is a unit study but as with any unit study is cross curricular. They go so far as to tell you Day 1 do this and so forth. The only subject it does not cover is math. It is history based. It departs from the real structure-structure of Abeka but I was told it is still very structured. It is geared for grades 4-8. If any of you have heard of it let me know. What really intrigued me was that they said that the library was your passport and the Bible was your guide. Daryl and I have discussed that we need more of the Bible. We need to write it on our hearts and help our kids write it on their hearts. We see the end nearing every day and only God knows when it will be but we need to be ready. I find the urgency even as I school my "blessings."

Well, I need to do some "germ" research, that is why I am on the internet today so good bye for now.

Fun Homeschool time

Hey. Can you guess where I am right now. The library again. I wanted to share with you the cool class we had yesterday. To give you background, we are a part of a homeschool group here and I am now in charge of classes. I learned how to delegate which is hard for me. I like having control and since I wasn't teaching all of the class, I struggled. I let one of our new parents take over, she taught science in the TX public schools and is the wife of a doctor. It seemed fitting she should know alot about the circulatory system and the heart. ( I chose the theme to go with valentine's day) My duties were to secure the hearts, which were freshly removed from their owners on Thurs by the local butcher. I was only able to get one cow heart and one hog heart but two are better than none. (NO fermaldihide, but still a stink to a point. ) The gal who taught the class had prepared a power point presentation and had a tour of a virtual museum. We had a coloring station with heart scriptures and we had an exercise station where we took resting pulse rates and active. I had to then take blood pressures, the old way with cuff and stethescope. I learned how to do this my senior year of high school, needless to say I was out of practice. Daryl took the morning off and helped the kids with the heart disection. I avoided the area, as I gag when I remove the fat from a roast. The kids had a great time.

Now how to have as dynamic of a class next week. I am thinking of creating a "cell" city. I coppied some lesson plans, we'll see how that goes. Any ideas out there, fellow bloggers.

Well, I need to probably get home. Daryl stayed with the little guys to give me some time. He needs to head to work.

Until next time.

Hello. I am trying a new ritual. "Me Time" at the public library. That sounds very interesting doesn't it? Well, I had to run a couple of errands and Daryl is home with the kids. This is my me time, I may even go to the store and buy cheese. OOOOOOOOOOH AHHHHHHHH what suspense EH? Any who, I thought I might just put a new post.
We watched Fireproof yesterday after church. This is a pretty good movie. I have enjoyed movies from this group in Georgia. Flywheel was wonderful as was Facing the Giants. Have y'all seen these. I do have to say that this new one had us crying in the first five min. and on the edge of our seats afew mins later. I pray that more and more of the Truth is revealed to this group as they continue this area of ministry. There is one part of the movie that the husband takes a baseball bat to the computer. My hubby was cheering, if you don't know...he does not like the computer much nor the internet. He has got on it at other people's houses to look something up but as you know, he doesn't want it in our house.
Our prayers go out to Bro. Gerald as he had been sick yesterday. Also, we are praying that Sis. Horne is feeling much better. I need to sign off for now....better a little post than nothing.