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I am going to miss this ~Decorating the Tree

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Decorating the Christmas tree was a big deal when I was growing up.

We would gather around and wait anxiously for my mom to hand us an ornament to hang on our freshly picked out tree.

Our favorites were the ones we knew were ours.

The one with a picture of a cute baby on it and our name under it.

Or the one with babies first Christmas written on it and our birth year.

Knowing I will not always have little hands so happy to help decorate the tree I decided to give them free reign.

My youngest said the ribbon needed to be in a pile to keep the tree warm.

They were so happy to hang every ornament.

So many memories wrapped up in each one.

One day I will have a perfectly decorated tree.

The beads will be hanging nice and neat, not sagging down.

The ornaments will be all over and not in one spot.

What a sad little tree that will be.

I will enjoy my tree of today and the little boys that helped me decorate it.

Perfection is in the eye of the beholder.

To me my tree is perfect.

Homeschooling

Chapter book series for 1st grade boys

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I have mentioned before how much I want my boys to enjoy reading as much as I do.

With that in mind I try to keep them supplied with many books that will keep that fire going!

Here are some of our favorites.

1. Geronimo Stilton

My son eats these up!

He will finish one and then start it all over again.

The novels are written in a really fun way with lots of different fonts and a lot of colorful pictures.

They also have graphic novels that are written more like comic books and teach about different parts of history.

I love these!

2. Magic Tree House

My son and I really enjoy the Magic Tree house books.

We are pretty careful about introducing magic in our house so some of the later ones have a bit too much of that for me.

I do love how much they teach about history and different places in the world though.

The first twenty or so books are really light on the magic so those are my favorites.

3. Imagination Station Books

These are basically a Christian version of the Magic Tree House.

They are very similar but with the whole imagination station twist and a Christian perspective.

I buy every new one that comes out!

4. The Magic School Bus Chapter Books

I love anything that will teach and be entertaining at the same time so of course I love the magic school bus!!!

We also own all of the movies!

I am a little bit addicted!!!

There are many more good books out there but these are the main ones that make my little man really happy!

Unless of course it involves superheros…

This list is more about the books both of us really like I guess!

Hope this helps some of you!

Homeschooling

Homeschooling ~Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving is tomorrow.

It might be odd that I am taking time out of cleaning and baking to do a homeschooling post but I needed a break…

I was planning on only a couple books about the pilgrims.

Then every book I requested at our local library came in at the same time…

Oops.

We have not read all of these yet and I am not sure if we will.

I am kind of tired of the whole pilgrim’s first thanksgiving story.

Our favorites though are:

The Magic Tree House “Thanksgiving on Thursday”

Imagination Station “Problems in Plymouth” (similar to the magic tree house)

“You wouldn’t want to sail on the Mayflower” (We have loved all of the books in this series so far)

I liked “The pilgrims before the mayflower”, it gave a different part of the story that you do not hear as often.

The only one of these that we have read is the one on Squanto.

My oldest read it.

I try to get him several books to read in the subject we are learning about.

We made thankfulness books.

I had them draw a picture of something they were thankful for then write what it is.

Please ignore the fact I spelled “thankfulness” wrong…

Oy.

Since we will be spending the rest of the school year learning about the United States I made a map to add states to as we learn about them.

I did it the hard way.

I really like it though so it is okay.

Okay, breaks over.

I should get back to my cleaning and baking!

Have a blessed Thanksgiving surrounded by those you love!