Term Four: Week Seven ~ Flowers and Friends

We have hit the time of the year where we are in "finish up" mode. I'm not starting or introducing any new topics or books. We are just putting hard work into finishing whatever I have assigned for the term/year. It is always an exciting time of the year (especially for the boys) as it means they have a long break to look forward to.

This week I finally dug out my DSLR camera and did some photography of flowers in our garden. This is a new, and quite beautiful flower that the landlord planted recently. I love the shape of the flower, but also the colour and the pattern.

Our neighbour who lives behind us grows this beautiful rose and I always try to photograph it when it is blooming. Munchkin has recently taken a cutting and it trying to grow it so we can have our own bush.

Monkey finished off this Premier's Reading Challenge book this week - which was going to count towards next year's challenge - until he received his PRC medal in the mail this week and we realised that he has completed the entire challenge. I will still help him pick quality books from the library for his independent reading time, but no longer taking part in the Premier's Reading Challenge takes a lot of pressure off his reading for him.

Unit study books we finished this week for Munchkin and Monkey. The Chemistry book was really good. Sadly, Monkey and I were a bit disappointed with the Kublai Khan book as it didn't meet our expectations.

This is my childhood copy of "Superfudge" by Judy Blume. It has been so well loved that the paper jacket disintegrated years ago. I read the book aloud to the two older boys years ago, but somehow never managed to read it to Munchkin. Monster pointed that out to me and so it was a quick book that we could read before the end of the term. All three boys LOVED the book and I enjoyed reading it as well - Judy Blume books have always been a favourite of mine.

Lego time at the Thursday After School Activity time...

Munchkin made a pattern using ALL the cheese slopes he could find.

Friday night dinner with friends for the older boys before heading off to youth group...

Ultimately I intend to get my walking back on track so that I'm hitting my goal of 7500 steps EVERY day - but that isn't going to happen right now. I'm just happy to get as much walking in as I can during this busy time of year.