tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41696221014573514232024-03-05T07:43:12.055-08:00Our Paceourpace.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985905061859947062noreply@blogger.comBlogger997125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169622101457351423.post-82049434087175359332014-12-01T14:48:00.001-08:002014-12-01T14:48:08.822-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>We have moved! </b></h2>
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The new blog is called<b> Learning With Passion</b>. <br />You are welcome to look back at old posts. I have no plans to delete this blog. <br />The new blog is found at <a href="http://learningwithpassion.com/">learningwithpassion.com</a>. </div>
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<i><b>Thank you for following us!</b></i></h3>
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If you have followed us long at all, you could have guessed that back in January when I said "Big Changes" and then stopped blogging completely, it likely means a move. Yes... another move! We thought we would be moving across Canada again, but we will be staying in Ontario. We will live 2 hours from here! I'm excited to be back in a city. Small rural town life isn't for us. The people all know each other and just aren't interested in friends outside of the circles. A couple of people told me that it took 8 to 10 years to finally feel like they belonged and had friends. We just don't want to wait that long. We have at least one close homeschooling family as friends (they moved here just before us). Don't get me wrong, we have met some really nice people, but just trying to talk to other locals is like talking to the wall most days. We are ignored! It is such a strange phenomenon! The cliques became overly obvious in hockey. We eventually pulled Austyn from his travel team. This was due more to the coach, than the cliques, but the cliques are what protected the coach. With all of that said, gymnastics for Zoe has been great. The coaching staff have done all that they can to help her get into another great gym at a level similar to where she is now. She sees them as almost a family! They will be missed!<br />
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So, I have been working hard again... purging, organizing, and now that the move is confirmed and the long wait of knowing exactly what we are doing is over, I am packing again. It is hard to balance parenting, homeschooling, packing, sports and everything else on my own. My hubby has been at the new location for months. Since Christmas time! This is my other excuse for not blogging. He is home on weekends, but it's so much more of a challenge to keep up without him here. Knowing that we are life learners and learn all year long gives me a bit of relief in my worries.<br />
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Looking ahead, everything looks so much more bright. I'm sure there must be benefits for some people living in rural areas and small towns while homeschooling, but for us it was a bit more of a challenge. Being life learners we had to work on activities outside of the house too hard and many times had to deal with scrutiny from other homeschooling moms. I'm not sure why they would have a problem with someone organizing a bunch of activities or trying to get a group going in a way that any family (no matter what income or beliefs could attend), but although I had many moms who were so grateful to have my help, there were those who typed up lengthy emails running me down.<br />
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At least by moving to a city we will have so many resources at our door and I won't have to organize so much to get my kids out into LIFE to learn with other like minded people! There are more homeschooling activities, museums, zoos, conservatories, science centers, nature centers, huge libraries, festivals, a large educational resource center, universities, colleges, and so much more! These are the things we missed when we moved from Edmonton. <br />
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One nice feeling is knowing that there is a fairly active group here that we are leaving behind, that is not just religious but open to all homeschooling families, no matter what their homeschooling style. They have a website, a Facebook page, and a Yahoo group. I did a good deed even if a few moms didn't like me getting it going. So, although there were some negative experiences, there are always good experiences as well. I will take this experience and move forward to another new adventure. Maybe I'll take on some new challenges with my kids in a new place! Who knows!<br />
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We will miss family. We moved here for family reasons so moving away will be hard for us to not see our family as much. For the first little while we are going to return once a month to see people and just help the kids adjust better. Moving far, cold turkey can be hard. We've done it before! We know!<br />
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One thing I do know... I want to stop moving!! Being that we have lived not far from where we are moving we know we liked to live there. We know that the type of job my hubby took is much more long term than anything he has ever taken since starting his business. So, please send happy, rooted thoughts of a home of stability and growth in a place where the people are much more diverse and are much more accepting of a weird, non-conformist family who just want to have fun, have new experiences (that is where learning passions arise) and make new friends.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169622101457351423.post-27653705435845268862014-01-12T07:29:00.002-08:002014-01-12T07:29:53.924-08:00Big Changes, No Blogging, and Naughty Kitty!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, <b>more big changes</b> in our lives and I've had a hard time finding the time to blog! My focus is on homeschooling and our upcoming changes. I will try and update soon, but for now I'll share a cute picture of our cat that was taken in December when our little elf terrorized our home. We found chewed up jumbo marshmallows on the floor and stairs the morning that this picture was taken. I thought you'd get a kick out of the look our cat is giving me as I take this picture. What a naughty kitty!!! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169622101457351423.post-85252443845033952462013-12-10T20:00:00.000-08:002013-12-10T20:00:04.128-08:00Sea Monkeys<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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YUP!! It's official! I'm aquatically challenged!! Austyn got some sea monkeys for this birthday. We followed the directions and ended up with 3 surviving sea monkeys and in only a couple of weeks we killed them! Ya... this isn't the fist time we have had trouble with aquatic animals. We may try again.</div>
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Zoe took dance class with her homeschool group. Her instructor was an actor on a children's show! </div>
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Zoe seemed to have a good time. The program is finished now. These pictures were taken on the last day. </div>
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Since we have been back from vacation, I've really not blogged much. Here is what our last trip to Florida looked like. We have been to Florida 3 times this year so far. Each time we drove. One thing I like about driving is that it gives us family time together while we see interesting things. We learn where we'd like to visit someday. For example, I'd like to stay in Kentucky for a vacation someday. I think it's the most beautiful State we travel through. The air feels so fresh to breath there! One place I like to stop off at while passing by is the <a href="http://www.kentuckyartisancenter.ky.gov/index.aspx"><b>Kentucky Artisan Center</b></a>. They have local art, clean facilities, and good food at a good price! </div>
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The kids learn to cope with the long drives by making their own little rooms with blankets. They don't do this the whole way. It's something they do when they are tired and want to be alone. Also it's when the traffic isn't so bad. </div>
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Although I bring books to read, games to play and we have DVD players, Austyn usually spends much of his time on his iPod. He's on there more then we'd like while we travel to our destination and sometimes pays for it with a stiff neck and a headache. We have seen a maturity grow in him over this year. Each time we drive between Florida and here it gets easier and easier to tell him it's time to do something else. </div>
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Zoe sometimes naps in the car. She likes to play car games. I use two books to come up with fun, educational games to play while on the road. One book is called <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2236377.Car_Games?from_search=true"><b>Car Games</b></a> by Jo Pink and the other one is <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Carschooling-Entertaining-Activities-Travel-Learning/dp/0615309496/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385526996&sr=8-1&keywords=carschooling"><b>Carschooling</b></a> by Diane Flynn Keith. You can subscribe to her <a href="http://clickschooling.com/"><b>Clickschooling website</b></a> and get educational internet links.</div>
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While we were at the hotel on the way to Florida we had Austyn open his birthday gifts. Zoe thought it'd be funny if she wrapped the presents from her in pink paper. She is always joking like that!</div>
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When we arrived in Florida Austyn had a cake ready for him. He isn't a big Cars fan anymore, but he didn't seem to mind at all. </div>
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We like to go to Florida while Magic Kingdom holds their night time parties for Halloween or Christmas. Sometimes we go for both! This trip was Halloween. Zoe dressed up as a gymnast because the weather was warm. </div>
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Austyn was a grim reaper. He tends to go with this kind of costume every year. </div>
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Since we have been to Magic Kingdom so many times, we have pictures of all of the main rides. </div>
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I find that the more we go, the more we focus on the smaller things and I tend to take pictures of those moments instead of the things that someone might be more excited about if they have never been there before.</div>
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No matter how many times we go to Florida, we always have fun. I don't just mean the kids.<br />
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This is a musical wall while waiting to get into the haunted house.<br />
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After trick-or-treating at Disney, they got to spend Halloween night on our resort. The resort staff always put on a good party for the kids. They had stations set up to get candy and meet scary people. As you can see, Austyn had a scary mask on this time and Zoe wore her bundled up raccoon costume, but she later changed into her gymnast outfit and Austyn took off his mask. It was just too warm. By the way... Zoe did her own make-up.</div>
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They have had the opportunity to pet an alligator before at the resort. They never pass up a chance to touch one again. We recognized the man who brought this soft, little guy. He is from <a href="http://www.gatorland.com/"><b>Gatorland</b></a> and we watched an educational show he put on earlier this year at this same resort. </div>
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The kids did a bunch of contests and danced the night away!</div>
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It was a fun trip. Florida never gets old, but one day, we'd like to expand and go to other places. When the weather is cold Florida is an easy destination to get to warm weather for a few days!</div>
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Everyone knows the poem In Flanders Fields by John McCrae. This is the poem and everything you'd want to know about the poem and war. </div>
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The poem is well illustrated and gives a gimps of life during the war.</div>
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Six Flags is doing it again! They have opened up their Read to Succeed Challenge. Your kids show that they read for 6 hours and they win tickets to Six Flags. We did this contest last year and won tickets, so I can post this confidently knowing that Canadian Homeschooling families are welcome to join. </div>
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I couldn't find an ad for it so I just shared their commercial. Enjoy!</div>
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Last night I wasn't just researching for Austyn. I also was looking up links for Zoe.</div>
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I typed up a <a href="http://hightechhomeschool.weebly.com/gymnastics.html"><b>Gymnastics</b></a> page on my High-Tech Homeschool Links website. She wants to learn more about gymnastics. Who are the athletes? What is the history of gymnastics? I think she will like the links.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169622101457351423.post-58600740697795931932013-11-07T20:05:00.000-08:002013-11-07T20:07:26.547-08:00High-Tech Homeschool Links - Dinosaurs<br />
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After visiting our local museum a couple of times this month, Austyn has taken an interest in dinosaur fossils again. So, here I am searching for anything dinosaurs. BBC has some great videos available online for free!<br />
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I keep two links pages for my use and sometimes I share with others to help make their lives easier. The one website is <a href="http://ourpacelinks.weebly.com/">Our Pace Links</a> which is all of the main webpages that I want to keep handy for information or homeschooling. The other website is <a href="http://hightechhomeschool.weebly.com/">High-Tech Homeschool</a>. It's a new website that I've not filled up with links yet. I only fill in the links that my kids get interested in. This week I filled up a page on <a href="http://hightechhomeschool.weebly.com/dinosaurs-and-fossils.html">Dinosaurs</a>. High-Tech Homeschool is full of links that are more specific.<br />
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Our Pace Links would have the main links that may have the subject I'm looking for in it and High-Tech Homeschool is much more specific. So as my kids learn things online or are interested in subjects I fill in the links for it in the appropriate section. I'm hoping that I can more easily return to our favourite sites by knowing the direct link, instead of having to figure out the parent link and going from there. The title High-Tech Homeschool was inspired by the idea that much of what we are interested can be found on the internet and so homeschooling in this way is high-tech.<br />
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We may not do math every day and we may not read... oh wait, we do read every day! Well, we may not do the traditional subjects that school kids do each day, but one subject that is a huge hit in our house is Science. I don't think it has ever been something that they dreaded doing. They love it and so do I! We sometimes follow instructions and our science may look pretty traditional some days.</div>
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Some days it looks a little less traditional. We may even do something that just pops in our head that answers a question.</div>
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Sometimes it looks like an interest or hobby. This is Austyn looking at rocks with his magnifying glass.</div>
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We like to do experiments out of our books. We have gotten through many experiments and have come across repeats. When that happens I ask them if they want to do that experiment again or not. Sometimes we do and sometimes we don't. In this picture the kids are growing a mold garden.</div>
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We grew our own sugar crystals. This is a repeat experiment. It's too much fun to not do again.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169622101457351423.post-60138354950808848172013-11-04T04:00:00.000-08:002013-11-04T04:00:04.085-08:00Book of the Week - Can we Save the Tiger?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know that the name of this book implies that it's only about tigers, but it is actually about many animals and about their vulnerability. It highlights some animals who are extinct, those who are endangered, the ones who used to be endangered and came back, and why each of them was/are in the state that they are. </div>
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Can We Save the Tiger by Martin Jenkins is a nice introduction, with specific examples, to animal numbers and how we affect them. It really does give the feeling of how complex each situation is and how hard it may be to bring numbers up for some animals. Sometimes humans have to go way out of their way to help save a species. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169622101457351423.post-23823422703107914732013-11-03T04:00:00.000-08:002013-11-03T04:00:00.071-08:00Spelling and Writing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Zoe loves to spell and write. She has been going through a phase where she wants me to give her words to spell. She will either tell me how it is spelled verbally or she writes it in her notebook. This is something she is really enjoying! One thing that I think has really helped her is searching for things on the internet. She is required to at least start to spell the words she wants to search for. </div>
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Austyn does the same except he prefers to do it verbally and he loves to do web searches on his own without asking how to spell words.</div>
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We have been to this muesum many times. Each time there is something new that the kids see. Austyn still loves vultures. Ya... it may seem a bit strange, but he has always been fascinated by them and when we see them eating something on the side of the road, we stop to watch. He even has a vulture stuffed animal that he has had for years!</div>
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Here is a good vulture joke I heard once when we went to a raptor show. </div>
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<i>A vulture is going through security at the airport and he takes two dead animals with him to eat on the way. When he gets up to the security officer he is stopped and the officer says, "Sir, only one <b>carrion</b> per passenger!"</i></div>
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Much of their time gets spent in the store trying to figure out which rock or gift to purchase. On this trip Austyn purchased another meteorite and Zoe got a couple of small, realistic, stuffed animals. This is a giant lobster preserved in alcohol and water. </div>
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Pet stores are one of those places that can be visited no matter where you live. When we lived in big cities we had an assortment of places to go and so we rarely ever entered a pet store. Living in a small town, there may be farms nearby, but there aren't many zoos or other places like that to visit. The pet store is great and can be very educational. </div>
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This cute little guy was sleeping and our talking may have woke him up. I just had to get some pictures of him. </div>
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This is a Skinny Pig! You never heard of it? Neither did we! It sure is cute in it's own strange way.</div>
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Although all of the other animals were interesting, including the python, frogs, and the chameleon, Austyn seemed to really like the bearded dragons. We have been researching them ever since we handled them at the store. I didn't get any pictures of the animals we handled. I guess I was too busy handling them.</div>
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Here is a quick reference video to decide if bearded dragons are a good fit or not, by monkeysee.com. </div>
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Here is Zoe's jack-o-lantern. She did most of it herself. I helped with the cutting.</div>
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This is Austyn's jack-o-lantern. I did most of it. He made a good supervisor. </div>
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My kids have been around construction so much in their lives. We keep moving to a new home. This time it's their grandparent's house and a new house is replacing the old. So it's a bit more interesting.</div>
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The house that the kids have known for their whole lives was removed. They got to see it get moved. It was very interesting and educational. We also went to see where the house was being placed and have seen the constant changes happening on that lot. </div>
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After it was moved the basement was left. It seemed so small with no house there.</div>
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The house started getting built fast. This is the basement. </div>
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This is the start of the main floor framing. </div>
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The kids got to see how the roof frames were delivered. The truck tipped and they slid off onto the ground. </div>
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Sometimes I think Zoe just wants to go and see the kitties. Many of them have been taken to a nearby farm. So there are less cats on the property now. </div>
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This was a month or two earlier. The kittens were a bit smaller. Even if they are what draws her, she is still witnessing things and learning from what she sees of the construction around her. </div>
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We had a great season this year! It has been over for a few weeks now. We miss it.</div>
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We raced at three tracks this year. This one, as you can see, doesn't have the best maintained track around, but it's okay for testing. </div>
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Austyn really got into the roll of being a driver this year. He has improved so much!</div>
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Zoe doesn't get to race until next year, but she made many friends at the track and helped with Austyn's junior dragster.</div>
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Austyn and Daddy work as a team to choose their time and coordinate their own routine for each race.</div>
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At the end of the season our home track did a special race. They raced the golf carts. Austyn and his friend got to run the starting line instead of the track crew. They loved it!</div>
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Aliens Are Coming! by Meghan McCarthy is the true account of the 1938 Radio Broadcast of War of the Worlds. This book was well done. The kids found it hard to believe that it was based on a true story. We have read about this before, but they forgot about it or maybe they just didn't really think that it was true. </div>
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We had a good chat about how people reacted and about why it seemed so real to them. Also, we discussed who should be to blame for it, or if there should have been any blame. After all, the announcer did mention that it wasn't real a few times. </div>
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Both of these kids have been really into reading lately. I read to them in the daytime, and they read on their own fairly often. Bedtime is a favourite time for them to read their own books. I don't mind staying up a bit later for them to get through a chapter. Austyn has been reading pokemon books and the illustrated chapter books (Menga). He has been reading a bit of his D-Gray Man series again, as well.</div>
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Zoe has been into the Babymouse series.</div>
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We went on a family trip to a local farm. There was a huge corn maze to go through. Here is Zoe in the jumpy boat. </div>
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We raced around a track on these tractors. </div>
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We watched a pig race and got up and close with some of the animals on the farm. Here is Zoe petting a goat. </div>
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It was fun shooting pumpkins into a field to try and hit some targets. </div>
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We finished off our day with a tractor ride to pick some pumpkins in a field. This trip was fun!</div>
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As I make the time to do more art and be more creative, I can't help but think about how creative Zoe is. She loves to play with colours and make things. This is homemade sidewalk paint. It didn't work as well as we would have liked. We also made coloured soap for bath time. </div>
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She loves to trace, draw, colour, paint, sculpt, and do crafts. She paints glass and sometimes pots. </div>
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This is a craft she found on the internet to make for her American Girl Doll. She has made many things for these dolls. It's something she does on her own, when she has free time. <a href="http://myfroggystuff.blogspot.ca/">My Froggy Stuff</a> is a great resource for ideas.</div>
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If she isn't drawing on her arms or her tummy, she is face panting or doing her own make-up. Another example of something else she does on her free time. </div>
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This is Zoe's version of crazy hair for International Homeschool Spirit Week. I was a little surprised that she didn't add colours to it, since that is something she does often, but it still turned out good. She did it herself and she wanted me to take a picture! </div>
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She loves to act, sing, dance, and do gymnastics stunts as well. Over all she is definitely the most creative person in our home. Even more creative than me!</div>
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This is Austyn's favourite spot when we have time alone together. While Zoe is at gymnastics I sometimes take him to places he wants to go. Sometimes we take a hike. Sometimes we hang out at the library. He sometimes likes to go to the river to explore. He could be there for hours. We learned about fish, and birds there. Did you know that the seagulls we see aren't seagulls! They are actually called Ring-Billed Gulls. This is thanks to the Audubon app on my iPhone. </div>
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We see fish jumping out of the water. We watch fishermen fish. We saw geese land right in front of us. </div>
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Sometimes we look for fossils. The large rocks hold huge fossils. </div>
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One fisherman let us get up and close to the fish. This is a salmon.</div>
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