St. Patrick's Day 2022

There's only one of us here who can claim to have some Irish ancestry, so this day isn't really a big deal for us.  But last year, just for fun, I planned a little leprechaun hunt for Emilia.  It turns out it was memorable because she asked to do it again in 2022.  So, for today, I threw together a quick leprechaun hunt - we didn't catch it, but we did find its treasure - and a few other fun activities for home school.

Treats for neighborhood friends

Also on this day in history amid my current efforts to clean out the freezer, I defrosted a tub of mystery contents.  It turned out to be mashed sweet potato when I had thought that it might be soup or stew.  So, there I was with about two cups of sweet potato.  I quickly adjusted dinner plans and turned this surprise ingredient (in baking competitions they call it the twist) into burgers by combining it with  ingredients from a few different recipes I'd reviewed online (garbanzo beans, fresh cilantro and green onion, cumin, chili powder, salt, breadcrumbs and eggs).  It turned out to be a healthy and satisfying meal.

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Planting peas and radishes...

 

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I pretty much hibernate from New Year's to the start of March, so I haven't been outside a lot lately.  But today we have a sunny, mild day in the 50s, so I ventured into the backyard to pick up the sticks that have been knocked off the trees over the last few months.  While I was out there, I saw the girls' art on the back wall and was reminded of why we decided to adopt.

Family Clean Up

I decided to be more targeted in involving the children with routine household upkeep and hope to have a Family Clean Up Hour regularly this year.  We started this weekend and are asking contributions from each according to current ability.

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Time To Brag

I want to do a little bragging on our big girl.  She's having a very successful year academically and is just about to complete the first semester at her home school school.  

Today, her math teacher there sent me a note:

"I wanted to let you know what a great job your child is doing with math. She is currently reviewing the pre-algebra concepts she knows before we move on to new material. In that review I've included a lot of word problems, matching word problems to equations, and translating word problems into expressions. She has stuck with it and is doing very well. The review also includes decimal and fraction operations with variables, so she's putting it all together. Great work, EM!"

Big girl also had her mid-term evaluation presentation this week in her Sign Language class and received a perfect score.  Here's a snapshot from when she showed us at home.

Very proud of her hard work and subsequent progress!

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 So excited that our workbooks 

for the second semester 21/22 have finally arrived.