Lollipop trees

For our final lesson with Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, we drew trees. Lollipop trees, conifer trees and many others.  I think we had some pretty good lessons in this story.  With the stewardship lesson, we have been continuing to have a chore time after lunch.  I get to do the dishes and make my bed, while Hannah makes her bed, deals with any clothes and toys in her room.  One thing for sure, it's kept the house looking nice :D
We have a very busy week ahead of us, my brother is getting married next Sunday, and I have to finish making the shirt I'm going to wear.  There is also quite a few things going on at church. 

Personification

In our house, personification is second nature.  We are always making up stories of things that aren't humans doing human type things, we talk about our car TeDI all the time, so the idea of personification isn't a new one, though the word itself is.  We looked at the pictures of Mary Anne in Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel so that Hannah could see that not only is it words but pictures as well.
Since we talked about stewardship yesterday and Hannah couldn't remember the word, I am making sure that I ask her often time through out the afternoon what we talked about in class and what it means. 
We've already had a busy day, with breakfast out and a trip to Cokesbury and the library.  I found the best deal at Cokesbury, they had the music from our VBS on cd for half off! And we picked up some new books for FIAR including The Glorious Flight:and A Pair of Red Clogs.  I'm looking forward to them both.

Take Great Care

Mike takes such good care of Mary Anne in Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel that she doesn't grow old.  Hannah and I talked about stewardship.  I broke it down to taking care of things.  We also did some work on her writing her name.  She often gets all the letters but not in the correct order.  She had a major attitude when she woke up and it reared its ugly head during class, so she was sent to "rest" for an hour in her room to help take care of it. 
When she got out, we had lunch and since we had talked about stewardship, I figured now is as good a time as any to add some chores to her day.  She chose to take over dusting, and she was given the responsibility of making her bed, tidying her room, and putting away her clean clothes.  And for anyone out there that thinks this is too much for five year old, I must tell you that in all it took less than one hour of her day.  And no, she will not get paid for them, because then it changes from stewardship and into a job. 

Five in a Row of another kind

We have been sick since last Wednesday.  In the midst of that I don't remember if we did school work or not.  I do know that we had my lovely In-Loves come for a visit.  Hannah loved having her Grammy and Papa here for a visit.  We went to The Henry Ford Museum on Saturday and had a day full of church on Sunday, then they were on their way again by Monday.  It was a special trip for Joel's installation at St. Timothy, which for the non-presby's out there it's a special service by the church's governing body placing him as the pastor to a specific church. 
We are still recovering from being sick.  I have decided to scrap Who Owns the Sun?, mainly because it is terribly long to read to sick little girl and the concept of slavery is a little too difficult for me to explain right now. Instead we are going to move forward with Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. But I need to find my FIAR book first :D