Christmas 2008

Christmas was nice and mellow this year, just our family (although it's nice to have company or visit relatives, too) But we got to see everyone via SKYPE, which was cool!

Love those underwater webkinz!!

The ultimate Christmas gift: a kitty!

We always leave a trail of candy corn so the reindeer can be lured to our house!

Olivia opening a gift from Grandma & Grandpa

Snow Day in the Mountains

Yesterday we went to the mountains to do a little sledding, since it has been cold and rainy here. They got dumped on in Lake Arrowhead. It was COLD!! But we had about 10 layers on each, and all the winter clothes, thanks to their cousins in Germany.

OK, so this is my first blog. Actually, the VERY first one was funnier but I messed up before I got to save it, so this is just the frustrated-tired-of-doing-this post.

So for those of you millions of voyeurs out there wondering "what is this 'Pine Canyon Homeschool'"? and "how does she do it?" The answer is "I don't know". So read on (if I think of something to say, that is).

We think our school name is pretty catchy. We even have a logo and if I ever figure out how to upload it, I will.

Ok, now I'm getting the hang of this! Here's Natalie, with her new kitty Shadow. We LOVE Shadow, because he is Olivia-proof! He lets the kids lug him all over the house and smother him, and put him in strollers and baskets.

Here's Olivia, I've never seen her and Natalie so excited as when we got them their very own kitty! They could not believe it was actually all theirs. They've actually done a great job of taking care of him, too (even scooping poop every day!)

Here's Natalie, doing her reading. She's on "Pilgrim Boy" in the ABeka Readers. Boy, she looks smart, doesn't she?!

This is what we did today - planets. It was for Olivia's curriculum but Natalie liked doing it too.

Below is Natalie's map of the Great Lakes, using Beautiful Feet (book 1, Paddle to the Sea)

And here's Olivia's. They both liked the book, but were not crazy about coloring the maps. Still, they turned out pretty good.

Well, not to keep you "all" on the edge of your seat or anything, but I have to go do laundry. Laura, for you, next time I'll take a picture of my BOOKCASE!!!