Twenty Fourteen

2014
It's been...a year.
I'm still standing....let's go another round.
No resolutions.
No regrets.
Just one day at a time, sweet Jesus.
(That's not all I'll be asking from you...)

Sunken Suitcase (You Had One Job)

ATTEMPTED POETRY:

Decade & A Half

Fifteen years ago today, Chandler Brice Brewer took his first breath.  

I was there. 

He was tiny (I was not).

Debuting as a featherweight at 5 lbs 14ozs and 18 in long, his current 150lb, 5'9" frame is proof that apparently pizza and macaroni DO count as vegetables after all. 

We are blessed with our 'ChanMan' and enjoy getting to know the young man he is becoming. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHANDLER!

Aletheia First Day Fall Term

Our Fall Term started last week.

We rearranged our classroom.

Started with coffee, of course... 

Rye insisted she wanted "real" coffee in her cup...

... I think she liked it. 

First Period: Individual Grade Photos

FISHER KAI

Fisher is in Jr. High now

6th-ish Grade

LOGAN ALEECE

 Logan is finishing Jr. High

8th-ish Grade

CHANDLER BRICE:

Chandler is a Freshman (& not very fond of having his photo taken) 

2nd Period: Group Photo

 AFTER SEVERAL ROUGH DRAFTS...

ALETHEIA FIRST DAY FALL TERM 2014-2015

 3rd Period: Group Work 

  A peek into one of our favorite classes: Rubber Pencil 101

(and a video about Earthquakes) 

Pre-3 runs simultaneously in the same room: 

Weather gal :

Fidgets have been added to each desk space~ a listening aid, believe it or not: 

A Book Butterfly:

Riley in her "Music Appreciation" tent..a.k.a. naptime:

She now says "I hate music appreciation!" 

There were many other things not pictured, like a lesson on Earthquakes,  LoF Decimals & Percents, LoF English, 100 Essays: Essay #1: The First Day of School, Lunch & Break Time, Books Aloud and more. 

We ended the day with cookies.

In an ideal world, maybe they would have been homemade cookies. That was the original plan, too, make a special treat to close out the day.

But, homeschooling (amongst other things) has taught me that we do not live in an ideal world and sometimes, one must wing it.

The Lady In My Tree

Our FaceBook friend Mitch often posts poetic pictures of  the "Old Lady" tree near his home. And, it is a beautiful, old lady tree.

See?

Mr. Mitch is an interesting fellow and I often want to do and be and think and see in step with him. 

So, imagine my delight when I discovered  that we have an Old Lady Tree too...

See? 

Okay, so she's a bit of a hag. 

I surely wouldn't eat any apples from this tree. Mainly because it isn't an apple tree, but also because 'she' looks like the witch from Snow White, whose specialty was the Drowsy Apple. 

See? 

I have friends standing by - ready to call the right folks and administer the right meds for me if the lady in my tree turns out to be from another Disney franchise: 

If I hear it speak, I am to repeat:"A tree may speak to me, but only metaphorically." 

(...and so help me, if you ever find me running around in a buckskin dress...talking to the trees... wrap me up in my loooong sleeve pajamas please...) 

YULEE

David Levy Yulee was the the first Jewish member of the United States Senate. He was a sharp business man, serving as president of several companies. While living in Fernandina with his family, David Yulee founded the Florida Railroad Company and became known as the Father of Florida Railroads.

 Yulee served as a member of the Confederate Congress where his passionate speeches in support of Confederate causes  gained him another nickname: "Florida Fire Eater" .  These passions also gained him a 9 month imprisonment @ Fort Pulaski. 

He was granted pardon and has since been named a "Great Floridian"