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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Our Field Trip Notebooks

Posted by Cindy on October 3, 2007

After coming back from Michigan with 100 pictures, several brochures and tons of memories, I racked my brain for a practical way to put it all together.  Then I remembered Sheri’s blog and the notebooks she uses with her Five In A Row studies.  Perfect!

I found the 10×10″ spiral notebooks in the scrapbooking section at Walmart.  The covers are plain and colored, so they will decorate nicely when we get around to it.  Inside, there are 50 card stock, archival quality pages just the perfect size for a memories journal.

I copied several pictures from the trip in wallet size.  Then, gave the kiddos the pictures, some brochures, scissors and glue sticks, and let them have at it.  The only thing I asked was that they write some of their memories on each page.  How’s that for a secret writing lesson?

They loved this “assignment”!  We all agreed that we should try to do a page or two for each of the field trips we take this year.  What a great keepsake these will make!

Our Weekend

Posted by Cindy on October 1, 2007

What a lovely end to September!  Beautiful weather, great fun and good company.

After a trip to the local Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, Steve and the kids headed to the back of our farm for a little fishing in the creek.  Mahayla made the catch of the day with this nice-looking bass.  It made a yummy addition to our supper!

My parents came in for a visit Sunday.  Can you tell that the afternoon was wonderfully relaxing?