Posted by Cindy on December 22, 2009
This past weekend, our family took a Christmas train ride at the Bluegrass Railroad Museum. An old-fashioned steam engine pulled four antique passenger cars for an hour’s drive through the countryside. The cars were decked out with lights and streamers, the conductor punched letters into our tickets Polar Express style, and merry music played in the background – all of which made the trip very festive! Top that off with a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Claus and a conductor who led us in Christmas songs and hymns, and it was downright fun!
All Aboard!
Santa arrived in style....
much to the excitement of Eli!
Everyone got to visit personally with the big guy in red.
Mrs. Claus led us in songs.
The conductor led us in songs and talked to us about the REAL meaning of Christmas!
Our family wishes yours a blessed time celebrating the real meaning of Christmas as you remember and praise Him for the birth of Jesus who saves us from all our sins!
Posted by Cindy on November 5, 2009
We won’t be doing a Thanksgiving unit this year, but several books will be in books baskets and book nooks around the house. Here are some of my favorites.
Here are a few internet resources that have been useful in the past.
Cindy Downes’ Pilgrim Unit
The Homeschool Mom’s Links
LaCelle Family Unit Study
Eclectic Homeschool Online Resources
Posted by Cindy on March 23, 2009
Here is a compilation of my favorite Easter resources…
Nature Study Through the Holidays helps to prepare your hearts for Easter through a unique, Christ-centered nature study tied into the Biblical account of Jesus’ final week, including His death, burial and resurrection.
Resurrection Egg Scavenger Hunt
Resurrection Roll Recipe and Easter Story Cookies
Resurrection Basket Ideas
FREE Homeschool Share Units
Some of my favorite Easter living literature:
Posted by Cindy on February 17, 2009
Hubby and I celebrated Valentine’s Day on Saturday, so I decided to do a family Valentine’s Day celebration on Friday. To get the excitement rolling, we ditched the math books and used little sweethearts to create graphs and find the mean, median and mode of candy that I gave them.
We spent much of the afternoon preparing for a special dinner of -
Heart Pizza
Lemon-Strawberry Slushies
and Heart-shaped Ice Cream Cookies
We finished off the night by watching the Charlie Brown Valentine special from earlier in the week. I’m not a huge Charlie Brown fan, but the kids loved it!
At church Sunday, the Jr. Church lessons focused on, of course, LOVE.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these. Mark 12:30-31
We played some fun games after the lesson, too.
Pinky Linky
Candy Heart Relay
Blindfolded Coloring
Candy Heart Memory Circle
And, we kept on celebrating Monday at co-op with the annual Valentine’s parties.
There was so much love shared that I think we’re all caught up for awhile! LOL Hope your V-Day was special!
Posted by Cindy on December 21, 2008
Great December Reading
Oh, and have you met God? Apparently Eli has! Every time he gets his busy little fingers on a Santa ornament he says, “God.” (Very reverently, I might add.) His innocent little eyes looking up at us with complete seriousness that he is holding God right in his chubby little hands. 
