Happy Thanksgiving!!

This week has been really fun!  We have kept pretty busy.  We took a break from school Wed-Fri.  It was a much needed break for me and the girls.  It was nice to just relax and not have to worry about school work.  We still did activities though so the girls were not bored.  We played games, went to the park, cooked, fed the ducks, and went to see a movie at the theater.  We had a very nice Thanksgiving as a family.  The girls helped me a lot with the cooking.  It was a nice, easy, quiet, and relaxing day!   

Lorel lost her first tooth on Monday.  I was helping Mackenzie pick out what she was going to wear for the day and Lorel came running in saying she lost it.  I asked her where it was and she said that she dropped it in the carpet somewhere.  So we went to search for it.  Well, our carpet is thick and we couldn't find it anywhere.  I still have no idea where it went.  I even vacuumed and took the canister outside and dumped it on the ground with no luck.   She was really upset.  She thought the tooth fairy wouldn't bring her money without the tooth.  So Lorel wrote the tooth fairy a letter explaining what happened and asking if she would still come and visit her.  She left it under her pillow and the tooth fairy DID visit her!  She was really excited.

We read a lot this week.  The girls watched a show on National Geographic about mummies.  They were really interested in it.   So next week we are going to study about mummies.  We also watched a show about sharks.  I love the National Geographic Channel!  Lorel is learning how to measure using inches and centimeters.  She is still working with on the computer with her little program.  She loves it.  Mackenzie is still working with double/triple digit addition and subtraction.  She is currently reading a Junie B. Jones book.

We went to the state park this week.  The girls had fun.  We fed the ducks, drew a nature picture, played at the playground, kicked the soccer ball, and took a walk on the trail.