First fire of the season ---

and it is dreary and cold outside...so I don't want to go anywhere....and we are going to work on a fabulous project....so check back later!!!!

First Trip to the Corn Maze

DN had never been to a corn maze, so we decided to make an extra special trip this year during the Fall Festival. At this one you had to follow the map....

 The kids did a great job, once they realized it was helpful to TURN the map as you go...

We all had a great time and thought the 500lb pumpkin drop was pretty cool! 

 

New England Chill

You know the New England Chill has come again when work gets brought out to be done in front of the fire!

A wonderful autumn day...

was had by all here at GCK Homeschool!

We started out this morning making some super easy baby food!

We took four apples and a nearly bad banana, cooked them up with a little bit of lemon juice and put them in the bullet...SC was soooo excited to help!...

We got 26 oz. of baby food for less than the cost of one 5 oz. package! When we put them on the window sill so they could cool we realized how beautiful out it was!
So we popped GC in the stroller with her new favorite toy and I decided to rake a bit

then the girls decided they would benefit from my hard work, but really it was worth it to see their faces!


For lunch they decided to dine al fresco...

After lunch the littles went down for naps and KM got a bit of work done. She has started using Brain Pop and is truly loving it, but more about some of our schedule changes in a later post.....
When the littles awoke all the girls decided that we needed to head back outside again!

All and all it was a fantastic fall day. These are the days that we would be missing if KM wasn't home with us! I am starting to come to the realization that we do truly need to enjoy, cherish and be completely grateful for all the time that we have together as a family! Things are changing up again around here, but as I said before, that is for another post!

2 days to Halloween

...so we decided to read some SPOOOOOKY stories and watch some "SCARY" movies!
Here are our favorite picks -

• Here There Be Witches - By Jane Yolen is a GREAT compilation of stories and poems!
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - From the Imagination of Gris Grimly - was a FANTASTIC graphic novel version of this classic.
• Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz - this is such a great read aloud. As the kids get older and really INTO reading them they just get better and better everytime!
  
• What would be a better time than this to check out Ancient Mysteries-Witches which we found available through Netflix!
  
• We DVRed the Monsters vs. Aliens Halloween special that was on Wednesday night.
• We ended our evening with Spiderwick Chronicles and KM watched SpongeBob Halloween - I bailed on that one...just can't stand it sorry!

Do you have any favorite halloween stories or flicks to share? We will have more to come!

4 days til Halloween...

which around here means Pumpkin Carving!

SC was a little freaked out by the gushy guts of the pumpkin, but KM enjoyed it as always!

I got the pattern here - Spooky Ghost! Watch to see what we do for the rest of the week!

There is nothing like friends in the wild!

Especially if they are wild friends!

We went questing this past weekend and took one of KM's BFFs with us!

They always have such a great time together!I love that they can be silly and goofy,

wear witches hats and slide down rocks

without a care in the world!


To see more pics of these great hiking spots check our our nature blog -
GCK Homeschool Nature Photo Journal.

Fall has arrived...

and around here that means...

scarecrows,


pumpkins,

and witches!

The farm that we went to had a huge bail scarecrow that was happy when you arrived...

and sad when you left!!!

First day of Fall Session

It was our first day back to lessons today after a 3 week break.

We had an early start...

got some studies done...

enjoyed a wonderful hike with our coop friends...

and then got a new "class" pet!

Our first day and I am already revamping things. I have to hit the sack but will be sure to be back and let you all know what we have scrapped already!