First Day - October

Welcome to my monthly photo collage of the first day of the month. (This was originally a link up with Nicole at Journey to Josie, but I am not sure if she is doing it anymore. I still enjoy capturing these images so will keep doing it each month.)

The first day of October was a beautiful day! We got lots of schoolwork done, did a little fall decorating and some cooking, and got caught up on a little bit of t.v.

Started my morning with some blog reading.

This one scammed a waffle before work.

Pumpkin bread!

It was chilly today. Love it!

These two and their Pokemon.

Time for a little porch decorating!

Back door guests are best!

Such a weird gardening season. Still pulling out produce.

What's this? The bottom of my laundry basket?

My granddog Yadi settled down with Nana to watch ....

... my man! Hallelujah for the return of Criminal Minds!

And Yadi's down .. daddy's home from work.

Watching some scary movie trailers.

The Italian Cream Cake I made for my dad's birthday tomorrow.

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ABCya

Eli's reading resource teacher shared a website with me yesterday that I would like to pass along. It's called ABCya . There are separate educational sections with fantastic games for ages kindergarten through 5th grade. I browsed the 2nd grade level, and it includes age-appropriate games about Letters, Numbers, Shapes, Geometry, Patterns, Mouse Manipulation, Art and Holiday games. There are lots and lots of fun and creative games for children to play. They are fun, but oh, so educational. Eli's favorite, in his short time playing it, was Create a Car . A lot of the games also have Apps available for purchase (99 cents for most of them) for the iPad and iPhone. I have been looking for another free website for games similar to Starfall , for some time. I think I have found it. I can feel confident having Eli and Brynne play these games.

Cells ~ It's What's for Dinner

Dawson made edible cells on Friday. He made an animal cell pizza ... and a plant cell chocolate chip cookie ... He reviewed what he's learned about cells the past two weeks, and I had dinner made by someone else. Win, win!! I am linking up at Science Sunday at Adventures in Mommydom.

Last Child in the Woods ~ Chapters 1-4

Welcome to our book study of Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv. To be honest, I have no idea what this "study" is going to look like. I imagine that when we get together I will post about all of the things that caught my eye. And I would ask that you leave a comment, or a link to your own blog post in the comment, about what caught yours. This isn't anything formal, ladies, just a place to talk about what we have read. I have now read the first four chapters of Last Child in the Woods two times. It is just so good. Several things have specifically hit me deep, but in general I just realized that "times, they are a changin'." Things aren't the way they were when we were kids. Chapter 1. Gifts of Nature ~ "When I see birches bend to left and right ... I like to think some boy's been swinging them." ~ Robert Frost What is your definition of nature? What feelings, visions, senses does it conjure up? For me, it's not a

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