Christmas Break

After a week of extra school work, messy projects, and final exams at work, we can finally tuck away the books and enjoy a 2 week break. And guess what..... at our school (which is home) we can call our break a Christmas break! It is so nice to have the focus on Jesus during this season instead of calling Christmas a winter holiday or festival.

Here are some of our messy projects from the week...

Ryan and Carter were outside, bringing the trash cans back from the curb, when they noticed a mess of sap dripping from a cracked branch. It was a complete mess, dripping all over the side of our new fence and covering the ground. The only logical thing to do was remove the branch, or so we thought. After a few cuts, the branch started spraying sap like a water hose. The kids thought this was the coolest thing in the world. It sprayed for a good 5-10 minutes, and I mean gushing out. I have never seen anything like it before, and Jordan insisted on going outside to collect our sticky mess. All of this craziness turned into an impromptu lesson about plant vascular systems and the production of maple syrup.

Kaylee making chocolate covered pretzels for the neighbors.....

This is one of the wax and watercolor paintings we made this week. We added a picture of the four kids playing in the snow last February. Unfortunately, it was the last snow Macie ever played in.