N is for Nebula

So the newest drawing in the Magic Book is of a nebula in the sky in the shape of an N. LMNOP does something similar, using Stars for S.

In "school things the children have been doing with the babysitter" news, Steve took the girls to the Gray's Road Dog Park on Friday to walk the dog (something that had been on their wishlist for a while), to the corn maze at Forrest Hall Farm on Saturday (where they happily got lost), and then they divided up the Amish Friendship starter today and packed up Ziploc bags of the stuff for Natalie to give to PreK, K, and Elementary at her school. I'm online typing up the directions for the bread. I'm also lending her teacher the Gateways Kindergarten series -- I suggested Spindrift for verses to accompany the Colonial America unit and she asked to see all 6 books.

Haven't gotten to planning anything for next week yet -- can't believe it's Monday tomorrow!

Our Sunday School fundraiser was very successful. We raised $110.11. Today was a very math-heavy Sunday School lesson as the children counted the money, added up the receipts for COGS, subtracted, and determined that we had a profit of $61.71. We filled out the form to adopt a baby gorilla (hurrah!) and set aside the remaining $11.71 for Heifer International, our next fundraiser. Then I told the story of King Solomon and the Bee. Next week they have a sub, since I'll be in Boulder at Rahima's conference, and it will be their day to illustrate the story (two identical bouquets of flowers and a little bee flying to one) and retell it in their own words. November I begin with teaching the children to knit and we will make little animal ornaments to see to raise additional money for Heifer Int.