On Saturday, we went to the Ulster Folk Park. That had an exhibit of handmade things.

This shawl was crocheted.

This is a quilter's scrap bag.

Tannin's School Day

"Why should I fear the darkest hour,
Or tremble at the tempest's power?
Jesus promises to be my tower.

Though hot the fight, why quit the field?
Why should I either flee or yield,
Since Jesus is my mighty shield?

Against me earth and hell combine,
But on my side is power divine:
Jesus is all, and He is mine."

-John Newton

Silent Night in "Formal Italic"

Hi everyone. Today, Grace and Mom went to their calligraphy lesson. They are doing really well on it. Grace will post some of her calligraphy tomorrow. Here is a picture of Hannah, I took last week.

Lydia

Hi, Yesterday, we made cookies. We made 3 different kinds: sugar cookies, snickerdoodle, and chocolate chip. Here is some of the pictures of the sugar cookies.Cookies.

In the oven.

Cooling

This is Grace's masterpiece cookie. Decorating a cookie.

Hi everyone, our Mom is hosting a recipe swap for casseroles. Here is our recipe.

Sweet potato casserole

3 cups sweet potatoes, about 4 good sized ones

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs, beaten

1/2 cup butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup milk

1 cup butter

1 cup light brown sugar

1/2 cup flour

1 cup chopped pecans

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Boil and mash potatoes. Mix in sugar, butter, eggs, vanill and milk. Put in 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Topping:Melt butter and mix in remaining ingredients. Sprinkle on top of potato mixture. Bake at 350f for 25 minutes.

First Aid Course

This is a "First Aid Post." :) Thursday we, (Hannah, Lydia, and I,) went to a First Aid Course for Homeschoolers. It was for ages 10 and up. We learned basic life-saving skills. We are getting our First Aid certificates soon. It was very interesting!! We learned CPR, what to do if someone is choking, the recovery position, and lots more!!!! That's all for now,

~Grace

Hi everyone. Just wanted to let you know our Mom is hosting a recipe swap for casseroles. Just go over to her blog to join in the fun. The recipes will be posted next Thursday.

3 sisters

Three Sisters

Homeschool Trip Pt 2

This is a collage I made of our Homeschool Trip.

~Grace

Today, we went on a homeschool trip. We went to a warehouse where David's brother Gordon raises rabbits and guinea pigs to sell to pet stores. We had a lot of fun learning about the different rabbits and guinea pigs. We really enjoyed it. There will be more pictures tomorrow.

This is the homeshool kids minus one (Joshua)

This little bunny is only a few days old.

Guinea pigs

Another guinea pig

Grace with a little white bunny.

This is Gordon (the owner) telling us about the rabbits and guinea pigs.

Crawfordsburn Apple Festival

On Friday, Sylvia and her son Jonathan came down and are spending a week with us. On Saturday, we went to the Crawfordsburn Apple Festival with the Laverty's . We really enjoyed it. There was Apple juice, fried apples, There was a beanbag game where you try to hit the wooden apple off. You could make beeswax candles. And all of this that I just mentioned was free. Also they had this game where you wore this sticker with a name of a apple and if you found a person with the same apple name sticker as you. You took them to the desk and you got a free prize. The prizes were: t-shirts, bags, and pencils. Some of us got the prizes but it was really fun. Well here is some of the pictures.

Megan getting her face painted.

More apples.Nuts

More pictures coming soon!

Calligraphy Practice........

This is my latest attempt doing calligraphy. We'll start using the pen next week.

GUESS WHAT CAME TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today, our package from Sis Kristi came!!! Here's a pic of our NEW shirts. THANK YOU VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH Sis Kristi!! We really like them!!! Oh, the markers didn't come.

This is the recipe book Sis Kristi sent Mom. Mom can't wait to try out the recipes!!!!

Thank YOU Sis Kristi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 Sisters

Photos.......

Photos of Castle Ward Pt 2

Pumpkins

Hannah at the cafe

Castle Ward

Castle Ward Pumpkin Fest.

Today, we went to the Castle Ward Pumpkin Fest. It was a lot of fun. That had archery, candle dipping. (Will try to post picture of Hannah's candle she dipped on Monday.) That had a lot of stalls with different things like jams, honey, handmade jewelry, and stuff like that. We had a lot of fun looking around. We went there by the Portaferry ferry. (You drive your car on and it takes you to the other side.) We will post more pictures on Monday.

Here is the ferry.

Leaves.

This the targets for the archery. (Grace and Hannah were shooting at the one on the left.)

Hannah

Grace getting ready to shoot.

This is some of Grace and Hannah's arrows they shot.

This is a picture of the squash and cucumbers Mom bought there.