Homeschool Highlights - Farewell to 2016

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Welcome to Homeschool Highlights! 

This weekly link-up is your opportunity to share some highlights of what is happening in your homeschool and in your world each week. If you write a wrap-up post at the end of each week, like I've been doing, we'd love to see what you're busy with from week to week. If you'd like to pick a favorite post from your week that spotlights a resource or activity in your homeschool that you'd like to tell others about, we're interested in those too. I'm keeping the guidelines as simple as I can, and they will appear at the bottom of each post, along with the link tool. I look forward to getting to know you, and I hope this will be a source of encouragement and good ideas for all of us.

Grab a cup of coffee and let's get started!

Homeschool news  . . . We certainly didn't do any schoolwork this week, but while on our mini-vacation, we visited a conservatory and I told Kennady that if she would write an essay about it and maybe do some artwork, we could count it as the field trip for her botany unit.

Other news . . . We attended Christmas Eve service on Saturday night; then came home to play games, enjoy snacks, and open our presents.



Sunday morning we went to church and then were able to spend the rest of the day with more games and just relaxing, and we had our big turkey dinner in the evening. We also got ready to head out for a trip to Columbus to visit Harrison and Angela and baby Veronica and celebrate Christmas with them. We left on Monday morning, and we spent all day Tuesday and Wednesday in Columbus. Harrison was able to take one day off work so that the whole family could be together in honor of Christmas and my birthday. I chose to go to one of my favorite restaurants, The Melt, for a late lunch.



Then we all went to the Franklin Park Conservatory for awhile, and enjoyed the poinsettias and other gardens. Since we went late in the day, it was harder to see all the plants in the glass houses, and hard to get good pictures, but pretty neat to see it all lit up for Christmas.

 

tree made of blown glass ornaments

 We spent the rest of the evening playing some games and hanging out and Harrison and Angela's place. On Wednesday, we got to take a quick tour of Harrison's workplace - RadioU!

When Nonnie wants a family picture but Veronica just wants her lunch.

We headed home on Thursday, and Spencer and I are back to work today. 

Reader Favorites . . . Highlighting a couple of my most viewed posts from the past month or so:


Holiday Bookshelf


Holiday Sweets and Treats

Virtual Refrigerator - Christmas Craft Breakfast 2016

I recommend . . . joining me and a great group of other homeschool bloggers for the Virtual Curriculum Fair 2017 which starts on Monday!

Susan @ Homeschooling Hearts & Minds

Laura H. @ Four Little Penguins

LauraOinAK @ Day by Day in Our World

Lisa N. @ Golden Grasses

Jacquelin C. @ A Stable Beginning

Jennifer King @ A Peace of Mind

Michele Pleasants @ Family, Faith and Fridays

Joelle @ Homeschooling for His Glory

Amanda H @ Hopkins Homeschool

Christy @ Unexpected Homeschool

Brittney @ Mom's Heart

Kym @ Homeschool Coffee Break

Yvie Field @ Gypsy Road

Dana Lambert @ Luv'N Lambert Life

Debra B. @ Footprints in the Butter

Sarah J @ Delivering Grace

Annette @ A Net in Time

Lori H @ At Home: where life happens

Jeniffer @ Thou Shall Not Whine

Lizzy Peach @ Peaches @Home

Meghan W. @ Quiet In The Chaos

Amy L. @ Adorable Chaos

Kristen Hamilton @ Sunrise to Sunset

Kim @ Good Sweet Love

Jennifer @ A Glimpse of Our Life

Lisa McClanahan @ The McClanahan 7
Hillary M  @ Walking Fruitfully
Shecki @ Greatly Blessed

On my blogs last week . . .

Here on Homeschool Coffee Break:

Virtual Refrigerator - 2016 Art Favorites
52 Lists #51 - Favorite Lists
Happy Boxing Day!
Merry Christmas!

And on my book blog, Just A Second:

Scripture and a Snapshot - To Us A Child is Born

Just A Second is where I share book reviews and other book-related things, and update on what's on my bookshelf. This week was a quiet one on the blog, but I've been reading:

The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill by Julie Klassen

From Heaven: A 28-Day Advent Devotional by A.W. Tozer

A parting shot . . . From the welcome center rest stop when we arrived back in Maryland yesterday.

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I will be linking up my own posts at the following weekly link parties that you  may also be interested in: Weekly Wrap-Up hosted by Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers; Christian Fellowship Weekend hosted by Biblical Womanhood; and Homeschool Blog & Tell at The Homeschool Post.

  

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