Girls Deliver Food to Girl Scout Council for Thanksgiving Meals

In celebration of Furlough Fridays (which we don't participate it) the girls and I delivered totes to the Girl Scout Council filled with food for families of six to eight people. Our troop collected items over the past few weeks for families served by Child and Family Services. These meals will be for Thanksgiving.

This was a great opportunity for the girls to learn about servitude and compassion for others who are in need. It was also fun for the girls to earn a new patch for their uniforms.

Our goal was to fill two totes full of food. We ended up having enough to fill three. What an exciting experience for us!

Our Thanksgiving Craft

We were going to make turkey lanterns for Thanksgiving. I saw them in a magazine and thought they were adorable. Instead, we got this foam Thanksgiving kits int he mail from Grandma and Bubba Lorts. The girls couldn't wait to put them together so I thought that maybe that they could be turned into lanterns. AND, that is what we did. We have a turkey, Pilgrim and cornucopia lantern. They look very cute and I put LED candles in them so the paper won't burn.

The Turkey, Pilgrim and Cornucopia Laterns

Amen!

"Hillary Clinton says it takes a village to raise a child. I've seen the village; and I don't want it raising my child." - unknown

Homeschool Tracker

I finally found an easier way to keep track of our lessons, daily work, time spent on that work, field trips, and grades, etc... Homeschool Tracker Basic that I downloaded from the Internet. Well, duh.... Why didn't I think of this before? It's so much easier and it keeps everything so much more organized. I wish I could just organize my house that easily.
I started using it a few weeks ago and love it. Every week I go back and start putting in old lessons we did before I found this program. I just want to be all up-to-date before the fall ends so I know where we stand with everything.
I will definitely be using this program form now on unless something easier and better (AND FREE) comes along...