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Halloween 2017

Ruby wanted to be a wolf since early September. Clara wanted to be a fox. What did they end up being? A wolf and a monarch butterfly. Don’t look too closely at Clara’s painted face. She decided about 40 minutes … Continue reading

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First Days and a Break

Clara. Age: 4 Grade: Kindergarten, Week 16* Ruby. Age: 6 ½ Grade: 2nd Lesson 66*   The girls have been doing school for about 50 days now. We started back on July 17th. We like to start early so that … Continue reading

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Oh Christmas Tree 2016

We made our annual trek up the mountain to get our Christmas tree a few weeks ago. The whole trip takes about four hours total. (look closely on the horizon. Heart Mountain near Cody about 100 miles away) Meals, snacks, … Continue reading

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Halloween 2016

The ending. This time around, Clara was not so enthused by the contents of the pumpkin. She kept saying, “YUCK!” and “GROSS!” over and over. Ruby thought everything was slimy, but made an effort to help clean the pumpkin out. … Continue reading

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End of Season

The last of the monarchs emerged and the milkweed have died with the first frosts. We’ve had our first snow of the season down low. Most of the mountain peaks above us and across from us have visible snow on … Continue reading

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Fall Gymnastics

In September, fall gymnastics started back in most areas. We found out about a different program in Worland. Both girls are able to participate in this program and there are more rotations, more to learn, more coaches and more children … Continue reading

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Photo Dump-Fall Edition

Lesson plan book a few weeks ago. Helping Matt with some pivots. Lots of outside play. A cool Scooby Doo birthday party. Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar And the turkeys are still around….everywhere.

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Apples, Butterflies and Animals

The ranch has an old apple tree orchard. Some of the apples are super sweet, or tart or were used for applesauce and cider. We all have enjoyed going out and picking apples for our snack, to give to the … Continue reading

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Back to School

We started back to school 27 days ago in July. Ruby finished up her kindergarten curriculum back in March. Instead of stopping, we started the first grade curriculum. We did the first ten weeks of the first grade curriculum and … Continue reading

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Just Keep Swimming

The girls had swim lessons this summer. Clara was SUPER excited to be old enough to participate this time around. Clara had a GREAT first day. The second day of the eight sessions, she cried and yelled the whole time. … Continue reading

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