October 31st

Mark your calendars. There will be NO co-op these days:

November 28th (Thanksgiving Weekend)

December 5th (We will be at the courthouse adopting our baby😊)

December 26th (Christmas weekend)

January 2nd (New Year's weekend)

January 9th (Baby is having a surgery to fix her cleft lip)

February 6th (Baby has an appointment)

March 6th (Baby has a surgery to fix her cleft palate)

April 3rd (Good Friday)

April 17th (My daughter is getting married!!!)

I apologize in advance for taking so many days off, but it really couldn't be helped. We are taking off for all good things though!  Hopefully we won't miss any additional weeks due to weather/illness! 

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Hi All!

I have missed all of my duck-nest hunters over the break. You were needed!  Over the summer we had over twenty ducklings hatch from hidden nests. Every time we found a nest and blocked it, they found a better hiding place. We thought we had it covered. We thought we blocked every place a duck would like to lay her eggs. 

We were wrong.

Over the weekend, my daughter heard peeping right outside our front door. Sure enough, she opened the door to two ducklings...but no mama. She looked everywhere and could not find mama duck or a nest. It was a mystery. Then Conan told her to look up. She doubted. He asked for a ladder. 

He found the nest.

Mama duck was not happy.

The three of them (mama duck and her two babies) are safely tucked away in a chicken tractor in the backyard. And I am in desperate need of children to find more nests! (And no, you do not get to climb on my roof!) 

That was my weekend.  

Now for this Friday's activities...

From 10ish-Noon(ish) we will break into group activities:

Group A-- Ages 5-8

You will be doing Project this week. We will be building and playing a few ice breaker games like the teens last week. Come prepared to play! 

Materials Needed: 

A water bottle to drink out of (if you think you may get thirsty)

Sunscreen...if you so desire. 

Clothes/shoes that you don't mind getting dirty.

Parents, if your little ones tend to wander, please stay close by. You are responsible for taking your child to the restroom or providing them with water if they get thirsty. Try to remind them that this is a group activity, and they should try to stick with their group as much as possible. That will really help keep things flowing smoothly for everyone. 💗

Group B--Ages 9-12

You will be doing Gardening this week. The garden is looking so very lovely right now. Come grow something fun and make it even lovelier! 

Materials Needed: 

• Sunscreen and Water Bottles...if you so desire. 
• And clothes/shoes that you don't mind getting dirty.
• Garden gloves if you think you want them.

Group C--Ages 13-18

You will be doing the P.E. this week. Not sure what you will be doing, but it probably will require more running than you were doing last week during Project. ;-). 

Materials Needed: 

• Athletic shoes of some sort
• A water bottle--if you think you'll want something to drink
• Sunscreen, if you so desire.
• A great attitude!  (That is mandatory!)
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Those teenagers that do not feel like participating in P.E.  are welcome to volunteer with Group A. Please NOTE: you WILL be put to work if you volunteer in that capacity! 

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Picnic Lunch

Everyone is welcome to stay and have a picnic lunch in the backyard area. You are responsible for bringing your own lunch. Please do not feed any animals with that lunch and please make sure all garbage is disposed of in the dumpster or garbage can.