December 12th

Hi All! 

I hope everyone had a wonderful last three weeks! We sure did! We were so very blessed last week to get to adopt our precious baby Olivia. She is all ours now! 

As for new things on the farm...not much going on. After the flooding on November 21st, we spent the entire next week and a half drying out.  We did find this juvenile woodpecker hiding in our mallow weeds early this week (we don't see that often!). He wasn't able to fly yet, but he sure made his opinion about being held known!

Thanksgiving was a wonderful blessing and the first week in December has been great. We are looking forward to spending the next couple of weeks before Christmas with you. If you are looking for a great Christmas Advent Devotional to do with your family, here is the one that we use: Advent Devotional: Let Earth Receive Her King - YouTube

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 doing a scavenger hunt for snowmen and solving a puzzle with the results!  Should be a lot of fun!

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. 

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. 

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. 

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

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!