Update: Hobbies, Scripture memory, & copywork

We have been in-doors on the colder days, and on the warmer days the boys have been able to spend some time outside playing.

Something fun for Justin to do on cold days is to take old, broken appliances apart and look inside. Here he is taking apart an old radio alarm clock.

He loves to use his daddy's tools

For Christmas last year, our family was given some money. I used the opportunity to purchase a nice book to use for morning & family devotions. It is a very nice hardback book of Proverbs arranged topically. It is formatted in the King James version, so it is perfect for Scripture memory. Currently, we are in the section entitled "Reverence". We are learning Proverbs 2:1-5 right now, and the boys are just about ready to recite it without looking.I also purchased a paperback copy of the original 1911 Boyscout manual for the boys. There are all kinds of fun things to learn in this manual, and I imagine it will take a very long time to finish it. We do not read it every day...just some days. Basically it is just for fun. The boys will learn anything from chivalry to animal tracking. Of course Daddy will have a lot more to do with that type of thing than me. He is the "master" of anything outdoors!

Last but not least, both of the boys have finished their Italic writing books. They are ready for the next level; how exciting! Here is a scanned copy of Justin's "copywork". I think he did a great job!