Have you ever wondered about Ancient Egypt?

For those of you who enjoyed seeing what Katie learned about during FirstModule (social studies/science during First Quarter) here is a sneak preview for Second Module...all about Ancient Egypt!
Yesterday afternoon, the other 4th grade teachers and I were working in the hall hanging paper for our next Exhibit Night. I gave Katie an extra sheet of butcher paper, and she sat down and drew this map of Egypt without even looking at anything for a reference. She's got the shape of the country, the Nile River with the Delta, the pyramids, an Egyptian person, Egyptian homes, and cropland! I was so impressed by all she knows, and you know I have to share with all of you so you can be impressed too!

Tonight she was explaining her drawing to Daddy, and it grew into a videotape of her telling all about Ancient Egypt. This first video is her explaining about the types of jobs Ancient Egyptians held. The second one is her explaining about Ancient Egyptian homes.

Enjoy the first report from the future Travel Channel reporter, Katie Nelson!

Around the House

So here are a few things we've been up to lately around the house:

Our new knife block: There are no slots, you just put the knife in wherever, so it can hold as many knives as will fit! Plus, you can take the inside out and wash in the dishwasher when you need to.



Here's Ben showing off our Christmas present to ourselves: a new washer and dryer. Now, they say right on the front of them "QuietPack"...but I guess "quiet" is a subjective term. Good thing we can close the door to the laundry room while it's going. Otherwise, they're great...huge and hold lots and lots of clothes in one load! :)

Fall colors in the yard out back by the swing set:

8 gallons of primer and 18 gallons of red barn paint later...Here's a picture of the barn (garage/shed) Ben's Dad and Uncle Jerry and Pat built on the slab in the side yard:

And here are a few views of Signal Mountain from the front yard. The leaves have since fallen off (or at least started to) but the colors were really beautiful while they were still up. We should have gotten a picture of the crepe myrtle in the front yard with its one red leaf left on it. It looked like a poor little Charlie Brown tree!

Out front and looking to the right:

Out front and looking to the left:

Sisters

Here are some of the latest of the girls:

Camden, before she thought it was a good idea to pour the peaches on the counter:

Katie enjoying making brownies in the morning:

Both girls and the baby doll snuggling on the couch:

Katie feeding Camden Cheetos ( a favorite around here!)

And Camden feeding Katie Cheetos!

Just snuggling!

Sometimes it's just hard to decide whether you want juice or milk, or maybe even both at the same time!

And Katie comingback from a walk around the house:

More Turkey Art

Katie's enjoyed making holiday drawings so much that she made 14 more pictures today, either Thanksgiving or Christmas related. She took her kindergarten folder and wrote on one pocket "Finisht" and on the other "Not finisht" for her artwork. I think we will need to stock up on printer paper very soon!

And it's Thanksgiving already!

Well, it's been almost a month already since the last post, and I can't believe next week is Thanksgiving! Wow. Somehow the time still goes by fast, even when all you do is work! We really don't have that much to report on, but here is a picture that Katie drew this afternoon at school while waiting for Mommy and the other 4th grade teachers to figure out what we are doing. Of course I thought it was really cute so I wanted to share!
Here's the Happy Turkey~

Happy Halloween, Y'all!

Happy Halloween, Y'all!

It's Halloween! We had several different ways to celebrate this year, as you can see in the slide show. During Fall Break, we went to the Creative Discovery Museum's Monster Bash. Last night, Baylor faculty and staff's children went Trick or Treating on campus and tonight was Trunk or Treating at the Baptist Church down the road (everyone parks in the lot and puts the candy in their trunk and you just go from car to car). You can see the girls have had lots of fun over the last few weeks, especially wearing their fun Halloween shirts from Korisa.
Enjoy!!