Hymn site

Here is a great site to get hymns and hear how they are sung.  Great site!!

Easter-Resurrection Cookies

Here is a great site for Resurrection Cookies.  We loved doing this several years ago. I lost the recipe and found it the other day.   The kids still talk about this and remind me how much they enjoyed it.  This is a great way to teach about the resurrection.


Another great thing to try and do with your kids this Easter season is a Sedar.  A Sedar is: "A Christian version of the Jewish Passover Seder, or ritual meal, modified for use in families. It is most effective in teaching children (and parents, too) the tradition of the Mass, a representation of the Last Supper of our Lord with his apostles, where He instituted the sacrifice of the Mass and the priesthood."  

Here is site to walk you through one.  We took part in one with our church last year and loved it.  This is a great tradition and one we will try in our home this year.  It's a perfect conclusion to our study of the Isrealites for Bible study.

John Singer Sargent

 Madame X 

Here is a great site about John Singer Sargent.  We have been studying his work and so far have loved his work.  My favorite so far is this one.  Madame X was considered scandalous for several reasons, one being the way she is posed and the pail color of her skin.  "The "X" of Madame X was actually Madame Gautreau (1859-1915) who’s  reputation was apparently destroyed and John left France shortly to never truly regain his former standing as the darling of Paris."  You can read more about this scandalous portrait and see and read about many more of his paintings  HERE.  Please note that there are some nude paintings of his on this site!  


Here are a few we have studied.

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose

 

Oyster Gatherers of Cancale

  

Daughters of Edward Darley Boit

 

 What is interesting is the true size of this painting!!

 

Suet Recipe

Ok My birds love, love the suet I make for them.  They devour it and unfortunetly so do the squirrels, our 10 squirrels!  Yes, you read that correctly- 10!!  I'm so angry with them I want to scream!  They won't leave my suet alone!!  I have reverted to buying them their own food in hopes that this will help, but so far no luck.  Daron is getting a live trap so we can hopefully tote them away...far away!!  It's a party out there for them with some free food and my poor birds get the short end of the suet feeder. :-)  Well it got so mad yesterday that I hunted Daron's Bebe gun to shot them myself but unfortunately the Bebe got stuck in the barrel.  They won again yesterday but not for long!!  Well now that my venting is over I would like to share our recipe for some delicious, home cooked suet.  Hope you try it, well not really try it, but hope you try to make some for your birds they'll love it!  I got this recipe from our Science curriculum-Apologia's Flying Creatures on the Fifth Day.

Smart Suet

• Small plastic zippered bags
• Mesh bag or suet cage (Walmart sells them for about 1.25)
• Stove
• Pot
• Stirring spoon
• Freezer
• 2 cups crunchy peanut butter
• 2 cups lard (NOT Shortening!)
• 4 cups rolled old-fashioned oats (not quick oats!)
• 4 cups cornmeal (not cornmeal mix!)
• 2/3 cups sugar
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup bird seed

1.  Start by melting the peanut butter and lard on low heat.
2.  Stir in the remaining ingredients.
3.  Scoop into the plastic bags.
4.  Put the bags in the freezer to harden.
5.  Place the suet from one bag in suet cage.
6.  Hang your suet on a tree.
7.  Enjoy watching them devour your suet you made for them!