For years now I have kept a four day homeschool week with my children. We reserve Fridays for outings, special projects, and fun. Sometimes I think that more learning occurs on Friday than all of the other days combined! (Still, I know that one of the most important things I can impart to my children is discipline, and those four days of lessons and study are absolutely essential to that end.)
This Friday was:
In the afternoon, after the Museum there was cookie baking:
...and walked among rows and rows of dark and spicy Christmas trees:
And then, we went inside the Nursery Center to gaze in delight at the beautiful Christmas village display. Luke said, "It's like a little world":
It was a fabulous Friday!
This Friday was:
Tea and prayer in the morning, followed by the Globe crossword.
Admiring the Christmas decorations around Boston as we drove to the Museum of Fine Arts.
Walking up the marble steps to the fresco adorned Rotunda of the MFA, which always fills we with wonder. Some of my favorite pieces from this visit to the Museum were this Eucharistic dove:
(for reserves of the Eucharistic host). France (Limoges) 1200-50 AD. Enamel and gilding on copper.
This detail from a small tempera painted panel: The Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds, by Bernardo Daddi 1336 Italian (Florence).
Snow at Argenteuil, by Claude Monet about 1875. Oil on canvas.
In the afternoon, after the Museum there was cookie baking:
Then we piled into the car and went to see the Christmas goats. We brought them a treat of cracked corn:
...and walked among rows and rows of dark and spicy Christmas trees:
And then, we went inside the Nursery Center to gaze in delight at the beautiful Christmas village display. Luke said, "It's like a little world":
It was a fabulous Friday!
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