Oregon  City Oregon Week 37 - September 14 - September 20. 2020

This week was definitely better that last week - smoke and weather wise.

This was Tuesday

This is Wednesday

And, still, on Thursday it was smokey....but not as much.  And then, Thursday night, just as the weather forecast had predicted, at midnight, a rainstorm came along with massive lightning and thunder!!!!!  It was the biggest and loudest and brightest storm I have ever experienced.  Massive blasts of lights came in multiple bursts across a broad expanse of the sky. And there was rolling thunder - like I've read about in books which mention the gods bowling in heaven.  This thunder would start in the north and rumble all the way around me toward the south.  When dawn came we could see real clouds in the sky rather than the blanket of smoke.  And by noon...this is what we could see to the south.  It was absolutely beautiful, and what a relief to be able to breathe deeply again!!!

Unfortunately, the heavy rain caused massive runoff over the raingutters.....and unfortunately, the drain in the stairwell at the new basement door malfunctioned (maybe too many leaves and dirt in the area?????....... our bad for sure)  Upon venturing into the pool table room, in sock feet, I waded through several pools of water - the deepest about an inch deep.  Not deep, really, but deep enough to get the bottoms of all the boxes under the pool table soaked.  I've known for months that I need to organize the area, but now it is a necessity.

The evil drain which has had the debris moved to the side

School began this week.  We have our part on Tu and Th at The Manor. 

I have Ruby at 10:00 for Science and Social Studies.

Dad and I do reading with Abby and Jude at noon 

At 1:00 there is second grade Science with Abby and Jude

At 2:00  is fourth grade science  with Logan (also known as Ellis) and Clara (CJ)

Here I am with Ruby talking about how different objects (matter) feel.  She is guessing what the items in the bag are.

Here Ruby is learning that heat can change a slice of bread into toast and that hot toast will melt butter from a solid to a liquid

We learned about the American flag..and other social studies stuff

CJ and Ellis are eager learners

We did a Venn diagram to practice comparing and contrasting the physical properties of matter

Toys on the right and things made of fabric on the left.

Ellis knew about Venn Diagrams, but....I.... I didn't have a clue.  So at dinner on Friday night with Warren and Whitney, I learned.  You know the old saying, "You learn more when you teach it".

Ever since we returned from our trip to Mesa, Ariz, I have wanted to try Taco Tuesday here in Oregon. We have seen this little restaurant in Mulino--whenever we go south to go camping--and decided to try it out with WWHC

Logan's tenth birthday was celebrated at Sunday dinner.  Warren made a Hobbit House

After the "cake event" Holland came over to me and asked me (I'm pretty sure Warren coached her) to take her outside to the swing.  I said, "sure, let's go"  And as we were starting to walk away, Camille came up to Holland with a box full of fingernail polish bottles, and the swing and I were quickly forgotten.

The best thing about this last week....the huge rain storm which "chased away" the cloud of smoke!