Our life in books



This is our eigth year of homeschooling and I finally got around to blogging about our adventures a few years ago.
I love the path that God has us on.
We get to enjoy the lightbulb moments in educating our children and have quite a few of them ourselves.

We are starting Exploration to 1850's this school year, 2012-2013 using My Father's World curriculum.
Rome to the Reformation,
Exploration to the 1850's and NOW.........

Below is the week by week of lessons for this year if you'd like to start at the beginning.
There is also a handy LABELS area that you can peek through to find a specific lesson.

Week by Week - MFW: Creation to the Greeks

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Family Scavenger Hunt

In honor of Nancy Drew's 80th birthday- our local bookstore held a scavenger hunt with clues all over the city. Each team had 3 hours, 50 clues and a digital camera to capture the proof and fun! We got 46 of the clues and returned with 1 minute to spare - good enough for 2nd place! Pretty sure that the winning team was comprised of all adults - what fun is that? We had the kids, the car seats, hunger stops and the potty breaks, please.


Soda anyone? Just one of the silly antics required to accomplish the list. One soda, all the team members with their own straw and you get this.....
Thanks to a stranger on the street- we got this shot which qualified as the " all team members in front of a sign with the #80 on it". It's in the background - you might have to zoom in.



Eagle Eye Everett spotted the 'non-yellow' fire hydrant for us.
( try not to notice the couple kissing in the car )

The beautiful fountain in the City Hall courtyard makes Everett look like so tiny.
- this underlining thing drives me crazy - cannot get it to go away.

Todd and Mackenzie blowing bubbles in front of the Wrigley Mansion- clue#7 - check!

All in all, a fantastic adventure and super sleuthy memory for the whole family.
Happy Birthday Nancy Drew!
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  1. Hi, I'm Jami!August 26, 2010 at 9:29 AM

    Hi! I found your blog on the MFW Blog Roll. We're also doing CTG and there doesn't seem to be very many of us who blog.
    Anyways, this scavenger hunt looked like so much fun. I've never heard of our area doing something like this, but my family would love it.

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