Our homeschooling summer school week was relaxed (as summer school should be.) Only B and E had places to go and they didn’t need me to take them. I enjoyed my time at home working on the plans for our everything American history studies starting in September. I also had some awesome opportunities to share homeschooling ideas with a few ‘newbies’.
We have been picking peppers and tomatoes daily from our homeschooling garden science project. We’ve had the privilege to share some too!
Not all is well in the garden. A month or so ago, the two year old neighbor uprooted and broke one of our plants. We re-planted it in hopes that it would be fine. It looks sad, but still has tomatoes growing on its only green vine.
E17 was in the kitchen this week. This newest recipe was a huge hit. Sauteed steak, mushrooms, and onions stuffed in a pepper half and topped with cheese and baked. She also made yummy potato wedges to go with.
Z went to the Dome Theater show at our local library. He particularly enjoyed the volcano parts. 
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Z and J have started a new chapter book series, Cork and Fuzz by Dori Chaconas. I’m impressed with these tales of an unlikely friendship and I’m happy the boys are enjoying them. We will be checking out more of them soon. Our local library has the entire collection.
We had a much appreciated break from the humidity and heat the past couple of days. It was wonderful spending time in the yard and taking some summer school studies outside.
While spending time in our backyard, we enjoyed the neighbors rose bushes. I love their garden which boarders our yard. They do all the work and I get to witness all the beauty.
This week was the most relaxing, no pressure week I’ve had in a long time. I hope yours was as well.
betty jo
For more about our science project garden click here https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/04/14/homeschool-gardening/ and here https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/05/23/watching-our-garden-grow/
For more about this week’s summer school studies click here https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/07/08/the-liberty-bell/ and here https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/07/12/studying-ramadan/
Still Learning Something New 
What beautiful gardens, vegetable and flower! Your son’s meal looks fabulous. Love doing art outside, too. I’ve never seen a dome theater before. That looks really neat. Thanks for sharing your week!
Hope, thanks for visiting my site. The dome theater comes to our library a couple of times a year. It is something Z enjoys. The meal was fabulous but it wasn’t my son, but daughter who created that. Enjoy your week and visit me again.
Oh I’m looking at your beautiful tomatoes and wishing we had gotten a garden in this year. 😦
Stopping in from Collage Friday.
I also have a week in review Link UP called ‘This Week…”
I would love for you to stop over and join in.
Thanks for stopping by, and for the invite. I’ll be by soon.
What a nice week! That pepper, beef and cheese meal looks AMAZING!
I’m blessed with kids who cook. I tend to burnout quickly when I cook several meals in a roll. E has been in the kitchen since she was a baby carried in the sling. We love cookbooks and recipe sites, (my boys too). You should try the pepper thing. We are going to have it again soon.