Museum and Art

We visited the Living Museum today. It was very enjoyable as usual. In fact, we decided to purchase a membership as a Christmas present to ourselves. The cheapest way (that's a Kinter for you--always looking for the cheapest way) is to have Sam join as an individual with the ability to bring 3 guests. It saved us $15 over the family membership. They have improved everything there--especially the observatory, which is run every other Friday by a retired Chemistry teacher that Sam really liked.

Sam is also beginning art lessons with the art teacher he had at his school. He always loved her and in his darkest times still gave her absolutely no trouble. He has chosen to start by learning pastels. He will begin that next Friday and do it every other Friday (with a break for Christmas, of course).

So, I'm hoping that the chemistry teachers days at the museum are not the Fridays that Sam has lessons. Our plan is to visit the museum on the Fridays that Sam does not have art lessons.

Homeschool is such a joy. I never thought I'd hear myself say that (or see myself type it :-)

Next comes Christmas: Except for the museum membership, we are spending very little on ourselves this year. My desire is for us to make this a holiday of giving, for our hearts to be filled with generosity instead of greed. I am hoping to get Sam to think of spending his own money on Christmas gifts. But the limit is $30 per person from the family budget. Then we will be giving from our hearts to the church Christmas gift which is going 75% to world missions and 25% to improving our facilities for outreach.