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2014: Happy Labor Day!

September 1, 2014 by Tracy

2014: Happy Labor Day!
2014: Happy Labor Day!

Photograph Credit: Fotolia

Whether you are laboring or enjoying your day off relaxing, Labor Day was established to guarantee workers at least one day off.

Around our house, we are laboring. Seizing the day with Paul home, we had a long school day to catch up from our three field trips last week.

Thankfully, we are only a bit behind with two subjects that we usually cover once a week.

Since we are mostly home this week, we will work on these two subjects two days rather than one this week to get back on track. Other than these two subjects, we are back to our regular lesson plans.

I love homeschooling. This statement alone is amazing as I never thought I would ever home school. However, now that I have seen the immense benefits, I am so grateful for this opportunity to invest in the lives of our next generation by laboring.

Happy Labor Day!

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2013: Happy Labor Day!

September 2, 2013 by Tracy

2013: Happy Labor Day!
2013: Happy Labor Day!

Photograph Credit: Microsoft Images

In celebration of Labor Day, our family joined some friends for a cookout and camp out Friday night. Paul had the tent set out by the time the children and I arrived. We worked together to get the tent up, and then enjoyed a time of food and fellowship.

We ate hot dogs with the fixings, macaroni and cheese, chips, and baked beans. After playing games, we sat around the bonfire making s’mores and watching the kids play with flashlights.

As we retired for the evening, our family snuggled into our tent leaving the window flaps open for ventilation.

Well, a big thunderstorm came. Let’s just say, we got soaked. The flaps did get closed, and we stayed within the tent. However, Paul and I did not get much sleep, but we enjoyed chatting with our friends Saturday morning over Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.

2013: Happy Labor Day!

Surviving our camp out, we relaxed and rested most of Saturday. Miss 3 felt like a big girl on her first camping experience, but Mr. 8, Dad, and Mom could do without the drama while Miss 6 just goes with the flow. 🙂

Our Labor Day weekend has been filled with activity. With Monday off from school, we are enjoying the extra time together in our own home in our own beds.

In case you are wondering where Labor Day came from, I received an e-card from my sister-in-law explaining the holiday. I thought you might find this information interesting.

2013: Happy Labor Day!

Photograph Credit: CrossCards.com

As we pay tribute to the workforce, continue using time wisely with your family and friends celebrating together.

Happy Labor Day!

Question: How did you spend your Labor Day weekend?

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Celebrating Labor Day – Easter-style

September 11, 2012 by Tracy

Celebrating Labor Day - Easter-style

Celebrating Labor Day - Easter-style

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade! I love this saying since life is constantly changing. Though I plan and schedule activities, sometimes life happens and those plans fall through. Such was the case during Easter this year, so we changed plans to celebrating Labor Day – Easter-style.

I had great plans for celebrating an unhurried Easter, and then our family caught a spring cold that brought our schedule to an abrupt halt. Our recovery lasted through Easter and into the next week, so our Easter celebration was simple without lots of extra activities.

My children still wanted to complete the Easter activities, so we kept out our decorations. With the busyness of the end-of-the-school year, summer, and family vacation, I finally pulled out the Easter activities on our rainy Labor Day weekend. Yep, 5 months later, we celebrated our Labor Day – Easter-style. 😉

Resurrection Eggs

My favorite Easter activity is reviewing the Easter story through the hands-on opening of the Resurrection eggs.

On Labor Day morning, we setup on the living floor. With their eggs before them, my children opened the eggs in numerical order as I read the Easter story.

Celebrating Labor Day - Easter-style Celebrating Labor Day - Easter-style

I enjoyed hearing my children tell me portions of the Resurrection story using the items found within their eggs.

After finishing the Easter story, I listened as my children used their eggs to re-tell the Easter events. At the conclusion of play, we packed up our Resurrection Eggs for safe-keeping until March or April of 2013. Well, that’s the current plan because you just never know. 😉

Coloring Easter EggsColoring Easter Eggs

After a Labor Day lunch of grilled cheese sandwiches, my son chose to play a game with Paul while the toddler took a nap. My older daughter had begged for months to color Easter eggs, so we created them together.

Upon prepping our work space with newspaper, she chose the coloring kit and plastic colored cups that matched the colored tablets. We measured the water, added the tablets, and watched the water change colors.

We had a blast as my daughter colored 2 dozen eggs. While patiently waiting the 5 minutes between colorings, she drew with a wax crayon on the white eggs.

When she colored those eggs, her writing remained white as the wax prevented the dye from coloring the egg. The Easter egg coloring process took around an hour and was time spent wisely.

Though we did not have an Easter Egg Hunt due to the rain, we opened the Resurrections eggs while reading the Easter story and colored eggs. Our unconventional Easter-style Labor Day offered fun activities and ended with Easter decorations neatly packed and organized for spring activities.

In using time wisely to prepare for holidays and special events, plan well. When your plans fall short, reschedule – even if it’s 5 months later. Plans will change, but when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Happy planning!

Question: What holiday have you celebrated unconventionally?  

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Happy Labor Day!

September 5, 2011 by Tracy

Thankful for the ability to work! With so many struggling to find work, it is a blessing to have the opportunity and ability to contribute to our society.

Photograph Credit: Flickr (Riverside Market)

Whether you work indoors or outdoors, I wish you much success in using time wisely as you labor.

Happy Labor Day!

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