Orchestra Concert Coming Soon!

Our next orchestra concert is coming up on February 26 at 3:30.  This is an exciting event for the Prairie Family because this will be the first concert that John and Cosette will be participating in!  :)  It sure has been fun having them come to the rehearsals, and they are both doing very well [...]

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Valentine Cupcakes

Customize your own free digital greeting

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2012 Pinewood Derby

Well, after our struggle to make our cars that I wrote about in the last entry, the day for the actual 2012 Cub Scout Pinewood Derby arrived.  This year’s race was a little different for the Prairie Family because Dan is the Cub Master this year, and was, therefore, “in charge” of this great event. [...]

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2012 Pinewood Derby Cars

There is an easy way of doing things, and there is a difficult way of doing things.  And then there is the Prairie Family way of doing things:  the hardest way possible!  This is a general principle in our house, and nothing proves it to be more true than when we make our annual set [...]

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9th Grade Science Project: Accuracy of Weather Forecasting

One of John’s major school projects for this year is complete!  Yea!  Each year, A Beka Academy students in grades 7-12 put together a science project that involves several steps.  There is a background information research paper, an investigation, analyzing of the investigation, and sharing the project through a display and oral presentation.  These projects [...]

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