November 5th was Chloe's heart anniversary! It has been five years since she received her pacemaker. I am so grateful for the Lord blessing us with doctors who knew how to take care of our sweet girl! We celebrated with heart shaped chocolate chip pancakes, balloons, and a tiara! I am so glad that we were able to spend the entire day together. Before, I would have to wait till school was over to give her all of my love! She just had a check up and is doing really well. The doctor made it so the pacemaker would slow down while she sleeps, I know! It scared me too! I asked and they said she would be fine. We love out Heart Princess!
Luke has a new trick! He is constantly finding new ways to have fun!
This month we did a unit study on Thanksgiving. We started with the history of the first Thanksgiving. Did you know that this year will mark 397 years since the first Thanksgiving! We had fun learning about why we eat certain foods and what the symbols and colors of Thanksgiving mean. We also chose to study how other cultures celebrate Thanksgiving. One of the places we chose was Korea. We chose to learn about this when Jared had a day off of work. We really enjoyed learning from him. He taught us how to write Thanksgiving in Korean. Chuseok is how they say Thanksgiving. We learned about traditional clothing called Hanbok. They also make and eat a special rice cake called Songpyeon. We wanted to make the rice cakes, but needed rice flour and powdered sugar. I did not have those, but was able to make them. It was a fun science experiment to see rice turn into flour and granulated sugar into powdered sugar. It is really easy to do. Throw it in a blender and turn it on for a couple of minutes. The Songpyeon didn't quite turn out though, because we needed a steamer. We had a lot of fun spending time with Jared and learning about where he served his mission.
We have completed an official 73 days of school. We are excited to have a nine-day break for Thanksgiving! Luke was ready for a break.
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