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I am in dire need of catching up on my blogging. Things have been quite hectic in the lives of the Massey family; however, we had to stop everything and celebrate the birthday of our lovely, sweet, and tenderhearted Anna Paige. She brings such a joy to my heart when I think of her, her courageous spirit, her get-it-done attitude, and especially her love for the truth. We are sure there are great things in store for her. Enjoy the pictures!
If you were to walk into our home during our study time you may find some peculiar things occurring. You may find our 8 year old in the kitchen creating her own recipe for chocolate stuffed cupcakes.
Or maybe you will find our 9 year old teaching math to our 6 year old.
You can see our 11 year old attached to our TV doing her history lesson.
Then you may discover a student sitting under the table learning her spelling words.
And you just might see an artist at work!
Each day brings new surprises and interesting ways in which we are accomplishing our goals. I have learned that we are to take each day in stride, throw intensity out the window, and focus on the joy of learning. It is in these peculiarities that learning thrives in our home and I wouldn’t change it for anything. I am so blessed to have these precious times with my little ones. They will be grown and gone before I know it and my goal is to cherish each day, each moment with them.
Starfish live in all the oceans of the world.
There are over 2,000 kinds of starfish
which eat clams and oysters for food.
Most starfish have 5 arms,but some can have
up to FORTY arms. 
If a starfish loses an arm it can grow it back,
and the arm that it lost can grow its own body.
They can do this because they have organs in their
arms not in there body’s. Scientest 
think
that they should be called seastars because they are not fish.
Once there was a young girl who suddenly saw a pitcher full of berries. She greedily grabbed as many berries as she could hold and tried to pull her hand out of the pitcher. Her fist was bulging full of berries that she could not pull her hand out which quickly made her burst into tears. Nearby there was a Native girl who kindly remarked that if she would be satisfied with fewer berries that she would be able to pull her hand from the pitcher. ” If you give up little you can get what you wish, ” advised the Native girl. By Gracie
In our family we like to enjoy some meatless meals and this is one of our favorite! We finish this off every time with out any to spare. Also, this video was edited by Emily. This is apart of our new homeschooling venue of mastery subjects where the children are given an hour each day to spend in mastering a specific skill they are passionate about such as music, sewing, video editing, baking, or art.
Oysters are food for some people and are able to make pearls. The pearls start forming when a parasite gets into the mantle of the oyster.
This causes irritation 
which leads to the oyster to put this gooey thing called Mother-Of-Pearl around the object to stop the irritation.
After many layers of the goo the pearl is formed. The Japanese discovered a way to encourage the oysters to make pearls
. It takes
about THREE YEARS 
for the pearl to form.
