October Plans

Housekeeping

• Write Christmas gift lists.
• Write Christmas card list.
• Bring boxes of winter clothes down from the attic.
• Take an inventory of which winter clothes fit.
• Make a list of needed winter clothes.
• Clean birdfeeders.
• Transfer various clipped recipes to recipe cards.
• Clean outdoor furniture on patio and porch.
• Get flu shots.
• Make plans for Thanksgiving Day.

Cooking

• Make a batch of Hot Cocoa Mix.
• Make a batch of granola.
• Buy a pinata and candy for Reformation Day.
• Plan Thanksgiving Day menu.
• Start picking up on each grocery shopping trip a few items for Thanksgiving.
• Try to make Marzipan Roses or Marzipan Pumpkins.
• Make popcorn balls or Rice Krispie Treats.
• Make Russian Tea.
• Make Apple Caramel Milkshakes.

Homeschooling

• Walk or bike ride on the local trail.
• Complete 2008 Election activities.
• Bob for apples.
• Visit Scott's Maze Adventures.
• See the Art Exhibit: To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum .
• Visit Weedon Island Preserve.
• Visit Safety Harbor Museum of Regional History.

Crafts

• Make a batch of Pumpkin Pie Playdough.
• Crochet a pumpkin.
• Sew a pumpkin.
• Make a clay pumpkin.
• Work on any crafts on the Christmas gift lists.
• Make Glow in the Dark Chalk.
• Make shrunken apple head dolls.
• Make Pom pom Pumpkins.

Faith

• Therese of Lisieux - 1 - Watch Therese.
• Saint Francis of Assisi - 4 - Build a birdhouse.
• Yom Kippur - 9 - Learn about the Day of Atonement. Read the Book of Jonah.
• Sukkot - 14 - Learn about The Feast of Tabernacles. Build a model or full-size sukkah.
• Ignatius of Antioch - 17 - Bake bread. "I am a kernel of wheat for Christ. I must be ground by the teeth of beasts to be found bread (of Christ) wholly pure."
• Saint Luke - 18 - Practice the Nunc Dimittis in Latin from the book of Luke.
• St. Isaac Jogues, St. John de Brébeuf and Companions - 19 - Sing the "Huron Carol".
• John of Capistrano - 23 - Take a virtual tour of San Juan Capistrano.
• Crispin and Crispian - 25 - Read "The Charge of the Light Brigade" or from Henry V.
• Saints Simon and Jude - 28 - Read the Book of Jude.
• Reformation Day - 31 - Watch a movie about Martin Luther.

Holidays

• Leif Erikson Day - 9 - Read from The Saga of Eric the Red.
• Columbus Day - 13 - Watch a biography.
• Trafalgar Day - 21 - Tour the HMS Victory, also here. Signal flags. JMW Turner's painting. Nelson's prayer.