A good find/cost of groceries, dinner & swimming

Kenny stopped at the store on his way home to get a few thing for me and he found chicken breast, we haven't been able to get this for a month, and some syrup. The syrup says liquid caramel but it taste just like maple syrup and it only cost $3.81. That is really kind of high since the bottle is so little but maybe with the homemade I have left it will last until the shipment my mom is sending us gets here.

Just to show you how much groceries cost here this is what Kenny got today and the cost:

4 hamburger buns=$7.23

Dozen eggs=$4.84

Loaf of bread(half the size as in the states)=$12.90

Butter(probably about 2 sticks worth)=$8.08

9 chicken breast=$5.51

4lbs ground beef=$19.32(much cheaper this time...usually about $10/lb)

Small bottle of ketchup=$2.40

Grand Total=$64.11

For dinner tonight I made sloppy joes and everyone loved them. I will have to post the recipe for you. I also made homemade apple sauce last night because Jared has been wanting some and it was really good too.

Tonight at dinner Jacob was telling us about swimming class today at school. He said when he got to swim class they told them to go change into their swim suits and so they did and then they came out and did a bunch of exercises. He said he thought they were getting warmed up to swim and when they were done the coach said it's to cold to swim today so you can go change back into your school clothes. He said he was so mad because he was so ready to go swimming especially after getting all hot from doing exercises. 

This school is very into healthy living(eating and activities) and arts(music, dance, art, language). I am glad but I haven't seen much school work come home yet. They have a Unit of Inquiry that they study per month and this month it is "What Grows?". They have planted gardens and talk about their roll in our planet. Their math and language also comes from the What Grows unit by reading about plants and the processes of planting them and helping them grow and at the end of September they will have created a presentation that they will present at their garden site for parents. Their math says they will be discussing linear measurements as they watch the growth cycle of their plants and they will introduce the concept of symmetry particularly as it relates to nature. I guess this all makes learning fun but I will have to get used to this type of learning. I still make him do reading and soft seven at home after school every night just to make sure he doesn't fall behind. I know it is only the 2nd week of school and so they are still just getting into their school work but it still seems a little relaxed to me.