Festival

A couple of weekends ago we went to a festival at our local Farmers Market.  The kids went on a pony ride, worked together to complete a scavenger hunt, got their faces painted, played various games, and shared some popcorn! Here are some pictures of our day.

On the ride home we spotted the Ghostbusters car that we often see driving. We even snagged a picture with it!

Spanish Class

Last week J & C started their first Spanish co-op class. I wanted to be there. I really should have been there! But I couldn't be. They were in perfectly capable hands. Juan got them there in one piece, fed, dressed, and on time! But he failed. He forgot to take a picture. Any kind of picture would have sufficed. Them in front of their classroom, them walking into the building, heck even a picture of them leaving the building would have been great. Instead he scoffed "You're lucky we got there!"

So I leave you with all I have of that day... the only image my sad and uncreative imagination could come up with...

They brought home a folder that had their work for the day, along with a homework assignment. I don't know why the image is upside down but it won't turn.

We spent a big chunk of an afternoon poring over magazines. We had to find images that matched the Spanish phrase. I planned on buying a magazine but Jayden decided his old Lego comics were perfect for the project.

 

They actually really enjoyed the class. Hopefully dad remembers a picture for their second class. Better late than never, right?

Week 2!

Last week was a rough second week of school for us! A big case of the cooties hit our house and we each took turns being sick, some of us more than once! We still managed to get some school work done.

In history we read about the early Greeks, also known as the Mycenaeans. They were great fighters. They were also civilized; they had jobs, lived in houses, and even went to school. They were strong, but the barbarians that defeated them were stronger.

J did his mapwork and they both colored a Greek war chariot.

Continuing our weather unit, we did our first lab. We learned how thermometers work. There is a liquid in thermometers that rises depending on how hot it gets. We charted various temperatures, including water that had been sitting out for two hours, as well as water that had several cubes of ice in it.

We snuck in some extra math by baking cinnamon apple muffins!

During the week I read a couple of short stories from this amazing book. Apparently I am the only one here who enjoys a good Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle story though, so we shelved it for now.

Soccer & Family Fun!

Last weekend Caitlin started soccer again. She is so excited! I know I am ridiculous, but I took a whole bunch of pictures! She is just too cute in her soccer uniform!

Later that afternoon we went on bumper cars, go kart racing, and had massive amounts of ice cream.

 We finished off our day with a beautiful double rainbow!

First week of school down!

We started school on Monday, September 1st.

Apart from our regular math & language arts work, we jumped right back into our history book! Last week we read about life in early Crete. This is the beginning of our Greece unit, which means Jayden is super excited. We read about their "sport" (bull jumping), Theseus and the Minotaur, as well as what happened in Crete after Thera's volcano.

Jayden did some map work and they both colored a picture. They also worked on a maze (not pictured) that led Theseus to the minotaur.

 

Our first science unit began with weather. We read And now... the Weather by Anita Ganeri. We read about thermometers, rain gauges, and clouds.

 

Jayden is very excited to be learning cursive. His handwriting is so much better in cursive! The first full word he learned to write is dad.

 We both really like the Handwriting Without Tears program!

We have been spending lots of time at the library, which is such a peaceful time! We do school work there in the afternoon. We take turns reading to each other before we read to ourselves.

 This is my favorite picture from last week! <3