April

April was a full and busy month. 

The kids went to see The Lightening Thief play.

 Jayden earned his green/blue belt in karate!!

 Caitlin had a costume check for her dance recital coming up in June.

In Geography we visited Egypt. The kids each presented a topic on Ancient and modern Egypt.

Jayden started guitar lessons! He is so thrilled. His teacher is a homeschooled child that is about to graduate from guitar lessons. He has been taking them for 5 years. In order for him to graduate he has to give lessons.

 We made a quick trip to see my sister in law get married! <3

 In between all that we squeezed in our regular school work of course.

 

 The kids went on their weekly hikes with the Wild Explorers Club.

 Both kids started Floor Hockey this month.

 
 And finally, we ended the month by visiting a Homeschool Science Fair. It was big and really packed so we ended up not getting many photos, but the kids loved looking at all of the different experiments. We hope to have our own contribution next year!

March

So much has happened since the last update two months ago! Here are some of the things that happened in March.

We've went on hikes nearly every single week with our Wild Explorers Club.

 We even got to see beaver dams and saw first hand the damage beaver teeth do to trees.

 

 Some of our hikes have included geocaching!

Somehow Jayden turned 10, yes TEN, in March. We celebrated with a week long of festivities as we tend to do in our family. We kicked it off with a surprise overnight trip to Great Wolf Lodge with some great friends. 

 We celebrated at home with a cake too, of course.

 We also gave both kids rooms a makeover.

The kids helped clean out the garden to prepare for this year's crops.

And finally, we hosted a book club for our book of the month, which was The Boxcar Children. The kids made dioramas of their favorite scene in the book and presented them at our meeting.

Caitlin's diorama

Jayden's diorama

Wild Explorers Club

Last month we joined a group of friends to meet up for weekly adventures. We all signed up for the Wild Explorers Club. Each week we complete our mission in order to earn a certificate. After several tasks each child earns a badge.

Our first mission was to pack like an explorer. Using their basic guideline we bought supplies for our bags.

 The following week we met up for our first hike!

 Each child had a turn to lead the group. Sometimes it was on the trail, other times it wasn't!

 We learned a little about sugar maple trees.

 The scenery was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can appreciate the beauty of nature but I am not a woodsy kind of person because of critters and bugs. But we all had a really great time!