I haven’t posted pictures of what we’ve been up too in a few so while I have 5 minutes I thought I would!

Let’s see.. well the kids “Fun Boxes” as they call them have become a huge hit around here. They can only have them after breakfast once they are dressed and only for about 30 minutes so they aren’t getting tired of them at all.. I also change them over about every 4  days and the kids have begun swapping things sometimes..LOL

This is them Monday getting their fresh “new” boxes!Yeah Declan didn’t get dressed yet but that’s ok..this time!

And playing the various games that are in their boxes:

Declan and Ziah have taken to doing History at night now.. this works well as some nights Taejan is already in bed. We are loving Story of the World vol 1 with History Odyessy! Even when Taejan is awake it’s easy to get him to help and or listen to the stories with us!

There has been lots of Fun School too.. Between cooking:

and even making fog they’ve had a blast!

Eric has started really working with Taejan and Ziah while I am doing seat work with Declan… so they are getting a lot of FUN preschool/Kindergarten time now! Eric has learned to make anything a learning experience.. even Connect 4 with a 3 year old.. whala it’s patterning!

and of course since it is almost Halloween they’ve been making lots of pumpkins..includin painting potato’s to look like pumpkins!

and making lunch bag pumpkins:

Declan got to help Noah with his Biology homework the other night:

and he’s done some good seatwork for himself too!

of course there is always lots of good ole fun too.. for Taejan fun is often a task.. he cleaned my sink the other day…

but sometimes fun for him is just playing with his new excavator(Thanks to Gramma):

And fun for all ( well not Noah..he was in school) is just enjoying the first snowfall of the year!

Oh and fun the other day was going Trick or Treating at the local mall!

Today we deemed the day FUN SCHOOL day… so we, of course, had lots of fun!!

Declan and I put up the new World map to go along with our Geography and Social Studies study.

Then I introduced the kids to their new caddy’s.. to say they loved them would be an understatement!( I added a Geo board to Declan’s last night)

Then Declan and I did the 3 R’s

then we broke out  our new favorite rainy day game..Cranium Hullabaloo DVD Animal Adventure game!

A little craft time.. the kids made Stuffed monster friends.. they were given to us by Robin ( came from Oriental Trading). Taejan’s only had one piece of fleece so it was not round..but he didn’t care!

Ziah and Taejan opted to not use the faces, where Taejan decided to use it ALL!

We hurried up outside before it started to rain:

We came in as the rain started and it was time for Corey to come over and play while his brother was at Karate so we pulled out our new favorite game again!

then while the boys played Ziah got Daddy to do her nails..isn’t this priceless?

We’ve had a great week so far..the best in a long time. The stress is all but gone that had been lingering over the house..it is so much more pleasant being mom now..lol

Noah still hasn’t started school..but he does tomorrow.. he’s all signed up and ready..just has to show up for 7:20 tomorrow.. yawn.. I am not ready for that part..cus if he has to get up at 6 so do I and I can bet ya the little ones will be up too..oh well though right?

So on to the fun stuff around here!

Monday was a cold rainy icky kinda day, so the kids played some board games:

and Taejan was NOT feeling well at all..must bee from the weekend full of different parties! He was so “sick” he fell asleep in Eric’s arms… he hasn’t done that in forever!

Once he was put to bed Ziah and Declan made rain sticks ( they are learnign about Native American’s still)

Those Sci-Fi fans may notice Declan decorated his with StarWars characters!

Ziah got a card and a Penguin Necklace in the mail from Auntie Bart Bart:

We have gotten to get a lot of schooling in.. here’s Declan doing his math:

Ziah doing her motor skill work:

And working on her letter’s and phonics:

Declan making a Rainforest bird to go with his studies about rainforests:

Today is Board Game day so we’ve played a “few”…LOL

Guess Who?( I won 2 times)

I Spy ( Ziah won twice)

Taejan and Daddy :

Connect Four ( Declan 3x me 2x)

Declan “played” Dominoes with Taejan:

Then I brought out the fresh Rice bins.. Taejan is going to miss his sandbox this winter so this is a fairly “neat” way to give him a small one inside:

Daddy was getting a crash course on how to keep 3 small kids happy inside.. this will be his first winter home all day and he needs to know what to expect..LOL:

Water play time!

Luckily it’s NOT winter yet and we got to play outside!

Ziah even found a lady bug to “play” with!( it’s on the leaf I swear)

Now we’re off to meet up with friends at the park and get more fresh air in us!!!

I got a great idea from this blog and decided to try it out! So with a little rice, some vinegar and food coloring and a few baggies we got to work!

after that we put them in the oven for about 20 minutes on a cookie sheet at 200 degree’s and when it was done we had this:

all set up for Ziah to play with today. She LOVES digging, pouring etc so this is the perfect activity for her..it helps me too because it’s a no nap day for her and while Taejan is sleeping she will do this, in fact she’s been at it 45 minutes with no sign of stopping.

I buried a few small toys in there for her to find as well.. here she is enjoying it!

This was a very inexpensive yet fun activity and I know the fun rice will get used for a LONG time!!!

Well Noah and Declan finished their Sled Dogs Lapbooks..they aren’t real pretty..but they sure did learn a lot!!

Here’s Declan working on some Ocean stuff to go with his Clownfish Adventure Lapbook and his Diorama:

And Ziah is making a Daisy for baby Daisy!

we had a VERY full day of learning here.. it’s our first day this week home all day so we packed in a lot of stuff!! it was such a good day too..