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Book Club
This months book was “Spring Fleece A Day of Sheep Shearing” . We went to Robin’s house for some playing and best of all to watch some of the sheep get sheared!
The shearer was a touch “late” so the kids got some play time to start:
Playing in the goat pen:
Declan and Owen:
Robin telling the kids the barn rules and teaching them about the fleece:
We then went to see some sheep and lambs…
These sheep had already been sheared:
Best buds:
One of the kiddo’s found a “green” egg..it was very fitting being it was St. Patty’s day:
Playing:
The Llama:
Shearing time.. the fact the sheep pretty much just lay there as the shearer flops them around…it’s amazing to see:
The fleece comes off in one big unit..it’s very cool!
Fred then showed the kids how one little piece of fleece:
can be twisted into a lot of yarn:
about 3-4 feet:
After they were sheared they also got their nails done:
they watched about 4 sheep get done then we “lost” them all..so we let them play for awhile:
Amazingly Ziah is the oldest of these 3 girls:
Wrapping up the month
I have some random pictures to get posted before we start a new month.. It’s hard to believe March begins tomorrow!
Jadziah is my creative girl..she made herself a robot costume out of my new vacuum’s box:
and she lost not one:
but 2 teeth in the last few weeks:
Declan got his very own fishing pole for his birthday ( now to convince daddy to take him fishing!)
Our new Learning Wrap ups and Learning Palette have gotten lots of use:
Swim lessons are going well.. This session is almost over but all 3 are already signed up for the next one..taejan is excited because he gets to take lessons this time!
Noah had to wear all blue to school for a pep rally ( day before the last wrestling meet) so this is the shirt he bought..crazy teen!
There’s been random science going on left and right:
I have used illegal child labor:
taejan finally was able to paint with the sponges he bought
The monday after Declan’s birthday he and 3 of his best friends went to play laser tag, go to the arcade and the indoor bounce place..while they were gone one of his friends mom and sisters stayed and played:
We also had another friend of mine from highschool and her 4 kids over to play ( one being a wee baby I got to confiscate for the afternoon):
And another day more friends over ( the public school’s were on break):
We started our new Geography curric and we LOVE it:
Ziah’s working hard on her math and phonics:
( she uses Singapore math but loves the MUS manipulative’s)
Declan finished MUS Gamma and is about 1/2 way thru Singapore 3A:
Taejan began Get Ready for the Code:
all 3 working on their various language arts items:
real winter finally arrived so there has been lots of outside time:
( and some time at the local ski mountain not shown)
Long overdue catch up post…
I have been so bad about normal blogging.. I am just no feeling very bloggy lately… sorry.. Since the kids are all sleeping in ( yeah!!) I went thru the last months pictures and grabbed a few to post.. they are in no particular order…
The kids have had a lot of time with friends… some pictured..some not..lol
There’s been karate:
and swim lessons:
birthday parties:
and wrestling:
There was a trip to Build a Bear:
new school books:
New hair for mommy:
Noah’s school had an open house for incoming students.. he was asked to be in the shop working so we went to see him:
and we won this that his teacher made:
We went to Yankee Candle and they played:
Mommy’s getting her butt beat by Jillian Michaels:
The kids finished their Solar System unit:
and started their Biome one:
We’ve played games:
and of course we’ve done some book work:
Ziah is still working her way thru her phonics..slowly but surely she’s getting there:
Declan continues his research on The Liberty Bell and The Statue of Liberty:
Ziah is of course being crafty:
They all went with me to vote:
We’ve had a great month and hope for another great one!
Some randomness…
I have not been good about taking pictures lately.. So what I have is a collection of random stuff we’ve done in the last few weeks.. I wanted to get them posted before all the Christmas fun begins!
2 weeks ago I lucked out big time and found the stand alone drums for Guitar Hero World Tour for dirt cheap at Target..the kids ( and yes me too) have been playing a lot since..
Noah went to the Semi-Formal at school.. he does clean up well eh?
The kids have done lots of crafts..one of them being these cute mosaic type tree’s:
Ziah’s:
Declan’s:
Taejan’s:
Declan doing some “money math”
We got more snow:
Made a Gingerbread House:
Got all the gifts under the tree:
The other day we had book club.. we read “Twas the Night Before Christmas” and did a few crafts:
We’ve done lots more , but picture taking has not been my strength lately..lol
Recycled Creations Week 1 Challenge
Today we did the Week 1 Challenge
It was to create a known animal..
Here are the supplies we had collected over the last week or so:
the kiddo’s happily creating!
Here’s Taejan’s ( 4 years old)..he says it’s a “Horse’s tail that got chopped off”
and Jadziah’s(6 years old).. an Elephant:
Declan ( 7 years 9 months) he created a Koala!
Their creations are happily living in there rooms and are , for now, saved from the recycle center or dump!
See about Recycled Creations here
see more from week 1 here
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