A Peek ....

..... into our day

 

Pedro and Jenni enjoying the open windows and cool breezes:

                         

 

The countdown has begun. This is our chalkboard in the kitchen:

                               

February Happenings

We have had a fun month around here.

There's been lots of painting ... by the boy:

 

 

.... and the girl:

who, by the way, is wearing what has to be her favorite shirt STILL - she is frequently showing her support for him.

                       

We built a log cabin on Presidents Day (is that supposed to have an apostrophe or not?)

                      

And because we are fresh out of Abraham Lincoln action figures, it has become a Lego prop .... hours have been spent in this log cabin people:

                         

We made some Red Velvet Valentine cupcakes and iced them with pink ... YUM!

                          

Bubby's Basketball season came to and end. We had a great time at the end of the season party where Bubby got to hang out with WHK.

                         

And where he also got to meet these guys and get their autographs:

FYI: He was much more excited to meet them than these pictures suggest!

And last but not least, here is how Jenni spends her afternoons. Apparently she doesn't find reading as exciting as we do!

                              

The Start of an Important Week

I am tired.

There has been much discussion, prayer and downright gnashing of teeth around here over the last few months. This is the week we have some appointments that hopefully will help us come to some conclusions about school for next year.

I am mourning and celebrating at the thought of possible changes.

Please pray.

I am comforted by this:

Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Even youths shall faint and be weary,and young men shall fall exhausted;
but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:28-31

Random Pictures

A visit with my niece who even let me fix her hair

The finished product

Building DNA

BFFs

Sweet Jenni

Building Olympus Mons

Bubby finished up his study of Mars last week with a project. He was anticipating building his Olympus Mons model for DAYS.

A Salt Dough model, some baking soda, dish soap, vinegar and red food coloring and here we have it:

   

 

 

He decided towards the end that the lava wasn't red enough. He added some more food coloring and here is what he got:

 

Quite honestly, it looked a bit like a crime scene by the end. =)

His review: "That was the most funnest thing I ever did in all of my life!" Yep .... off to work on grammar! =)

Bubby and Random Math

Bubby often tells us some random math fact .... like while driving in the car he'll say, "Hey Mom, did you know if you add those 2 signs together you get 42?", or something like that.

Today, it went like this:

"Hey Mom, did you know our family is 93?"

I'm thinking ..... er, how is our family 93? I couldn't figure out where he was coming from. I think he could tell by my speechlessness I wasn't going to get it.

"Yeah Mom,see:
Daddy __
+ Mommy __
+ Fancy 12
+ Me 9

= 93

Yeah .... makes perfect sense.

This boys mind works in the strangest way. =)

A Bit of Paint Can Make it All Better

With Bubby, any amount of writing is just plain TOO MUCH. It is really the only battle we have. He hates to have to pick up a pencil. Period.

Why this never came to me sooner, I don't know, but I have recently started letting him paint some of his assignments. Yep ..... anything. He even has painted his math facts a time or two.

Today, he needed to make the title page for his chapter on Mars in his Science notebook.  After a long morning of copywork, language arts worksheets, and math work, I knew I might be in for a meltdown. I decided to be proactive. I pulled out the paints and the science notebook and he happily worked away.

I wish I would have thought of this A LOT sooner. =)