Week of the 'B'

 The kids were sick this week so we had a shorter week.  We haven't been doing this very long and it's been such a blast but the break was kinda nice.  I discovered that just because we're homeschooling doesn't mean I have to always be in teacher mode.  It's nice to just be in Mom mode too.  

 We made wax paper butterflies out of B's. The kids had fun cutting up old crayons and melting them for these.

We made this cardboard city a while ago but we finally took a picture so we could free up some real estate in our house. 

Our new pet.  A spider.

 Ani helped to iron fabric for the alphabet flags we are making.

She also stitched the letters on that we cut out from felt.

Miles looking for the right bead for the necklace he's making.

We went for an alley walk to find leafs and flowers to make imprints out of.  The kids also found horse chestnuts to smash open with hammers. 

Yes, that's chestnut juice flying through the air!

 I noticed Miles out on the bed we have on our back porch pretending to be fishing on a boat.  Before I knew it both of the kids were fishing with the poles that used to be bike racks and random pieces of metal.  They were catching the fish, cooking them up on the stove and eating them.  I love their imaginations.

 Miles swimming off the boat.

 We picked plums that we are turning into fruit leather.  This process seems to be taking a long time.  It's not supposed to but when you cut the plums one day, cook them the next and dehydrate them another day, it slows the process a bit.

The kids gathered objects from around the house and guessed which would sink or float.  We made a chart with our guesses and then recorded if each object floated or not.

 The sink or float experiment soon turned into a giant jar of concoction.  All I wanted was for that jar to not fall on the ground.  Mission accomplished. 

Second half of our first week...

For some reason half of the photos that were supposed to be on the last post didn't post.  So, here's the rest of our first week.

 Making applesauce and dried apples.  The kids worked so hard!

 There must be 50 ways to squish and apple.  Here are some of them!

Here's our giant 'A'.  There must also be 50 ways to travel and 'A'.  We discovered some of them.  Leap frog was probably the one that made me laugh the hardest.

Week of the 'A'

We finished our first week of homeschool last week and it was so much fun! Now that we're doing it, I'm so glad we decided to. These kids are a blast. They are curious, smart, hilarious and so much fun.  Here are some of the things that we did.

We made different colors of play dough out of primary colors.

The fist week was 'A' week.  We made bread and baked different shapes, including this 'A'.

A walk down the alley to find different A's.  We made 'A's out of some twigs we found, on license plates and old vans.

Grandmommie took us out to an alpaca and apple farm. How perfect for 'A' week, AlpAcA's and Apples!  So many A's!

The kids are taking photos now, they do a pretty good job!

While we were there this baby alpaca was born.  So amazing!