Weekly Highlight {week 7}

Last week's highlight was impulsively joining a home school co-op. On Monday afternoons we head over to a local church and the kids have a 2 hour class about a famous person. The K-3 class learned about Johnny Appleseed and the preschool class learned about Mozart. Snuggle Puppy was still recovering from a tummy bug (that I thought he was completely over but apparently was wrong. Thankfully it wasn't contagious.) so I had to stay with him in his class. Tomorrow I'm assisting in the K-3 class so hopefully he will cooperate for his teachers. The big boys made friends with the other boys in their class and had a blast playing after class last week. Hopefully it will continue to go well. I'll admit that I'm a little hesitant about it because we aren't Christians and the co-op is at a Baptist church. But hopefully as long as we are respectful and not rubbing it in people's faces it won't be a problem.

In a few weeks I am leading the preschool class and I decided to read one of the James Harriot stories (because they are semi autobiographical) to the kiddies and have them make sheep out of construction paper, googly eyes and cotton balls.

Throwback Thursday

Little Rookie at Knott's Berry Farm. It was right after Halloween so his Happy Potter tattoo is still on his forehead. He was 2.5 years old years old.

Tot school

Playing with his "Popus"... aka pom poms

Weekly Highlight {Week 6}

We were running late with our spelling this week so I didn't give Babalu his spelling pretest until Tuesday. He scored a 33%. He had never done that poorly on a pretest before so I wasn't sure he would do well on his test today. I've never been so happy to be wrong! Between the practice worksheets and oral quizzes he learned them so well that he spelled them ALL correct today. He has never earned a 100% on a spelling test before (always an 80%) so we are all very proud of him.

Mondays...

I do not care much for Monday. Especially today. I slept horribly last night, woke up feeling like I was hit by a train and was so wrapped up in making a photo book on the Shutterfly website that I didn't shower (I will do it during our lunch break after Snuggle Puppy has his nap). Also the back cover fell off my planner. Needless to say I do not want to school today but I know I have to. So off I go.

Weekly Highlight {Week 5}

Last week was hard. We had a holiday and then a death in the family so we had to play catch-up on Friday.

We did decide to can our read aloud. It was boring for all of us. So tomorrow we will start a new one. 

We also did a science project using yarn to show the length of a child's digestive track. Babalu and Rookie were shocked by how long it is. They guessed the length in inches long (, not feet so their hypotheses were wrong but a whole lot. They enjoyed it. Today we may take the afternoon and do another experiment or two to pass the time since Big Daddy has to work. They both really enjoy science and hands on stuff. 

Weekly Highlight {Week 4}

Weekly Highlights from Week 4- Scottish Games!

We traveled a few hours to a giant gathering of Clans and hot kilted dudes (with an extra and very rambunctious boy the boys met at Zoo Camp and our good friend Larry, from Big Daddy's work). It was a long day but still fun. We watched a few dudes try to toss the caber (we only saw one guy it it completely over and one dude turned it but it didn't land at the best angle for scoring). Caber tossing is my favorite sport in the games. During a trip into one of the vendor buildings I bought kilts for the boys, they look so precious.

Snuggle Puppy in his MacLeod of Lewis tartan and in his shorts standing in front of the Clan MacLeod tent.

He was very adorable. I bought a second one for Rookie that I think is the US Marine Tartan. He liked it the best. I also suspect it is a woman sized but the "Y" sized was short like a girl's skirt. Plus it will last longer this way. I plan buy Babalu his own because he spend more time in Rookie's kilt than Rookie.

All in all a fun day. I can't wait to go again next year and see more of the sporting events (they had Sheep Dog trials this year and I've always wanted to see that and I missed it).