Science Fun

We have just started our new unit in science. Our book is called, Studying Creation Through Botany. It is a great book. The kids (with our co-op) have Nature Notebooks where they draw pictures of different things they see and like, where they collect leaves, and do activities from their science book.

Thanksgiving Point had their Tulip Festival and we thought it would be a great way to start our new unit. The kids drew pictures of flowers, ran and played on the rocks and enjoyed the nice weather.



Andy and Mrs. Tucker drawing.

Jazz Fun

Last Saturday Steve and Andy went to the Jazz game. They had so much fun. Andy loved seeing the Bear and all his cool tricks.


Even though they were high up they still could see all the
plays, except when everyone would stand and cheer all
Andy could do was ask what was going on.

Dad came prepared. It was a late starting game, 8:30
so he had Andy packed his blanket and pillow in the car.
Steve said as soon as they were in the car Andy was out.

Tattoo Fun

Ellyn just loves tattoos, and can't have just one. Now that she figured out how to put them on, she just had to have all of them on.

More Feast Fun

This is the fun part of history. Getting dressed up and doing a play. We had our feast at the Tucker's house. It was just our two families and the kids had a blast. We got to look at the art work the kids had done over the past unit. It was great to see how far they had come. The play was called "What will be come of this boy". Andy was Leonardo Da Vinci, Caleb Tucker was Uncle Francesco, Sharron Tucker was the narrator, Mrs Tucker, Ellyn and myself were the town people. The kids did great.

Here the kids are doing their play they had worked so hard on.

The great Leonardo!!

Boys will be boys even in the Renaissance.

Sharron and Ellyn all dressed up. I really think they
would rather be playing swords with the boys.

School Fun

Here are the kids working during our co-op time. They are working so hard on their art lesson. This is what we wish every school day was like. The kids do great together. It is fun having another family to learn with. The best part of school is the play time afterwards. Now that it is getting warmer we will start having lunch at the park so the kids can run and be crazy outside instead of being crazy during school.



Now they are getting ready for our end of unit feast. We just finished up the unit on the Renaissance. The kids loved learning about all the cool artists. Andy really loved learning about Leonardo Da Vinci. He still has pictures of him and some of his art and drawings in his room. The kids did a play and Andy got to be Leonardo Da Vinci. He just loved it.

Chalk Fun

The kids just love to draw with chalk on the drive way. As soon as it started to warm up the kids were out, working on art and handwriting.

Bedtime fun

As a child I remember my dad putting me to bed. I remember him singing me a song, one of nursery rimes gone crazy.

Old mother Hubbard went to her cupboard to fetch her poor dog a bone
And when she got there the cupboard was bare
So she threw it out the window
The window, the window, the second story window
When she got there the cupboard was bare
So she threw it out the window.

Little miss muffet sat on her tuffet eating her curds and whey
And along came a spider and sat down beside her
And she threw it out the window....and so on

One other fun tradition dad had was to read me books in bed. Not the normal way though, backwards. As he would read, I really don't know who was laughing more, him or I. And this is now a tradition I have passed on to Andy. The other night I read "Are you my mother?", backwards. Not that hard, you may think, well just try it. We are so used to words being in a certain order that it is much harder.

So tonight as you go to bed think of Andy and I reading "mother my you Are"