September 27-29

After an amazing day out as a family it was back to the same old same old… Egypt…

Making block flowers…

Watching Wild Kratts…

Elephants

With the added surprise of mega blocks from Gammie… these were SKYLANDERS themed! So the boys were doubly excited! (The girls got Halloween outfits they will try on later in the month).

We had our Saturday fall  to pieces with work for Ken (plan wise) and with a day that was not as sunny as we had hoped we had to make do with inside fun… colouring books…

Games together…

Of course that didn’t stop us from our Sunday School session. Ken and the kids went and had a blast learning more and more about our faith. And Echo and I had a nice visit together, doing laundry… hanging out and enjoying the quiet together. Then it was off to McDonald’s with 4 special cone coupons….. Ice cream is truly affordable when only one needs to be paid for!With an afternoon of garden checking…

And building…

And a lucky find at Michaels for Echo’s costume…

Ken and I ended the weekend with good geeky tv AND Chinese take out! Delicious! 

September 23-25

The last full week of a month is always a bit of a rush. I do like to keep our bigger projects confined to a one month span… though that rarely happens when we get so interested or side tracked in answering questions and enjoying the subject matter. But first we drew what we would be if we could be ANYTHING for Halloween… we did this last year and again this year it was a blast to see what they came up with.

And then we dove right back into Ancient Egypt… there is no end to the fascinating things to see and learn about!!!

We also made our Fall poster… Gotta find those signs and be ready for the season!

Egyptian knowledge runs rampant this week… Tuesday was more books and discussion…

Pen pal letters to decorate…

And on Wednesday story time with the long absent (ok sleeping in Echo’s bed flat as a board) Fat Sheep.

I love watching the kids all hard at work.

So to reward them we made some yummy chocolate rice krispie squares!

 And so we make it to midweek intact and tummy full of treats!

September 16-18

The day after a big visit like we had over the weekend is always a bit of a drag. So I kept it relatively light school wise and had the kids jump right into their journals and drawing special pictures from their favourite moments of the weekend.

The kids even took initiative and during my bath played a rather quiet and surprisingly battle free game of Carcassonne! Team work, problem solving, math… it was all there and all their choice!

With a new week it was also time to start a new topic … EGYPT, though of course we still need to finish off the lions. That will take a little time and I want Egypt going and at least mostly done before all our library books are no longer able to be renewed.

We are still enjoying the Grandma braids. I really need to learn how to French braid!

On Tuesday my boys were HUGE helpers and made their lunches and the lunches for the girls! All I had to do was put everything on the table. They do love being independent.

I am so impressed by how hard the kids are working on things. Sometimes even offering to do extra of this or colour one more thing. It really does offset the rest of the frustrations and arguments.

Some mornings earlier and in better moods than others!

Early morning cartoons!

Though on Wednesday we did start on some amazing Egyptian tales!

The kids even created us an Egyptian themed centerpiece for our table all out of Lego!!

And had a visit from a lovely fairy…

It amazes me what the kids can make from Legos… this piano and guitar were Gavin’s brainchild.

On we go, after a good bye are always more Hellos