August 19-21

After all the fun celebrating Echo’s 3rd birthday it was back to normal school time outside on the Monday. All this sunshine is so lovely!

We finally had the time to do our August mini poster.

They got imaginative this month!

And enjoy another Wild Kratts episode.

Rattlesnakes!!!

On Tuesday the boys wrote their own comic strips… I hunted for some templates online and we went from there. Anything to be creative AND utilize our growing lion knowledge.

Don’t forget chatting with Aunty Esther on Skype!!! We miss her soooo much!

On Wednesday I noticed the neighbours across the way were having another garage sale so we headed right over in the morning to check it out. It was good that we did, we picked up some old National Geographics and books at a great price.

That is a Dr. Seuss book I have never been able to budget in as well!

We realized that the day was going to get hot fast so we went right from our garage sale shopping to emptying out and refilling the pool in a new location in the yard. Time to put off schooling and enjoy the weather while we could!

Such active helpersAnd then a refill and we had a surprise cousin infiltration!

These moments are so wonderful. I am so lucky to be home to enjoy and to instigate them!!!

how about you… you… you? You could come too… too… too. We’re going to the zoo… zoo… zoo…

I love how Ken is still rubbing sunscreen onto his ears.

Near the entrance

I love the romantic lighting from the moisture heavy air.

Out from behind the camera for a moment.

Mr. Q

I swear this polar bear has OCD it kept swimming then going up like that and bobbing its head

Out front of the polar bear area.

Bison

Snack time

These two stuck together like glue.

Lions… no tigers and bears… oh my.

Steep stairs

How tall IS a giraffe?

Zander’s favourite

Monkey of some sort

Quinn and Steve had matching shoes

I wish I had the patience

And a chipmunk on the way out

May 21-22

It has been a rainy weekend into a rainy week… not the best walking conditions to be sure! We made do though, penguin things, a trip to aunty’s house… lots of rainy day fun inside with the siblings…

Channeling her inner Charlie’s Angel

I finished a sun hat for Trinity, though I made it big to last until next year potentially so it is a little loose. She has worn it CONSTANTLY since completion and is VERY proud of it. Stitch11 is the site where I got my pattern. They have varying sizes… I did add rows to the hat AND the brim to make it suit the coverage I like for her head!

Floppy brim and all

I have the boys working on sentences in their books that they write themselves and then we talk about any errors in the spelling… Gavin tells me TWO pages is the way to go… I am so proud of their working on this. It gives me insight on what rules are needed, what little tricks they don’t have yet and what they DO know!

A two page tale

It is nice to see the kids playing together… Memory is great for working on their concentration and they actually played WITHOUT fighting!

Memory

Wednesday was our dinner date at Aunty Judy and Uncle Jim’s. Poor Robbie got home later and the kids ambushed him in the door to go right out and bounce on the slightly wet trampoline. They absolutely love visiting, there are dogs, fish, turtles and ponds in the front and back yards! We had a lovely visit and dinner and stayed until all 5 kids were basically worn out and ready for bed!

Supper!

A special desert Uncle Jim made at work for us all

Echo and Aunty Judy

There was a lovely illustration of the way penguins keep warm in our Ready Freddy book, so I had Ken draw it out for us and the boys add the terms necessary as part of our learning.

3 layers of protection

We also discussed how we can keep penguins safe.

Keep them safe

Miss Echo is one bossy little thing… she has been dictating the building like a full out construction project!

Queen of the blocks

She DOES get results

Art for Kids had the instructions for a LION! As this is our next big animal unit (Zander’s request) we of course had some willing artists!

ROARRRRR

Quiet time was train time for the first time in AGES!

Quite the set up

Gavin chose his reading to be reading to his brother!

Story time

With a visit in the evening we brought home 5 VERY tired kids! It was nice to have something special midweek! This Ken working outside the house thing and 5 days a regular week is an interesting change for us!

HUGS