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