They also had a fun little maze and other fun things to play on.
Friday, October 17, 2008
The Pumpkin patch
Our kids went to a pumpkins patch for one of their school outings. They listened to the farmer tell how a pumpkin grows and then they got to go out and pick their own pumpkin. They had lots of fun. There was a pretty big turn out. Lydia ended up trad her pumpkin for four little tiny ones.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Haircuts
One of the most common questions asked of us is, "have you ever cut their hair?" (In reference to our girls.) Well, most of you know Lydia had that taken care of several times over. (I think we are past that. Knock on wood.) We have cut a quarter of an inch from Jane's hair, and non from Miriam's. Until yesterday! I actually don't know if you would really count bangs as a hair cut. (Joe is not very happy about it.) I had to do something though. These hairs of hers always ended up in her mouth with her food. YUCK! Even if we pulled her hair up, stragglers would find their way down. Frustrating as all get out.
I feel we should cut Jane's hair because she hates it. I can't bring myself to do it. In my mind we are selfish to leave her hair when she struggles so bad with it. Oh the cost of beauty.
I feel we should cut Jane's hair because she hates it. I can't bring myself to do it. In my mind we are selfish to leave her hair when she struggles so bad with it. Oh the cost of beauty.
A trip to St George
We recently took a trip to St George. We had loads of fun. We spent lots of time at the many parks around. Joe was able to go golfing. And we played at the community rec center. They have one of the most awesome swimming places we have ever seen. Of course, I forgot my camera everywhere we went except one park.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Our School
Many of you have been wondering how our schooling has been going. I will tell you, it definitely has it's good days and bad days. Today is really good today in the aspect of school because we are taking a day off. All of our kids except Corbin have been sick the last three days. One each day. I figure we need a recovery day.
I absolutely love teaching my kids. Watching them learn is just as exciting to me as watching them take their first steps. Corbin is so close to reading and it is just awesome to witness this process in him and to be able to share in his excitement as he figures it out. Of course, when he isn't figuring it out so easily it takes A TON of patience on my end. I know how to read and it seems so basic to me. I have to bite my tongue quite often. (It's getting pretty raw. Ha.)
Lydia is so funny. There is usually not a day go by that she doesn't do something or say something that makes me laugh my head off. The other day she was learning about explanatory, telling, and asking sentences. She had to take a test where she read a sentence and had to decide on the ending punctuation. One sentence read, "I see a fish is the tank" To this she put an explanation mark. I asked why she chose that and she said, "Because any kid would be excited to see a fish in a tank." (Duh- Mom!) Another sentence said, "She hit a home run" and on this one she put a period. When I asked her about this she replied, "Because baseball is boring for kids." Well tenqnically her answers were wrong, but after talking to her I decided she had the idea of what the end punctuations stood for. Which was the whole point. I do have to say, I am learning soooo much. And I was proud that she knew homerun went with baseball.
We have spent lots of time as a family. Lydia has been studying ancient Egyptians and since they have a display at our local museum we took a field trip as a family to check it out. Of course the kids liked the discovery room best. (Which had nothing to do with Pharohs or Egpytians).
Jane and Miriam have also been learning lots. Listening in on Lydia and Corbin's phonics lessons and participating in art and music lessons and lots and lots of stories. Jane knows her continents now frow singing our continents song.
Here are some pics of our trip to the museum (they wouldn't let us take pictures inside) and of some art work we worked on.
P.S. Lydia did not have a yummy drink. She has a habit of licking her lips until they look like they are going to fall off.
Corbin told me, "Take a picture of my balls." Just have to laugh at these moments.
I absolutely love teaching my kids. Watching them learn is just as exciting to me as watching them take their first steps. Corbin is so close to reading and it is just awesome to witness this process in him and to be able to share in his excitement as he figures it out. Of course, when he isn't figuring it out so easily it takes A TON of patience on my end. I know how to read and it seems so basic to me. I have to bite my tongue quite often. (It's getting pretty raw. Ha.)
Lydia is so funny. There is usually not a day go by that she doesn't do something or say something that makes me laugh my head off. The other day she was learning about explanatory, telling, and asking sentences. She had to take a test where she read a sentence and had to decide on the ending punctuation. One sentence read, "I see a fish is the tank" To this she put an explanation mark. I asked why she chose that and she said, "Because any kid would be excited to see a fish in a tank." (Duh- Mom!) Another sentence said, "She hit a home run" and on this one she put a period. When I asked her about this she replied, "Because baseball is boring for kids." Well tenqnically her answers were wrong, but after talking to her I decided she had the idea of what the end punctuations stood for. Which was the whole point. I do have to say, I am learning soooo much. And I was proud that she knew homerun went with baseball.
We have spent lots of time as a family. Lydia has been studying ancient Egyptians and since they have a display at our local museum we took a field trip as a family to check it out. Of course the kids liked the discovery room best. (Which had nothing to do with Pharohs or Egpytians).
Jane and Miriam have also been learning lots. Listening in on Lydia and Corbin's phonics lessons and participating in art and music lessons and lots and lots of stories. Jane knows her continents now frow singing our continents song.
Here are some pics of our trip to the museum (they wouldn't let us take pictures inside) and of some art work we worked on.
P.S. Lydia did not have a yummy drink. She has a habit of licking her lips until they look like they are going to fall off.
Corbin told me, "Take a picture of my balls." Just have to laugh at these moments.
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