Posted in Fun, magical moments, um... not much! on Sep 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Last week when we were heading home from a trip we had some leftover cake and pie. I decided to turn it into a wacky treat for the kids, so I had Daryl stop at the lake about 20 minutes before we got home. I told the kids that we were going to have [...]
Posted in Frugal living, personal on Sep 30th, 2008 6 Comments »
We’re doing a different sort of challenge this fall around here. Fuel prices are so high that heating our house is going to be really expensive this winter. Here in Minnesota most people heat their houses with either natural gas or fuel oil (basically diesel fuel). Some people also have fireplaces and wood stoves, but [...]
Posted in art on Sep 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Victoria came up with this art idea the other day and she and the other kids did it on their own and surprised me with it. She drew a simple cat drawing and cut it into 3 equal pieces. Then she had each kid color their section and she taped them back together. They each [...]
Posted in art, plans for the day on Sep 29th, 2008 No Comments »
This is a nice, simple introduction to watercolors that I thought I’d do with the kids tomorrow. Though they’ve been using watercolors since they could crawl, this looks like a fun way to concentrate on techniques and effects you can do. I’ll have to dig out the good watercolors and the watercolor paper for full [...]
Posted in art, Daily log, Fun, history, nature, plans for the day on Sep 29th, 2008 No Comments »
It’s nice to be home for a bit. Today is shaping up to be a nice lazy day. It’s beautiful weather and Anna has set up a family pedicure stand outside. For 5 cents she’ll paint your toenails! I had her do it outside to keep freshly painted toes from marking up carpets and such, [...]
Posted in Jack, Kindergarten, nature on Sep 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Yesterday for part of Jack’s kindergarten we harvested potatoes. As far as Jack was concerned we were digging for treasure though! The kids really had no idea that I had planted two batches of heirloom potatoes in our neglected perennial garden last summer. It was all piled with dead grass and leaves to hill [...]
Posted in challenges, crafts, Unplug Your Kids on Sep 29th, 2008 6 Comments »
This week’s theme at Unplug Your Kids is fruit, so I thought it would be fun to make watermelon playdough. This is a craft that is great for Sensory Integration work (with the bumps, the scent, the squishing and the warmth when you first make it) and it’s just plain fun. Steps… 1. Save watermelon [...]
Posted in Alex, Toddlers, video on Sep 28th, 2008 1 Comment »
These two little videos are 17 month old Alex’s favorite ways to beat the blues. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/rrtFwmunj3U" width="425" height="350"/] [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/L6yzjDXp_og" width="425" height="350"/]
Posted in art, Daily log, Field trips & tours, Fun, history, pictures, plays on Sep 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
We’re back from our overnight trip to Mankato and packed in lots of wonderful stuff. We started out attending a homeschool potluck picnic, where we all ate great food and played/yapped with friends until well after dark…. We got to Grandma and Grandpa’s house pretty late, with just enough time to play a little and [...]
Posted in Field trips & tours, plans for the day, plays on Sep 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
We’re off to Mankato again, this time for a homeschool picnic, an overnight visit with the in-laws and then a Betsy Tacy historic reenactment walk tomorrow. The girls are going to get to be old fashioned children playing in the schoolyard! It should be a fun trip.
