Tadpole catching

We spent Saturday at Table Rock visiting old friends and looking for tadpoles, which we kept to watch turn into frogs. Olivia decided that everyone should name one- so now we have Rexdino, Elle, Huckleberry and Sophie- can you guess who named who?

The Coloring Moores

This was our activity today. Can you guess which one is mine?

Bruises and bumps

Energy

The show, ReAdolence, has been hung and recepted. I feel drained-and I thought that it would be awhile before I began creating again, but it seems that the part of me that creates is already creating again. And the slowly moving forward are the faces of my babies begging for attention. So for a while the creating is in the back ground-the hammers and glue put away and the zebras and ninjas snuggled close reading books and singing songs. They are my energy-my love-my muses.

Salad night

The top salad belongs to Olivia, the bottom to Abrum-need I say more?

The difference a friend makes

Elizabeth is very much a part of our family. She has a birthday-this year she will be 5, a bed, clothes-she enjoys argule socks, and a best friend. That best friend is Olivia. Olivia friends great comfort in her best friend who listens to her worries, troubles and laughs with her. Elizabeth loves playing hide and seek and it often takes the entire family to seek her because she is such a good hider. Someday there will be college, and boyfriends, and careers-but first there was Elizabeth.

Yes, Chef!

A cold icy morning starts our weekend, and I wake to find a roaring fire and father and daughter in the kitchen making blueberry muffins. Of course, in a house with a teacher and school administer nothing is what it seems. Baking is a great way to incorporate math and reading skills into the daily life of children-so the kitchen has been turned into a mock classroom.Complete with a vocabulary words such as "seux chef" and "folding batter".  Lots of learning on this 30 degree morning-what will the rest of the day hold?