LE Babe

Anyone else smell that?

Window + Markers = Chalkboard

We've been doing more school at the kitchen table than down at the desks lately. I was in need of a chalkboard one day and using the Crayola window markers on the patio door worked well. Agent H ended up doing his copywork on it too.

Note: The markers left smears all over the windows when wiped up with regular cloths. When wiped up with my Norwex cloths my windows sparkled. Dry erase markers work in place of window markers.

Spinning

When you're studying how thread/cloth is made it sure is handy to have an auntie who has a spinning wheel and will travel.

We

love

you

Auntie!

Pagoo

I was looking for a book to read to the boys when I remembered that there was a recommended reading list in the back of our Beyond Little Hearts for His Glory (Agent H's 1st grade curriculum). I ordered two books from our library.

The boys were gifted a couple of hermit crabs recently so in honor of them, we chose to read Pagoo by Holling Clancy Holling. I believe this book was first published in 1957, it's a gem of a book. Beautiful illustrations and words that tantalize your reading senses as this little pagurus finds his way in the big ocean and around the tide pool.

There are a lot of scientific words in this book (most with a phonetical spelling so you know how to pronounce it - thank you very much!) The sentences were big and I don't know that Agent H understood 1/3rd of it but he sat spell bound by the beauty of the words and the adventures of Pagoo. Agent E was fidgity as we read but he also would clamor for "One more chapter please?" There were probably two or three occasions where I rewrote as I read in regards to the age of our Earth.

In my naturalist's wanna-be opinion, this book was naturalist's dream story book. I feel a bit wiser and more well rounded for having read it. I love books that way!

The second book I reserved is The 21 Balloons by William Pene du Bois. We're about to start that adventure this afternoon.

The Hunts 2010

This was the best we could corral the boys for a shot after their egg hunt at my parent's. After all they had eggs to break open!

Agents H & E race to find the eggs that Papa hid around the backyard at our place.

LE Babe was a little more interested in climbing and playing than in hunting eggs.

Easter 2010

Here's our little Easter observance.

My brother asked if it was a pet cemetery or an Easter decoration. Based on our pet track record this month it could be either.

Here's an Easter craft that we did.

- We used white paper place mats.

- I cut out an oval template and taped it over the the placemat, then we used blue tape to make the white spaces on our eggs.

Sometimes I cut the blue tape in half lengthwise before we put it on because I only had the 1 inch tape (easier for detail work). I helped put Agent E's on but Agent H made his by himself.

-Apply the paint and remove the tape before the paint is dry and there you have it.

I've seen lots of tape painting on blogs and have wanted to give it a try. I'd like to do a less planned painting sometime too. Click here for my SIL's version.

Easter morning we spent some time looking over the lapbooks we made last year and cracking open and discussing our Resurrection Eggs.

Tabbed organizer still in process

The little tabbed box over on the right there is not functional yet but I'll keep working on it. If I can figure it out it should be a nice space saver. There's a nice tutorial at Confessions of a Homeschooler.

HTML Editing = Major blog Issues

If you should happen to be passing through, I can explain the formatting mess. It's just that HTML and I don't get along very well. I have hopes that our relationship will soon be reconciled.