I love picture books. There is something about beautiful or creative illustrations and a fanciful story that just has me hooked. Today we read one that was a hoot. It mostly went over Xander’s head, but he enjoyed it as well. I couldn’t help but think of my mom and her love of art when […]
Archives for November 2009
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Pilgrim Learning, Part 2
This last Wednesday we had our monthly co-op get together and the theme was Thanksgiving, naturally. After reading, Pilgrim Cat, one of the boys favorite Thanksgiving related books, we did some corn planting of our own, Squanto style. A few goldfish, popcorn kernals, sand and globs of glue later, they proudly showed off their neat rows […]
Boys at Play
For some reason, watching little kids lost in imaginative play fascinates me. I could sit and watch my kids play all day long. Well, if it weren’t for the fact that I actually need to get boring but necessary things like cleaning done… Recently, Keegan re-created Noah’s Ark with the blocks and was having the animals […]
Live History!
The bigger boys and I went to the annual American Heritate Festival this last weekend! It was a celebration of our heritage and the sacrifice required so that we can be free today! The boys LOVED getting to see the soldiers from so many different era’s. For all of Keegan’s bravado and obsession with the […]
Mayflower Living for Wee Folks
Despite our rocky start, our Mayflower day was still fun. My goal was to give the kids a small, prek/k friendly, taste of life aboard a boat… Families tacked up blankets to give themselves a little privacy aboard the Mayflower. Although we couldn’t mimic the crowded conditions aboard, we did decide to set up some […]