Easter

We had a quiet Easter Sunday due to J having chicken pox and us waiting for Kaleb to sprout them as well. J was able to dye some eggs. Here's some of the fun.

You can still see some evidence of the chicken pox but they are healing nicely.

J's finished product - I'll have you know their expressions changed when we told them they were going to be eaten - haha. After J was finished with dying the eggs, she had some fun with the leftover dye. It was a great opportunity for her to learn about mixing colors. It was messy but fun. Hope your Easter was full of chocolate and fun.

Monday's Discovery

So much work to do....so little time...... How can you tell we use technology in our family? Watch my kids...

Kaleb is working on his laptop. He was just typing away and talking to it (like DH does when something doesn't go right). He had much to get done and he worked at it for awhile ...at least until bedtime. The rest would have to wait.

A Visit from the Chicken Fairy

We interrupt this week and possible next week for a visit from the chicken pox fairy. J has contacted chicken pox and we are waiting for Kaleb to show signs of the spots. Right now, we are probably either giving an oatmeal bath, rubbing lotion, or taking a nap. This is DH and DD spring break and we had hopes of going to the park, having a picnic lunch....but we are sidelined for awhile. I guess we will have to be happy to take our picnic on the balcony and playing in the house. We won't be doing school, we will be resting, watching movies, playing, reading. Be back as soon as possible.

Monday's Discovery

Keke needs to do her laundry, huh? Keke was watching Kaleb upstairs and she needed to bring her laundry down. She didn't want to make two trips, one for Kaleb and the other for the laundry. So she put him in the basket and they came down all at once.

Rainy Day Quilt and a Pirate Skirt

I was looking through some crafty websites and I found this quilt pattern that was just calling my name. Did I really need another project to add to my list? (I think I have craft ADD) Probably not, but I knew this one would not take too long to finish and I felt like my heart quilt needed to be changed. In one rainy day afternoon, while my Kaleb was sleeping, I worked on these projects.

I found the free pattern  here. It isn't quilted yet but I love the colors. Most of the fabric I used came from America. It was easy to put together. It is not perfect but I like it. I hope to have it finished by this weekend. (J is singing a rainy day song for you)

This was definitely on my project list. I had the sewing machine already out and Kaleb was still sleeping (for another ten minutes). The bandanas came from America this summer. That's how long I have wanted to make this pirate skirt. It was easy to do although I didn't have a t-shirt to cut up for the waist band. I used the left over sheet from Keke's Red Riding Hood cape that I made in October. The idea came from alphamom.com. I think she likes it but she is now asking for a pirate hat and sword.

It is pretty short, I should have made the waist band longer. She will probably only wear it for dress up or over some black leggings. It turned out cute and it IS in her favorite color.

A Frog in the Bog (part 2)

We are still learning about frogs and reading our core book. We read a book about the life cycle of a frog and J completed a picture life cycle worksheet.

We did some fishy things to go along with our Nursery Rhyme. J made a fish pop-up book.

I brought out a number fishing game that I made last year. We practiced our numbers and fished for our dinner.

I also made alphabet match fish game last year when we were working with letters. We played that as well but this time I had J tell me what sound the letter made rather than the letter itself.

Lastly, J worked on writing her numbers, She made rainbow numbers. She traced the number over and over using colored pencils to make a rainbow effect.

J informs me that we are off to learn about horses. So I guess I better get to work. Hope your day is awesome. 

A Frog in the Bog (part 1)

I asked J what she wanted to study after we were done with space. Her answer was frogs. So I went through my books and found a great core book - A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson (the same Karma Wilson who wrote Bear Snores On series). This book is in the style of There Was an Old Lady Who... The frog is sitting on a log in the bog (-og word rhyming, I can just see it) and he eats just about anything that is near him. He gets bigger and bigger until the "floating log" notices him. Needless to say, he didn't keep his lunch!

After reading about frogs, J painted a red-eyed tree frog using watercolor paints that I made. I noticed some our markers were getting dry and I just hated to throw them out. (you can't get the Crayola markers here, if you do find them, they are so expensive) So, I found a website that offered a solution - put your markers in water for a day or two and you have paint! Recycling the markers idea came from here. The red-eyed tree frog printable came from here.

We played a froggy game - get your frog to the other side. It came with three dice to make depending on the player - easy, medium, and hard. The hard die sends you back to the beginning of the game.

Our rhyme of the week is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I Caught a Fish Alive. J is coloring the wall card so we can add our new rhymes to the others for easy review.

We played a fishing game that I found at Education.com. You roll the die and you choose a fish. Each fish has points and you may even have to give up one of your fish (J did not like this). Here she is cheering because she believes she is winning. Can you tell she likes to win?