End of a

Sunday evening, we're vegging and watching "Bugs Bunny" streamed through Netflix's. Made the decision to row "Owl Moon" one more day and wrap things up tomorrow. This weekend got away from us and who really wants to do homework on a Sunday anyway (or chores, but some had to get done, hence the need for vegging). We'll wrap things up tomorrow, I'll take some photo's for the blog, and get back on track for lesson planning. Now to get back to my family.

Happy Sunday everyone!!

Is it the end

or is it the beginning? Of the week that is!!

Just realized I hadn't posted much about school this week. Well, practically nothing other than my intro to "Owl Moon" last Sunday and our mad lib this past Monday.

Hope to wrap up a couple fun things today for "Owl Moon", dissecting owl pellets and making owls, and then lesson plan for next week. It's been a crazy week with extra activities, kicking the kids outside to play as we had a day in the 60's, followed by late nights, all day activities being canceled by snow half way through, and trying to catch up on sleep.

This coming week maybe a bit more calm!

Mad Lib Monday

SUPERSTITIONS
(our words have been bolded)

When I was a kid, 100 years ago, we used to believe in superstitions, like it’s bad luck to open a Toys R Us in the house; if your eyeball itches, it means target is coming to visit; and you’ll have fun luck if you find a four-leafed Thing One. And we believed that if you spilled yogurt on the table, you had to throw some over your left Thing Two; if your happy toe hurt, it meant rain; and if you broke a mom, you would have seven years of bad dads.

Today, kids have different superstitions, such as it’s bad luck to jump on the railroad tracks just before a cat pulls in and don’t throw frogs at policemen. But, actually, there’s only one superstition I believe in. Whenever I comment on my health, I always remember to knock on a piece of fish.

P.S. Maybe next week I'll get the mad lib typed into blogger before we do it so I can post a bit quicker.

Beginning of the week

It's a rainy Monday morning as I type out the first blog of the school week. Coffee is ready, boys are still sleeping (although Thing One may be up before I am finished), chores are started (Kevin started the dishwasher ~ Thank You!!!!), and I'm just getting to introducing our school week. Madlib Monday will still be here, just later today.

We are reading and rowing "Owl Moon" by Jane Yolen, illustrated John Schoenherr this week. It's another winter favorite of ours. To begin our study of owls, we went to a local county park Friday night for an "Owl Pondering". We got a quick introduction to Owls, dissected an Owl pellet (good starter for me as we have two for each boy here), went on a hike "to see" nocternal animals. Unsuccessfully I might add.

At Hidden Pond Nature Center, there is a barn and garage for office space and garage type stuff. There, an Owl usually likes to hang out. The staff a few live mice, that they would throw onto the garage roof, so the owl would come and get it. Very cool to see it swoop in and hear the talons scrap the roof. The birds are very quiet. Neat opportunity for the boys.

Well, we've had a number of rainy, above freezing days lately. It got me thinking that prior to when we left, that boots would definitely be in order for the hike. My thought proved wise. The boys and my boots after hiking:

There is a lot more fun stuff to come, this go around of Owl Moon. I'm not sure who will enjoy the book more, the boys or me. Guess we'll find out on Friday!!


P.S. Our oldest is still asleep, at 7 AM, as I get ready to post.

Short day for . . . .

end of the week. For the book we rowed this week, "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening", we covered so much during the beginning of the week there wasn't much to do today. Mystery of History is just a few days a week as well. That just left math today. That was fine with the boys! It's been a gray, raining, sometimes hail day, not fun to have to focus at all. Just another page to print out and we'll put our lap books together either tomorrow or Sunday.

Have a great weekend readers!

Someone has had . . . . .

a great day! Thing Two turned 7 today. Personally, don't remember much about being 7, but it's off to a great start for him. One of his first statements today was something along the lines of "that's a huge present!!" Think he liked his balloon as well, but it was a day where he woke up before me, so I am hearing the comments second hand.

Heres a few photos of the day:

This present is huge!! Can I put it down now?

Cool! It's what I wanted ~ Imaginex Batman Cave!!

A plain cake made in a heart shaped bundt pan,
at Thing Two's request.

Topped with chocolate frosting
and sprinkles. You could hear him
through out the house, as he left the kitchen,
exclaiming "WOO HOO!!! SPRINKLES!!"

Happy Birthday, son!! We love you.

Mad Lib Monday

Another Mad Lib Monday at our house. The boys are loving this and I'm starting to expand on what else we do with it to help them focus on grammar rules. It's been fun.

THE SECRET AGENT
(the words in bold were filled in)

James Bond, Secret Agent Double-0 Gazillion, was in a tight spot. He was trapped in the one jungle of Mt. Rushmore and the tall persons were closing in. He glanced at his companion, Mom. The expression on her face was full of eyeball. He remembered all of their three times together. He was about to run from the Thing One when he felt a cold printer in the small of his Thing Two.

“Put up your printers!” his companion said. “I too am a spy. My real name is Olga Babushka.”

“Shazaam!” exclaimed Bond. “This will cost me my Christmas Bonus.”

Upcoming school week

Another school week is coming up (all to quickly after a very busy weekend I might add)! It's Sunday night, the boys are just getting ready for bed and I'm pulling school together; fortunately all of the lessons for the whole week, let alone all of Monday, don't need to be completed tonight. Ideally, I would have had the week finished by now, but like I've mentioned a busy weekend.

We'll be continuing our snow themed books by reading "Stopping By The Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost. It's a wonderful poem and the illustrations in the book are great as well. Here's the poem:

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.