Paige's New Toy

Paige saved over a hundred dollars and bought herself a pair of wheels tonight. It was about dark when she brought it home so she came running in to get herself a light. It is going on 10:00 and they are still going strong. It is so cute.

Science Fair

Vivian and Allie did colors. They made playdough and learned what primary and secondary colors are.
Paige learned about the sense of taste and how you use your nose to taste your food. The soy sauce worked the best on the subjects and we all got a laugh out of it. The experiment was that you couldn't tell what the liquid was with your nose closed just that it was salty and then when you let go of your nose you got a strong taste of what it really was. The kids all made a really disgusting face. It was so cute.
Shannon's idea was to make a solar oven. She was not able to cook anything in it being as the weather here was not cooperating. The highest temp she was able to get was 103 not bad considering it was only 60 that day. p.s. she made the dress she's wearing too!!!
Madison did acids and bases. She made her own litmus paper out of red cabbage and tested various household chemicals and compared them against a control acid and base.


*****A fellow homeschooler set this up for our group in a retirement home where she works. Three of the residents watched our kids individual presentations and awarded them with certificates. We had a lot of kids participate that day and our kids really learned a lot. It was way cool.

Reminiscing

So as most of you know I am on a rampage decluttering my house. Yesterday we started in the garage. The girls were so excited to finally get into my memory boxes. I can no longer pick on my kids about their pack-rattishness. They found a pack of gum, a bottle of pop, used chap stick from the 80's, and an unidentifiable play dough creation amongst other things. Here is Shannon trying on my handmade prom dress. I have to admit I actually tried to get back into it, how humbling. But it sure looked pretty on my girls.

Calvin is 6 mo.

I just got home from Calvin's six month check up. He is growing like a weed. Two weeks ago he began crawling and now this new trick. I think he is going to keep me busy and I am loving every minute of it. It truly is like having a first baby all over again with Cal (him being our first boy). I love the dynamics of our family.


p.s. For all of you who know I was concerned about his sutures overlapping a bit too much. I am relieved to say it is not a concern anymore. They are starting to separate nicely and his head circumference is growing right on target! As for developmentally, I think the picture speaks for itself.

4-H fun~!!!

Last night was 4-H. Here are the kids making Model Rockets for the first time ever! Growing up with all girls I never was introduced to these things. I love that my girls get to do this stuff. The little ones were in the kitchen with me and the group's leader making a snack for the everyone. They got a chance to practice there cutting skills; we made fruit and dip. It is so nice to see all the kids getting along so well. I am grateful for such a diverse group.

Welcome to the World

What a sight to wake up too!!! After 21 days of waiting our little babies are finally here. You should see how excited the girls are to see this happen before their eyes. Vivian keeps checking in to see what they will do next. I keep hearing shouts from the other room to come quick and see . What a wonderful thing life is.

Where's my baby?

I seems like last week Calvin was just learning how to get up on his knees. Now he is going everywhere. We are having so much fun trying to keep up with him. It's a good thing he has so many big sisters to keep an eye on him.

Planting Seeds

Madison helping the kids plant the seeds she gave them in their Easter baskets.

flying kites

My kids have been really into flying kites this year. We gave them some in their Easter baskets and they are really getting some miles out of them.

Baking bread

My mom and I have been having fun studying some different techniques of bread making. She gave me this proofing bowl for Easter. It made such a nice a loaf! I was very happy with the results and so was the family. Thanks Mom.