Playing a game they made up where they roll a dice and hop squares. Different colors mean different things- red is “penalty” blue is “challenge” yellow means they get to roll 2 dice on their next turn. #mychildrenaregeniuses #quarantineisclothingoptional
This is one of the books I had checked out from the library before everything shut down. It’s a good one.
I was talking on the phone to a new friend, and she told me that she was her parent’s “wild Irish girl.” Such an image flashed through my mind that I had to try and draw it. I’ve always loved the illustrations of Trisha Schart Hyman, and drew inspiration from her work. I borrowed a body position from one of her illustrations from “Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins” because balance and weight of figures is something I struggle with. I am so pleased with how my drawing turned out.
February 5: We got enough snow to make several snowmen! They didn’t even look very muddy at first.
Finally, some snow!Snow-blio from the land of point, where everyone has one.
At Homeschool Co-op I taught a lesson on drawing sea turtles from Deep Space Sparkle Art. The kids really loved this one, each eager to explain to me what their turtle was doing, and why they chose the colors they chose.
Banana Cream Pie’s Sea Turtles (watch out for the alligator!)Apple Pie’s turtle
February 7: We had a family dance at our church. Apple Pie was my partner for the whole dance. (The resident Captain being gone to Guard Drill.) I loved the atmosphere of fun togetherness of the whole night. I guess I got pretty carried away because I snapped the underwire in my bra while dancing…actually that probably can be blamed on my having to tote a huge four-year-old around the whole night.
Saturday, February 8: The weather was sunny and warm, so I took the little kids to the park. I won the “You must wear Shoes” battle and the “You must wear a Jacket” battle, and caved on the “You must wear long pants” battle.
Wednesday February 14:
For Homeschool art we used chalk and oil pastels to create dancers inspired by Degas.
Degas Dancers
Fancy family dinner with my true loves is my favorite way to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
Happy Valentine’s Day to my true loves.
Saturday February 15 we begin our new gardening attempt. This will be patterned after the “Back to Eden” gardening method using compost and wood chips. We put down cardboard, which I stole obtained without permission from various recycling dumpsters around town, to kill the lawn grass. Our plan is to turn all the lawn between our house and the road into a glorious food forest of fruit trees, berry bushes, asparagus beds, and tomatoes.
The Man of the House drove all the way to Miami, Oklahoma, to get 4 cubic yards of mushroom compost. This is our “dirt” to grow the plants.
In-between the garden beds we are mulching with wood chips to keep the weeds away.
This garden bed took 3 adults working from sunup to sundown with added help from 4 teenage girls. So much work for the “easy” gardening method.
Thursday February 20: Key Lime Pie has been studying bacteria, so today she learned to make yogurt (because it is bacteria that turn milk into yogurt.) She also learned how to read an analog thermometer…bonus!
Friday February 21: Homeschool Co-op was canceled today due to our host family having the respiratory flu, so we did a last minute field trip to the Rogers Arkansas City Museum. It was a great place for a group with a broad range of ages like ours.
Monday February 24: Mother’s Tea Party at the Scooter Pie’s Preschool. Their teachers are amazing. My boys sang “I’m a Little Tea Pot” and they had learned such careful gentlemanly manners.
I was kind of dragging my feet to start Come Follow Me reading this year—in the last few years we have been challenged to speed-read the Boom of Mormon several times. Even though I was blessed for doing that reading, I had also started feeling tired and pressured every time I read—“gotta get my ten pages in today to stay on track.” As I started reading, I realized this time we get a whole year to savor The Book Of Mormon. I can read it slowly and dig deep and have time to think about what I’m reading. I’m very happy about that right now!
I have 2 main study goals.
One is to look for what I can learn about the Priesthood because Pres. Nelson encouraged us women to do so in conference last October.
Two is to take notice of when what I’m reading is building one of the purposes states in the title page— Showing the great things the Lord has done, Teaching the covenants, and Testifying of Jesus Christ.
My favorite verse this week is 1Nephi 4:2 “Let us go up. Let us be strong like unto Moses…” I think to myself, “Let us be strong like unto Nephi.”
I read it to the kids, and the Scooter Pies busted up laughing and kept repeating “Let us be strong like lettuce.”
First day of Preschool for these 2 Tyranos Hermosillos (beautiful tyrants) and their best friend Westley.
They are very excited. #twinboys #lifewithtwins
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This is a half day preschool, 4 days a week. Right now it feels like a nice break to get some homeschooling do while these guys are kept busy by someone else.
Marvelous Pigs in Satin 