Day Thirty

Today Aidan scored his first goal in soccer. The horrible part about it was that this was the day where we decided to drive two cars to the field. JJ took Aidan to the field early while I stayed with the other two boys so that we didn't have to rush through breakfast (it was an 8:30 game). However, since I tend to run a few minutes behind, I showed up late...and missed seeing his goal!!! At any rate, he scored a goal. And he was one VERY excited boy.

365, Interrupted

I'm not sure what's going on, but my pictures won't upload to the computer.

I hate technical difficulties.

Hopefully I'll be back soon.

Day Twenty-Eight

Today was an eye-opening day. JJ and I had a great conversation concerning a re-thinking what the school year will look like for Dominic. I am excited for the days to come and relaxing a bit about Kindergarten. I was starting out with bigger expectations than I needed to. Cheers to husbands and teamwork.

Today we harvested a whopping amount of tomatoes, beans, and cucumbers.

Simeon said to me, "I reawwy wike the garden veggies, Mama."

Day Twenty-Seven

Today we dyed rice to use for a project on Friday. Dominic did all the measuring (math) and used the funnel to transfer the vinegar and rice into jars (basic home skills). He also got to choose the colors for the rice and count out ten drops of food coloring as it dropped in (math again). Cheers to projects that help him to learn and don't require books and pencils!

If you want to know how to dye your own rice, it's really easy (and non-toxic and cheap as well). You can use it for all sorts of art projects.

Here's the LINK!

Day Twenty-Six

Today we did an art project with real watercolors. My neighbor gave us some of her daughter's old art supplies and the boys were thrilled. I must say, there's a big difference between real watercolors and the Crayola version. Huge.

We gathered some leaves in the morning as we took a short walk around the neighborhood. After we warmed up, we got to work on this project. I found the idea at Art Projects for Kids (my favorite site for...art projects for kids).

The best part about about today was once again seeing how Dominic comes alive and gets really excited with paints and paintbrushes. I wish that we could just paint all day.

While it's hard to choose just one photo, I'll show off Dominic's work this time. See the other blog soon for a more detailed post about what we've been up to for these past few weeks.

Day Twenty-Five

Today was...Monday. Certain kids were a bit unruly. We managed to get our work finished and then made the short drive to the Yoder house for some play time. The older boys are working on memorizing poems and passages of scripture and if they memorize five things that I assign to them, they get to choose something from...*** drumroll please.... *** "THE PRIZE BOX". Simeon was, let's say...mildly offended that he did not have a memorization chart once he saw the older boys claim their prizes.

"WHERE is MY memory prize!?" He even added a little foot stomp to his protest, which I calmly addressed.

I caved in and bought him a prize at the toy store on our way to the Yoders. NOT because he threw a fit, but because when I asked him to recite the verse from Psalms that Dominic was memorizing, he did it.

Note to self: the little guy is totally capable of memorizing, and in fact, already knows most of what the older boys recited for me. He's listening.

The photo above is of the "two wittle bunnies" he picked out from the store.

Day Twenty-Four

Highlight of the day: jumping on Jackson and Jordyn's trampoline. Whee!