It's 7:20am and the boys are outside with me watering the garden.
Where is Cyan do you ask? Along with being the night owl, it means she isn't the morning person. That's ok. I have two of those. (It does give me some time with just the boys in the morning... sometimes that is nice.)
I took a few more pictures outside. Cyan's Math in the Garden box (second class is Monday!)
A testiment that we make our own sunshine:
And look who is about to rise (it is now 8:04am)
My husband talked me into buying myself a gift yesterday. A Nikon D60. I got the package from Costco with the double lenses, carry case, and extra SD card. I only just got it all charged etc last night, so all of these are with the flash, but they look pretty good. Can not WAIT to get outside with the thing. I think we may have to stop at the Nisqually Valley today after grocery shopping.
It is nearly 10pm... can you tell who my night owl is and who isn't?
Love my guitar. :)
My mantel... I just can't seem to change it. I love my pictures. :) Perhaps I can take some new ones to put up there or something... it has been just about the same for about 4 years.
Can we say "I love my library!":
That's it for last night... today there will be more. Garenteed. *glee*
Cyan and I have been working on geometry this week. Her Singapore math book is nearly done... we should be done by the time we fully give up on school this year. For now, we are still going, but only about half time for book work, and then twice as much for science, measuring, nature walks, art, and other fun outdoorsy type stuff. Today, we were told to try a simple tangram, we decided to go online and find the more traditional one.
Here is a kite she made up herself.
She tried to make one, but doesn't cut quite well enough for hers to work out. So we gave that one to Logan, and she folded another one, and I cut it out.
Here she is trying to make a cat like mine. :)
Here is a candle she made looking at the model on this page. The first thing she said was "I know that the bottom is thicker than the picture, but I liked it better this way."
'Let me out! Playing with paper is boring.' (Just for fun, check out this picture... this is Cyan, age 3)
'Finding bugs under things is much more fun!'
Ok, this one is totally wonderful. Brought tears to my eyes and made me laugh all at the same time.
We had a party yesterday with a Knights and Miadens theme for a 4 year old friend. The mama had set up a jousting line, a fencing square, and an archery area too. They had a friend juggle for them (and she was really good) and a cake made to look like a castle and sheild. It was amazing! The kids had a blast although most of the kids got really hot in their long sleeved midevil outfits. Here is Cyan in hers (I missed Alex in his, he took it off the second we got there):
I made this dress to go over another I made for a winter fairy costume. A couple small adjustments and it was perfect as "Lady Cyan from house Rose" yesterday.
Alex juggling... that was totally awsome! The kids want a juggler at their carnival party now. They stood by her 50% of the party at least, just in awe and trying to do what she was doing. Cyan talked about her all the way home. (It helps that she was in the shade on this super hot May day.)
The archery area... another huge hit. Esp for the older kiddos. They had a lot of fun shooting the arrows together.
And last but not least, this was the backdrop for the party just on the other side of the fence (I don't think she could have planned it more perfectly!):
We have tons of different kinds of birds that visit our yard this year. I am thinking there were not as many last year as there are this year. But it may just be that I wasn't paying as close attention.
Here are some pictures:
The back of a American Robin
A blue Western Scrub Jay
Another tiny bird we never identified
A flock of Grey Bushtits with one token chickadee for good measure.
And these are only the ones I have been able to capture on film. We have also had Warblers, Humming birds, and a couple Swallows.
My neighbor friend, who is 12 years old, knows easily as much (if not more) about local birds than I do. Apparently, she has studied them all year with her class and knows all of them. Her favorite being the Black Capped Chickadee which she told me all about through the fence the other day. I am finding them more fascinating watching this girl enjoy them than I ever did on my own. It is wonderful, looking through the eyes of children. :)
Today was the first, honest to goodness, HOT day we have had this year. It hit 91* where we are! We were all in short sleeves outside, and the kids were all in swim suits playing in the kiddy pool. :) It was a fun afternoon...
Then of course, Logan and I did some more plane watching:
See his poor sweet face? He is doing ok. But wow... he is mangled!
A plane and the moon!!
"Ok mama... my turn!"
I don't have pictures of this trip because I spent 90% of the time chasing Logan around. It would have been much better if I had been able to leave Logan at home.
The Snoqualmie School Train Depot is wonderful though! The people that worked there were amazing! There were four parts to the 2 hour long day. First, they talked about Train Communication. We got to watch as they demonstrated how they used to get messages to the conductors of the trains before there was such thing as telegraphs or telephones. It was fun to watch the kids as the lady and gentleman demonstrated the use of sticks with string and notes attached that the train conductor's of old would stick their arms through to get messages.
The rest of the day is somewhat of a blur. The kids and other families went to the Train Functions class, while I chassed Logan. The kids and other families went to the Trains History class, while I chased Logan. We nearly missed the actual train ride because Logan (and by now a couple other kids) were done with the day, and ready for lunch. The train ride was great! What a fun little ride. Not too long and not too short.
When we got back to the train station, we all sat down to have an honest to goodness lunch at last, and that was when Logan fell down three brick steps on one side of the gazebo we were eating at. Poor thing has such a smashed up face! He screamed nearly all the way home. I had carpooled with a friend too, and so she and her kids had to deal with him being hurt and upset. We got a small respite when we stopped for icecream, but after that he cried some more. Poor sweet baby!
He is doing better today, but I doubt I will drive very far with him for a field trip again. He is just too little.
And our new bunny: Domino.
In her home in the back of the garden:
