Creation Story Day #5

And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures..."

Cyan

Alex

Me

a big fat whine

We are moving so slow. We have had so many hang ups this year and I feel like a sloth when it comes to school. Our system right now isn't working, we are moving at a snails pace and I don't ever feel prepared for the school day.

We need to put a few new things in place. But I am just not sure how. I have ideas. But I hesitate to spend any cash on them becuase I am afraid they will not work. The Man's schedule is beyond confusing this month as he has training, so his weekends are all messed up becuase he has to be on someone elses schedule. So THAT isn't even consistant. And then we got hit with this stinking cold... which I am still dealing with. And now Don has been home from work on the messed up days he should be working. UGH! I know some months are like this... but I have felt that this whole year!! has been like this. The move last summer, then we started to settle, harvest season, then we started to recover from that, the shooting, then the shooting, then the shootings again. Then we started to get settled and then ANOTHER shooting. Now the trainings, and meetings, and gardening. I don't know when to catch up. I am really feeling like an overwhelming failure this year. My kids are learning, and progressing... but it is so slow. And most of it has nothing to do with me. I barely have time to review the lessons before I slap it to them to do it. Ugh. That is all. Just a big fat whine.

Creation day 4

We got sidetracked, so it has taken us a while to finish this block... but we are back on it now.

"And God said, let their be lights in the firmaments of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years."

Cyan

Alex

Me

"And God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also."

Cyan

Alex

Me

Field trips of Feb 2010

My best friend decided to put together pictures of all of the field trips by months. I thought it was a wonderful idea and so shamelessly stole it.

Was there ever such a thing as "homeschooling via field trips"? Cuz we would be those people. ;)

There were at least two trips I didn't take pictures... The Audubon Society and the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. And it's Feb. LOL!

ill tempered sea bass

We have been on lots of field trips these last two weeks. The latest being a trip to the Seattle Aquarium... Before we went, I had an interesting conversation with my toddler:

Me: "Hey hon, you ready?"
Toddler: "Where we going?"
Me: "To a fish place to see fishes!" with enthusiasm.
Toddler: "Oh! With guns on them?"

Oh yes, I have birthed Dr Evil.



A slide show of our awesome trip! (Make sure you turn on the captions. It is much better that way. :) )

The Little Prince

The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery is an amazing book. . I hadn't read this book in about 15 years. All I remembered was that it was sad. As a 'grown up' I was able to see so much more. The ideas that were common place to me as a child are now extraordinary and deep. Which is the exact phenomenon that he speaks of in the book. About 'grown ups'.

A friend of mine has a tattoo of the Boa Constrictor from the inside and outside. One on each of her forearms. I found this out only last week as I had never seen her in short sleeves before. The next day, I was enjoying a morning of happy thrifting and saw this book on the second hand book shelf. I sat on the floor and read it until I was finished right there in the thrift store. Then I bought it, brought it home, and read it again. It has been in my head for the last two days... I don't feel that I can explain the story very well... it is just a book that everyone should read. Especially if you have not read it in a very long while.

It looks like a children's book. Don't be fooled. This book is not really for children, but for the grown ups that children have grown into.

Daddy Daughter Dance

Daddy Daughter Dance history.

It has been an annual event for the past four years. I missed taking pictures of the one from 2008, but these pictures are amazing to me! Not just because my daughter is turning to a beautiful young woman before my very eyes, but because my photography and camera skills have gotten SO much better! lol!

2007:

2009:

2010:

It is a tradition that will not be broken any time soon. Cyan asks when it is for months beforehand. She has had this dress picked out since Summer. She had her hairdo picked out for the last month. She looks forward to it and I have to admit, these putting this post together got me a bit teary, seeing my love with our beautiful girl, as she turns to a little woman.

Off for an evening with the boys. Let the shooting and rowdy movies begin!

Valentine's Party

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY from Cultivate Homeschool!

The Toymaker

Archiving Emails I came across one I hadn't really looked at before... And WOW! I love this site! My older kids will have a lot of fun with these paper toys. :)

The Toymaker

Haha... a funny for your Sunday

Ms Stinerite

Late winter nature table

This nature table is such a reflection of what is going on in our yard right now. Once again, it is blank... even more blank than the winter nature table. In the yard we have been pruning, cleaning, raking, and carefully replanting. Our trees are coming this next week and we have to find a place to put them all. I have given The Man the task of getting the garbage and yard waste from the carpet pulling and the ivy cutting to it's rightful place... so far that has been an epic fail. The kids and I have been making a dent in it though... as much as a single yard waste bin every two weeks can do. ;)

Back to the nature table though. I added these sweet little paper roses for the celebration of Valentine's day (I know, no roses would usually be blooming right now, but this is the only place in the house they will be safe). I made Mother Nature a beautiful valour cape with a red silk ribbon and she is holding a red glass heart (I love red glass!).

Here is one of our candles from our Imbolc candle making.

Perfect for the celebration of the new light!

If you look really closely, you can see our little teasel hedgehog under the story 'The Hat' by Jan Brett. :) So cute!

Creation day #3

We started the rest of the work for our creation books today. The kids have really enjoyed the project so far and we have learned a lot about wet on wet painting. Cyan, being my artist, wasn't sure about the medium at first. She really isn't a fan of having colors go in directions that you don't plan. She is getting used to it though, and she is making some beautiful paintings!

Her painting from the third day.

And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Alex's

Mine