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School is....

Going pretty well. I am really loving K12 (in case I haven't mentioned that enough times!) We've been able to stay on track with the core subjects and are just a bit behind in art and science (which is fine, we'll catch up). My biggest challenge is working with Little D on learning his numbers and letters. I am determined not to push and misunderstand like I did with Big D, but at the same time we do need to work on it.....so I'm trying to maintain a healthy balance. The older two have taught me that no matter what, it WILL come. Just being patient and not giving in to peer pressure (doesn't help that Little D is also quite big for his age, and so I think often people simply expect more of him....thankfully he's such a joyful, loving guy, that people soon see that and nothing else seems to matter much). He is such a blessing to me....he sees life like I do, and I love it! It amazes me how each of these children are so very different in their personalities, and I know that God has carefully crafted each one of them for His great purpose. I'm just looking forward to seeing what that is in their lives.

Okay, just rambling. I noticed I hadn't posted in a while and wanted to add something!

Bird gullet

Bird gullet
Originally uploaded by jjlrdomom

Yep, Pink Princess had to simulate a bird gullet. Ugh! So here it is, mid process. Inside there is: bread, popcorn, rice, dry oatmeal, 2 tootsie rolls (to simulate worms, we didn't have gummy worms, so I just rolled the tootsie rolls out a bit), pebbles, grapes. Yeah, pretty gross! (and my darling daughter then ATE the tootsie-roll-worms!!!!! Gack!!!!!!)

Little D's poem

Okay, guess you can't read the words, so here they are:

Theme in Green

I like to crawl around and catch bugs in my mouth.

I am called Lizard!

I get wet with sprinklers and kids like to roll and play on me.

I am called Grass!

I can be climbed by monkey-kids and they can reach the sky.

I am called Tree!

Big D's Science Project

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Big D did a great job with this project. I was there to lend support, but he basically did the whole thing himself. We had to change a few things (we didn't have pea gravel and coarse gravel, but figured chunked up concrete could work for both....same thing with coarse and fine sand). But it worked! We were all very impressed!!

Self Portrait

Artist at work 2
Originally uploaded by jjlrdomom

Today Little D learned about portraits and self-portraits. Then he got to make a self portrait. He was VERY eager to try out his new paints (that came free in our K12 stuff!). Note that he did the curly hair first.....priorities man! :) Click on the link to see more pictures of the artist at work, as well as his finished painting.

Science Project

Science Project
Originally uploaded by jjlrdomom

This lovely "contraption" is supposed to measure the humidity. The "scientist" is quite proud of her work, but we can't seem to get it to actually work. The paper squares on the right side are supposed to absorb moisture and weigh the end of the straw down so that the pointer on the other end will rise up our scale (the green triangle on the left) So far, no luck, but this is VERY old paper and it's rather brittle, so we'll try it again and Mom won't try to be so thrifty with the paper. Pink Princess was still rather proud of it though!