Family Fun: 2014

Thursday, October 2, 2014

The Way We Do Preschool

This is the way we do preschool.

8:10am

shovel dirt.

We were a month late planting the snow peas, but they are growing well now. Hopefully we'll get some to eat before it gets cold.

This is about a month after the snow pea planting. David wanted to use the chalk boards and when I came to look at what he was doing, he was writing words. It made my day and gave me a little more confidence to keep homeschooling this boy once he's kindergarten age. It also eased my conscience about letting him watch Word Factory and play Star Fall. Apparently they really do work.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Renaissance Fayre School Days

Last year a Renaissance fayre came to our little community. This year they put on a school day. It was done wonderfully. We were separated into groups and the kids were able to learn about so many different things.

Learning about weapons was a favorite for all of the kids.

One of the stations we went to had a lot of different games for the kids to play. Bryson came home and made one of them that same day. The giant Jenga game that players made sure to get away from when falling, was really fun.

David and Michael starting a game of Vikings chess with Penny watching.

Monday, September 29, 2014

Geckos

This summer has been full of baby geckos. We found out last spring that Elise really was a girl when Bryson found eggs in her cage. After researching a bit we learned that a female gecko can stay fertile up to a year! We separated the geckos, but know we had a lot of months of eggs coming our way. We have had 5 babies hatch so far. A couple of clutches didn't develop and hatch.

This is Perch our first baby when he was working on shedding his skin. It's amazing to watch. They will use the branches around them to help get it off, but they also bite, peel it off and eat it.

Ginger Snap was the only one in his clutch that hatched. It's fun to weigh the geckos when they are brand new. Ginger was our smallest yet weighing in at......0grams.

Lake Natoma

We made full use of the lake this year. Last summer we bought a park pass and we wanted to get full use of it. This is from one of our last trips to the lake. We acquired the raft this summer and it has been so much fun.

Sunday, September 28, 2014

I'm Coming Back

After a ridiculously long break from posting on my blog, I have decided to come back! I have been inspired by Marcy and Reianna. (With gentle nudges from Bryson too) It is so fun to have a record and pictures of fun events with our family. I figure if I can post on Facebook, I can post on my blog. Here goes to giving it another try.

Family Fun