When we do nothing at all.

We went to a drive-in double feature last night and all were in bed by 3am.

One of the benefits of no public school - we didn't have to worry about whether or not it's a school night!

Anyway - back to subject -

This morning I was loving not getting out of bed' til late, having no hurry to change out of jammies and LOVING having nothing on our calendar for anybody!

Hubby was loving that too.

So out of our languid attitude today hubby has already taken the boys out into the back yard and done some archery.  Then -

Andrew is sculpting.

I made the clay for them, but it really just took a few minutes.

I used:
 4 cups flour

1 cup salt
1 1/2 cups hot tap water
2 teaspoons vegetable oil

Step 1: Combine flour, salt & water. Add oil. Knead. If it is too dry, add water. If too sticky, add flour.

 Alex (just turned 5) is painting some wooden cars.

Sarah comes and works on sculpting in between episodes of whatever she is watching on netflix at the moment.

Once Andrew's sculpture is done he wants to make some craft he found in a book that was strewn around here . . .

Of course little brother doesn't waist much time in jumping in on whatever bigger brother is doing so he got crafty too . .

 It's *ROADS* obviously!

Feeling happy with that, he made a lego man.  Silly me, thinking it was a robot . . . it'a a man.

And then Sarah shut off her netflix and started painting. Painting while singing . . . .

Not an ounce of prompting from me -
just a whole lot of "YES"'s

Record keeping . . .

So - here I attempt again to note down the learning we do without even trying; last night we watched "How Stuff Works" about Wheat, Corn, Coffee and Salt.

And Andrew is now on Minecraft . . . whole lot of subtle learning there . . .

And just now this morning - Sarah- my dyslexic picked up and is reading "Lift and Separate" Baby Blues book #5

Finally on our way to the local mill pond we listened to "Stink-Solar System Superhero" which surprisingly was a fun story around the planets and the demoted-to-dwarf-planet the planet previously known as Pluto and the mnemonic  "My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas." for the planets - Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury . . . etc.  So we get home and watch on Netflix "The Planets" and that was the end of the day! 

*blow* cough cough . . . .

Getting all that dust off this blog.

There - that's better.

I know it's summer, but when does learning stop?

We went camping these few days and my girl brought a book she is reading.  A Book. She. Is. READING!  It's still a very "simple" book to read, but while we were camping she curled up in the hammock and went at it.  (heart glowing)

Last month, June, she finished reading the big book of Dick and Jane.  For a reward we are going to Barns & Noble so she can pick out a *NEW* book.  Yay!

Love how she's doing - seeing how she struggles so with reading.  :-)

Rube Goldberg Machines

Andrew, my "maker" has been reinventing this versions of  a hot wheels Rube Goldberg Machine.

Today we did this after we watched this video: 

And a Mythbusters where they did a Rube Goldberg machine for Christmas.  Seemed appropriate: 

Showcase

Something I hope to do again . . . Andrew did this:

  

Ironically, I admit to being a dyslexic, and the error in the spelling of camouflage is something I would totally do -even had to rely on the computers spell check to get it right this time- but the mistake is my husbands.  Hehe -

And Sarah did Mermaids . . . so *we* knew Mermaids liked to drown people long before that Pirate of the Caribbean movie.

Then there was a talent show, and it was so much fun!

Lessons by Strewing.

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Dinosaur math, enjoyed by all.

Geography lesson taught by dad.

This night, besides the math games, and letter bingo, we talked about presidents that were on our currency and Benjamin Franklin who was *not* a president but on our currency.

This spun off to a talk about what Benjamin Franklin did, and the kite and electricity thing . . . so we ended the day watching a Mythbusters (don't ya' know, we love em.) about the kite flying experience.

Red Ridding Hood

Andrew tells the story with the help of his little brother.