Of their own accord, Ryan and Connor decided to sit and watch the birds at our backyard feeder this afternoon. Connor first, and then Ryan, pulled up a chair, and the two of them sat for longer than I ever believed possible, first simply watching the birds and then identifying and recording the birds they saw. Writing, math, science – check, all accounted for without opening a school book this afternoon!Our future engineer – or maybe, architect – hard at work In one day we managed to accomplish something that took thousands of Ancient Egyptians twenty years to do: we built a pyramid… actually two! Of course, our pyramids were not 200-foot tall structures built with 4,000 pound stone bricks, but six-inch high sugar cube…
The boys are convinced that it was their prayers for snow that brought the six inches of fluffy white flakes to Northern Virginia Sunday evening and into Monday. That’s fine, after all, we have been telling them that the Lord not only listens to all of our prayers, but He also answers them all: sometimes…
Reading, Math, Art, AWANA… all in a homeschool day… but it’s Science that’s always the favorite… … even for the cat!
What do you get when you put FOUR BOYS and TWO MOMS in a LAKESIDE CABIN in Vermont for ONE WEEK? Hours spent at the LAKE: Endless SMILES. More FISH than you care to take off the hook so it’s a good thing the boys learned to do it themselves: Contagious GIGGLES. And Summertime MEMORIES…
The boys started their morning, picking up where they left off last night: playing outside with Cranium’s Super Fort Building Set. In their adventures, they happened upon a baby bird that had fallen from its nest. They were sad that its life had ended so quickly, but fascinated by its appearance: translucent skin, HUGE…
The Saturday before Easter, the boys built a butterfly house at a local Home Depot Kids Workshop. Today, we took advantage of the beautiful Spring weather and invited a neighbor to join us in painting the houses to attract our colorful, winged friends. Butterflies prefer bright reds, oranges, yellows, and purples, so those are…