We did a lot of logic games for Letter L. The kids love them and they're so good for their noggins. Makes 'em think and I like that a lot! We've collected quite a few over the years and oddly enough many of them start with the letter L. We also played limbo outside which they just loved...lots of giggles! The older two did lines of symmetry and similar exercises on Khan Academy while the little kids worked with lacing cards.
I tried to sneak a pic of Vann doing his math...he caught me!
Magformers...not an L, but Ash wanted to play with them.
I challenged him to build a house.
So he did!
He likes these a lot.
Shape-o-metry...again not an L, but it makes you think.
How cute are these two?! They did a bunch of pages of Word Ladders together. It was adorable to hear them try to figure the answers out as a team.
He's just as cute as can be! That afternoon Chris golfed with a buddy. I squeezed in an amazing hour of yoga at Bloom. And the boys closed the pool down! I'm so happy we all got to do a little of what we love. Made for a great day!
And this...I love it.
This was the next morning...he was being silly :)
The boys worked hard cleaning the car out. We're driving to Kansas tonight and I always like to start with a clean slate. Even though it'll be a mess again once we get on the road ha!
Our letter K day involved just a few K activities, but not as many as I would've liked. That's okay though...sometimes you just gotta go with the flow! We chatted about kangaroos and kittens. And about how we all think we should get a kitten. I'm such a cat lover and sure do miss having them in the house. Hopefully one day soonish we'll get a kitten! They did a few math problems on Khan Academy. We also made kirigami. I bet you can guess that this was all Vann's idea! He's an origami lover and was very excited to teach the kids how to fold and cut kirigami.
Kirigami is when you fold paper and then cut it. Those snowflakes we've been making all these years have a name...who knew?!
Chaycers made connecting hearts.
Harley made connecting stars.
Vann made a sheet of diamonds. And a bunch of other stuff that I didn't get pics of.
All three of our baby birds have left the nest! This lil guy wasn't quite ready yet as he can't fly. He just hops and flaps his wings. Still cute as be can be though! Mama bird was pretty worried when she stopped in the middle of the street. She was chirping her 'mama bear' chirp loudly and non stop! I was ready to jump in front of any car if need be, but thankfully she made it across safely. I hope she stays safe till she learns to fly. It was so neat to watch the baby birds get a little stronger each day. I'm gonna miss them!
Here's Vann playing one of his songs from last week. This was right after he got home from his lesson.
And this was after a week of practice right before his next lesson. So funny, I think he's wearing the same outfit lol. The sound on the piano needs to be turned up a bit, you can here the clicking of the keys, but he's so much quicker! He loves to play and practices every day all on his own. It seriously makes my heart smile to listen to him. I love it!
We skipped our letter fun on Monday and jumped back in to letter J fun on Tuesday! We made blow jets. Practiced our jumping. Played slap jack...which turned into go fish as they like that game better. We learned about jelly fish. They are crazy cool. I got stung one time when I was younger...not sure how old, under 14 though. My mom, dad, sister and I were in Galveston at the beach and all I remember was walking out to get a better look at that pretty thing in the ocean. Bad move Jen, bad move. I walked right into the jelly fish! My dad was right there and scooped me up...getting stung in the process. Even still, I think they are pretty and amazing. Although I think that about almost every living creature...even spiders which I uber dislike. Speaking of spiders, we learned about jumping spiders. The boys love spiders...eew! Later that night as we were snuggling before bed, we were watching an animal show on tv and wouldn't ya know a blurp about jumping spiders came on! I love when stuff like that happens.
Vann used the stencil to make his jet.
The rest of the kids used a pre-made one. I helped Ash cut and fold his, but boy did he enjoy blowing it!
Over and over and over again!
Squeals and yays every time he launched his jet!
Chaycers following the instructions on where to fold it.
Then you tape it to a large straw, insert a smaller straw and blow to make your jet fly.
Vann's turn.
We spent a lot of time outside as well. Watched our baby birds. Rode bikes. Rollerbladed. Ate popsicles. I read some of my book. It was a lovely afternoon!
He's gotta protect at all times! A little dangerous I know. But he's a boy and I've gotten used to them living on the edge just a bit.
They made a mini roller rink out of the driveway.
And then this happened lol. Which turned into Chayce riding his bike while he pulled Vann on blades down the sidewalk. And you guessed it...a big bump on the 'road' and boom...two scraped knees. He got 'em pretty good. But I doctored him up and he's all good now. I hate when they hurt themselves.
Finishing a book is bittersweet sometimes. I was happy to be at the end, but sad it was over. Such a great read this one. I've discovered I'm so drawn to historical books, both fiction and non. Also books about other countries and war. It still surprises me when I get engulfed in these such books as I disliked history the most in school. Probably because text books are boring. But now I can't get enough! If you haven't read this book you totally should. It's fantastic.
Letter H is in the books! We played Hangman, an oldie but goodie that the boys love. Practiced our handwriting. Chaycers is printing, Vann is working on his cursive and little Ash is doing mostly capital letters. We learned about horses. Did you know that a female foal is called a filly? I'm not sure how, but I didn't know that! We made homemade salsa. Ash helped me cut some cilantro from our garden. Fresh herbs are my fav. We chatted about our hearts in our bodies. We felt them beating and talked a little about how they work. Then I showed them the easy way to cut a heart out of paper. Ash was amazed!
They wanted to glue them on another piece of paper.
He loved his hearts!
Peek-a-boo!
Look Mom!
Right here is perfect.
We hit the pool after work again. I packed up a quick dinner (ham and cheese tortilla roll ups, blueberries, peaches and baby tomatoes...easy peasy) and off we went! I'm in love with our pool pass. It will get a ton of use this summer for sure!
The boys playing catch.
Ash would throw the ball...
And the older two would try to get it first.
These two also rode on all the slides, went around the lazy river, played with a few friends they knew. Lots of fun!
My Sweets and I...I heart that cute face :) He was all about me throwing the diving sticks and him retrieving them. We did this over and over again!
