Cobbler...

Today has been wet, wet, wet!!  We are supposed to get rain and thundershowers through Tuesday!  This morning was dry so Daddy got some work done outside. 

Last week my wonderful FIL drove all of the way out here with his 5th wheel to help take down our swimming pool.  He actually did most of it by himself while Daddy was at work!!  He stayed in his 5th wheel that night and then mowed our lawn the next day!  Woohoo what an awesome thing to do!!  We GREATLY appreciated it. 

This morning Daddy cut up the liner and rolled it up in order to take it to the dump.  The neighbor came over and hauled away the deck with his flat bed trailer and then Daddy pulled out the concrete where the deck had been!!  Now all that is left is to bring in some dirt and level it out!!  Yaaaaa!! 

After Daddy came in Sister K and I left to take her to a birthday party.  Then I went SHOPPING!!!  I purchased materials to make the littles some sandpaper letters.  We are going to begin working on the alphabet shortly.  To purchase sandpaper letters would cost a minimum of $60 - $70.  More than I wanted to spend!  I've already started them and so far I'm pretty happy with how they are turning out.  I'll show you the finished product when they are completed. 

Brother J and Brother S helped make fruit cobbler for dessert tonight!!  Lots of learning going on :)  They helped measure, pour and stir.  They helped put the solid butter in the microwave and were surprised by what it looked like when it came out :)  When I brought out the egg, both of them started saying egg and then Brother S said "chicken egg".  We laughed.  As Brother J was stirring the batter they were both saying "bye bye chicken egg" :)  Kids are so funny!  We used raspberries (Brother J likes them) and blueberries (Brother S like those).  The cobbler was YUMMY!! We enjoyed it with some vanilla ice cream!

The finished (and already dug into) product.

Brother S (yes, that's a turtle neck he is wearing in 80 degree weather.  He saw it in his closet and just had to wear it because it had all of those balls on it!!  This is his second day wearing it!  Thankfully I was able to get it off of him tonight at bedtime :)

Brother J

Talk to ya soon...

Busy week...

This week has been a great week!  We decided to work with a theme this week for the boys learning fun.  I chose butterflies (a little girly I know!)  We didn't get everything done that I wanted to so we will continue it into next week.  One of the activities they did (and really enjoyed) was a butterfly match.  I thought this would be a little tougher for them than it was.  It took each one a little bit to catch on but once they did you could just see their brains ticking :)

They are sitting on little "rugs".  Individual rugs are used in Montessori to define the child's work space.  Before they begin an activity, they pick up a rug, unroll it, and then obtain their tray with the activity of their choice.  They take the activity over to their rug and it is done on the rug.  This space on the rug is theirs, it's personal.  It's a place where they can focus on a task and not worry about being interrupted or having their hard work destroyed.  We are learning that when someone is on their rug we walk "around" the rug, or sit "beside" the rug to quietly watch.  They are doing great with it!  Brother J actually pulled his out, after our learning fun, in order to be able to play with his tractors without being disturbed :)!!  This past Saturday Sissy went to prom.  She looked so pretty!  All of the girls did.  I didn't know her date (he was just a friend), but he seemed like a nice guy.  The prom was on a river boat.  She said she had alot of fun.  So much that she wasn't ready to come home at about 1 a.m. :)  She did though.

This is the group of kids she went with.  She is second from the left in the orange/silver strip type dress.

 

This was her date for the night.

This is us.

Sissy and Sister E.  After pictures they all loaded onto a party bus and they were off.  They had a blast!!  There is so much more to our week, but this post is getting long, so I'll fill you in on more later!!  Talk to ya soon...