Now that I've been keeping track of what the kids have been up to, I'm noticing that they get really interested in one thing for a month, and then drop it. Stop motion animation. Toppling dominoes. Monopoly. Baking. RC cars. This month it was Perler beads. Early in the month I picked up a $5 bucket of beads at a trip to Ikea. We got home and they went to work right away. They worked hard on their projects every day for weeks! They decided to make Christmas ornaments out of them and sell them at our homeschool craft fair. It was neat to see them so motivated and work so hard on something.
We went to the beach.
We went to a storytelling workshop and listen to Jim Weiss tell stories, and they got to meet him afterwards. (He narrates a lot of the audio books that the boys listen to like Story of the World, Tale of Peter Rabbit, plus a ton more). I met him once before at a homeschool conference, but it was a first for the boys. Ben actually drew a picture of one of the stories he told and gave it to him. We made a mom-kid date out of it and Mark stayed home with the girls. It was a fun night!
Dominoes were rediscovered.
Painting
Tommy made these scene of our street out of powdered tempura paint, masking tape, and toothpicks. It was a huge mess, but worth it to see him be so creative.
I resolved to get out into nature more this month. We try to go for a walk every morning (it usually works out to be 2-3 times a week). It helps everyone's mood to get some exercise and fresh air first thing after breakfast, and helps the boys burn off some of their ample energy.
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