Wordless Wednesday - Math in PJs

Post It Note Tuesday - Field Trip

Wordless Wednesday - Pumpkin Farm

Dad Attempted School

 

 

We have been a sick household this week.  First Dad got sick last weekend, then LittleBit had a really bad day on Monday and has spent the rest of this week recovering and being congested.  Monday night I started feeling bad and Tuesday night I pulled a muscle in my back coughing, yippee for me. 

My husband stayed home from work on Wednesday to hopefully get better himself and give me a day to get better.  I spent most of the day in bed with a heating pad.  Dad announced he and LittleBit were going to do some school,  so I told him where we were in math, science and mentioned the Viking boat we were going to build.  It seemed like enough for them to try, I overestimated.

A little later I heard Dad and LittleBit working on math. Dad was getting a little frustrated with LittleBit’s lack of effort.  I admit it I got tickled just a little, I have spent many a day where he is too tired, bored, etc to put in a complete effort and I know how Dad was feeling, I have been there.  I think is great Dad wanted to help out with school though and I have since been told by LittleBit, that he just not the same as I am, I am better at it.  GO MOM!

So for school time, Dad managed to do 2 pages of math, question my honesty on whether or not LittleBit can actually add with renaming(he can) plus they built the Viking ship, and read about Ugly Bugs.  They also did some “testing”  using different weight papers for paper airplanes.  Not a full school day by any means but a learning experience for all.  COOL DAD!

Post It Note Tuesday

Blogger Award!

 

Thanks to Amy from Complete Knowledge 4 me and Melissa at Just Starting Out, I received my first blogger award.  Talk about making my day!  Thank you to Melissa and Amy for thinking of me.

 

To accept the Versatile Blogger Award the rules are:
•Thank and link back to who gave you the award.
•Share 7 things about yourself.
•Pass it along to 15 blogs you've recently discovered and enjoy
•Leave your recipients a note, telling them about the award

 

7 things about me (I am so bad at this)

1. I have been married almost 20 years to my best friend and best husband in the world.

2. I am the mom to one boy who is a heart baby, he has Tetralogy of Fallot.

3.  I really like all my tech gadgets, laptop, Droid X, Zune, etc.  I am more of a techie than my electrical engineer geeky husband. 

4. I used to have a wedding business where I made custom decorations.  I have given it up for more time with my son and homeschooling.

5. I am in the process of starting a Etsy store selling handmade crafts

6. I have discovered Knock off Wood and making my own furniture, I may be a little obsessed with woodworking. 

7. My guilty pleasure is reading romance novels. 

 

I am passing this award to the following friends and bloggers.

1. Little Sparrow Academy

2. A Work in Progress

3. Forever For Always No Matter What

4. Magical Mouse Schoolhouse

5. Stories From the Shoebox

6. Adventures of Arbor Creek

7. Accidentally Homeschooling

8. Giggles Wiggles and Wonder

9. Live Learn and Love Together

10.My Home in the Smokies

11.School in the Kitchen

12.The Homeschool Chick

13.The Tuckers Take Tennessee

14.Teachable Moments

15.The Disorganized Mom Homeschools

 

Have a great week everyone!

A busy week

 

We have had a busy week and we have a busy month coming up.  The weather has finally turned cooler and LittleBit can get outside to play.  As a heart baby the heat is hard on him, which is one of the reason we homeschool through the summer.   Fall is our season, we love the cooler weather. 

 

For October we have bug club, hayrides, Taekwondo, concerts, trip to see the Nina, planetarium visit, campfire circle, campout weekend, etc. A busy month ahead sounds like lots of fun, learning and hopefully lots of pictures. 

I think we have finally found someone for guitar lessons and while I am trying to get that scheduled, LittleBit is back to wanting to learn the piano, stinker.  At this rate I might wait until the first of the year. 

 

Here are a few pictures from some of the things we did this past week. 

We have TKD, 2 to 3 days a week plus tumbling one of those days.

He is all about Halloween and decorating this year, I am a fall decorator, I don’t do scary.  Here is a quick little cute craft that is made with clay pots, chalkboard paint and chalk. For the instructions click here.

  Built a Lego creation for a contest.

 

Painted a birdfeeder for Apologia Zoology field study.

 

 

 

A nature study to learn about leaves and trees. Never let it be said my child is an unsocialized homeschooler, LOL. The photo with the group of people, they built a tree and LittleBit was the heart of the tree. WARNING MOM BRAG HERE: I have to thank Apologia for his knowledge in botany.  They asked what trees gave us, answers wood, shade, food, and oxygen, did you know the veins in the leaves are how the tree gets water and nutrients.  I let you guess which answer was my cutest, smartest, kid’s in the whole world.  END OF BRAG.