Rhinonery

William made Landon a Rhinoceros for his birthday, which he has become so very attached to. Today he was busy building a house for "Rhinonery " as he calls him. It was planned that Rhinonery would sleep in the house for the night. About 5 minutes after I said good night I hear tiny footsteps coming down the stairs with quiet sobs. "I need Rhinonery." says, my babe.

So an empty castle but ........

a bed full of friends.

Sunday Smiles

{sunday smiles}: moments that made us smile from this past week

relaxed

We went to a show this morning: Peter Rabbit, and then spent the rest of the day outside.
We had a picnic by a pond

played,

laughed,

concentrated,

created.


Another wonderful day with my sweet boys. Being outside in the fresh air makes my days so much better and life goes a little bit smoother.

Are there dishes in the sink?: yes.

Is there dog hair in the corners?: yes.

Do I get this day to do over?: no.

Therefore I will take as many moments I can to live with my boys and not sweat the rest.

new member

We have a new member of our family. My brother- in- law and sister- in- law just had their first baby. A sweet little girl. She is the first girl grand baby on Eric's side. The boys are just dying to meet their new cousin. So glad we are in the same state. They truly love visiting family.
Such joy!

picture study

I've done some reading on "picture study". It is part of a Charlotte Mason curriculum. I have been a bit skeptical on the idea but thought I would give it a try. So I borrowed a few art books from the library and decided upon this one.

Last Tuesday while eating snack I introduced the picture.

Harlequin by Pablo Picasso


We talked about what we noticed and every day during snack I would ask them a few more questions: what colors do you see?, what shapes do you see?, what do you think it is about? and so forth. I then told them the title and artist's name and each day they would tell me the names back. It seemed to be going pretty well.

Today we answered the question that was on the opposing page( I had it covered all week) It asks about the shape that is on the shirt: squares. You then turn the page and there are 4 more pictures of other artwork with squares.

Our goal for today was to draw a picture using predominately squares.



I thought we all did a decent job.
From top to bottom:
Landon
Will
Mom


William was working hard on making all four sides equal... and mama too!

Landon would draw his squares while saying 1, 2, 3, 4. He was learning how they have four sides and counting.

I have to say I thought this was a pretty neat idea and will continue working through the book as it covers all different shapes.

My favorite part of the week was when both boys were trying to pronounce Pablo Picasso- it always made me smile.

Sunday Smiles

{sunday smiles}: moments that made us smile from this past week



William created a Ninja Warrior course-( Ninja Warriors is a Japanese game show the boys watch with daddy, it is an obstacle course of extreme challenges.) The boys love making up their own courses outsides and sometimes even for their little animals inside.




Landon worked hard on making a castle for all if his little wooden animals.



Hanging at Will's game.

Opening Day

William was so excited for his first game. This is the first time he has played baseball with a team and has been looking forward to it for months now.

He did a super job at hitting- two hits and made it to first both times.

They only play two innings at the moment and only let them run one base at time. This is a beginners league, which is great for learning how to play. The coaches have said that by the end of the season things will be more realistic towards a proper game. However, this is just right for now.We had a fun day watching and came home to play even more baseball with dad's rules.

The night ended with a little ice cream and TV.