Week 4!

Week 4 was an interesting week....I had such great plans for our new outdoor mud kitchen and making quiche & scones for lunch!  But - as soon as we went outside, first thing in the morning, I slipped and fell VERY hard.  I was out of commission for about an hour, but fortunately Gigi's awesome sister Jamie came to the rescue!  She is Abbie's age & has quite a few little brothers & sisters (7 to be exact, plus 2 little nephews) so has tons of experience with children :0)  Everyone was still able to play in the mud, crack a dozen eggs for our quiche, and measure & mix for scones!  It was a great morning and I even felt well enough to do a short circle time before snack - although I did need to sit much of the morning as I was feeling dizzy.  Hopefully we are done with freak accidents - here are a few pictures we managed to take during our busy morning!

We read "Pelle's New Suit" - Pelle shears his sheep & dyes the wool, then trades work for carding, spinning, weaving & finally having it made into a new suit.  Here Isaac & Josie are weaving on miniature looms.

Ella is learning to card real lamb's wool!

They really caught on - time to get out the hot pad making set!

Gigi, Jamie & Silas getting the eggs cracked

Ezra's version of cracking an egg was to just chuck it into the bowl ;0)  Jamie fished it out & helped him tap it on the side instead....funny!

I'm pretty sure Rachel & Isaac have done this before...

Everyone wanted to add a bit of salt & a few spices

Ah, some quiet time - there's our storytime book & a wee felted lamb I made over the summer

Abbie & Gigi are working on the scones

Our yummy quiche!

More week 3 pics

Outside time doing leaf rubbings....

Isaac at his office

Mandolin, Josie & Gigi

Ezra liked the bumps on the concret!

Isaac brought some VERY cool plaster footprints!  I think he found a cat, racoon, and maybe a possom..

The kitchen area is always a favorite

Josie was tired after a busy morning - Silas tucked her in :0)

Emily made sure Ben was 'covered'

Silas seems to be pondering the roundhouse trains - wonder what he's thinking?

Another fun week!  This coming week we will make lunch at playschool again so no need to bring a lunch!

Hedgie crafts

We were inspired by our little prickly friend - we read stories about hedgehogs & made little Hedgies to take home!

Josie, Mandolin & Ella are making playdough hedgehogs with googly eyes and pieces of spaghetti

Rachel is making a hedgehog using a rock, soft pine needles, pine cone pieces (for ears) & a low temp hot glue gun

Isaac's turn!

Ben loves playdough AND hedgehogs!

Emily Herin was in our homeschool group until moving recently, but it was great to have her visit for the day!

Week 3 - Welcome to Hedgie!

This week Mandolin brought her sister's pet, Hedgie the Hedgehog!  He was a bit prickly, but more like a hairbrush ;0) 

Look at that FACE!!  How can you resist the cuteness?!

I think Josie wants one now....

Gigi  is ready to snuggle!

Ben is fearless when it comes to animals....

Ezra is so excited!

We love visitors - just let us know anytime your child would like to bring someone in :0)

Week two!

We added 2 more friends today - welcome to Ben, my youngest (age 3) & Ella, Ezra's sister (age 6)!  Today we read "The Apple Pie Tree" & heard the story of the Star in the Apple (a house with no windows & no doors & a star inside).  Then we used real knives to cut up yummy organic golden delicious apples from Blue Heron Orchard http://www.blueheronorchard.com/ to make apple sauce!  Delish :0)  As that was cooking we had our free play time and everyone wanted to paint an apple tree using Q-tips.  We now have individual cubbies for lunches, papers, etc., and Thank You so much to Katy Love for letting us use her bookshelf, parachute & fairy bower!  We will get the parachute out next week for some outdoor games, and hopefully get the bower hung...little by little....here's are some pictures....

We have a great outdoor area for ball, tag, and lots of running!

Nice face ;0) Everyone loves dress up...

Some tea, sir?

Get cookin' Gigi!

Mandolin & Isaac practice using knives to cut up the apples....no one lost a finger today!

Isaac really loved cutting apples, and both he & Silas were fearless!

Our bean sensory tub got a bit crazy - but we have awesome cleaner-uppers :0)

Ben's first day - relaxing with one of his favorite train books...

Crazy beans!

Great minds working together

Hadn't thought of this one - ordering the tree blocks by size!

Passing out napkins, bowls, spoons, plates, mugs

I think Gigi can see the spoon, Ben!

What a beautiful full table for fellowship!  We were so busy getting things ready we forgot to pray today - we'll find our rhythm eventually :0)  Silas prayed for us last week!

Cooked apples just before we pulverized them!  Yes, it was warm, cinnamon applesauce....yum.

A delicious meal together :0)  We had homemade whole wheat bread, homemade butter, homemade organic applesauce, homemade hummus w/ carrots grown in our garden, cashew butter, and tuna.  

Another wonderful day!  If you wonder what we did outside at the end of the day, it was the same as last week ;0)  These guys LOVE dirt, sticks, and acorns!