Weekly wrap up -- March 13
Wow! What a week! Last week I stayed off my computer by choice and enjoyed lots of extra this, among other things:
This week I stayed off the computer by force . . . lots of activities throughout the week and part of a day with our phone and internet down.
Quick sum up of last week . . . We have enjoyed checking out programs offered by local park districts. These are often free or very inexpensive and are great for a short field trip to break up the week.
Some great hand puppets for the kids to play withThe Three Bears exhibit compared the polar bear, the brown bear and the grizzly bear with lots of information about each one.
They had engaging books to read with the kids, height comparison charts,
samples of fur, bones, and scat (fake), and even a Geosafari game to test your knowledge.
We enjoyed some beautiful weather before a dip back into winter this week, and ended the week with snow cones on the porch.
This week the kids finished up their pinewood derby cars for Thursday night's race.
None of them placed, but I thought they turned out really well and they all had lots of fun enjoying the event and seeing all the other cars.
Faith's is the hot dog, Blake's is the car pictured on top.
Paige decorated hers as the US flagWe also hosted the monthly Keeper's Club. My parents led the meeting with a detailed look at seeds and gardening.
My mom enjoys plants and working the soil and shared so much information about seeds, plants, composting, and a variety of other related topics. I saved her notes and will type them up here in the future. Lots of great tips for gardening!
They brought a variety of seed samples for the kids to look at and sort through . . . milk weed, silver dollar plants, beets, carrots, hollyhocks, carrots, dill, chives, and many more. The kids sorted them into milk cartons and labeled them to take with them.
My kids enjoyed showing off their plants --
Blake's avacado
Faith's Stefanotus
And our week-old sprouts for this summer's garden.
Faith's Stefanotus
And our week-old sprouts for this summer's garden.We will be taking next week off mostly for our spring break since my husband is off work. We still have co-op on Monday, but other than that we look forward to a relaxing week together.
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Comments
Sounds like a fun couple of weeks.. enjoy your week off.
And, I love the hot dog derby car. Too cute!
Kris, just so you know, that avacado 'tree' has been 2 1/2 years in the making. I think he might be able to have home grown guacamole for his wedding at this rate. :-) And, we can't ever plant it outside because it freezes so hard all winter here. He has plans to rig up a giant rolling cart to bring his 10 foot tree in for the winter in a decade.
I think we just need to move somewhere warm.
~Erin