Jayden's Birthday
We celebrated Cousin Jayden's (Harting) birthday by attending the JDRF (Junior Diabetes Research Foundation) walk.
We met at the park on a cold wet day where we joined with hundreds of other to walk around Liberty Park.
Then we had a nice lunch provided by Paradise Cafe.
(Zane comparing muscles with Aunt Hannah. :)
And afterwards yummy fruit, treats and birthday cake.
Hannah brought us all little honey bear jars filled with sweet treats.
The kids were able to enjoy the playground, see a Fire Engine, play on the bouncy slides and jungle gym,
wander the park and see the ducks...
And the favorite activity of all...The Bouncy Fight!
Cousin Hannah and Jessie (and baby McKenna.) I love these girls!
It was a great day with my boys!
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Family School
Colleen Hunting and I planned a Family School themed around the Transcontinental Railroad. When planning she mentioned that she had been wanting to do an activity with her kids about the railroad. I knew that it would be something my boys would love AND that I would have so much material for us to use. We started by watching "Charlie Brown The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad."
Then we read parts from the books "Locomotive" by Brian Floca and "Ten Mile Day" by Mary Ann Fraser. We split the kids into an older group and younger group and made watercolor shape trains and played a folder game with questions from the books. We finished up by decorating train sugar cookies and building train tracks.
There was a new Lego Pine Wood Derby building station with a huge track. Max has been very sad that he will only get to the participate in a pine wood derby three years so this was an awesome bonus for him! They built many variations of vehicles and raced them against several other kids. Max was especially good at building winning cars!
The ball zone may be the all time favorite for both of them.
This is the one that when it is time to go they choose to return here for the last bit of play.
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These large fort building pieces were a fun Saturday yard sale find.
New exciting school items: Robot Turtle coding game, Zane's Life of Fred Kingie doll and Max's Good and Beautiful reader in his favorite reading spot.
I was sick the night before cousin Becca's Bazaar so much to all of our disappointment we were unable to go. Max was determined that we would still have a bazaar so he spent the morning setting up booths for us. We had boat floating, paper airplane toss, a stop motion movie, vendors with art and delicious muffins. He even included a map. It was a fun way to spend the day and he showed such a great attitude and sweetness!
Pack Meeting: Live Tic-Tac-Toe
Snuggles and cuddles
Then we read parts from the books "Locomotive" by Brian Floca and "Ten Mile Day" by Mary Ann Fraser. We split the kids into an older group and younger group and made watercolor shape trains and played a folder game with questions from the books. We finished up by decorating train sugar cookies and building train tracks.
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Gateway Discovery Museum
I am so grateful when museums have Homeschool day!
We were able to go to one of the boy's favorite places for very little cost.
The construction zone is always the first place they want to play.
This is the one that when it is time to go they choose to return here for the last bit of play.
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These large fort building pieces were a fun Saturday yard sale find.
