Mar. 28-Apr. 1, 2011

                                    Continuing our work on the farm mural with Papa looking on

                                                

          Rediscovered our subscription to BrainPop so these two were exploring it and found a video on the systems of the body.  Very educational.

                                                            

Big Bro is learning about cells in science so I found a recipe to make our own cells using the goodies below.  Remember organelles, ribosomes and mitochondria??

 

Making a rooster mosaic out of beans.  He was very intent on filling in every white space and was very focused to finish the project.

                         Helping with dinner and Lil Bro’s first time with a real knife dicing tomatoes  

                          

                                  For dessert we had the cell creation we made earlier in the day. 

                                                                      

Mar. 21-25, 2011

We took a trip to the farm as a starter activity for our farm unit.  He felt right at home!

                                     

                         Check out the chicks                                                         Tractor ride…kind of 

                      

 

                     

                       Newborn pigs                                

                       Molly, the sheep                               Ride’m cowby                         Love this pic of Molly

                                                                             Hay ride                                                 Front row seat

                          

Even Papa went on the ride                   Love this straw picture!                     Cowboy swing

  

                                Posing on the bridge at the farm…gorgeous little boy

                          

                           The farmer gave us fertilized Cochin chicken eggs for our incubator

                

                                                                                Our eggs                                              Due date:  April 13

                         

      Time for the Playmobil farm, even Big Bro loves it           Our first chrysalis

                                   

                                                          4 others are preparing to transform                        

                                                        

           Co-op…painting his clay pot from a previous week and making some new concoction

                                    

                 Making our farm mural                                      Helping me make a healthy smoothie

                    

Our nutrition workshop with Bianca.  The boys learned about the benefits of exercise to various muscle groups.  We learned the difference between aerobic and anaerobic exercises.

                                                      

Updated progress photos of our raised bed gardens.  We planted some seeds and transplanted some young plants.  So these are photos on Day #1.  We are hoping for toads so we even put a toad house in between each garden.

                                  

We have leek, peppers, lettuce, onions, mint, basil, cucumbers, pumpkins, rosemary, carrots and shallots.

                   

In this bed we have tomatoes, watermelon, blackberries, strawberries and eggplant.