Okay, this week was definitely a test of our schedule. Combined with some difficult school topics, Little Bro’s birthday and party and then me leaving town Thursday and Friday…I’d say it was a miracle we got most of it done! We will be working hard, very hard this coming week to make up for some missed work from this week, though.
Here’s a glance into our wild and crazy week:
Big Bro worked extremely hard for two full days on his math and science this week. He was truly wiped out by the end of the afternoon.
Smiling at the start of the day Needing a change mid-morning
Ala is always there for moral support! His new headphones to drown out our voices
Monday was the beginning of letter “Bb” for Little Bro…loves to read his new board and practice some pre-writing skills, too.
Starting off with the official “B” Book We began calendar and weather today, too
Puzzle time with Mrs. Spider Looking for items that begin with B for our Bag book
Good fine motor skill practice
A fun new game about things that go together…love the thinking that goes into the pairs!
Big Bro was working on dividing decimals and the online lesson showed the use of Base 10 units and I was thrilled to have found some at a curriculum sale in the spring so pulled them out for him to get some hands-on learning, too.
Little Bro’s art lesson for “Bb”…making birds using circles and triangles…oh, and following directions as I stated the steps in order. He did awesome and really loved the challenge!
Tuesday “B” was with us so Little Bro and he had a blast getting extra play time together as I was very busy with Big Bro working on science and math. Here they are with a make shift fort in the breakfast room. They had flashlights and books (oh, and of course, cars) underneath! Later in the day, Papa took the twins swimming while Big Bro did his swim practice.
Here’s Big Bro conferring with his science teacher about some questions he had and she patiently walked him through it step by step. She worked with him on the phone for about a half-hour.
Wednesday is co-op day and the boys were super excited to go. In addition, it was Little Bro’s 4th birthday!!! So we planned to have a mini-celebration there with cake and singing. Even Daddy and Papa were able to join us! The morning began with a gift…see the happy smile?
Daddy helping him in P.E. at co-op
Big Bro and his friend “R” playing with Little Bro’s new present unbeknownst to him. Cake #1…shortly after everyone began to sing, he squeezed behind me in tears. We felt awful! He was fine when they stopped, though.
Big Bro’s video game design class
Little Bro color mixing after hearing Mouse Paint with his class
Sitting with his new present in between classes
Thursday…the day of his birthday party at Jump Zone…early morning festivities.
Hot Wheels Battleforce 5…he’s been car-crazy since his first birthday! Seriously! If you need a particular Hot Wheel, we probably own it.
Some party goers :) Nana and Big Bro
Little Bro and best pal, “B” Yummy cake! My party!
After the fun and festivities, it was time to head home to get Nana and Papa’s gifts and boy did they get them! Little Bro got an amazing gift from his N & P…but coming from a very techy household, I guess it makes perfect sense! I must say that since he received the iTouch, Little Bro has played with it the least…it keeps getting picked up by Big Bro but mostly by Daddy.
His new iTouch Showing Nana how to work it Ala joining in the fun!
Then that afternoon, Nana and I headed out for a church retreat in Clearwater and Daddy and Papa stayed with the boys. So since Daddy was on vacation Friday, there was no school for the boys. Love the flexibility of homeschooling so that we could do these things and just catch up on other days. We even did some work this weekend, Big Bro and I, to catch up. More on that next week.
Until then,
Crystal
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