2nd, K and Preschool So Far - Art

We have been doing a nice mix of process art, product art, history-linked art and superhero drawing.

Viking Sensory Tub

Oh, my, goodness have the boys LOVED this sensory tub.

It all starts on a peaceful little farm along the Seine where the Franks are fishing and tending their fields where oats, peas, beans and barley grow.  (I assume that song is historically accurate.)

But in the distance they hear the splash, splash, splash of oars.  It's the Vikings come to pillage the town!!

As you can imagine, chaos ensues...especially when you have three little boys at the helm.  Eventually the Vikings take over the area of Normandy and many become farmers.  Some however still have wanderlust in their blood; Eric the Red tries to persuade them to come to his new settlement on the lush, island paradise of Greenland.  "Come on over, Guys, the weather is fine!!"

Oh, bother.

2nd Grade So Far - Spanish

Peter's Spanish has been improving by leaps and bounds.  He has been working with a couple of online programs and soon we are going to start incorporating a book that will help teach the grammatical concepts a little more explicitly.

He has been composing sentences out of word cards I made for him.

Addy and Bea

Where did the last year go?

September Outings

Going to the nature center with friends:

Going "camping".  We were planning a camping trip to Boyne City, but between Spencer breaking his arm and Audrey going through a rough sleeping patch and all of us still re-combobulating ourselves after a busy August, we decided to faux camp and take a stay-cation this year.

We watched movies on the airbed:

Went to the beach:

And visited the Detroit Zoo with my parents:

Nana and her four grandchildren.

Elliot's Disappointments

Elliot was scheduled for an ingestion challenge at the allergist to see if it was safe for him to start eating wheat.  Unfortunately the results were far from ideal.  Before we could proceed to the ingestion portion of the test, he first had to pass a scratch test for the allergen.  His skin reacted too severely for it to be safe for him to even attempt the ingestion test.  The doctor says we can try again in a couple years.

Then, the very next day, I noticed that Elliot has an adult tooth coming up behind his baby tooth.  We have been wiggling that baby tooth like mad, but it is kind of wedged in there and Elliot worries that the dentist will pull it if it is still in come our appointment in October.