By henryjn, on November 21st, 2008%
This little one loves to feed the ducks. They are the only animals, along with some barn cats, that we have left around here. If you’ve followed us over the years, you know we had some other animals, so to only have ducks and some cats around is sort of different. It is fine by my for the time being and Erin doesn’t mind either. She just loves to walk out to the barn and help me raise up the garage door, with a little grunt, and then she gets all excited when I open the feed can to scoop out the feed. Then, she handles the scooper with her two little hands and heads out to the area where we feed the ducks and they all come waddling up. She’s pretty brave for an almost two-year old!
After we fed the ducks, we checked out the pond to see if there was any action over there and then off to the tire swing. She has now moved up to the big swing and requests it over her little baby swing. She’s growing up and moving on!
By henryjn, on November 20th, 2008%
I was reminded the other day that I carried this little one in a sling for many months, as well as her two brothers, and I loved the feeling of having them so close. I just had to dig out this sling to see if she still fit and if she liked it. Well, she fit and she liked it for a little while, until she was ready to get down and play.
She’ll be two in January, but for now she’s still a baby- my baby and I’ll snuggle her up as long as she’s willing to let me.
By henryjn, on November 17th, 2008%
One of my favorite blogs, that I frequent daily, gave me the inspiration to head outside for some watercolor printing. Her post has great pictures with step by step instructions on how to actually make the prints. So check it out and spend some time at her blog and vote for her too for best Homeschool Blog!
It was funny because, on this particular day, I asked the boys if they wanted to go outside and paint with me. They weren’t interested, so I picked up my handy metal caddy (remember from this post) that was stocked with the watercolor supplies and a pad of paper and headed outside. Then, I gathered some leaves and sat myself down on the driveway and got to work. One by one they came out to see what I was doing and joined in. Now, it could have gone in a totally different direction, which has happened in the past. I could have gotten upset that they didn’t want to do what I thought was a great idea and just given up. But, by going ahead and starting the process they were able to see it and then decide if they wanted to join in or not. What a concept. Has anyone had this experience with their children or students? Or, if not, try it and let me know how it goes.
By henryjn, on November 15th, 2008%
Now that it’s almost Thanksgiving, I thought I’d share some photos that have been hanging out on my camera. The HULK was just too funny not to share and those blue eyes on the NINJA were too beautiful to not mention.
The pumpkin design came from here, it’s supposed to be Jack from the movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. You just print out the template and tape it to your pumpkin and cut out. This design is not very child friendly, so I did all the cutting and most of the scooping too, because the boys thought it was tedious and Sean didn’t like touching the seeds. Their favorite part was snuggling outside on the porch watching their pumpkins glow in the dark listening to Daddy read Hank the Cowdog.
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