An Adventure

Today we headed to the Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge for a little day out. It's on Lake Lowell in Nampa, ID. We had a little trouble getting there, my google directions were WAY off, but lucky for us we had tanya with us who has a knack for directions. Once we got back on track after our little scenic trip to Bowl Island near Marsing, we finally made it to Lake Lowell the round about way.
We ate our lunches outside and saw a beautiful Blue Heron fly over the lake. Then we toured the visitors center.
Finally we drove around the lake and found a spot to get out and hike near the lake. We had so much fun!

Like little ants on a log

Goofy ants

 

 

 

 Oliver and Me

Kaleb says " You can't go hiking without a trusty stick!"

Sometimes Thou may'st walk in Groves,
which being full of Majestie will much advance the Soul.
-  Thomas Vaughan,  Anima Magica Abscondita

FHE: Halloween Treat and Activity

I picked up this fun candy mold while we we are Jo-Ann Fabrics looking for costume supplies. We made them for a Family Home Evening activity when Levi was home. They were pretty yummy!

Happy Halloween!

Like every year the boys had some specific request for costumes. I am not a professional, but I do the best I can to make the costumes. This year Josef wanted to be a Skeleton Knight (no such costume avaiable for sale in our area). I painted a black sweat suit with bones, using an anatomy diagram for help, and added some crafted armor and store bought sword. Ian asked to be a lion, since we could not find one for those older than 4, I made this one from a thrift store tan hooded sweat suit and a brown chenille scarf. Kaleb was easy-we had this Shadow Ninja costume already he just needs a sword. Olive has been living in this caterpillar costume from our dress up trunk all year...so guess what he wanted to be? They all looked great. Wonder what challenges I will face next Halloween?

Homeschool Trunk or Treat 2009

We host a Homeschool Trunk or Treat for the local area homeschoolers every year. This was our third year and we had an amazing turn out compared to previous years. The weather was a little rainy so I worried no one would show, but boy was I surprised with we had 25 families. I love to see all the fun costumes. I hope all the families had a great time.

Craft Circle: Puppet Show

For our Homeschool Craft Circle (where we get together with other homeschooling families and do something crafty once a month) we made paper bag puppets and had a little puppet show. It was so much fun. The kids loved designing their own puppets. The bigger kids were great at entertaining us with a real puppet show using Kid Jokes.

Pumpkin Patch 2009

We went to Linder Farms for a pumpkin patch fieldtrip set up by another homeschool mom in our charter school IDEA. Levi's parents joined us and we set out on a farm adventure. We got a little snack of popcorn and juice boxes, set out on a wagon ride, and then visited the petting zoo area to feed some cute animals. Next, we headed out to the pumpkin fields and on the way they did a little hay maze and then set out to search for that perfect pumpkin.

It was great afternoon!




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Adventures in Art

This year we are using some of the activities in Adventures in Art for our art curriculum.

So far we have learned about Grandma Moses and how she taught herself how to paint. She painted scenes from her everyday life.

These are the boys Grandma Moses style paintings.

Next we learned about Romare Bearde, who created mostly moving collages about the social issues during the civil rights movement.

The boys made these Bearden inspired collages.

Ian made this mask for cub scouts, it is made from a paper plate, toilet paper roll and acrylic paint.