Friday, January 30, 2009

Please Cooperate Nicholas!!

Tonight when I told Nicholas it was time to go home and go to bed he made the cutest pouty face. BUT.. I did not have my camera in hand. So I tried to re-create the moment with camera in hand. Needless to say, it did not work. That perfect pouty face never reappeared. He seemed to sense my desperation to capture that look and that moment and he was not going to give it to me. As you see below...he gave me some looks but not the cute pouty one!!....Well maybe next time I will keep my camera in pocket and be more prepared for the unexpected!! Until next time

Trying to recapture the moment!

Another Great Field Trip!

Last Friday we went to The South Florida Museum. Sometimes I am a bit skeptical as to whether the kids can hang in there for a two hour tour. I was pleasantly surprised! The tour was fascinating because everything was from or found in Florida. It was a great fieldtrip for our Florida notebook. I learned so much!! Nicholas was overall great. It is amazing how you can grow up in an area and miss so many things!! I am loving all of the neat places we go and the cool things we see. We have several more trips planned this spring so stay tuned for future updates!!

South Florida Museum

The Best History Ever

This week we returned to our weekly History and science adventures with the Palm boys. We started out with a great one. We are studying The Greeks and their ships. The project was to make a ship out of ice cream, whipping cream and frosting. How great is that if you are a six year old boy!!! It was quite a hit. We knew we were in trouble when they started shaping their ships with their tongues instead of spoons. But overall it was great fun and a delicious snack afterwards!! Needless to say, I do not think they will forget what country those ships were from..even years from now!!! History at its best!!

Greek Ships..History this week!!

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

It has been awhile..

It has been awhile since posting. Life has been a little hectic getting back into routine. Added to that I fought with a humdinger of a head cold for the majority of last week. The kids fought and continue to fight with it but seem to be holding their ground a little better than me. We have been studying the abolition of the slave trade in history so the Inauguration today made our history lesson a bit more current. It is always so fun to be able to tie things together and see the questions and amazement in the kids eyes when they have a better understanding of something because of an activity we do or see. So today made for great History!

We finally visited our garden today and had quite a harvest waiting for us. The cauliflower was huge, along with brocolli, green beans and banana peppers. I am eagerly awaiting the ripening of the hundreds of grape tomatoes on our plants. They are my favorite. Of course during our absence from the garden, the weeds also went crazy. They were waiting for us as well. We were not ecstatic to see them but put them off until next week due to the frigid 50 degree temperature. Florida natives just don't do well in the 50s.

I am hoping to get back on track. I hope everyone has a great rest of the week and I hope to update again soon. Until then...

Get a Look at this Harvest from our 4H Garden


Saturday, January 3, 2009

Christmas

Christmas has come and gone by most standards...but as much as I want to take down our tree and get the house cleaned up and back to normal...I love to sit, when everyone is asleep, and enjoy a hot mug of tea and look at the tree with the lights on. Of course the tranquility only lasts so long...until someone calls from a bedroom, or something calls from the dryer but I do love the moments that I get to savor the season and the beauty of it!!!

But looking forward...it's on to Valentines Day and that is another holiday I enjoy...

We enjoyed lots of family time this Christmas. We finally added more females to our family. Although in the form of little furry creatures...hamsters. Their names are Venus and Serena (after the tennis pros) and it was what Mitchell asked for..in fact it was his only request. The tree fort from Grandma and Grandpa is exciting and they are anticipating the day it will be finished. All in all it was a great holiday and I am just so thankful for everything that the Lord has blessed me with...those things tangible and intangible. We look forward to 2009 and pray for a safe and healthy year for all of our friends and family. Until next time...

The Most Exciting Present of the Year...A Fort Built by Grandpa




Silly Little Nicholas way past his Bedtime!!




Cousins on Christmas Eve

A Glimpse of Our Family's Christmas Eve