Here are some pictures I took this week.

Gavin and I read about Sacagawea this week so we started making a bullboat - a round, bowl shaped boat the Indians used.  We haven't had a chance to finish.  The bullboat is made but we need to put sealer on it and try to get it to float in the bathtub.  Hopefully we will get that done this week.

Austin practiced making his name.

This was day two of the bullboat project.

And, I have finally gotten out my new sewing machine and it's wonderful!  I made seven pairs of pajama pants in just a few hours.  The bottom row is for Gavin, he's the one who needed pajamas, and the top row is Austin, he didn't really need pajamas because he has Gavin's old pajamas but I thought this way he has some that are new for him and the boys like to wear matching clothes.



This is an update from the earlier post this morning.  I tried to get a picture of Adelaide in her cute little outfit today.  I got one before she started crying.

We went to the park this evening to work a little more on what we learned about Lewis and Clark today.  Our books focused on the journals of Lewis and Clark, why they kept them and what they put in them.  So Gavin, a.k.a 'Clark', found a new species of flower that he drew and then wrote about in his nature journal.

While he worked on his journal, Austin, a.k.a. 'Lewis' threw rocks into the stream.

Adelaide hung out and then enjoyed a little snack.

Gavin measured his flower so he could include that information in his journal.

When the journal page was completed, Clark joined Lewis throwing rocks into the stream.  You'd think it would get old, but somehow it doesn't seem to.

Here's Gavin's journal entry.  He found a little blue flower.  It says, "Five flowers on one stem.  Found in woods near river.  Six inches tall.  Likes the shade."

Last Wednesday Adelaide had her two month doctor's appointment and her first vaccinations.  She is growing a lot and healthy!  We didn't do school on Thursday because we were packing for our trip to a homeschool conference - we left Thursday night.  We had a great time and have lots of good ideas for school next year!

We have been getting some things done.  I will post some books we've been reading below but first here are some random pictures I have taken in the last week.

Gavin has been coloring in an American Revolution coloring book.

Yesterday Gavin reviewed place values and did one worksheet where he had to find a number based on clues.  The two others were like a crossword puzzle.  The first one he had to put in the correct number when given something like: 3 hundreds, 4 tens, 2 ones; and the other he had to add three digit numbers with carrying and then put his answer in the puzzle.  In that one he only got three wrong out of twelve and it was just because he added wrong not because of this carrying.  I got all three worksheets out of a math book for 2nd/3rd grade so I was proud of him for being able to do them so well!

Adelaide having tummy time again.

She's either crying because her bow doesn't match or because her pants are too small...I'm not sure which!

We haven't done much science lately.  We did read these two books last week but mostly I've been letting the boys go outside to play.  I think digging in the dirt and finding worms and toads is science related!

We didn't read clear through these next books because they are for higher grades, but they had wonderful photographs of the land Lewis and Clark encountered and of their journals.  We read parts of 'The Lewis and Clark Journals'.  Most of the book was information we had already covered.

This book is more for middle/high school, but once again it has amazing pictures.  We looked at the pictures and just read bits here and there about the pictures.

We did read this book.

Since we learned about Lewis and Clark finding Prairie Dogs and sending one to Thomas Jefferson, we decided to read this cute little chapter book about prairie dogs.  It's fiction but a good story and does tell you how prairie dogs live.

And, I got tickets to take Gavin to see Swan Lake soon!  They were on sale and we are way in the back but we are both excited.  So, we read this book so we know the story before the ballet!