Easter celebration

It has been awhile since my last post.  I really

need to try and keep up with it, but I have 

gotten a little busier this year so please forgive me :)

Here is an updated photo of my new love that is taking all my time.

He is 2 1/2 months in this picture and going strong.


This week we celebrated Easter.

We were visited by the Bunny and he was particularly tricky.
He tried strings to all the children's bed posts. 
Then they followed the strings to their basket.
It was fun and messy.

Here are some more highlights of our day...


My wonderful cousin hid eggs for the kids and
they had a great hunt.

As luck would have it Tom also found baby bunnies this week.

I had never seen them up close so young it was amazing.

This week we spent our time doing Matthew's test for the
year.  In our state our requirements are to give a test to check progress.
I ordered ours from a place called Family Learning Organization. 
It was reasonable and I administered it myself.  There are many others you
can use too.  It took us a few days to finish it.  I think he did really
well, but I still haven't received the test results yet.

Next week we have more of our curriculum to finish.
Although, we are nearly done for the year.  It is a lot earlier than
I had planned so I think we will keep up with extra.  I haven't quite
decided what yet.

until next week
~blessings

Spring ~ nature block

For the last two weeks we have been
studying our natural world.  This has been
our spring block.  The science portion
of our homeschooling.  We explore in many ways
mostly through getting out in nature.

Everyday we would go out,
mostly studying our local
river and  pond.

We watched all the bird life.
We found frogs and turtles.

We checked out books from the library
on our wildlife.  We discussed the life
cycle of the frogs and birds.  Beside
the books from the library everyday we
read the most delightful stories

We also looked closely at the water.
It was remarkable how much life was contained into
a one quart jar.

We drew pictures of all of our findings.


We crafted projects for Easter as well.

Matthew's Rabbit

Easter grass growing from painted egg shells

our new nature table

Coffee filter butterflies

Besides all the crafting we baked cookies
that we decorated like Easter eggs.

Happy Easter

Next week we are

TESTING.

This will be Matthew's first test.
It will be a shorter week due to
our continual celebration of the season!

Until then
~blessings