May / June

May was Morel hunting for our family!

2015 was a great early mushroom year.

we had tons of luck and went out often.

The whole family loves to hike around 

and be on the hunt.

We also had luck fishing at the 

lake behind our house.

we went daily and caught lots of fish.

We celebrated Tillie turning 6!

We had a family gathering at Grandmas house.

On her birthday we went to the MOA.

She performed in her first ballet as a flower fairy.

It was perfect.

Field trips for this month were going to 

Tamarack Nature center, perch lake and 

hay lake school.

Hay lake School is managed 

by the MN Historical society.

We received a historical re-enactment 

of a one room school house.

Wesley is here with the dunce cap on!

He was so punished for making paper airplanes. :)

We also spent time by the St Croix river

 There were many birds nesting in our 

yard this spring.  We really love watching 

the nests.  We had two robins and this blue jay.

 The boys started going to Earth Warriors 

Nature camp.

It is through a very good friend of ours.
They would go most Friday afternoons
and play their favorite games.
"cougar stalking deer & fire keeper"
were the best.  They also created art
using only nature and many projects
like these birdhouses.

We also had the kids do their annual
testing for the state requirements.
This year I chose to use the Peabody test.
The Peabody is a test that is administered
from a qualified tester.   It was very much
preferred to our old testing.  It is only an hour
or two to give as opposed to me administering
a week of testing through the SAT and CAT.
I also got great feed back from the tester. 
She suggested that Wesley may have some dyslexia.
Upon hearing this I immediately sent him to
a two week Orton-Gillingham intensive.
This was very beneficial to him as he made great
improvements quickly.  Now, this year I really
have to be patient with his reading.  I have been
actively looking for outside help just in case
I may find difficulty with this.

Until next time
~Blseeings