72
...It was actually 72 degrees yesterday and it was FLIPPIN' WONDERFUL. Since there is no official Spring Break in our Homeschool, and since the district kids ended up having ONLY Good Friday off this year (whoever heard of kids going to school on Easter Monday?!?) we just mustered through most of the week last week, until Wednesday. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were all in the 60's and Gosh Darn It, we were gonna enjoy it!! After our run at the YMCA Wednesday morning, I announced that it was OUR Spring Break and we were outside for what felt like eons.
The kids and our homeschooling neighbors who are also studying Colonial America used our half-taken-down trampoline frame to construct their own Colony, and we adults were quite impressed with their creativity. They had watch posts on the perimeter, multiple locations for firepits, caged animals for food, many weapons (thank you, Nerf Gun collection) and were even using sticks and long leaves to weave.
Pink duck for dinner, anyone?
We Easter Egg-Hunted on the weekend at my grandfather's house. It was windy whipping cold... brrrr!
The Bunny sure knows what these kids like, Indy and her new accessories say...
Things are growing everywhere. Our last frost date is around May 15, so, so far away... but indoor herbs and salad mixes are thriving in the front-of-the-house sun that comes in through the arch window in the foyer.
The upstairs landing is still waiting for us to get motivated to paint some more. The foyer, living room, and new bathroom and laundry area all got painted recently, but the landing is still green.
With our awesome neighbors homeschooling now, too, we've found that traveling anywhere with the 9 of us is a pain in the butt. Two moms and 7 kids have two options, take 2 cars (we both own Excursions, which annoyingly only seat 8), or squish the two smallest children who don't require carseats into one seatbelt. It's way too boring to take two cars, so we've been sticking two kids in one belt. Which we don't like to do. We've been joking for months now that we need a bus.
Meet my new Homeschool Mobile.
Be careful what you wish for when you have a Roger around.... somehow he manages to find the best possible deal EVER, that also happens to be 15 minutes away, and being sold by a guy who lives in our neighborhood.
Perhaps we've finally crossed over to the weird-homeschooler category now...
