This month we focused on space: planets, stars, and space exploration etc. The first week we focused on stars. We started with sensory bins filled with black beans and glow in the dark stars as well as astronauts and "moon sand". We made different flashlight toppers using paper with holes to represent constellations or as…
How?
How? It is the question we are all asking right now. How do I make this social distancing thing work for me? For my family? How do I educate and care for my kids full time? How do I work from home or stay safe working outside of the house in this? How do I…
Preschool: St Patrick’s Day
We had decided to not do a field trip this month. Instead we were going to take a break from our month's theme and focus on St. Patrick's Day. Then everything changed. Our joint preschool activities were canceled for social distancing. So I stayed up late one night and put together preschool by myself. Like…
On a Fence
I feel like I am on a fence; tenuously caught in the pull of the now and not yet. On one side I am anxiously looking forward to our new baby and ready to move on with all that entails. On the other side I feel the need to be present and soak up this…
Slowing Down
Our once very busy spring has all of a sudden come to a halt. We had plans to go to conferences and weddings and had to cancel. The schools have closed; so have the libraries and museums. We will not meet for MOPS for March or April. Churches are doing online services. Then just yesterday…
Snapshot: St. Helens Camping
Last June we went on our second camping trip of the summer. We drove down towards Cougar and stayed at a nice private campground right on a lake. Z loved the campground because he could play in the sand, drift wood, and rocks right at the water's edge. We loved it too because it was,…
Calm Down Time
Toddlers require patience. A lot of it. There are tantrums, there is potty training, and of course pushing boundaries (like repeating themselves over and over in hope you may change you answer). I will admit I am not a patient person. Z has made me realize this. He has been stretching and growing me in…
Waiting . . .
Lent is about waiting, about longing, about aching for resolution. I understand this waiting; it is so hard and I am so impatient. You have hope for what is ahead, you may even know for the most part what is going to happen, you know it will be good, a sigh of relief, a blessing,…
snapshot: June
In June we celebrated Fathers day by going to an airshow. L has always been a fan of planes, he took flying lessons and came close to having a private pilot's licenses. Z is a fan of helicopters and planes. He loves when the weather is good and one of our neighbors flies his white…
Preschool: Anatomy
This month for preschool we focused on anatomy, or as I told Z learning about our bodies. The first week we talked about our immune systems and circulatory system. The boys played with water beads and ping pong balls to learn about red and white blood cells. They looked under a children's microscope that showed…
