One time when we went to the library we thought it was actually warm enough to play outside on the playground because the snow was melted, but after about 15 minutes we were all done. I have decided I can handle the cold weather when it is cute and snowing at Christmastime, but once March hits it has no business snowing and being in the 30s and 40s! Bring on the 60's and sunshine PLEASE!!
This turned out to be our last visit to the aquarium. (We thought we would get to go one more time but when we showed up on the last day of the month they told us that because it was a leap year we were a day late and they wouldn't let us in!!)
We got to go to the Parana feeding. Not as flashy as I thought it would be, but still cool to see and learn about.
Last picture by the big tank! We have loved having passes here! But we are ready to move on to the next adventure. =o]
We started a social experiment with rice in jars about emotional health. We put cooked rice into two jars. On one jar we wrote LOVE and on the other HATE. Every day (okay so almost every day) we write another positive word on the Love jar and say it out loud to the rice, and write another negative word on the Hate jar and say it out loud to that rice. We watched a couple Youtube videos of other people, including the original Japanese scientist, who have done this experiment. The results were crazy!! We read books for weeks about emotional health and feelings and how kind words really do make a difference. It is one of our goals to speak kindly as a family and I am hoping this helps.
Here are the jars at the beginning. It hasn't been 30 days yet, so I won't post our result, but it wasn't as dramatic as some of the other jars in the videos. I attribute it to the fact that we work SO HARD to make our home like the temple that the environment is already overall positive. That and the jars are in the cold semi-light basement so Kent won't have to look at them lol!
Ah the beloved "Dinosaur Museum"!
We FINALLY found a gnome guys. After seriously a year of looking, I finally asked for a clue and found one. Partly the problem was we thought they were all little figurines but actually more than half of them are painted into the murals!
Natalie's American Girl Book Club! Hooray for other friends who also love books!!
The kids said it wasn't fair that I get to do Yoga every day, so I let them do part of this video. It was highly entertaining!
Happy Pi Day! We made Chicken Pot Pie for dinner (but no pie for dessert) and learned about pi in math.
Caleb came down one night and told us he had read this whole book! Sure enough he breezed through it like a champ! I am so grateful that our hard work is paying off!!
We are still doing a service project once a month with our homeschool group and I am so grateful for the opportunities we have to help those in need. I hope my kids can feel how truly blessed they are!
Hooray for the museum of curiosity! This day when we went some of the girls from Natalie's primary class were there on a field trip for school so she got to hang out with them- it was a cool coincidence!
We had a super fun Easter activity with the Friday Friends at our house. I am so grateful for like minded moms whose kids get along with mine and who I want them to associate with!
One of the days of "spring break" we did baking for math. It was a TOTAL FAIL. Seriously it took HOURS to make and they were hard as rocks as soon as they were cool enough to eat. Strike two, Star Wars Cookbook. Strike two!
This was before he took a bite people. Oh and he is pointing out that he did this puzzle while he was waiting for the sauce stuff to reach 270*.
The kids were so disappointed though, so we made a batch of good 'ol trusty "Uncle Mark's Chocolate Chip Cookies" and all was right with the world again.
We went on a field trip with our charter school to the discovery museum in SLC and it was super fun! Natalie hates going into the city for some reason, but we all had a great time while we were actually there. =o]
We read this awesome book about bread from all around the world and then tried the express bake feature on our bread maker. They measured and put everything in themselves, which I wish weren't so nerve racking for me. I need to just let it go and let them learn through their own experience!!
Caleb doesn't like white bread so he was pretty turned off to the whole project.
But Natalie was so proud because it turned out delicious!!
It was a total hit! And even though Caleb isn't in the picture he did try some because it smelled too good to pass up. He had seconds along with everyone else. =o]
Another month in the books!
so glad the bread book was fun I love all your trips
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