It's been awhile since I posted anything but, I guess it's time. We are still a homeschool family going in our 5th year. John John is in 3/4 grade Judah 1/2 Joey 1st, Johannah prek/k. This year has been very challenging so many new changes in my personal life that had me question things but the Lord always whispers the same "I haven't changed the plan, so why are you trying." We are doing Sonlight this year (gulp) the One year Condensed World History. I really am enjoying it the kids seem to be also. We just finished Ethiopia and are reading Gladys Aylward. THis book makes my hair stand on edge, awesome book of a women with God's strength can do anything. We are also doing Exploring Creation Zoology 1 Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day. Which we all love. So I will try to post some pics but my camera has bit the dust. Until next time!

Art Class #3

"To most people who look at a mobile, it's no more than a series of flat objects that move. To a few, though, it may be poetry." Alexander Calder an American artist who inspired mobiles. Here is his work and ours.

Eleven Polychrome

Art class #2

Today another art lesson from "Usborne Art Treasury". We studied "Squares with Concentric Circles" by Vassily Kandinksy. He believed colors could express feelings in the same way as music. He was one of the first artists to develop "abstract" art. Here is a pic of his art and our interpretation of it.













JJ's pic: He loves the history of the artist, can tell you many facts he has learned about them.











Judah's pic: He loves art especially abstract art he has a real nitch for it.













Joey's pic: he loves hands on stuff to paint,playdough,anything he can get messy with.












Johannah's pic: She loves anything pretty and wants to make everything that way.













Of course Mama had to do one: I appreciate art I am not very good at it but love it.

Art Class

Today I am still feeling a little under the weather but I really wanted to do some art from my new book "The Usborne Art Treasury". So we studied "The Square" by Alberto Giacometti. He was born in Switzerland in 1901 he loved to do sculptures of people walking the streets. People admired the way they seemed to capture the pain and uncertainty of modern life. Here is a picture of his sculptures.



This is are interpretation of it, we liked making it a happy family.

100 Days of School

So for the 100 days of school this year we went to Pizza Hut and the Playland Adventure. We actually went yesterday so it really was 105 days of school, anyway it was a blast.

The kids had a blast going up and down the huge slide. I haven't seen John John so happy in awhile, and what fun it is to get silly with Daddy.

We even have proof of how much fun they had.

Here is the gang at Pizza Hut and our friends Trinia,Tom Tom, and Pauly.