Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Field trip to Discovery World

A friend of ours took us with her and her kids to the Discovery World Museum. The kids and I had a blast!

James was afraid to go across the glass. He thought he would fall through.
Anna LOVED looking at the jellyfish
and the seahorses
Ryan watching the fish
Touching starfish


James watching the fish
Aboard the pirate ship. The boys favorite part.
The ship is suspended in the air. It looks pretty cool from below.
Ryan's got control of the ship.
Now it's Anna's turn.
James kept saying he was the "captain".



Ryan trying to lift his own weight.
This is hard...but James' tried! :)
Anna lifting Ella. What a strong girl!

Looking out at the snow. I love this picture!

All the kids looking out.
Mommy and James.
Playing at one of the water stations. Of course James' was digging this!
Self portrait :)
Mommy always taking pictures...of course!

This was a really cool display.



Everyone was wiped out on the way home (although Ryan was faking for this picture). What a fun day!

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Watching History

We spent the day learning, and watching, and glued to the T.V. like the rest of America. The Inauguration of President Obama...history in the making.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Little house on the Prairie

After reading Little House on the Prairie Anna got out her paper dolls to reenact the stories.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Learning to read

Ryan is doing very well with his reading lessons.

Current favorites

Some of the books that we are using that we enjoy right now are:

Little House on the Prairie
Stepingstones of English 2 (Rod and Staff)
A Child's History of the World, Virgil M. Hillyer
Read and Grow picture Bible
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Lost in a good book

By far Ann's favorite thing to do is read. This makes me very happy!