Like my summer "series" about our weekly activities, I thought it would be fun to share some of what we do each week.
This past week (Sept 26-Oct 2) we really focused hard on school. We've had a lot of interruptions during the first three weeks - both planned and unplanned - so we needed to catch up and get back on track. Our basic schedule right now looks like this:
Monday - Wednesday - We hit lessons hard, doubling up on subjects like Math and Reading.
Thursday - Thursday School (Co-Cop) in the morning; Educational Technology in the afternoon (this is a fun lesson where they get to play on the computer)
Friday - In the morning we catch up on anything we didn't get done and do art. Nate also has a Live Lesson. The afternoon is Tae Kwon Do.
Even with the busy schedule, we still manage to find a little fun too.
On Monday nights the boys have swim lessons. This is my view for about an hour every Monday night. Once I replace my bathing suits that fell apart, we might even stay for open swim after this just so I can get into the pool and not just sit beside it!
During one of Nate's science lessons this week, he and I had to go outside and observe a plant (Practicing the scientific method) As we were talking about what the plant looked, felt and smelled like, Nate caught sight of the biggest catipillar I've ever seen. Because I'm a freakazoid about poisenous things, we looked it up to make sure it was safe (and it was) and our science lesson took a turn. Both boys enjoyed watching this guy crawl and, yes, poop.
Just love this candid shot. And yes, Josh is still in PJ's. It's a battle every. single. day.
This photo doesn't do it justice - it was about three inches long.
To add to our science lessons of the day - Josh snapped this photo of a cloud he thought was just amazing.
We ended our week with some fun too. Being the first Saturday of the month, Home Depot hosts their kids workshops. These workshops were something I reserved for my dad when it worked out for him to take them so it was a little bit emotional taking them myself. Nate said, as we pulled into the parking lot, "Mom, I have some tears in my eyes trying to come out." Then as we worked on building their fire trucks they both talked about how much Papa taught them about building.
After enjoying lunch at Olive Garden (Nate's favorite place) we headed to the Airport to the Observation Park to see the airplanes. We hit the motherload too - I think we saw a good 10 planes land and take off. These cuties just had a blast running around and watching planes.
