India -- Week 4

On Monday we concluded our study of India. The other homeschool mother has a neighbor from India that blessed us with her time. She is originally from northern India and had a great many things to share. She brought along sweet rice (a yellow rice dish with almonds and raisins -- mmm...) to share with all of us. She also brought along a video of a traditional Indian marriage. The kids enjoyed listening to her, asking questions, tasting the sweet rice and watching the wedding ceremony.

Today we painted and labeled our clay map of India. The first one is Abby's, the second is Ben's and the third is Taylor's. With Greg's vast map knowledge we all learned alot!

Skype

Here is a picture of Taylor "skyping" our dear friends in FL. It is great to see them and talk to them at the same time:)

Friday

Today we had our science co-op at the Williams house. We continued our solid, liquid, and gas study by making silly putty (what a great way to show a liquid changing into a solid). Benny is holding his sample of the silly putty. We also continued our Periodic Table lapbook (picture shown above). I took these pictures while Abby was at basketball and Taylor was playing with a friend -- so I thought I'd add a picture of what Ben and I did while it was just the two of us. He decided to label a few things. He labeled "trumpet" (I know, it is a french horn -- he insisted on trumpet), a piece of cardboard in the shape of a CD he labeled "clock", labeled a bag of knights "knight", and wanted to label a container with the label "specials" (a place to put all of his treasures).

Wednesday

Tuesday evening Taylor had an idea to have a sleepover in Ben's room! She did not end up sleeping in Ben's room (Abby was lonesome) -- but the next morning I found them lazing around on their mattresses (in Ben's room).

Twins??

Taylor wanted to be Ben's twin! They dressed alike and Taylor found some dress-up glasses and put her hair up (isn't she the spitting image of Ben).

India -- Week 3

We enjoyed a third week of our India study. The kids made a Rangoli design using glue and colored sand. We also tasted a bit of Indian food. I walked over to an Indian restaurant and picked up some Naan and an appetizer called Dahi Vada (straight from the menu -- lentil doughnets soaked in yogurt served with tamarind, and mint chutney), along with Basmati rice, candy purchased by the other mother, and tea. We had quite a mini feast!

Silly Day!

Yesterday was a day full of cleaning and the sillies:) Taylor dressed up in her dad's clothes and his work bag and told us she was "off to work". Shortly after here comes Ben on top of Abby's shoulders! Now, Benny is no light weight. After seeing Abby a bit wobbly and Ben start to teeter backwards, I unfortunately had to put a stop to the fun:(