We happened upon a free event one day, very accidentally. It was in an art studio in conjuntion with the performing arts center. They were having a Christmas sale, along with a free try at the wheel. There were christmas cookies, popcorn, and cotton candy. There was art and ceramics for sale. It was great. Those of you who know Freedom, know that he goes 100% into stuff...especially if it's free! I think we were really the only ones who took advantage of the offer. So here are my "men" going at it. It was their first time at the wheel and they did great! Homeschooling doesn't get better than this. Learning as a family while we go about our days.
A perfect day for us is when the sun is shining and we go as a family to the fayetteville Barnes and Nobles. The kids love it! Freedom and I call it BNN as a code word because if the whole words accidentally slip out of our mouth, there is a chorus in the back seat... "We want to go to Barnes and Nobles!"
Joshua painting "Tornado" and also writing his first own handwritten letter to his cousin Avian. He sounded out the words he wanted to say, and voila! Well I taught him how to write Avian.... But he is well on his way to reading and writing! That's good enough for mua.
My sweet little LoveBird has announced that he is "all done" with me calling him "Lovebird".
How sad was I! Still though when I ask him..."where's my Beautiful?" He will quickly point to himself and say "Right here!"
These shots are of him at a nature hike we went to, and some shots around the house of Jonathan being a little Lovebird.
The last one was taken after we saw Ratatouille.
Joshua started soccer this month. He surprised us with his skills and he quickly became one of the best players. It's amazing how seriously these little guys take their games sometimes, other times you can tell they get distracted. It's funny. The parents really get into it. Welcome to organized sports - don't let me beat somebody up, now! lol.
This was during our first week of school. We learn about 3 letters a day. Most of this is review for Josh because he already knows the letters, but he is getting better and better at writing them. It used to take us quite a while to finish the handwriting worksheet, but now he can do it in 5 minutes...and almost without my coaching.
He loves school and has been decoding phonics since he was 4. I was shocked one day when he took a flash card and read the word on his own.
The love of learning is so evident in little ones!