Saturday, May 21, 2011

Update for week of 5/16/2011

I can't call this a weekly update since my last update was over a month ago.  This last month has just flown by.  We celebrated my dd's birthday as well as getting a new dog, but through it all we kept schooling and having so much fun.  So here are a few pictures from the last few weeks.
Noah has come so far in the effort he puts forth for his Science questions each week.  I have really emphasized with him that he needs to give it his best effort and he really has for at least the past month or so.

Here he made these yummy treats where he wrapped a crescent roll around a marshmallow and then when it baked "the tomb was empty".  He loved this. 
You can probably tell we are animal lovers at our house.  Although sometimes they get a little too involved in school.
This is our new dog Lacey that we adopted from the shelter where N. and I volunteer.  She is a great dog.  We adopted a smaller dog so that N. can walk her.  Some dogs are afraid of his shaky hands, but not Lacey, so he is going to train her this summer.
Here are the kids painting their last watercolor painting of the year.  They are sad that they don't get to paint next year.  It was a great bonding time for them.  I love how Noah's turned out. 


On our last day of doing CTC.  Noah was sad to see it come to an end.  What a great testimonial to the curriculum that he actually was disappointed it was over.  Although he is really looking forward to RTR next year.  He is already planning on buying Kingdom Lego sets and wants to do some books like Robin Hood as read alouds this summer so he can be ready to understand that time period. 
I had him pose for our annual hold up the guide picture.  I took it and then he put it face down in his lap and gave a pouty face to show how he really felt.