Back to School

As the rest of America gears up for Spring Break, we are trying to get back to work after two weeks off. We spent the morning lazing around catching up on our respective emails, message boards, and games of fantasy and adventure. Finally, around 2:30 (!), I decided that we really better get some schooling done even though no one really felt like it. I busted out the spelling book and we started a new list of words. The only one that confused him was "jar" because he thought it should have an o in it. It makes sense when you think about it.

Next we went outside to plant some things in our side yard. We are slowly clearing away the rocks and plastic ground cloth that the (elderly) previous owners had down and are replacing it with a ground cover of flowering thyme. We (ok, dh) also pulled out some old ugly looking bushes and we're replacing them with rosemary. So anyway, this afternoon I put in about half dozen more moss plugs (I think we need to join the Hair Club for Lawns!) and planted two rosemary bushes while Greyson ate grass and leaves and Cameron and Cassia squirted each other with the hose.

We came back in to do one more subject and Cameron picked science. He usually says that he picks science because it is faster but today he said that it was because you learn more when you're doing science. He said that you "don't learn that much when you are doing math," lol. I guess that's true when you are a natural at it. ;) I remember when I learned how to multiply by multiple places and being depressed because I thought that I had conquered math and that there was nothing left to learn. ROFL.

ANYWAY, we did some more reading on butterflies at Enchanted Learning and did a worksheet comparing caterpillars to butterflies. We also did another page comparing caterpillars and cockroach nymphs. It was a good review since we've been away for so long. I was really impressed with how much he did remember though! We spent a nice long time reading about butterflies online and then in our animal encyclopedias. We both learned a lot, I think. :) It looks like there is only one more days worth of insect life cycle materials - unless of course I want to raise a mealworm pet. :P I have the feeling that I'll have to go buy a big pack of a hundred or so at the pet store to get any, so I think I'll skip it. Really, that's why. The next chapter is the life cycle of plants and it comes right at the perfect time to coincide with this lovely spring weather and the upcoming planting of our vegetable garden.

And that was our highly exciting spring day. For some inexplicable reason, I don't feel like rehashing every detail of our Disneyland trip. Shocking, I know. Just know that it was fabulous and magical and if you ever spend any time at a Disney Resort with small children, you have to do a character breakfast. It is the best way to get your pictures without standing in line. Speaking of pictures...