Welcome Fall

The night before the Autumnal Equinox the kids cut the grass. Fall for us means a lot of playing outside and the kids have been wanting to play soccer and softball in the backyard.

 Today, the first day of fall, was spent mostly outside.

 Cleaning up.

 Bird watching.

 Dragonfly love was in the air.

 Flowers were blooming.

 And we found that the little bridge near the pond had been painted specifically for the Rainbow Warriors!

 Back home, we checked in on our beans and colored some of the leaves we collected on our walk. Beans that were placed in the dark had no color while those placed in the sun turned green.

 The girls copied a poem.

 I taught Lynni how to needle felt.

 And hand sew to finish her necklace.

 Lynni's mom bought the kids pretend money and so they set up a "harvest market."

Gymnasts and windows don't mix

The Rainbow Loom is still going strong in our household.

 We love these First Discoveries books! Typos and all.

 Mirek and I do really weird stuff together. He likes to lick my face and so I lick him back. Don't judge me.

Naia is still not interested in anything "school" related. No reading. No math. Just art, dolls, pretend play. She is my little radical rebel unschooler and I love her for that.

 Taven, on the other hand, loves math workbooks (and is at the same level as Naia) and also loves his Rainbow Loom.

 Experimenting with various soaked and unsoaked beans in light and darkness.

 Circuits were a hit!

So far, having Lynni over to homeschool has been a success. She seems to like it besides the occasional headache from all of the noise. I am sure the constant screaming takes some getting used to.

Oh and yesterday Eaden and Lynni were doing gymnastics upstairs (I had already kicked them off of my bed for doing back handsprings). Well I heard a huge crash and then Eaden yelled "Lynni did it!!" Lynni started crying hysterically saying "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to" and I carried her downstairs to look at her foot. She had kicked up into a handstand off of the window and her foot went straight through the glass. She had a pretty deep cut but all is well and the window can be replaced.

Cuckoo Kids

The kids wanted to put on a play last night. The first half went well then Mirek knocked the camera out of my hands and cut the video short. Here is the second half of the play when things went awry.

And today spelling lessons were cut short to play in the rain!

Say NO to school!!!! Say YES to life!!!!