Grace painted a beautiful picture for her mom for Mother’s Day! We bought a really cool kit that included the canvas (with a very light outline of the hummingbird and flowers), all the needed paints and brushes, and information about painting techniques. Grace worked really hard and did a fantastic job with one of her first painting efforts. 
And a fabulous week was had by all! 
It’s Grace’s mom’s birthday today! We’re big fans of handmade gifts at our house, so Grace and I used her “Grace’s Choice” hour yesterday to make some bee-yoo-tee-ful soaps for her mom. :D (Isn’t it awesome how homeschool allows you to explore such a huge variety of skills/activities/topics???) Check out the pictures of the process below:
Happy Birthday, Carrie!
Since one of the activities in my mythology pockets is to weave on a loom, I’ve started weaving. It’s a really fun way to keep your brain busy. The best part is that weaving is just as fun as playing video games! Okay, so maybe not that fun, but it’s still cool. If you want to learn about weaving in two simple steps, read the blog below.
How to Start Weaving
Things You Need
What to do
Well, that’s all I know so far, but I’ll learn and post more as I go along. Happy weaving!
-Grace<3
Christmas is coming up, so Emily and I made jewelry kits for Kylie and Anna. The cool thing is the beads are made of noodles! We dyed them using food coloring, and here’s how you do it.
Thing you need
bead-like noodlesWhat to do
)These were really fun to make, but they do stink when they are wet. Don’t worry, they stop smelling so bad after they dry.
-Grace<3
Between science class (fun), thunderstorms (scary), and traffic (frustrating), Grace and I had a very long day. In light of that, I’ve decided to let her off the blogging hook for the day. Instead I will post a couple of pictures from the Tech City exhibit at the Science Center. We had so much fun playing in this exhibit that we decided to skip the planetarium show we had planned to attend. Yep, one room of activities kept us fascinated for over 2 hours…and we’ll go back, I’m certain.
Grace using filters and bypasses to accomplish precise sorts.
Math meets art meets engineering!
We did lots of awesome stuff this week and didn’t have nearly enough time to blog about it, so I thought I would post some pictures of highlights for the week. We saw an awesome little snake while hiking (we were actually looking for signs of erosion and weathering). We had a bonus for the hike: Daddy and Frank were able to join us! Grace learned about painting with water colors at her first art class. Math fun was had when we made a spiral representation of the Fibonacci sequence (with Frank’s help, of course).
-Emily
