No More Hallowe'en?

I saw E's spelling list this week, and one of the words is Halloween. The apostrophe is gone. (anyone aside from me old enough to know there used to be an apostrophe?)

Timer Day

Yesterday was a M-at-home day, but I had a lot of things to get done. Fearing I might have a day of neglecting her, instead, I thought I'd take a page from the Book of Wanda and use a timer to keep the time from slipping away.

M & I sat down & made a list of the day's activities, generally alternating from fun activity to work activity, and an estimate of the time it would take. M got to set the timer each time.

It worked beautifully - our work got done (well, almost), and we had lots of fun. Maya is quite a schedule tyrant - when that timer dinged, she was eager to move on to the next scheduled activity, work or play. "Timer Day" was a huge hit!

Monopoly!

A historic moment.

M had her first game of Monopoly today.

(o:

Soapstone Carving!

Above is E's soapstone-carved fish necklace. Cool, eh? She also did a person, but it broke. )o:


...and M's carvings! Two fishes, and a shape.

What a cool experience for them. E is eager to get some soapstone to work with now. (o:

Little Artists

Tomorrow will be fun, fun, fun at school!

The kids have ongoing workshops with an artist who is exploring drawing techniques with them, plus tomorrow there is a one-day workshop with soapstone carver Michael ManyEagles. These workshops are for everyone, k-8, so both kids will get the opportunity to work with him!

Can't wait to see what they make! Will post results after.

Cool Kid

Cool rocker chick(ette) by evening, still a regular kid by day! Having a spot of fun before going to a concert to hear Uncle Rick (shown here unexplainably sideways)!

Mmmm...floor pie

Mmmmm. Floor pie.

(Simpsons anyone?)

Trying Hard to be a Good Listener

There's M, trying to be a good little listener, sporting her new flame swimsuit!

MOOSt Exciting Drive

Sadly, my camera was at home - but the other morning, on the way back from school, I saw a MOOSE! It was contemplating the highway (thankfully decided against), then turned & was loitering in someone's yard. (In the country, but just a front yard like any other). That'd be a strange sight - look out in the morning to find a moose staring back at you. (Would you want to give him a muffin?)