Food Couplets

Here is another poem, written by Kyler:

A is for apple, shiny and red,
B's for banana, eat it with bread.

C is for carrot, flesh underground,
D is for donut, tasty and round.

E is for eggplant, bulbous and big,
F is for French fries, in we dig!

G is for grapes, which grow in a bunch,
H is for hamburger.  Munch, munch, munch!

I is for ice cream, freezy and cold,
J is for jelly bean, with colors so bold.

K is for Kettle Korn, sticky and sweet,
L is for lamb, which will no longer bleat. =(

M is for macaroni, best with cheese,
N is for nectarine.  Pass them, please.

O is for orange, named for its hue,
P is for peanut, for elephants, too.

Q is for quail meat, which I've never tried,
R is for radish.  Here comes one! Hide!

S is for salad, leafy and green,
T is for turnip, which I've never seen.

U is for ugly fruit.  Huh?  What is that?
V is for venison, which people shot at.

W is for watermelon, juicy (with seeds),
X is for X-ray fish, don't eat one of these!

Y is for yams, (we're close to the end),
Z is for zucchini bread, good-bye, my friend!

Rapunzel, Rapunzel...

Ella really enjoyed Tangled, the new Disney movie about Rapunzel.  She decided to have a Tangled-themed birthday party.  She invited one friend from co-op over for most of the day.

They braided and decorated long yarn braids to wear and painted their nails.  They ate sun-shaped pizza, made fruit towers, and ate black forest cake under paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling.

Happy Birthday Ella!

Skidoosh!

Instead of having a typical party with lots of friends, Kyler chose to invite three friends from co-op to join our family to see Kung Fu Panda 2 in the theater.  It was a big hit!

After the movie, we returned home and enjoyed pizza and panda cupcakes.

Happy Birthday Kyler!

Celebrate Good Times

Spring is a busy time for us.  All of our birthdays fall within two months of each other.  Add in Easter, Mother's Day, etc., and it makes for a season full of celebrations.  The kids birthdays will get separate posts, but here are some pictures of Easter and Mommy's birthday.

On Easter, the kids got a small treat, enjoyed a special breakfast, and got dressed up for church.

On Mommy's birthday, we spent some time exploring Champoeg State Park.

Let the celebrations begin!

Under Construction

Project: Brennan's 6th Birthday

Project Date: Saturday, April 30th

Shift: 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Project Location: Brennan's House

RSVP to the Construction Manager...

That is what Brennan's construction birthday party invitation read.

He invited friends from Teacher Loekie's and from homeschool co-op, and everyone seemed to have a great time.  The house was decorated like a construction zone...

The kids dressed like construction workers and played construction games...

Everyone enjoyed eating snacks out of a tool box and a tractor cake...

And before they left, the guests got to watch Brennan open their gifts, and they got to fill their toolbelts with goodies too...

Happy Birthday Brennan!

Haiku!

This is a first! My first blog post! The one who is writing this is...(drum roll please)...Kyler! Today I am going to talk about my new poetry book.It is called The Word Artist. So far I have talked about adjectives, alliteration, onomatopoeia, acrostics, Psalms, Haiku, Cinquain, Quinzaine, and shaped verses. Now I will show you one of my Haiku verses:

The Seasons

Spring and Summer hot,

Fall and Winter are colder,

All of them are fun!

I've had lots and lots of fun with my new poetry book! (and lots, and lots, and lots,...)

Sleepless...

Sleepless...This is generally our condition when we are forced to share a hotel room with our children.  And our trip to Seattle was no exception.  Like typical kids, they were so excited about the change in scenery that they were practically bouncing off the walls.  Add to that our proximity to the airport, and you can imagine how tired we were every morning.

But despite all that, we had a great trip.  Though nothing about the trip tied directly in with anything we're studying in school, we certainly learned a lot, and more importantly, we had a blast.

Here are pictures of some of the places we went...Space Needle, Zoo, Music Museum, Pike's Place, Museum of Flight...

We took a tour of the sound in a boat...

And we celebrated Melaney's birthday...

All in all, it was a great trip!