Our first month of school, in review: We try to start each morning with a Gospel Message. Often our Message is from the Primary Manual, sometimes from a Gospel Art Kit picture, occasionally just a random Scripture. But it is such an important, crucial part of the day, it’s not an element I let slide: […]
Since we are learning about pioneers this year with some friends, we took advantage of visiting a local pioneer home before it closed for the season: Giant tried his hand at working the butter churn: The boys LOVED the toys: I loved the spinning display: …and brought them some fluffy new wool: […]
Our (mine and hubby’s) plans to go on a date tonight fell through. So we decided to have fun together building robots! Guess who else thought that was a great idea? Apparently they weren’t quite as asleep as we’d thought, and they both jumped out of bed when they heard the noise of little […]
A garden provides lots of educational experiences. Fine motor skills, for example, are developed at the child uses the pincer grip to repeatedly transfer cucumbers into a jar, ready for pickling: Good boy.
Glasses Envy: This boy has it: With two older brothers who wear glasses, Galoot is quite sure he should be wearing some too. (Thankfully we just happened to have this fine pair lying around.)