April 29, 2011 - Posted by CayleenRae - 0 Comments
Our gospel lesson was brought to you by:
Elder Blackmore
Elder Blackmore
and Elder Blackmore.
Giant loves bearing his testimony lately, and his brothers love to follow him. Lead on, buddy!
We played games…
Inside.
Because outside looked like this:
With no garden to work in, we worked on inside garden stuff instead.
Like building boxes (I’m almost out of wood!—and space;) )
This multitasking momma can build boxes and read stories simultaneously:
But perhaps not very well. The boys eventually went upstairs to read on their own:
I love reading time!
After little ones were sleeping, Giant helped me bed-in the large tomatoes:
And helped me make a wonderful dirty mess:
April 29, 2011 - Posted by CayleenRae - 0 Comments
What keeps me sane in weather like this?
Being able to dig in the dirt in spite of the snow:
We added some dirt to the largest tomatoes (transplanted is not really the correct term.) They stayed in their little white cups and got a new red cup full of dirt to send some roots into.
Grow on, litte ones!
April 28, 2011 - Posted by CayleenRae - 0 Comments
How do I garden with a baby and two little boys?
Planning and Strategy.
Boy #3: Galoot. Baby.
First, nurse baby.
Second, dress baby in outdoor gear.
Third, rock baby to sleep and pop him in his car seat, like so….:
Fourth, throw a blanket over him and (Fifth) put him in the least windy spot you can find:
And hope he doesn’t wake up for at least 1/2 an hour!
Boy #2: Ettin.
Plays with miscellaneous stuff and gravitates towards the newly sprouting strawberries. Thank goodness they are hardy.
(This is him showing me a salt shaker full of sand. “It’s not pepperoni mommy, just sand.”…took me a minute to understand that comment 🙂 )
Boy #1: Giant
This boy is a worker — when he is not playing. Or perhaps he is just at that wonderful age where work is play and play is work!
A half hour into our gardening endeavours, with Galoot still sleeping soundly, a fierce wind blew through our backyard.
Giant ran inside.
Ettin gallantly tried to bring in his wagon from the garden, the wind pushing him over a little with each gust:
It doesn’t really show up in this next picture, but there was a swirling of snowflakes too. Just for kicks.
We made it safely inside.
Where Galoot demonstrated some of his new tricks:
Giant and Ettin wrote up some cookie and bread recipes for me:
Oh they just melt my heart!
Then they helped mommy in the kitchen:
Mommy is learning to be tolerant of mess.
Mommy is learning that she really loves working with her boys.
Mommy is learning that in the end, everything gets cleaned up, a fun learning time is had, and I still end up with yummy bread:
Galoot desperately wanted to join us, but tolerated his bouncy for a bit:
While the dough rose (rised?), my floury boys cuddled up on the couch to read some stories:
Giant actually does a pretty good job reading the short words in the titles:
After Ettin was down for naps, Galoot settled in for a swaddle while I read with Giant:
“Hey mommy, I know what that word says!”
“Poo!”
Makes a mommy proud.
April 27, 2011 - Posted by CayleenRae - 0 Comments
Upstairs…
We planted pumpkins, cucumbers, watermelons, and acorn squash in pots. Lettuce, basil, and cilantro in seed trays.
Our sunny window:
Downstairs….
Allysum coming along nicely:
Pak Choi:
Calendula
Brassicas:
Peppers:
Romas:
Asparagus (the long fluffy stalks are falling over, but I think that’s just what they do. Maybe?):
and more Tomatos (I’ll need to transplant these guys again soon and move them to the upstairs table)
April 27, 2011 - Posted by CayleenRae - 0 Comments
Hooray! We went to the gym this morning!
I’m not sure that we were technically allowed back in, seeing as there was still some carpet installation equipment in there. But nobody kicked us out (and we didn’t see anyone), so we worked out!
And, since I had the camera in my pocket, I took some pictures of us in the gym.
Galoot trying to figure out a “hooler-hoop,” as Giant calls it:
We like to finish our gym time with games for the kids. They love it!
We play Red Light/Green Light.
Green Light GO:
Yellow Light SLOW:
Red Light STOP:
And then back to the start to play some more (Can you tell Giant is happy?)
Another favourite is “What Time is it Mr. Wolf?”
Or, in this case: “What time is it Mr. Wolf and Mr. Shark?”
“Lunch Time!!!!”
Giant went to play with his friend after gym, so Ettin worked with me in the garden until Galoot woke up from his morning nap.
Then my budding gardener helped me care for the plants downstairs:
Umm. What else did we do that was homeschooling related….
Colours! We identified colours! Yellow, Blue, Green, Orange…
Yes, it does too count.
Ettin in my boots:
After the little ones were napping, Giant and I planted seeds:
I even had him sound out words to spell back to me. You know, to do some real school stuff.
When his brother woke up, they went outside to give mommy panic attacks play:
One of Giant’s many garden plans:
“ZLAM” [“malez” which Giant explained were delicious and yummy plants that tickled your throat as they went down] and “LeTes” [lettuce]:
Later they brought up some books from downstairs and had a good read:
