Nick still loves writing e-mails and they are becoming easier and easier to read. Here are two I got today:
uwinapris
Translation: You win a prize
ugetachriptoobarwrld
Translation: You get a trip to bear world
Now we just need to get him to put spaces in between the words and he'll be all set!
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Gravity and Volcanoes
Well, now that we're all caught up, here's what we did today:
Science: We are learning about gravity, so Nick learned to use a digital scale to weigh things and see what gravity's pull is on them.
History: We started building a volcano, my plan was to do a small model volcano now and save the fancy stuff until he was older, but he wanted to do an exploding volcano, so it became a big project. I'm excited, it's coming along really nicely.
This is how we started. The whitish stuff we have is homemade playdough.
In progress
Growling like a dinosaur at the volcano. I'm not exactly sure what this accomplishes, but the pictures cute.
The finished volcano model. (finished for today that is)
And just for fun, here he is being a goofball. Can you tell his was in a crazy mood today?
Science: We are learning about gravity, so Nick learned to use a digital scale to weigh things and see what gravity's pull is on them.
History: We started building a volcano, my plan was to do a small model volcano now and save the fancy stuff until he was older, but he wanted to do an exploding volcano, so it became a big project. I'm excited, it's coming along really nicely.
This is how we started. The whitish stuff we have is homemade playdough.
In progress
Growling like a dinosaur at the volcano. I'm not exactly sure what this accomplishes, but the pictures cute.
The finished volcano model. (finished for today that is)
And just for fun, here he is being a goofball. Can you tell his was in a crazy mood today?
Halloween
Nick was excited all day about going trick-or-treating. Unfortunately, he started getting the flu right after we went out. After half a street he decided he wanted to come home, within 2 hours his temp had shot up to 102.4 and he was a pretty sick little M&M. I'm so glad we had gone to Boo at the Zoo, because between that and the bit of trick or treating we did, he got a lot of candy and felt like he went out to trick or treat.
Ready to go Trick-or-Treating.
Unfortunately, we didn't get a lot of Halloween day photos because Nick was so sick, but we did enjoy watching halloween movies and relaxing once we got back.
Ready to go Trick-or-Treating.
Unfortunately, we didn't get a lot of Halloween day photos because Nick was so sick, but we did enjoy watching halloween movies and relaxing once we got back.
Carving the Pumpkin
Let's carve the pumpkin:
Nick wanted a vampire pumpkin, so he drew on a paper what he wanted, and Erik translated it into this cool design:
Starting the carving
Gutting the pumpkin. Once again I tried to convince Nick to get in and help gut it, and once again he refused to even touch the guts :)
The final product
All lit up, we always light it up with a glow stick, this year it added a really eerie green glow that made it really fun.
Nick wanted a vampire pumpkin, so he drew on a paper what he wanted, and Erik translated it into this cool design:
Starting the carving
Gutting the pumpkin. Once again I tried to convince Nick to get in and help gut it, and once again he refused to even touch the guts :)
The final product
All lit up, we always light it up with a glow stick, this year it added a really eerie green glow that made it really fun.
Boo at the Zoo
It's become an annual tradition since we came to Idaho Falls, it's Boo at the Zoo. Boo at the Zoo is one of our favorite Idaho Falls activities, it's essentially trick or treating at the zoo. We went the Thursday before Halloween (Halloween was on a Saturday). This year was the first time we'd gone after dark and it was super fun with all of the lights and what not.
Here we go, ready to start. Notice the thick coat. He was dressed in 3 layers under the coat and 2 layers of pants. It was VERY cold, but it was a lot colder the next night, so we picked the right time to go.
All ready to go. Notice we've added a hood now. Boy, his face looks grown up in this picture!
An M&M riding a chicken!
Golfing Game - he played for a while, but didn't quite make it in the whole, he did get it stuck beside the hole though.
Nick under the inflatable cat.
Here we go, ready to start. Notice the thick coat. He was dressed in 3 layers under the coat and 2 layers of pants. It was VERY cold, but it was a lot colder the next night, so we picked the right time to go.
All ready to go. Notice we've added a hood now. Boy, his face looks grown up in this picture!
An M&M riding a chicken!
Golfing Game - he played for a while, but didn't quite make it in the whole, he did get it stuck beside the hole though.
Nick under the inflatable cat.
Explorer's Club Halloween Party
The Wednesday before Halloween we had a party for the homeschool Explorer's club group. Nick spent the half hour before running around singing "I'm an M&M" (to the tune of the farmer in the dell), while B (the little girl I watch) ran around singing "I'm Tinkerbelle" it was hysterical.
Getting Ready for the party:
Dipping Marshmallows in Caramel for caramel covered marshmallows.
More dipping. Nick insistead on the "aprons". I really need to get the boy a real cooking apron :)
I'm an M&M!
The dynamic duo!
Partying kids:
I don't know why he decided to sit at the table, he usually can't wait to have a "picnic" on the floor, but he sure had fun.
Getting Ready for the party:
Dipping Marshmallows in Caramel for caramel covered marshmallows.
More dipping. Nick insistead on the "aprons". I really need to get the boy a real cooking apron :)
I'm an M&M!
The dynamic duo!
Partying kids:
I don't know why he decided to sit at the table, he usually can't wait to have a "picnic" on the floor, but he sure had fun.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Colds, colds, and more colds
We've had a lot of colds going around here lately, and so we haven't gotten a lot of projects done, we've been focusing mostly on math and English. The science we've done has been focused on reading stories about types of energy and what not. For history we've been learning about Halloween and the history of Halloweeen.
Sorry I haven't been able to post, but I will try to get some pictures and posts up in the next day or so.
Sorry I haven't been able to post, but I will try to get some pictures and posts up in the next day or so.
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