Snow Fossil Tracks

Well, we're getting back in our regular swing now. We've been homeschooling again, but I just got back to taking pictures again today.

In history today, we were learning about early animals and how not much is known about the soft bodied animals because the only fossil record we have of them is their tracks. So, we went outside, and used a few soft toys to make tracks and see how easy or hard it is to figure out what something looks like just by examining it's tracks.

Quick Update

I haven't had a chance to update and probably won't have one in the next week, so I wanted to do a really quick update and let everyone know our latest news. Nick has 2 very loose teeth! Looks like it won't be long and he'll be missing his 2 front lower teeth.

Countdown to Christmas - 22 Days

Lego Advent Calendar day 5:





The lego project is growing. The big grin is because Nick was giving me a hard time trying to take his picture and thought that was pretty funny.

A fun package arrived for Nick this afternoon from Nana:



More to come to this post later tonight

Countdown to Christmas - 22 Days

Opening the Lego Advent Calendar:



Building the new lego guy


Adding the new lego minifigure - an ice skater, to the collection.

This evening we went to Barnes and Noble for their pajama story time telling of Polar Express. It was cute, they had a woman dressed up as a conductor to tell the story, and gave the kids cookies, cocoa, and little bells with ribbon through them after the story. The lady telling it did a fantastic job too.


Nick with his ticket for the Polar Express.


Listening to the story.


Nick with his cookie and his bell.


Then it was home for dinner and then opening the icicle box for tonight.

Countdown To Christmas - 23 Days

Lego Advent Calendar day 3, a sled:






Opening the icicle box, and the lego build keeps growing (the picture is without day 3's parts added on.






Tonight's story: Olive The Other Reindeer

Nick Can Read!

Nick can read, and he finally let me video tape him reading a book. He's read this book a few times and it's an easier book for him, but I'm still really proud of where his reading ability is, especially considering it's only December of his Kindergarten year!



This afternoon Nick curled up on my lap and fell asleep. I managed to sneak out, but when I came back a few minutes later, this is what I found (notice the cat too!):

Countdown To Christmas - 24 Days Until Christmas!

The countdown continued on Wednesday.

This time we did the lego advent calendar in the morning. Nick got a lego snowman! So cool.







Here's what the set looks like now.

Then at night we did the icicle advent box, and read How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Nick's big lego set is slowly growing, and he's pretty much figured out what we did with the icicles this year.



Nick has a thing about never wearing these pajamas bottoms with the shirt that matches them, he always has to wear them with a shirt that doesn't go at all! Oh well, at least their just pajamas :)