Life this week...
We took a full week and a few days from the previous week off for spring break. We all needed a break, and with April coming home I knew we'd just want to play all week. Now it's over and time to get back to school (for April) and homeschool (for us). I'm actually excited to get back into our studies. There are so many things to learn!
Homeschool this week...
I did challenge the boys to do some math for a reward. Alex did about half a page of math. The rest of learning last week was all self-directed. Alex learned how to solve a rubik's cube (2X2 version) by watching videos on the tube. We did some reading of picture books from the library. We went on a few field trips, one to see alpacas (which I will talk about in a bit), and the other to see border collies perform at the library.
Mom-school this week...
I did the spring break challenge for my clogging class. We had the week off for dancing/clogging too, but she gave us a challenge to put some of the moves that we have learned so far together into a dance. I stewed about it all week, I thought and thought about what I could do. Nothing came to me so I thought I wouldn't be able to submit a video. Turns out I just needed to set my dance floor back up so I could just tap it out. I could only think so much before I just needed to physically put it together.
Places we're going and people we're seeing...
As I mentioned earlier, we went to see alpacas for a field trip. It was so fun to see alpacas up close. We learned a lot. We also went bowling, to OMSI, and painted pottery. So many fun outings! I am hoping to have posts up about these outings soon.
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My favorite thing this week was...
We did so many great things this week for Spring break, it's hard to pick just one. But, I'd have to say the favorite was visiting the alpacas
My kids' favorite thing this week was...
Icees/Slurpees. Alex discovered that he loves them over spring break. He would do anything for an Icee while we were out and about. I think it was probably his favorite thing all week long. Here he is with his Icee and cake pop snack from Target...
Something I accomplished...
I fixed Alex's bonsai tree LEGO set to have the pink blossoms on it. It was tedious but kinda fun. I love how springy it looks.
What we're reading...
I finished reading this Dear America book. It's about a girl who started a school in a small town in the late 1800's. I really enjoy this time in history and this book really painted a good picture of the struggles. I enjoyed it.
Movies/TV we watched...
We watched a lot of Stranger Things (the first 2 seasons to be exact) over spring break.
Outdoor time...
We went on a walk at the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge. No pictures, but it was a beautiful walk. All the times in the past that we've tried to walk at this particular place we've just walked the first 5 minutes and then something happened that we had to go back. It was nice to finally make it past the first 5 minutes of that walk and see more of the refuge!
I'm cooking/eating...
We had lots of goodies! Like this brownie ice cream sundae...
Other thoughts from the week...
We celebrated dad/hubby's birthday! It was a small celebration. We also went to Red Robin as a family.
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