Showing posts with label Speedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Speedy. Show all posts

Monday, April 23, 2012

Outdoor coloring

Do you remember having a Spirograph? I never had one, but sure remember using one. For my children, this was something new. And a little different. Our Spirograph is HUGE, and made for sidewalk chalk.

Our sidewalk is quite bumpy, so we adapted our activity and used an old table top, a huge paper, and some jumbo crayons. The images were much clearer, but not as messy, an just not the same.

It wasn't before they were back at the chalk, but this time, with a spray bottle. When wet, the cement turned darker, and the chalk color really seemed to "pop".

A beautiful afternoon!

Monday, November 7, 2011


  

 
Good Morning!


Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Oct. 31

The weather was just beautiful today. 
We headed outdoors to soak it up!

 The littles had a lot of fun in the leaves.  They were perfect for piling and jumping in: they were big and crunchy.
Speedy was more interested in raking.  He even knocked on the neighbour's door and offered to rake her boulevard for her.
From our tiny, postage stamp front yard, we filled four garbage bags!  They are excited to clean up our back yard, but the large tree hanging over our lawn is still green! 


"It was very fun playing in the leaves.. and my mom picked my foot up and put my while body in the garbage"-Sprout

"Yeah, it was silly when mom put Sprout in the garbage"-Speedy

"Yeah"-Seedling

Sunday, September 4, 2011

A Walk to The Jungle

We went for a walk to the jungle today.

Disclaimer:  Imagination vs lying can be confusing to young children, and this confusion can also be used as an excuse for older children who know how wrong lying is.  Therefor, before I begin, I will say that we definately used our imaginations today, and it was fun, and it was OK because no one reading this is going to believe that we walked to the jungle after church and rode lions!

Today after church, we went for a walk ... to the jungle.  It was alot of exploring.

There was alot of wildlife ...
 crocodiles,
 butterflies,
snakes,
and hippo's.


Local grub...

And adventure...
mom found some quicksand...

Sprout marked the 'X' for the treasure...





Speedy climbed the tallest trees...

a big bird swooped him up and dropped him into a nest...



Seedling and Speedy got caught in a mudslide...

Speedy found some eggs... are they crocodile eggs, or maybe dinosaur eggs...
and mom even brough something home to remember our adventure!


Saturday, June 18, 2011

Mugshots

This year, we decided Maverick (a.k.a. Daddy) needed some new mug shots for his wallet ...



Friday, June 17, 2011

Ideal Weather

Today is warm and sunny.  So far, my children have not asked to venture outside.
As I look through my photos to prepare a Father's Day gift, I am left to ponder what the term "ideal weather" means to my family.

Don't get me wrong, we LOVE the warm and sunny weather.



 Those beautiful days just don't seem to stir up the excitement that a rainy day does!


 

Summer is here, our official "schooling" is winding down, and we are ready for whatever weather is in store! 

(Note to self:  permalink this post for reference when weather is not "ideal" - AND HOLD YOURSELF TO IT!)

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Sowing Surprises

Spring is official when mud is involved, and although today's wind took mud wading off our to-do list, we didn't completely cross mud off.   We had a "surprise" pack of seeds, made for children.  It is a mix of seeds that grows well.  Speedy's planter has five pots, so we picked five types of seeds, and sorted them out.
 Hard to beleive, but we did this after 7pm! Gotta love spring!  Sunshine was away at a friends, so it was the three littles who got in on the action.  The boys planted the seeds, and Seedling found the spoon and kept filling the pots with more soil.
 


 Each pot got one type of seed, and we have to wait to see what sprouts up.  The most interesting were the ones that looked like curled-up worms.  It sparked a debate as to whether they were seeds or actually dead worms. Again, it's another wait-and-see.

 Infront of each pot, we glued one seed so that we can see where each plant came from.




And a side note, not totally unrelated, our garlic chives have sprouted, and it smells wonderful already!  It is a real test of patience to let it grow, as everyone here just loves chives.