The main point of this blog is to journal. Mostly, I want to journal about the kids and our homeschooling adventures, but sometimes I will put my wandering thoughts down here. There has been lots of spring fever with the end of the school year approaching and the beautiful weather outside. There has also been lots of reading, writing and 'rithmetic taking place. Let's just say we're covering plenty, though I will most likely make some changes for next year. I am thankful we get to learn as we go. Right now, I want to put a few pictures of what all has been going on around our home. If I wrote about all of it, this would be a lengthy post that no one would read, so I'll just do pics and put a few words under each one:
The kids at our homeschool groups' Easter party. They had a great time and according to Daniel (who took them) it was one of the best and most-organized parties ever!
Science experiment. How plants drink: Put a celery stalk and some white flowers in a glass of water with food coloring. You will be able to see the coloring travel up the stem of the celery and change the leaves. AND the white flowers will change colors too!
Our Resurrection Sunday decorations. We put a big paper cross on the wall and a banner coming out of it has Titus 2:11 on it. On the cross are the names of God. We had so much fun finding out about many of these names and it is still up, so we are reminded whenever we see it that there is no bunny to be celebrated, but something so much better -- a risen Savior...
My herbs -- basil and cilantro. These are the two I cook most frequently with. Note that there are three basil plants. We LOVE basil! It goes on homemade pizza and in bruschetta, and I make pesto and balsamic vinaigrette out of them all summer to eat with fresh tomatoes and mozzarella...
Carter and Daniel prepping the garden patch for planting. Addie working very hard at swinging on the disc in the background.
Several hours later, the garden patch. I planted (with a little help from the kids) two types of tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, onion bulbs, watermelons and corn. Hope it all grows! Next year, I want to start early and sprout my own seeds in cups during the winter to transplant. I decided on a garden too late this year to do that. I'm not super great with gardening so the progress remains to be seen... This will be an ongoing science project of sorts this summer. Also, if we have good tomato production, the kids will get a lesson in canning.
Wonder why Daniel wasn't helping with the garden? He was very nearby, making a french drain for our backyard because it has horrible drainage. The man tilled a trench and unloaded a yard of gravel himself into it. What a man!
It is NO secret that Cartere loves Hank the Cowdog. This stuffed Hank got to go to work with Daniel, who took pictures of Hank doing various things throughout the day. He has done this with one of Addie's animals before. It is his way of taking the kids to work with him since he works at a bank and because of security the kids can't go in and spend a day seeing what he does. Carter LOVED getting the pics of his stuffed Hank via e-mail throughout the day. Here he is, barking orders to someone who has a job to do...
"Y'all come back now, y'hear?" 
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