We've been hunting the larvae since we went to the field training. Finally, Friday evening we found 2 tiny larvae, one very small, and one egg! They are SO small, we are housing them in petri dishes until they are bigger. I have larger set ups ready for them, and MORE if we can find them ;)
This is the big guy
These are the 2 smaller ones
They are hard to see, but are beside each other, on different leaves
Bryan took the kids to the Pirate's baseball game last Thursday while I was at work. Both the weather AND the kids cooperated for a very nice male bonding evening. They were *very* close to catching a home run ball!
Yeah! I placed a large order of home school supplies with rainbow resource http://rainbowresource.com/index.php, and I am impressed! Their site is HUGE and easy to navigate, and the shipping was fast.
Math This program teaches practical math skills, from around the home, etc. http://tinyurl.com/6and4q
History This is a book of history written in stories to read to children, then I bought the activity/lesson plan book to go along with it to learn further in chosen areas. We will do more Pa history too, with library books and field trips. http://tinyurl.com/5uyvmp http://tinyurl.com/6yqq5z
Phonics/reading for Brayden (I need to find out what happened to book 2) This is a great series, its called Explode The Code, here's a link to the first book: http://tinyurl.com/6pzghx
Handwriting for Rylan, we have several other Kumon books we use already.
Starting phonics/basic reading for Rylan These are the pre-K to K version of the Explode the Code books
So, there you have it! We do still use the websites mentioned in another home school post. Several other store bought workbooks and print outs as well.
Last night Bryan and I took the kids to dinner at Olive Garden, then to the Palace Theater to see Golden Dragon Acrobats. Dinner was good, the kids were great, very well behaved and LOVED the salad and bread sticks. Loved them so much, they didn't have much room for dinner ;) We timed it perfectly, getting a parking spot near the Palace, and finding our seats in time for the start of the show. The first clip is similar to what we saw with the chair stacking. The one we saw was much higher (about 4 stories) and a man, The second clip is a basic overview, but what we saw last night was MUCH better! Golden Dragon Acrobats was AMAZING. Our seats were perfect. I bought them online the exact minute they went on sale to be sure the kids had a good view. The kids were focused on the stage the entire time, except to look at Mom and Dad's expressions.
Bryan and I were nervous during the more dangerous stunts. We even thought about taking them out of the theater during the chair stacking/hand balancing. I felt like I was going to puke, and both of us had sweaty palms, ready to cover the kid's eyes in case they fell. All of our hearts were pounding. Later, Brayden said he didn't like that part because it was "too freaky". I agree. I'd pay to NOT see that again.
When we got home, Bryan and I went upstairs to change clothes, and when we came back downstairs minutes later, the kids were asleep- Rylan on the floor, Brayden hanging off the couch!
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