Update

Wow! It has been a really long time since I updated this. :) We nearing the end of our first year homeschooling. Time has went by really fast! Aly turns 7 in less than a month and I feel like this year of homeschooling has really given me a chance to get to  know her. She is a natural born learner and we are going to take advantage of that and move into a more unschool type of learning environment.

We have made some great friends over the lat few months and have done some really fun activities like this trip to Point Defiance Zoo.

We are starting some new activities tomorrow which will involve igloos and seals and dog sleds. Hopefully I will remember to update. :)

New Year

So I have not been very good keeping things updated since October. It seems like we are always busy doing something. Aly and I both hope you have a great new year and we hope you are looking forward to lots of exciting things in 2012 just like we are!

Busy, Busy, Busy

Things have been really busy around here! We are rolling pretty good with Aly's school. Her math and reading were both way to easy so we are adapting and adding to and making things work. Tomorrow we are starting "Little House in the Big Woods" for reading. I am excited and hope that Aly enjoys it as much as I always have. She has also started gymnastics which she seems to really like.

This month we are studying pumpkins and Halloween. We have read about them, cooked things with pumpkin, and done lots of art projects. Here are some of them.

Pastel Pumpkin

Skeleton

 

She also planned and cooked dinner for us. She chose skillet chicken parmesan. It was really good and she did a good job.

Cooking dinner

We have also went to the zoo in Seattle and had a great time even though it was slightly wet.

Feeling foxy

Fun with friends-Anna

Looking forward to some more good times together, laughing, learning, and loving. :)

Dice Data

More apple stuff

We painted a picture using an apple. After stamping her apple Aly turned the stamps into butterflies and a ladybug.

She also made an apple tree. This painting was done with a straw, cotton balls, and a cotton swab.

About ready to wrap up apple month and move onto something else. Thinking that we will do tigers next and then Halloween.

Lattin's Cider Mill

We went on a field trip to Lattin's Cider Mill. We got to try apple cider and apple cider donuts.

We also got to see peacock eggs and a quail egg. They are really different in size. We also saw a newly hatched chick.

We pet a bunny, fed some goats, saw some pigs and got to ride on a very special train.

We had a great time!

Apple Fritters

This month we have spent some extra time learning about apples. Aly helped her Poppy make apple fritters and apple cinnamon cake. She doesn't really like apple pie so I don't know if we will try that one. Here are some pictures from when she made apple fritters.

They were very yummy. :)

Our day at the zoo

This is the story that Aly wrote about our trip to the zoo. She also took the photo! She narrated the story and I typed it for her.

Tigers are Fun to Watch

By Aly Bouchard

 photo by Aly Bouchard

On Wednesday I went to the zoo. I actually saw tigers and they were wrestling, playing, chasing and biting!

The tigers were a momma and her baby. The momma chased a big can into the water. She bit onto it to see if it was really alive.

The baby came running out of the jungle. He jumped on his momma and he chased her. The baby was almost as big as his momma.

The tigers at the zoo are Sumatrin tigers. Sumatrin tigers in the wild are an endangered species and that means there are not many left which is sad for people like me who love tigers. I hope someone will save the tigers!