He's been busy too

This little guy ges everywhere with me when M&M are in school.  I try my best to give him some time to do things that are geared just for him.  His favorite activity of the week is attending story time at the local library.  Ms. Karen is pretty good.  She keeps them entertained during her stories and she keeps them focused by singing songs that allow them to stand up and wiggle about after each story.

 He is pretty attentive to her stories... but we will need to attend more to help him stay focused.  :)

Check out some of his awesome artwork and WRITING (eeek, I am so excited for him!  He draws a picture, tells me what it is, I write on a piece of paper, and he copies my writing! It's so great!!!)

He drew a picture of Pikachu and some fire type Pokemon for Cousin Peter:

 He drew a picture for Ma:

 And a picture of Thomas the Train for Cousin Ryan:

 He drew another picture for Ma -- it's of the two of them holding hands!  So CUTE!!!
( I love his BIG green (his favorite color, of course) eyes and Ma's big purple nose!  hahaha!!!)

Performance on a HOT day!

Ladies and gentlemen... she sings!  (and she was not a bit nervous...  I know, it wasn't a solo part, but she was just so stinking cute singing with her class.

 She spotted me!  :)

 A video to come....

And this fella, started his new session of science class with Rock it Science.  He loves it and looks forward to many experiments and silly stories!

 Today they tested out what size/shape paper can stay up the longest after having been shoved through this red tube thing that has air blowing through it.  MG used to call this red thing the jelly bean guy... not sure why!

 While MD was busy with that, he was content to draw away!  His princess:

 And a very nice scenery...

 Then he put on this goofy pair of glasses.  :)

I love these children!  :)  

And I love that the weather is so beautiful!!!!  

Welcome Spring, we've been waiting!!!

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After picking up MG from her art class after school, we returned to Jim and Clare's to do some yard work:

He collected some bugs:

 He was digging for the bugs:

 She avoids the bugs:

 And he finally began his work with Clare -- pulling weeds from the hill they used to jump off of during the fall.  It was once a pile of dirt... and now it is a mountain of weeds!

 It was starting to get hot...

 REALLY hot...

 So we retreated to the house for a cold treat!

It was a nice day today!!!

Another sign of Spring... so lovely!  Soon we will have delicious apples!

Homework

Everyday when MG does homework, it's torture... not that it's difficult for her, but the fact that MD and E are playing while she is "working," is difficult for her to see.  She feels like homework is her punishment and she can't play when she wants.  So, I solved that problem... everyday, when she does her homework, they do too!  And guess what?  They love it!!!!  (Afterwards, their reward is to do something they want for 30 minutes before dinner or shower.  They often choose playing on the computer or watching a short show on TV.)
She technically can finish her homework over 2 days, so she technically does not take all week to complete her work.  We crank it out with 1 day of worksheets (how ever many is included in her packet) and the next day (day 2) writing about the book she read over the week (she reads somewhere between 5-6 books a week, so she has to choose only one to write a few sentences about) and studying her spelling words.
So, from now on, this is what we will do!  Check it out:

MD is writing a letter to Braden:

 E is coloring today (thanks for the book Yeh family!), but sometimes he does "work" too.  Some days he colors by numbers or write letters:

 And she's doing her homework:

 Here's MD's letter to Braden.  I love it!  I did not correct him or say anything.  He wrote what he wanted and we're mailing it to him tomorrow morning.  Can you read it?  Do you need a translation?
Dear Braden,
I like to play on your Wii.
I like to play in your room.
I like to play out your back yard.

I love that they are battling with their light sabers.  :)  He asked if Braden was shorter than him.  When I said yes, he figured he would "allow" Braden to have a longer light saber to make up for his height.  Heehee.

E Makes a New Friend

Well, he didn't, but he did... see?

But you have to know about this book first to appreciate it.  Fox is bored one day and tells his mom he is going to catch a friend.  So he brings out his net.  But mom explains that friends can't be caught, they must be made...  So off he went to "make" a friend.

So, do you see the friend now?!  He drew that picture while MD was in science class... and the book was home.  Thank you Katrin for giving MD this book when he was born.  They are all enjoying it very much!  This is a great book.  It is so sweet!