We went with our local Royal Rangers to a Turkey Shoot!  What fun! Cold, rainy, muddy -- lots of boy stuff.  A variety of guns, bows & arrows, axe & knife throwing, even sling shots.  It was competitive and Jacob actually took 2nd place and won a knife.  Very macho, very fun.  (Do I get extra Mom points now?)

Jacob has been taking piano lessons since he was 5.  There have been some cute songs and some very beautiful ones.  He is currently working on the theme from Aladin.  Yesterday he woke up early and I was still in bed, dozing -- I wake up to the beautiful sound of him playing "A Whole New World" and such a feeling rose up inside me... it was love, pride, joy, peace -- it's hard to describe. 

Do you notice that there are FOUR teepees?  It was so much fun that Mom made one too -- I know, it's silly, but hey they love me joining in and it helps to make what they are doing more valuable to them, if they know it's valuable to me!

but for today, acting or reinacting wild indians is NOT a behaviour problem, but a history lesson.  (We were lucky enough to have a princess from down the street help my little heros, feel truly heroic!)

The salt, water and egg experiment.  I think we had too much salt because we couldn’t get it all mixed in.  Saturation, I believe it’s called.  The boys just think it's fun… can learning really be this much fun?

I just love My Father’s World.  I know that I wouldn’t take the time to do the extra things that make homeschool fun on my own.  MFW gives me the freedom to play – because I’m following the curriculum!

Patrick finally lost his first tooth last week.  Vincent, who has lost 4 already insisted that his had to come out too!  Vincent wouldn’t stop messing with it – he insisted that he HAD to lose his tooth with Patrick!  They wanted to get a gold dollar together!

Determination paid off, the tooth came out and they both got their gold dollars!

sailed the ocean blue.  (Can we set it on fire like the vikings did?... Please Mom, my captains' dead!)

Gramma & Grampa Magee sent wonderful lobster from Maine.  V is not to sure about the whole thing!

If these Columbine grow wild all over the Rocky Mountains, why can't I grow them in my back yard?