This week Daniel is learning about solar energy.  I found a really nice coloring book to print off at http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/index.html  He's very eager to make a solar oven, but before that happens, I want him to dig in and learn about it.  He asked the library to check on books about making solar panels (!!!) as they didn't have any (they actually really didn't have much info at all about solar energy).  I am finally remembering to remind him to wear his glasses (they're new and he only needs them to read and write) and his work is actually looking a little neater.  He's still pretty eager to start school each morning, though it's the science stuff that's really drawing him.  Yesterday we did chapter 2 of that Child's Geography....learned about the atmosphere....very interesting!  (Ann V.  if you read this, I'm anxiously awaiting the next chapters!)

Alycia is really enjoying working on butterfly stuff.  I was going to have her rewrite Eric Carle's book, The Very Hungry Catepillar, but instead I copied off pictures of different butterflies (and it tells what colors to color each one) and we'll cut them out and make a butterfly mobile for her room.  Did you know that the Queen Victoria butterfly has an 11 inch wing span???  Wow!  I wasn't sure what we'd move on to this week, but decided to do the butterfly's body parts  and then just progress on to bugs (which she also loves)

As for little David, he's not really liking this school business.  He doesn't seem to really be a morning person anyway and he gets really feisty with the kids.  Thankfully this morning he got preoccupied with a box of train stuff!  I have some file folder games for him too, but it's hard when I need to pay so much attention to Alycia at the level that she's at right now.  We'll see how things go. 

So there you have it, that's the excitement here.  I did just go on UPS website to track a package.....my history curriculum should arrive today!!  Woohoo!