Horizons Math Grade 4 and K,The Reading Lesson, Sequential Spelling, Lifepac Language Arts 4, Apologia Astronomy, Veritas Press New Testament/Greeks/Romans
Prima Latina, Contenders for the Faith and various Winters Promise books, Live Mocha Spanish, Plants Grown Up
Life is good. We're thankful to see Spring arrive, even though we've only had 2 days of nice spring weather so far! We celebrated the first day of spring with some festive cupcakes and fresh squeezed lemonade.
I've been spending my days enjoying being the mother of a toddler again. Abigail is walking all over now, and is the biggest goofball. She has always been so full of opinions and personality, but even more so now that she can express herself! She always has a goofy face on(examples below), and loves to give kisses! She misses Daddy terribly, and every morning talks to the picture of him hanging in the dining room, and she often comes to the computer and starts waiving at the screen calling Dada (We use Skype for video calls when he pulls into port, and she seems to think she should be able to talk to him whenever she feels like it. Luckily we have some videos of him we can play and it appeases her temporarily).
We've been starting the garden. This year I decided to really focus on flowers as well as veggies so we put in a bed in the front, and filled it with a few flowers and lots of bulbs and seeds. We are now anxiously anticipating seeing it grow and bloom. Next we'll get started on the veggies on the other side of the garage.
We've been enjoying watching the birds arrive with spring as well. The hummingbirds are in full swing, always fighting each other over the feeder, and swooping at us if we get to close! We hang our feeder right outside the playroom window so it's fun to watch them through out the day. This year we are down to just 1 feeder; the wind broke 2 of ours last year, plus those hummers were costing me a fortune in sugar! I was filling each feeder daily (2 cups of nectar each)!
We have suet outside the boys' bedroom as well. I haven't gotten to the bird store to pick up any seed or finch mix yet. Today we watched a Downy Woodpecker, Sparrows, Red Winged Blackbirds, Chickadees and a few male Finches come to the one feeder over the course of about half an hour while we played Battleship!
Last week we enjoyed this fun spring dessert! The boys thought it was the greatest thing ever! Chocolate ice cream with gummy worms, and crumbled Oreo dirt on top. Sugar overload, but so worth it to see their faces!
Hope you are all enjoying spring as well!
A recipe for the Birds:
HUMMINGBIRD NECTAR
In pyrex measuring cup ½ c sugar, 2 c water microwave until it boils let cool and store extra in fridge
