It's Friday! It's Friday!  This is also the last weekend of soccer, unless the boys win the tournament game which is, well, highly unlikely.  Today was busy with a lot of reading, crouquet, and running in the woods.  We also made sidwalk chalk.  I am telling you, this was the easiest thing.  I realize that chalk isn't that expensive but it was fun to make.  Here is the recipe:

ingredients:  1/3 cup quick-setting plaster of Paris

                         1 TBS powdered temper paint

                         3 Tbs water

                         Toilet paper tube or plastic cookie cutter (go ahead and experiment with other molds)

directions:  Seal one end of the mold with duct tape.  Mix plaster, paint and water together until blended.  Spoon into the mold (go quick). This needs about 30-45 min to dry.  Carefully pop the chalk out of the mold.  You will need to peel away the toilet paper tube if that is what you used. 

That is all there was to it!  Our street has since been decorated with various designs and pictures.

Oh yes, I also started my two oldest on typing.  My wacko #2 boy is loving it!  He keeps stealing off to the computer to practice his new skill.  I am using Keyboarding Skills by Diana Hanbury King.  It has a built in easel so it stands up on the desk.  I keep having flash backs to my high school typing class.  Actually, that class was probably the most useful class I had before college.

Well, I've rambled on enough.  I would like to know your summer schedules.  Do you assign reading, math, or just take off the entire summer?  I am tossing around the idea of doing some elective things that I never seem to have time for during the school year.   Thanks for your input,

Anissa