Sophie's Side - Homeschool Blogger

Pokey Puppy

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:48:00 -0600

Coolest Clubhouse

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:33:00 -0500

We went to the cabin to see our three cousins. Before lunch, we decided to make a clubhouse. I looked for one deep in the forest, but all I found was one where we could still see the cabin from it. I found a dead tree with twigs hanging down all around the tree, making a roof. I showed it to K and then B and S ran up, wondering what we were up to. We let B in on the secret, but S wanted to go with the boys. So we set out for our clubhouse.

We started to look for teeny sticks to start our clubhouse, but K didn't want to go. She wanted to stay to break the twigs off to form some steps. When we came back, we found that she made four nice steps made out of branches that led up to a seat above the twig roof.

The whole time I was daydreaming about a clubhouse with sticks with forks on them which you could hook up to the twigs. We broke big sticks off of dead trees, when just then, S came running along and B told her it was dangerous. I said that she could watch. S watched us break big sticks off of the trees and then she went to help the boys.

I came to see the boys' treehouse, and I found K there helping them. I came back to the clubhouse and B already had sticks up like I was daydreaming about. We set out to search for more sticks and I found just the kind of ones in my daydream with forks.

We found in the woodpile lots of big logs with branches to hook them up. We found medium-sized trees that were really heavy. I was the only one moving them, because I was the oldest. B was putting nails in the tree to hang up stuff. (It was dead so that she could do that.) Right before I got the first biggest tree on the clubhouse, S cam running and climbed up the steps, and she pretended that she was a hamster. I lifted up the big tree (and when I had to go home, I realized it was the heaviest tree that I had used.) It was a cool tree. It was curling, and even though it was big, it broke easily, because where there were curls, the wide tree could break. It had moss on it.

I started working on the back side after I made a new room. Next B went to gather sticks for a long time, and S went away to help the boys and K. I started going in the rooms and breaking wide twigs off, because they were blocking the way. It got dust in my eyes and little chips fell.

Just then, it was time for supper and B came up and started hammering a nail in with a rock. I told her we'd come out after supper.

After supper, we came out again, and we started building, and soon we had a wonderful treehouse. (Too bad we couldn't put the rotten wood on for the floor or the shingles which were bark from logs, because we had to go.)

Mom came out to take pictures. I made a window after the pictures were taken, even though we could see through tons of cracks.

We came to see the boys' and K's clubhouse. They showed us a new treehouse that they had added. It was really teeny with bark from logs for a roof. There were two long logs that were impossible to cllimb up, because they got bouncy and slippery at the top.

Mom called us and we had to get in the van and go home with Grandpa and Grandma.

American Coot

Thu, 31 May 2007 18:49:00 -0500

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Nature Journal: Ladybugs

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:58:00 -0500

Yesterday, I got my nature journal in the mail. Mom said that I can only draw nature in it. I decided to draw my ladybug. I did the writing and drawing all by myself.

At 5:36 pm, I noticed that my ladybug had seven spots on it. When I was drawing, it only had one teeny spot on the side. It hatched out of its pupa yesterday morning. We are feeding it aphids that live on baby aspen trees. The aphids love the baby aspens. The ladybug is turning red. When it hatched it was waiting to get its wings dried so that it could fly. I hope that it lays eggs soon.

Our friend, Caleb gave us two pupas. I saw them when they were larvae. The larvae curled up into pupae that stuck onto a leaf. They changed into ladybugs. When the ladybugs hatched, they were yellow and then orange in the evening.

Doggy and Dish

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:53:00 -0600

I drew this doggy from my imagination.

Pastry Picture

Wed, 8 Feb 2006 12:36:00 -0600

I drew this in my doodle book for the homeschool art class. When I come home, I have to practice drawing in the little booklet. I used three foreshortened circles for the tops of the cake. It looks round, because I did shading on it. I did the shading with a shading pencil. Near the edge it is dark, then it gets light. It's a triple-decker cake for a wedding. It has flowers on it.

Flying Flag

Wed, 8 Feb 2006 12:28:00 -0600

I drew and colored this American flag for my homeschool art class. I drew some foreshortened circles at the top and erased the top of the left part and the bottom of the right part. It made an s-curve for the top of the flag. Then I measured how long I wanted it. The left part had to be lower to make it look like it is close to you. Mom helped me get the right number of stripes. I had to make curved stripes to make it look like it is waving in the wind.

There are twelve kids in my class. That's a lot of kids!

Mary Mouse

Fri, 6 Jan 2006 18:28:00 -0600

I drew this mouse for my cousin Ana. I wanted to because she gave me a card with pictures that she drew and decorated with stickers. Mary Mouse is smelling a flower and she is done with her chores.

Posing Puppy

Mon, 5 Dec 2005 15:58:00 -0600

Bouncing Bear

Mon, 5 Dec 2005 13:23:00 -0600

I drew this while Mom was reading Grandma' letter today.