Unplugged Project...Flat

This weeks Unplugged Topic is Flat... Well since we have a budding artist on our hands we could learn to make paper, it's flat

1st step Get out the blender and fill it with shredded paper, glitter, flowers, anything you want in your paper. We recycled old construction paper and printed computer paper then we added glitter and some coral bell flowers.

Step 2 Add water to the blender and blend until you get a slurry of paper and water.

Step 3. We went outside for this step. 1st lay down a piece of old blanket then a piece of interfacing (the type you use for sewing) then smooth out the paper slurry on top of the interfacing. When slurry is smooth cover with another piece of interfacing and blanket

Step 4 Stomp out the water. Both of the girls liked this one.

Step 5 once you have most of the water stomped out remove the blanket pieces and one piece of interfacing and let the paper dry outside until firm.

Carlee can't wait for it to dry to color and draw on it....Note if you use printed paper your paper will have a gray tint.

Book List #1

I found a blog from a mom who home schools and she was keeping track of the books she reads to her boys every week trying to reach 1000 books a year. I am not that ambitious so I am hoping to reach 350 this year. So here it goes.



1. Happy Birthday Unicorn, Sweet Pickles Series by Jacquelyn Reinach

2. Noah's Rocking Boat by Molly Detweiler

3. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

4. Hokey Pokey Elmo by Abigail Tabby

5. Barney Says Night Night by Guy Davis


6. Hippos go Berserk by Sandra Boynton


7. Mr Brown can Moo, Can You by Dr. Seuss


8. Fancy Nancy at the Museum by Jane O'Conner

9. Jackal Wants Everything, Sweet Pickle Series by Jacquelyn Reinach

10 Xerus won't Allow It, Sweet Pickle Series by Jacquelyn Reinach

11. Franklin wants a Pet by Paulette Bourgeois

12. A Horse to Love by Disney

13. How Many Ducks in a Row by Valeria Petrone

14. Find the Duck by Usborne Publishing

Bike Riding Part 2

Practice..Practice...Practice

I want to ride my bicycle

Last Night Carlee decided it was time to try to ride her bike without training wheels...

So here's the start....

AND SHE DOES IT!!! Great Job!

Looks like Daddy's getting a workout too.

She was pretty proud of herself...

Did you know bike riding was a spectator sport...Pappy was there too.

Water Fun

Jeff gave the girls each a bucket of water the other night that was the entertainment for the rest of the evening.

Cadee's version of a car wash...

Sissy to the rescue...

Carlee being Carlee

Farmer Cadee

Plowing up the Field....Not really

Cadee really loves riding on equipment, here she is on the tractor with her Pappy Ritzman

Bringing in the Crops

Her and Dad just got done husking corn, here they are bringing it inside for mom

Unplugged Project...Glass

This week's unplugged topic was glass. I had this crystal (glass) pet store kit I bought at Ollie's in the basement for Carlee so I got that out for her. PS no, those are not prescription glass that is called Gramma over indulgence

You are to color the animals and store front with marker.

Finished with the rabbit.

And for Cadee I introduced her to the magnifying glass

Unplugged Project...Stone

I found a new blog at http://www.unplugyourkids.com/ every week the blog will give you a topic to do a kids project with. This week the topic was Stone, so we decided to make hot rocks.

Our first step for this project was an adventure for the girls we went up onto the mountain and collected the stones from the mountain creek so the girls got to wade in the water and sort through the stones while Mom was standing guard watching for rattlers. We made a little dam and talked about that too.

Next step take the stones home and wash them off. Cadee and I did this while Carlee was napping. Cadee sure had fun with the hose..

We left the stones dry overnight then put them on a foil cookie sheet and into the oven at 350 for 15 min. While the stones warmed up we peeled the paper off of our broken crayons. Once the stones were hot I took them out and gave one to each of the girls to color



You just press the crayon onto the hot stone and the wax will melt on the stones. Once we got some flat stones painted up I sprayed them in the sink with cold water so we could stack them. This was Cadee's favorite part.

Here are the girls with their masterpiece. What's next I'm not sure. Maybe Tie dye tshirts, marbleizing paper with shaving cream and food coloring or stepping stones. I do know next weeks unplugged topic is glass. Interesting....

Swimming

Cadee Getting ready to jump

Yahoo!! here I come Dad

Carlee Learning to Dive

Swimming Arms...Our Girl is Swimming

This summer we have been swimming...Carlee started the summer in the Start to Swim program for 2 wks then completed the Am Red Cross Level 2 swimming program this past week. Great Job little Fish!

Whipples Dam

After Shaver's Creek we went to Whipples Dam so the kids could play and swim but alas it was too cold to swim so we waded and played in the sand instead. This was Cadee's first time to see a sandy beach and a lake

Cadee Checking things out

Carlee on the shore

Shaver's Creek

We went to Shaver's Creek Raptor Rescue Center the other week...Here are some photos from the trip

Our Girls

Carlee Posing as usual

Owls at the center

Cadee checking out the 17 yr. locust