Miles and Miles of Reptiles

We have spent some time these past two days learning about reptiles and the differences between a crocodile and an alligator.

after reading several books on the subject (including a very fun one called Miles and Miles of Reptiles by Tish Rabe), we studied different pictures of the reptiles in question to determine which one was which.

                                         

Malachi divided his plastic animals into three categories.

"Reptiles":

"Mammals":

and "The Ones We Don't Know Yet" (which include birds, bugs, and fish):

  We wrapped up our croc and gator discussion today by drawing a crocodile 

(notice the narrow mouth):

and Malachi just had to have an alligator (notice the wide mouth) mask so he could go attack Daddy in his office:

See you later alligators!

"I'm Not Three Anymore, I'm Four."

That is Karis' matter-of-fact phrase of the day.

She wanted to celebrate her birthday with a Yogi Bear cake (after seeing the film over christmas with Uncle Yancey and Aunt Mel).

 

The long awaited "purple unicorn pillow pet" was finally received by a very happy little girl: 

 She wanted tacos and chips and salsa for her birthday meal.

Asher enjoyed the cake:

Even big brother, who usually despises anything girlie, enjoyed playing with the Little People camping set (even though it was pink, purple, and had two girl figures) that Karis got as a gift.

Then, to top the day off, we had a surprise visit from a little friend who came bearing a gift and got to stay and play for the afternoon!

A great day of celebrating one of God's many blessings!

Our Knights

During "recess" (while Mommy was helping Karis with reading), Malachi built this castle:

Later, I found this knight riding around the castle grounds:

Back to Blogging

Although we did have an extended Christmas vacation, it was not a month and a half long!  A combination of computer issues, camera issues, and way too much to do, kept me from blogging about our school days.

Here is a little bit about the past week:

We studied snakes in Science and painted snakes (a.k.a sticks) thanks to an idea found at Speece School.

    

Some students decided that painting hands was a whole lot more fun:

The Roman Empire was our subject in History so we made mosaics using buttons.  Asher is admiring his  letter A- he was quite proud of it.

Karis made a letter K... You have to look closely and use your imagination.

 Malachi chose to make a skateboard, but it is still a work in progress.  If we ever get it done, I will try to post a picture.

Also this week: New haircut!

and fort-building with Daddy.

Great use for an undecorated Christmas tree!

We are expecting lots of snow tomorrow, so we are looking forward to see what happens to the fort- we're hoping for something reminiscent of an igloo.