Fun with Love, Art, and History
- Two doctor's appointments for the little one in the womb this week. Things are well, praise God! My placenta has moved far away from my cervix, so that's good news. And they think the baby currently weighs 5lb 7oz (approximately), so we'll see what that will all add up to in the end!
- I've been having some fun flirting with my husband, on purpose. He's had a bit of a stressful week at work and the flirting has helped to lift my husband's mood. You can read about it HERE.
- My kiddos are putting in hard work!! They are counting down to the 100th day of school, so they haven't been so pleased with the doctor's interruptions this week. We have 8 more school days to go before our 100th day celebration!!
- The kids are still having a lot of fun studying England during the Middle Ages. The knights, the conquests, the battles, the castles, kings and queens--they are just taking it all in! Here are some of the books that we're reading during this unit:
- We've been doing a Scripture count down to Valentine's Day. Each day this month, we've read a Scripture about love. I made one of these:
- Our day for art and music was a busy one (re: doc's appt.), so I found a quick (and highly successful!) painting project. My kids painted pictures using Q-tips. It turned out great and was easy, too. Here are the paintings my daughters did:
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- Let your kids make sound effects to accompany your read alouds!!!! (Why didn't I think of this before?!?!)
- Auditory learning, for the most part, is not my children's first preference. They would rather see it or read it for themselves. Even so, I still would like to train their ears just a bit so that they improve in this area, so I do this with read-alouds. Any way, during the course of our read-aloud this week, I thought, "Why not let them make sound effects?!" That was it! Everyone perked up, waiting to be the next to make a sound. This helped them pay attention to what was going on. (In other words, no more glassy-eyed-I'm-so-bored looks!)
- Mothers who lovingly embrace motherhood, no matter what season of mothering they find themselves in.
- A dear friend of mine, who is also expecting, met me at the doctor's office for a clothing swap. I gave her back some maternity clothes that she had given to me last year. I am much further along than she is and there were many pieces that I could no longer wear--meaning my belly was just completely busting out of those shirts! LOL We've done this for the last 6 years or so and I am blessed to have her as a friend/sister.
- Hearing my oldest son pray, unashamedly, from his heart.
- My youngest son wrapping his little arms around my neck to give me a hug.
- Latin. I'm having a hard time putting it into our days. My daughter loves to learn it, but some days it just seems like there's no room. I need to correct this somehow. Any suggestions???
- Easter is coming early this year. . . Mmm. . .I need some plans.
- Planning for my daughter's 8th birthday. She's born the day after Valentine's Day. I'm thinking I can make something like this for her, using her (current) favorite colors of pink, purple, orange and green:
- Every day.
- Many things.
- Raising Homemakers had an interesting post on siblings and how they don't necessarily need to be best friends. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about this post yet, but it is certainly an interesting perspective and one that made me do some thinking on how I was raised and what I want to teach my children.
I am doing the q-tip painting tomorrow! Great ideas! Blessings!
ReplyDeleteFarmlife Chick,
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoy the Q-tip painting.
Take care,
Stacie
The Q-tip paintings are cute. I like how you have incorporated the true purpose of love with your Valentine Day scripture art. Children these days really need to know what true love is in this loveless world.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear that your pregnancy is going well also. Thanks for the updates. :)
Blessings!
Hi Mara!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your sweet encouragement, as always. I pray you are well!
Take care,
Stacie