Tuesday November 16 2010

"Home is an invention on which no one has yet improved." -Ann Douglas

My husband took my photo to inform me that he had used his troubleshooting skills to resolve my camera issues. Hooray for my man, Jeep!

And today is all about tea...

and finally meeting winter with a cold handshake of snow

Reading games

Reading books

Reading email

Read about Canada's flag and got out our Canada puzzle

Played Pass the Bag to pass the time

Remained inspired by our Canada theme

Played dinosaurs and patterns. This is an ABAB pattern--Diplodocus, T-rex, Diplodocus, T-rex

Exercising as per Albert the Bear's instructions

Ate apple crisp

Cotton ball craft and acrostic poems

math problems

Ballerina Snowman

Water gun fights

Racing cars

Chats with Grandma

Excited party snowgirl

Train set play

100 situps

Reading and discussing the daring stories told in this book

Danny the protesting snowman

Discussions on protests--peaceful and violent

Discussions on proper respect for the flag of Canada

Albert the Exercising Bear snowman

Mindbenders

Learned about the secret messages flags can spell out.

Working on our own secret code....results will soon follow.

Stay tuned.