Eggs in a basket.......

Michael and Anthony are taking a cooking class at our co-op. They are really enjoying it. All three have shown great interest in learning to cook. On Jacob's very first homeschooling day I taught him how to make spaghetti noodles.

So a few nights ago I taught each of them to make an egg in a basket.

Lost a pet.....

Last February a nice man at the reptile show gave Jacob 3 dart frog eggs to use for a school project. Only one hatched but he kept growing and became a beautiful yellow striped dart frog. Jacob named him Nigel after Nigel Marvin.

Fast forward to this morning.....I woke up and found him dead. He hadn't been eating very well the last few weeks. Not sure what caused it. Jacob was quite upset. We buried him in the landscaping close to where we buried Michael's Ball Python several years ago.

Inauguration

The boys and I watched the inauguration. They were very excited!!! They have really been interested in the whole presidental process. We were watching something on TV and Jacob saw Obama, he started jumping up and down saying Obama, Obama. He has been rated right up there with Jeff Corwin and Nigel Marvin for Jake :)
I had the boys each write a letter to the new president after we watched the Inaugruation. I am going to try to get them to upload...we will see if it works.

Ice and snow

We had an ice storm Tuesday night! Luckily we we were not one of the thousands without electric. The public school didn't have school all week. But the mean mom that I am....we had school every day. They did get out to play though and we made hot cocoa.

Inkheart

I read the book Inkheart and loved it. I started reading it to the boys and we finished it on CD. Our library had a party for the movie release and I took Jacob and Michael. Anthony was helping David at the shop that day so he missed it.

They had a big game board taped out on the floor. To move forward you had to answer questions about the book. Both boys did very well answering the questions but they didn't win. They had a great time though. They got to make a "knife."

Sign Language Class

The boys and I are taking a sign language class. We have had two classes so far and we love it. The lady teaching it is great, she is very good with the kids. I am looking forward to learning a lot. Jacob was very interested in signing when he was 4, he learned quite a bit but we kind of stopped when the other two boys moved in. I didn't intend on taking the class but the instructor included all the parents.

Spelling Bee

The boys participated in a homeschool spelling bee on January 12th. Spelling isn't one of Jacob's strong point but we had him join in with easier words. He did pretty good and it was really an ego boost for him. Michael is a good speller but he only got to the second round. I think he will do better next year when he is a little older. Anthony was not feeling well at all but he still managed to be in the top 5, he was number five.
I was very proud of my boys!