We are enjoying watching the Olympics as a family.  What excitement with Michael Phelps last week!  The boys both got Michael Phelps swim caps at swim practice last week and were very excited.

We are enjoying our last week of "summer" before starting school next week.  I have everything ready to go and have made multiple trips to the library.

Our Olympic Quote of the day, courtesy of Johnny: "Men don't do the balance beam".  (As Ryan was walking across the back of the couch doing his version of the event.)

Sunday, August 10, 2008

We have been working on some Summer Olympic activities, making a book about the Olympics, and reading The Hour of the Olympics, a Magic Treehouse book.  Ryan and Justin have both been doing some reading and writing as well.  Madison likes to pick up a book and "read" whenever they are reading, and she has been enjoying coloring with Mommy.  She especially likes to try and make circles, and has even identified circles that she has seen.

I have been collecting books from the library for our first History unit - Eygpt.  We have the rest of our books ready to go as well.  The first Science topic will be Animals, and  we will start with Camels.  

Both boys continue to do a lot of swimming on these very hot days.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Well, we are getting ready to begin another year of homeschooling.   Most of the curriculum has been bought, just waiting for a few things to come in.  The boys have been reading everyday to earn Indiana Jones Journal's, they each have a calendar we mark off after they read.  It is truly amazing to hear them read.  We start back to Homeschool PE next week, they are excited about that.  In September, we will begin going to the Museum of Natural Science once a month for Science classes.  For now they are doing a lot of swimming.  They both love going off the diving board and especially like seeing Daddy go off the board!