You know that old country song. . ."What a beautiful mess, what a beautiful mess I'm in. . ." Well, that went through my mind today as I was cleaning up after lunch. We certainly do have a lot of messes around here that's for sure. That's one of the things about homeschooling; you eat home more, you play at home more, you just ARE home more and all that equals more messes. But, I wouldn't have it any other way. Someday I am going to miss these messes.
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| Here we are doing art. It can get kind of messy. On this particular day, we were making gardens on paper plates. It was actually a project from our History Book. We were making gardens like Babur the Tiger's Garden of Scattered Flowers in India. |
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| Here are the finished products. The kids played with their animals in the gardens for about a week when I was tired of having them in my kitchen. |
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| More animal homes. Kate was delighted that they were on her level. Because she can be so destructive to their creations, Grant calls her "Dewey the Hun". He remembers the Huns attacking people in our history lessons. |
One of the messiest areas of my life: The chicks! I make the kids put on Kenneth's old T-shirts to try to keep chick droppings off their clothes..
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| Arianna with Buffy and Exclamation Point |
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| They love to play with these little chicks! |
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| Happy Grant with Polka Dots and Puffy |
Kate can say Chicks! For quite a while she has tried to say chicken and gets the ch sound, but not the whole word. Well, she can really say chicks. It is so cute and she loves to go out and see them, too!
Hey Heidi! I'm getting caught up on your blog. Love this post! It is SO true. Wish I could always keep that perspective. I'll have to start humming the song. And seeing those pictures brought back memories of doing a similar project in mighty Kids with you
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