1. Friday night block/animal play.
The game started with just Anders and Kuba, but ended up with all four of us playing "school" using blocks and animals. It was really fun and was a great way for us to get a peak into Anders and Kuba's interpretation of life at school.
We had a lamb, kid, calf, colt, parrot, and baby moose that were the kindergartners, and a sheep, goat, horse, cow and steer, and parrot - these were the parents. The children walked down the hall (in a line!) to the kindergarten room where they hung their backpacks and listened to a story told by the teacher (the teacher was a horse all decked out in armor from our knight set.) The animals would then go and play outside for recess and wait in a line at the end of day until their parents came to get them. It was always a very joyful reunion!
We all had a role, but Anders was the director....or at least the one with direct K experience.
2. A Hike in The Woods
On Saturday we went for a fabulous hike in the woods with friends...it was exhilarating! The boys were off and running the minute we got out of the car.
We hiked around a beaver pond, over boardwalks and through a swamp and ended up in a field of milk weed! We had been looking for a monarch caterpillar for over a month now with no luck, and within about ten minutes our friend Cheryl found one! Not too long after I found one and both families left with a very hungry
caterpillar munching away on milkweed leaves.
Anna put the huge caterpillar in our terrarium once we got home and it has been munching happily all day long....tonight it is on the screen and we think might be a chrysalis by the morning. (and yes that is caterpillar poop on the other leaf)
3. Sunday Morning Waffles
On Sunday, the boys made waffles with Anna. They are both really into cooking now. Kuba has mastered how to crack an egg and empty the egg into the bowl, and
Anders has now become the "official" waffle maker. He was totally in charge of spooning batter into the waffle iron, waiting for the steam to stop and the light to go out, taking the waffle out, delivering it and then repeating the steps. It was a great job for him and I think from now on he really is our waffle maker.
5. HOUSE/Barn Work
Anna and I have been madly reorganizing and cleaning out the barn. We hauled out a ton of stuff, brought in 5 bins of winter/fall clothing, and began the labor intensive process of dealing with a ton of "stuff" that has been accumulating in the barn. There are boxes of dishes and glassware from Sweden, art supplies, furniture, baby things, toys, totes of clothing, etc. We want to actually use it for fun and play, but need it to be cleared out and reordered. I must have done 18 loads of laundry, washing the winter stuff of 4 people, and then removing summer clothes from drawers and closets. It was a very productive weekend!
6. Noteworthy quotes from the weekend:
Kuba and I were sitting on the couch reading, and he got up to get another book from the other room. He said " I am getting another book and I am taking my heart and my penis with me."
Kuba was sitting in the car seat and Anna was driving. He said "Mama, I really love the color of your eyeballs."
don't forget about Anders thoughts. When we were walking in a field and looked up to see a big bird soaring above us..."what kind of bird is that", he said "do you think it's a vulture?". "maybe, but it looks smaller, like a crow to me", I said. After thinking for a minute he said "I know how we can find out...lets lay on the ground and play dead. If the bird comes down to eat us it is a vulture, if not its a crow."
ReplyDeleteThe mind of a five year old is always working...that on Saturday followed up this morning by, "what are buggers made of?"