Just playing and learning

I love watching these two kids learn new things...and everyday, they learn something new.  So fun!

 Katelyn loves to cook.  (Hmm, wonder where she gets that from.)  I got a couple of cookbooks from the library last week and I sat down to flip through one of them.  One minute later, Katelyn had grabbed the other one and was sitting right next to me.  The next morning she went back through the same cookbook and put a little bookmark on each recipe that she wanted us to make.  She has quite the list going.

 Michael and I like lots of different foods and we make sure the kids try lots of different things.  Katelyn has been pretty adventurous lately with her eating and has decided that she likes hummus, nori (seaweed) with rice in it, linguini and clam sauce and salads.  She pretty much eats whatever we eat.  Noah's likes lots of different things also.  He's recently decided that he likes avocado, hummus, veggie burgers, and nori.  He'll pretty much eat any veggie with some pasta or rice mixed in.  He loves chicken and cheese.

 Katelyn is an AWESOME student.  She loves to learn and we have been doing just that.  She made "Gallon Man" because we were learning about how many cups are in a pint, pints in a quart, and quarts in a gallon.

 Katelyn said that she was the angel of the Lord.  She stood up on the chair and sang us "O Little Town of Bethlehem."  :)

 Katelyn likes to create things with her Magnetix.

 This is the diamond necklace she made.  She came up with it all on her own.  She cracks me up.

 Little mister "Into Everything".

But look at this face.  So sweet.

 Katelyn said that Noah could be in her band.  He was playing the tambourine and she was playing the recorder.  Then they decided that they would both play the recorder.

 I'm glad I saved a pile of Katelyn's toys.  I pulled this out of the closet today and Noah has been very excited.  He likes to put things into something and take them out so he's liked mailing the letters.  I found his sippy cup in the drawer with the pans yesterday.

 Just a boy and his snacks.

Here's some of the work Katelyn has done.  Gallon man, consonant blends and a couple of works of art imitating artists Ghiberti and Angelico.  

Homeschooling has been really great for our family.  We've loved being able to learn about all kinds  of things.  Katelyn learned about Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday and she watched part of the presidential inauguration.  She watched a live broadcast of KY middle school students asking questions of astronaut Tom Marshburn who is on the international space station.   We've been learning about Africa, types of rock and the highest mountain on each continent. This morning we were reading a cool book on the first climbers to make it to the top of Mt. Everest.  She liked reading about the abominable snowman.  Ask her to make a yeti sound for you.  :) She's doing great in math and has gotten proficient in basic addition.  She just learned less than and greater than.  I'm excited for where this new year will take her academically.  I can't wait for the weather to get nicer.  We have much exploring to do...outside!