Week L

Week L we've Learned a Lot! It took a little while to get going with the week and then by the end we nearly didn't finish every thing we thought of.
Our L in writing.

We made Loaves of bread...

mini Loaves to make it more special.

We fed Lukey (something we do every day not just this week ) :)

We had Lots of Laughs with this Little man around, pulling himself up on everything and thinking he's big stuff!

We got Licorice.

And made a Licorice L.

We measured things to see how Long they were.

For a craft we did finger print Ladybugs. Something we got off the Illinois state web site and have been saving for this week. Two red finger prints made with finger paint and then when it's dry you draw in the extras with a black marker.

We also had lettuce, something Phi actually thinks is quite good. How he came up with that idea I know not?!

And around the house we had Loads of Laundry! As you can see it's getting bad enough to gobble up the little men. Actually they were pretending they were falling off a mountain. Ha! I think it's time to fold some Laundry!

Here's how Phi "folds" a face clothe,

Deep concentration,

and ta-da. Guess I should start keeping them in a basket so this method would work. :D

We also made a Lego L, which is hollow down the middle because...

It becomes a Lane to drive cars down. Oops!

We read our very cute Lamb story and our Lady bug counting book. and played follow the Leader. The boys Loved that one and wanted to do it every day since Mommy did whatever Phi did!

Our verse : Love one another as I have loved you... John 15:12

We sang "this Little Light of mine"

And studied some of the Life of our Lord Jesus while he was here in this world.

For Animals we learned a little about Lions, Lambs, Leopards, Lemurs and Llamas.

We talked about Legs and Lips, and also some opposites as there are tons of them that start with L.
Left vs. Right
Little vs. Big
Low vs. High
Long vs. Short
Less vs. More
Loud vs. Quiet (Leroy's favorite cause we whispered "quiet".)
Last vs. First
Light vs. Dark
Large vs. Small

I am never sure how much is sinking in but was encouraged when Phi came up with all on his own, " Does cousin Laura start with L?"

Some laughs from the week,

Phi from the back of the van playing with Jeffy:

"My little brothers cute!" ( I think he heard someone else say that one.)

Leroy, as we were driving in the country was looking out the window informing us what he was seeing. Most of it was normal things like "blue trucks" and "boats" and such like until we came to a horse. "Elephant", he bellows from the back, "Deer"! We laugh. Then we come to the Emu farm, "Chickadee"!

We wanted to go to a Lake but never got that far, anything close around here is no more than a pond. And so we March on to Week M. Thanks for the ideas Gwynne!

Week K

Edit: Kate we did not forget you, only A. Sjo did in my hurry to get the posting done before something else came up. In looking for a suitable picture tho' I don't have any recent ones (had to snitch this one off you guys blog). That means it's been too long since we've gotten to see you all!! Shall have to remedy that soon.

Week K, we've become more Knowledgeable, (though we didn't actually cover these "Kn" words because they're too confusing for now.) We did learn about Kangaroos, Kittens and Koala Bears on Youtube. Kangaroos are the strangest things, they seem to be to Australia what deer are to the NW. Interesting critters. An FYI, if you want to see them on Youtube put in Baby Kangaroos or you get lots of Kangaroos boxing.

On the menu was some Special K cereal,

Kiwi's! Kiwi Apple "salad" was great.

And Kidney Beans, on Nachos, yum!
Kabobs would have been lovely but this is a hard time of year for them. Besides the fact that I didn't think of them ( thx A. Deb) before I went shopping for the week.

Here is our written K

And Leroy wanted to try writing too so he did these A's with a little help on which way to go. I don't plan on starting him now, though he does get in on much of what we do. I hope to do it again with him next Fall/Winter and get more detailed with Phi. Anyway...

We "helped" in the Kitchen (thx A. Ruth 2b! ;)
He doesn't do Knives, ever, so this was a novelty.

Opening cans, with help.

Our project was a Kite, though not a flying one cause I wasn't up for that challenge and we don't have anywhere in our yard to fly one. Besides, we had rain almost the whole week. Tho' some beautiful sunshine peeked out on Thursday and again on Saturday and made me realize how little we've seen it in the last few months!

So we started with this K

and then tried the fun glue-on-tissue-paper-bits-with-a-pencil trick.

It worked great! You can even see our lovely peep of sunshine in the background. :)

Things around the house were Keys and Kindness tho' the latter took some work. ;)

Bible stories were the Parables of the Kingdom and then King David being anointed and showing Kindness to Mephiboseth.

Our verse: Be ye Kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as GOD, in CHRIST has forgiven you. Eph. 4:32

We couldn't think of a K song tho' I'm sure I just didn't try hard enough.

Some funny quotes from the week:

At lunch the boys have been occasionally giving thanks for the food when Daddy isn't there.
One afternoon we sat up to the table and I asked who would like to give thanks?

Phi:" Unuh."
Leroy: "You do it."
Phi: "You git to be the thanker today"

After prayer we're looking out the window at the squirrel having it's lunch in the feeder.

Phi: "Did he close his eyes?"
Me: "When?"
Phi: "When we prayed??"

So we Launch into week L! ;)

The Things They Say...

Since Phi's finally taken to talking he has been surprising me with the words he has in his vocabulary and the concepts of things he comes up with.

One day after we had been at Grandpa Dave and Grandma Jo's house we had the following conversation in the van on the way home:

Phi: "Bumpa loves Gramma?/."
Mommy: " Yes"
Phi: "All the peoples love da' ladies."
Mommy: "What do you mean?"
Phi: "The mans love the ladies."

I think he must have observed Dad giving Mom a kiss goodbye before heading off somewhere.

Recently Aunt TeTe was riding along somewhere and she and Phi were discussing the fact that Aunt Ruth would come live with Uncle AJ once they were married. Upon hearing this Phi popped out with "Will you, marry me?" anything to get Aunt TeTe to come stay at his house.

One day I found him reading this Pat the Bunny book peering into the round mirror on one of the pages. Finally he states, "Momma Phi's in dat' hole."


At Thanksgiving we saw a large herd of Elk grazing in a pasture near Grampa Allen and Grandma Dee's house. Later in discussing them I said something about their horns meaning antlers, Phi immediately asked, "do da' elks honk dair' horns".

At Thanksgiving we also got to spend a night near the beach. As we were getting out of the van I mentioned how loud the Ocean was roaring. Later Phi wanted to know if there were lions in the ocean.

Leroy, following his brothers lead will come in to find me looking at blogs or pictures and demand, "who dat," it sounds quite comical coming in his little accent.

Phi, being the first child, often, when we are driving wants to know where we are going and when turning if we are making a Left or a Right. He has also been known to try and tell Daddy which way to go on occasion.

We've begun the 1001 questions stage but so far it's been fun to hear what these little minds have to say.

This is for you Ruth

The things they say...

We've been toying with potty training, seeing if the idea will catch on. Today I was explaining the process and resulting reward for a productive ending. Upon hearing this Phi quickly needed to "squirt" so we hurried to the bathroom. He's sitting there perched on the seat trying and nothing's coming, he look's up and goes, "Mommy, Phi browken."

Here's his version of see- you- later- alligator.