From the Desks of Isaiah,Elijah, and Hannah

What a week! Jammed pack with learning and adventures. And that's just the way like it this time of year when we are in the homestretch for SUMMER. We started our unit in electricity. This was our first attempt at lighting an led light with a battery pack. Since I know NOTHING about this stuff, I didn't really think it through. When I bought the supplies they didn't have a 2 AA battery pack but they did have an 8 AA battery pack so I bought it. So lots of energy...itty bitty LED light bulb=

A pop, fire,smoke and a stinky smell. We blew the bulb. TOO much charge from the 8 pack. Opps! But it was fun and no one was hurt. The boys loved it.

Day two, we now have the 2 AA battery pack. The boys gathered things they wanted to see conducted electricity.

They made their own "switch" from a note card, paper clip. They really liked this.

Time to hook up the motor.

Where we live there are always events going on for us to take advantage of. This week we went to Hovander Park for the a Civil War reenactment and demonstrations. It was amazing.

There were many stations that our group rotated to. The first was taking up arms. Here is Elijah getting his "riffle"

Here is our "drill instructor"

Isaiah in line,he's in the basketball sweatshirt.

Hannah taking up arms.

In battle.

Fighting the War was too much for Hannah and she fell asleep.

Learning about the underground railroad.

Learning about how the soldiers received medical care.

This was the highlight for the boys. The set off a cannon. It was loud and smelled horrible.

Our Tuesday and Thursday night for the past month or so have been filled with baseball. Both boys played this year. Isaiah's season is done. Elijah has a few more games. Here's Hannah at the field...with her puppy of course.

Isaiah getting ready to bat.

Elijah in the outfield.

Elijah is proud of his dirty pants.

Sorry No Star Wars for YOU!

We were "wicked" excited to see the Star Wars exhibit at the Pacific Science Center. We picked a Saturday that worked for us and our dear friends. It just happened the be the last weekend it was going to be there. We got there and it was sold out until midnight. SIGH so disappointed but we have never been to the Pacific Science Center so we decided to go ahead visit while were there. Outside the Center
Hannah thinks the world revolves around her...typical for a 19th month old.

3...2....1....blast off.

This was neat, the ball had images on it that changed. One time it showed all the earthquakes that were happening right then...very interesting.

Rocking the universe.

They loved this. So it looks like Elijah is floating in mid air. He has on leg on one side of the mirror and he lifted that leg up. It was so fun to see their reaction to this.

Another fun one.

A place just for toddlers. She loved the water play. She even through her puppy in the water TWICE.

The sun came out and the kids enjoyed some cotton candy and popcorn under the Space Needle.

Hannah is so West Coast....I love it.

What is this stuff? I don't know if I like it.

YUMMMM I do like it.

Me and Hannah...can you find us?

Peter and Ryan discussing the Bible. I love it!

6 amazing kids between us. They love eachother so much. What a blessing.

From the Desks of Isaiah,Elijah,and Hannah

So here is a question...why is it when you are a kid your school week seems so long and when you are an adult it goes by so fast? That's how it is for me anyway. The kids seem to be on fast forward and I just want to hit pause. So another fun week at school. I am so proud of the boys for adapting to our schedule this year. It's not always the smoothest but they just go with the flow. Isaiah finished reading "Farmer Boy". I think he's very happy about it because he said "Phew it's about time what book do I get to read next"

Hannah had her one year check up. She's perfect. Her new stats are 21lbs 14.5 oz putting her in the 65 % for weight and she's 30 inches long putting her in the 80% for height. She's super healthy just the way we like.
Elijah is getting in so practice time. Playing "Brother John" So cute.

Which shoes provide the most friction? So we measured with a protractor the angle at which the shoe started to slip.

Hannah's little shoe did do too well. The winner was Isaiah's big winter LL Bean boot.

So the challenge was to move your pater who was standing on two boards. You were to move just the top board with one finger. Impossible because there is too much friction.

But add some wooden dowels or marbles to decrease the friction and you could move the top board with a pinkie finger.



Another FUN FRIDAY FIELD trip. Our group has a new name L.I.G.H.T. which stands for Learning in Godly Homes Together. So this week we went to a local dutch bakery...that's just trouble right there. I could gain 20 pounds just looking at all the baked goods.

The Lynden Dutch Bakery has been around for 100 years.

Our group being welcomed to the bakery with the promise of a treat at the end.

HUGE cookies....yum

A big oven for baking cookies, scones,muffins and pies.OH MY

Fresh baked pies.

The bread slicer.

Checking out some dough.

ALL SMILES with a sneaky look on Elijah's face.

Scones...where's my coffee?

And the promised treat. Hannah was so funny because she kept spitting out the mm's but loved the cookie. I had her in my carrier and she made a mess of us both.=)