Safety Nerd

We had green eggs and green milk for breakfast, which I thought was kind of fun, but Safety Nerd said he wasn't going to eat it because it had food dye in it. I tried to convince him that it wasn't green from food dye, it was green from SAINT PATRICK'S DAY MAGIC!!! No go. Safety Nerd is a nickname that Joey and I gave to Luke a while ago. We only use that nickname behind his back mind you, oh, is that even worse? I guess it's no secret, we are bad parents. I think it started when he was two and we tried to explain to him that we were only driving literally three houses down the street and that he could ride with out being buckled (more bad parenting proof.) He had a fit and panic attack until we buckled him.

We then played a hide the shamrocks game. Luke had some green paper cut out shamrocks he had received in the mail from his great grandmother and we took turns hiding them around the kitchen and finding them. I then tried to have Luke and Isabel write a story and see how many times they could use the word green. There was a team work problem there (too silly for me to even type) and so I said forget it, let's just do our math and journals.

We then took a Costco berry smoothie to a friend of mine that is pregnant with twins and is on bed rest in the hospital.  Actually I had only met her once, but we go to the same church and I had heard that she was in the hospital.  It was really nice getting to know her better today, so now we are friends.  (More Safety Nerd Evidence: Luke told me that we couldn't give that berry smoothie to my friend because it has too much sugar in it and pregnant women shouldn't have too much sugar. I just told him that there is a lot of fruit in there too.)

This afternoon us girls read books in my bed while Luke practiced piano.  We then all made some more drawings and pictures to add to our book for Sylvia.

Draw a Rhyme

Isabel had her reading, writing and Math all finished before Luke and I were even dressed yet this morning. Once we were ready, I was busy with something so they drew mazes for me. Luke got very creative and drew spikes in his maze that I had to avoid, and stars for me to get and be invincible for 10 seconds. Sylvia worked in her "comic book" really just her coloring book. I had Isabel do some "Draw a Rhyme Stories" from a Phonemic Awareness book that I found at the library. Luke thought it was great so he joined us, even though I think it is more her level. They have a rhyming story that the children are supposed to verbally fill in the blank and then draw what it is. For example, one started off, "When you draw a monster, it is said, you always begin with his ___________." answer: HEAD! Then eyes, nose, etc.  Once Luke finished up his math and journal, I sent him off to his friend, Aden's house and Aden's sister, Morgan is over here playing with Isabel.

Water Tension Magic

Both Luke and Isabel started a new lesson in their math today and got two worksheets each finished. We read our BOM story and practiced our Articles of Faith. We use our primary songs CD. It has all of the Articles of Faith songs on it and music always helps when trying to memorize. They are up to number four now. We then did a water tension science experiment. We had a bowl of water, Isabel shook pepper in it. The pepper floats. We talked about how some bugs can stand on water because of the water tension. I then had Luke squeeze a drop of liquid dish soap in the middle. The pepper quickly moves away from the middle where the soap dropped and to the sides of the bowl. As a jaded overstimulated adult, I just thought, lame. It was so fun to see Luke's reaction. He thought it was so neat and laughed, "WHOA!" when all of the pepper moved. He then just sat and watched (or should I scientifically say, observed) the pepper, water, soap bowl for a while afterward. I guess the reason why it does that is because the soap breaks the water tension. I read and explained it to Luke and Isabel, but I don't think I get it yet. All science is just magic to me.

Isabel then worked in her writing book while Luke read his new book from the library, Golden and Grey by Louise Arnold while I made some quesedillas for the pot luck lunch at the park. For all of you in cold weather now, be very jealous, it was great, kind of hot even. We brought Luke's friend Aden, who is on track break, home from the park with us. So of course on the drive home, I had to cruise by the elementary school so that we could taunt out the window, "WE'RE NOT IN SCHOOL!" Unfortunately for us, at that moment all of the kids at the school were out on the field flying kites, playing games and having a grand time. But of course we decided we are having much more fun than they are.