Catching up... again

We are still learning, just haven't been posting. The beauty of homeschooling is that we aren't on a schedule and we learn as we go. Since my last post we done lots of fun things. Drew came home when Dad had his heart attack and a day with daddy turned into lots of fun. He turned 2 big boxes into a clubhouse. Very cool, not just a box to play in. They made it into a real house by adding a door, windows, shutters, a welcome mat, front door, porch light, etc. They decorated it by practicing writing their names and coloring.

Poppy being 'sick' prompted learning something new for the day... where your heart is. The girls know that Poppy's heart was sick (and can point to their hearts) and tell you that the doctors made it all better.
Spending so much time in the van the last few weeks has allowed lots of Letter Factory watching time. They are really learning a lot about letter recognition and phonics from that DVD.
We've continued practicing writing their names and Alex is doing even better.
We went to see Drew this past weekend and went to the wildlife refuge again. We went to prairie dog town and remembered to take bread to feed them. There was a 10 or 12 year old girl that went past the fence and was poking down in the holes. We talked to the girls about how the prairie dogs live and how we need to respect their homes. So, we walked a little ways down the dirt rode and threw bread to them and they were getting very close so we sat down in the road and let them come up to us. They were close enough to touch, but we were being respectful and not trying to touch them or scare them. It was great. We could see their little claws and talked about how God gave them long finger nails so they could dig and how they dig and make home in the ground, etc. Great time.
Oh, and all the other Army stuff we continue learning about.