Last game of the season

Monster decided early in August he wanted to play flag football. So we took leap and signed him up. He did really well and had a ton of fun. He made some friends and learned a lot. Here are a few pics from his last game. (We play on a church team and play (most of the time) other church children).

This one is my favorite even though it isn't clear. You can just see how much fun he is having.

Getting ready to pass it. 

He learned all about blocking this year and how to anchor his feet.

All Ready.

We really had a great team this year. I am glad he stuck with it and really learned to enjoy the game. 

Thursday 10/23/14

Monster has really been into the movie National Treasure (1st and 2nd one) the last few days. This morning it was the first thing he wanted to do when he got up. We really did not have a lot to do today so I went ahead and let him start his day with this movie. 

Next week we will be taking the whole week off just to have a break. I figure we need it and I already have all his work planned out and he should be done with most of it by April. I think breaks are good for everyone. We will still be going to co-op on Friday and I will still do some fun stuff with him during the week.  

Watching so closely with his chocolate milk mustache! 

Being silly. 

He stayed like this for about 2 mins.

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I am so excited to share about this fun and exciting new Science sets. 

Have you ever heard of Buckets-O-Fun?? If you haven't click on the link to find out more! If you have then you might or might not know they have created a sister/brother company called Beakers-O-Fun. Fun Science projects right to your door! 

My son LOVES Science projects. He is all about Science. These are great Science kits for either the classroom or for homeschooling families. Best part is most of it can be reused over and over! 

Each kit comes with:

• Teacher instructions
• Student worksheets
• Most supplies (some like a pencil or tape you might need from home)
• tons of fun in each kit! 

We were sent Homeschool Pack #3 which retails for $24.00

Project #1

Insect Order

This kit comes with: 

• 13 little insects/bugs
• Magnifier
• Crayola Model Magic

Only thing for this kit from home you need is a pencil to write with and maybe some crayons or map pencils to draw with.  

This kit teaches:

• to make good observations
• following directions 
• ordering and classifying

 To start with on this project, he started with exploring the insects with his magnifying glass. He then moved to separating out the insects from the non insects. His student worksheet gave him clues to help him figure out which ones were which. His next step was to take and place each insect or non insect in the correct area of the worksheet. Some of them he even got to draw out. He then answered questions on his student worksheets. Just a few and he really liked that there were only a few. The last step was to make fossils of the insects and non insects.

Monster thought this was so much fun! They send you Crayola Model Magic (enough for 1-2 children but you can buy more). I rolled them into balls and Monster took the insects placed them on their backs on the modeling clay and push down to make fossils. We let them dry for two days (just to be safe) and now he can use them whenever he wants! 

Project #2 

Spinning White Light

Monster was fascinated with this one! 

Kit included:

• 1 motor
• 1 AA battery
• card stock circles ( which we cut apart ourselves)
• 1 prism 
• 1 box of 8 count crayons

The items that you need to include are: tape, scissors and a pencil.

This kit teaches:

• the use of Science tools
• Following directions
• Observing
• Investigating 

Monster started by exploring light bending with the prism. He found what sunlight we could (it was a cloudy day) and used the sunlight coming in. He held the prism so the sunlight (white light) would hit the prism, bend, and then make a rainbow. He loved it. The next part of the project included him coloring the circles with crayons. He colored each area a different color and then we put the motor and battery together. Once we placed the colored circle on top and connected the last piece the motor started and spun the circle around. In the picture you can see the color, but while it was spinning the colors all ran together and looked white! Monster was quite impressed! He made several more through out the day and did this several times! At the end of this project I asked him questions from the teacher instructions and he answered them. 

Project #3

Magical Magnetism

Kit included:

• 1 magnet
• 1 small compass
• card stock race paper
• 2 paper clips
• tread

Only thing we had to include was tape and scissors.

This kit teaches:

• Observation
• Using Science tools
• Experimenting
• Following directions

Monster really enjoyed this one as well. He thought it was really neat that you could hold the magnet away from the paper clip and it would still hold the paper clip and thread up (magnetism passing through the air). This project came with a few different experiments to try. I love that they included more that just one on this one. That way you can see how magnetism is used. Monster was able to answer the questions on his worksheet pretty much by himself on this one after we talked about the experiments. 

OVERALL:

I, as a homeschooling mom, LOVED this kit. It was something different than we had done before and I love that it came with everything already planned out for me. That helps a lot when you have other lessons to plan out. I love that they give you questions to ask your student to make sure your student is understanding what you are talking about. I will definatley be ordering one of the other kits to use with Monster. 

Right now they have three kits available for homeschooling families. 

Homeschool Pack #1 $23.00

Homeschool Pack #2 $29.00

Homeschool Pack #3 $24.00

And right now they are offering my followers a discount code for 10% off until the end of December! 

Coupon Code: MONSTER

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* I was sent this kit to do an honest review. All opinions are mine and Monsters and are completely honest in the way we feel about this product. 

Staycation trip

It is that time of year again. My husband went to his annual HR conference which means we got to go to Forth Worth and stay! YAY! Now I will say this was most likely our last year to go. Not because he won't be going but because they shut down our FAVORITE Barnes and Noble. So bummed.

We left Sunday night after Awanas at church and what should of been about an hour drive took us two due to traffic! I should of listened to my gut and left Monday morning!

Monday, we walked around the water gardens since it was right across from the hotel (Omni Hotel). We then walked to Barnes and Noble... well what used to be Barnes and Noble. I was sad, Monster was mad! He loved it! So we got some Jamba Juice and went back to the hotel.

Tuesday, we got up and went to the Log Cabin Village. Now for the cost it was worth it. I was bummed it didn't take us long to get through though. They had several hands on activities and people in each cabin area to tell you all about it. Very nice people too!

Wednesday, we got up, cleaned up, packed and waited on Husband to get done. When he did we came home and all relaxed!!!

Here are a few pics of our trip!

It was not cold I promise! 

Feeling the water coming down and sticking his finger in the hole in the wall.

He wanted to climb the mountain... this made me nervous, but I let him.

He made it!! And yes, it's very high! 

Our hotel from the water gardens...the taller part is actually living spaces... a girl can dream.... 

Log cabin time! 

She was explaining how they used to crush corn and wheat and was showing him the machines and how they worked! 

Off to school!! 

This was perfect since we have been talking about Colonial times. We talked about how children would bring in the wood and if they didn't they had to sit the furthest away! 

Experiments during Art

Today, Monster and I were making window clings (post later). It was during preparation we discover a fun science experiment! Everyone has seen the milk experiment with the food coloring and dish soap! We did it not too long ago even.

Today we were using white glue, food coloring and dish soap! So, of course we wanted to see what would happen or if anything would happen if the food coloring was in the glue instead of milk!

This is what happen:

Very neat and different results (from the milk one!)

Want to try? Here is what you do:

• Pour 2 tablespoons of white elmers glue in a bowl.
• Drop two drops of food coloring in the bowl onto the glue
• Drop one to two drops of dish soap on top of food coloring ( I used blue dawn dish soap)
• Watch in amazement!!!