March {LOVES}

this book

these songs

this new culinary experience

this sweet treat
this event

March 2014 Learning Highlights

Our learning this month included lots of fun! 

Here's a look at just some of the things we did...

Silas has been working on shapes and colors this month. 

We've actually been working on colors for several months and it isn't going so great.

I'm almost convinced that the boy is color blind, but we'll keep at it.

Seth spent part of the month learning about badgers.

We read every book that the library had about badgers. 

When asked what his favorite was, he picked Honey, Honey, Lion! by Jan Brett.

 

 We celebrated Dr. Seuss for several days.

 

We made Cat in the Hat hats, read lots of Dr. Seuss books, and watched The Lorax.

Our co-op group met and we had all kinds of fun searching for Dr. Seuss items...

 

making Lorax masks...

 

enjoying Oobleck, and several other fun things.

On March 14th we celebrated Pi Day!

 

To celebrate Spring we made rainbows.

 

made egg shell gardens, learned about the butterfly life cycle, 

and learned about the parts of a flower.

 

 One other highlight was the addition of a Beginning Sounds Memory Game. Seth is so good at Memory, so I wanted to add a bit of a challenge. I drew a picture on a blank index card and the beginning sound on another card. I did this for the entire alphabet, but we only play with half of the alphabet at a time. So every time he turns a picture card over he has to specifically think about a beginning sound. 

It's fun and educational!

For the month of April, we're looking forward to 

learning/celebrating Arbor Day, Earth Week, Farm Animals, and BEES!

{Gratitude} Lately

Every day I look around in amazement at all the 

beautiful, yet simple, things that I'm so thankful for.

 

Lately I've been grateful for...

 laundry baskets and my little boys that love to play in them

 

mornings exploring a new store

 special red glasses that keep the bad dreams away

 family

 

a morning of sheep shearing and hoof trimming lessons at Peacefield Farm

 

 

and one big ol' afternoon full of farmhouse dreaming

The Lemon Tree: Four Years Old

The lemon tree has grown about a foot this past year. 

It now has two thorns and has been moved into a larger pot.

There are still no signs of lemons.

But, it's still alive and thriving!

 

You can read all about the challenge here...
The Lemon Tree Challenge
Sprouting from Seeds
The Conclusion
3 Year Update

Olive and Sinclair Chocolate Co.

Saturday, we took a little tour of the Olive and Sinclair Chocolate Company. We learned how my favorite chocolate went from cocao bean to chocolate bar. Here's a glimpse at our morning...

 

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If you are in the Nashville area on a Saturday, it's worth a stop by. 

Tours are given on the hour and it will be full of yummy goodness.

First Day of Spring 2014

The front planter box is full of flowers...

 

 the Spring wreath is on the door...

 

the new sensory bin is being thoroughly enjoyed...

 tulips will be in full bloom soon...

 

 and days full of warmth and sunshine are finally here.

 

Happy Spring!!!

KY Green Living Fair 2014

Our second year attending the KY Green Living Fair was filled with...  

adoring baby ducks, attending workshops on permaculture, growing ginger, fermentation, and self sufficiency, purchasing tiny sheep souvenirs, sipping sorghum sweet tea, sampling salt cured egg yolks, picking up a few more bee supplies, browsing beautiful handicrafts, and visiting lots of sweet farmer friends. 

We had such a lovely day.