Skip to main content

Easter 2012 - Part 4

Really, this is my last installment from our trip!  Maybe I'll actually get back to writing about stuff I'm thinking about and doing some park reviews again.  In the meantime, back to family news!

Our last few days in SoCal were special with my parents.  We had some good times with Papa and Grandma at one of the local parks.







From this park, there happens to be a trail that appeared to take us back to Grandma and Papa's house.  So, one day I had them drop us off and we would just walk home.  It was a good idea for the first bit, but then we went the wrong way and had to double-back.  I ended up taking turns carrying each boy on my shoulder on the way back, but we made it!  It was a beautiful walk though.  We enjoyed looking at snails, birds, and different plants.  We also had to walk though an old gas and steam engine (outdoor) museum which was very intriguing to the kids.








Another day, we went to the beach.  We decided to take the Sprinter train there which made the excursion all the more fun.  The boys could not get enough of the water, and even though it was freezing cold they spent a good hour playing in the waves.  Note to self: Next time bring extra clothes for the adults that have to chase the kids in the waves, not just extra clothes for the kids.




















Finally, it was time to fly back to Seattle.




It was a great trip, and we get to do it all over again in July!


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How I'm Approaching... Geometry

N will be taking Geometry this year.  A Little Bit of Background His last year was split between taking his first semester of Algebra I at the local middle school as an 8th grader and his second semester being homeschooled. Khan Academy was a fantastic resource for him to make sure that he didn't have any gaps in his learning. We also used IXL to supplement. He took a math diagnostic right when we started homeschooling, and then took the personalized lessons to make sure he wasn't missing anything from even earlier math. N likes math, but it isn't an obsession for him like it is for his brother. I'm a huge fan of the Art of Problem Solving's courses especially since we loved their elementary series, Beast Academy, when they were younger. However, AoPS is extremely rigorous and expensive if you take their online courses, so they are better suited for students who want to focus a lot of their attention on math. However, they do have a FREE online learning platform for...
Post a Comment
Read more

About Me

  Hello! Welcome to my blog. What you will find here are my attempts at sorting through my ideas and implementation of homeschool curriculum and activities that I have pursued with my own two boys. The Beginning I began this blog in 2008 when my oldest was only a year old. It began as a family blog chronicling our adventures as a young family in Seattle. We decided early on that we wanted to homeschool our two sons. Honestly, now, I don't remember why we decided to do that, but we did it nevertheless. We began teaching our children as soon as they could walk and talk. We made many mistakes along the way and so learned to follow the lead of our children in what they were interested in. We focused on delight-directed learning with a lot of outings and fun things to do. When things got rough, we learned to adapt and switch things out. Moving To Thailand In 2015, our family moved to Thailand. We started another blog for our time there, but alas it was not a good fit for us. We had int...
Post a Comment
Read more

Mexico Week

Overview of Mexico Videos 10 Facts about Mexico  (we skipped the folklore section) Flag Worksheet Children Just Like Me  book Map Coloring Page Geo-Puzzle America Food: Tortillas and Salsa! Pyramids Mexico Pyramids Pyramid Book Make a Lego Pyramid Art: Make an  Ojo de Dios  (this was a HUGE hit) Frida Kahlo How to Draw Frida Kahlo Body Cast Printable Art History Lesson and Printable Things we didn't do at school, but could be fun: Make  Aztec Hot Chocolate Tons of resources here Mexico Unit Study Math: Mayan Numbers  The Dawn of Numbers Mayan Counting Worksheet Science:  Monarch Butterfly Migration Life Cycle and Migration to Mexico Song Monarch Butterfly Release Butterfly Symmetry Art More Mayan Info: Hour long video on Mayan Code  by NOVA Mayan Glyphs explained Mayan Math Game Archaeology Game featuring the Mayans Another game (costs money) with a lot of worksheets ...
Post a Comment
Read more