A little bit of everything

 Now that I've fixed my last post, what else have we been up to? Time for a photo dump! Let's see...

Here are the kids reading story books before bedtime.

 

And playing outside...

And here are our empanadosaurus, as per my FB post.

Miss E learned to ride a bike!!! It was the grand finale to our Summer Fun List, a little "tradition" of sorts we started last year. Well, we were just needing to check that one box, and Miss E worked hard all summer (a little bit here, a little bit there) and finally feels super comfortable on her bike.

We also received a package from our friends!! The kids really enjoyed getting to read all about their pen pals, and then decided it was absolutely necessary to write back immediately. Of course it ended up being a very fat package again, so we had to wait another day or so to mail it. But maybe next time we really will write normal letters that fit in a normal envelope.

The kids we write to are friends of ours, and their dad painted that postal for us! It's so beautiful I think it needs a frame. 

 

 

I wrote back, too!

Miss E was so excited!

The kids looked so focused! haha

We had our first troop meeting.

And our first cold front. Any excuse is a good excuse, when it comes to lighting a fire and making smores. Miss E also got a little crafty (but she wasn't next to the fire, I promise).

School has been fun, too. Quijote is doing world history with them. I am going over the writing process, basic grammar in Spanish and English, and some science! We've been learning about Newton's laws of motion, which led us into forces such as magnetism- which has been a lot of fun.

 

Miss E got a science kit for Christmas or her birthday last year, and it's been so useful for all kinds of lessons. And of course she often sets up shop on the breakfast room table just for fun.

 

Looking at the effects of a magnetic field on iron:

 

Watching the first law of motion in action:

Learning to read music notation:

There's also been some end of the season gardening and flower and greens and veggie pickings... the end of the season really is upon us. I think all I really have left at this point is my one Cinderella pumpkin and some herbs. Time to look forward. I've upgraded my worm bin to a much larger container in hopes of getting some really nice soil for next spring. I'll also be doing some end of the season clean up soon- my least favorite part.

Our transition to clover seems to be doing well! I think the pumpkin is definitely misshapen, but hopefully it's just part of the process? Crossing fingers that it will fill out soon. Honestly I was also hoping for more than one. But I was not very good at catching those pumpkin blooms on time! At this point I'll be happy if we get anything out of our little experiment.

 

 

Today we decided to walk to the park and go to a playground. Something we didn't do for a long time. It was our first time playing on a public playground since this all started. It was fun, but the walk there was too much! Kids came back thirsty and overheated, and I in a terrible mood. But we all felt much better after a shower, refreshing drinks and a hearty lunch.

 

We'll probably laze around the rest of the evening.

Felices fiestas a todos los Mexicanos! Yo siempre hago algo rico el 15 en la noche y comemos y vemos o escuchamos el grito por television. Hoy hice un caldito, y antes hichimos empanaditas (otra vez, y esta vez mas normales jaja). El caldito esta hirviendo desde la 1pm pero creo k le falta un poco mas. Creo que sera un dia de fiesta diferente este an~o para todos nosotros, pero sobre todo para los Mexicanos, que tendran festivales ni ferias ni grito en las plazas. Hoy estaran como yo todos los an~os, viendo por medio del televisor. Mis pensamientos y mis oraciones con ustedes.