Hot Bikes, Cool Mama

Growing up we had a ton of bikes. My older stepbrother was always doing something cool to his bike. We loved to get chrome tire caps. We also loved to piece bike parts together and repair our own bikes. That is how I learned about channel locks and vice grips, and all kinds of measurements on wrenches. Who knew this little obsession growing up would help me in my much beloved career as mommy. My ds6 has had a problem with his chain falling off of his bike. I thought my dh fixed it, but I guess not good enough. While outside enjoying our beautiful weather, nice and sunny with a cool breeze, I called for a race down the long path to the mailbox and back after helping him get his chain back on for the 2nd time today. On the way back, that old chain fell off again!!! You should have seen my son's face when his mommy flipped that bike over and tightened that chain. He and my dd8 were so impressed at my skills!! Then I just couldn't resist flipping the bike back over with a fun flip with one hand by one tire!!! It was great! I was the rockstar of our house today. Hopefully it is fixed for a while. :)

Crepes S'il Vous Plait?

We had so much fun learning some cooking skills, as well as eating some yummy food when we "rowed" Mirette on the High Wire by Mary Arnold McCully. We especially loved the 2 sequels to this book, Starring Mirette and Bellini, and Mirette and Bellini Cross Niagara Falls.

SALAD! Yummy....Yummy!

M loves to make salad. She has made "salad" since she was about 3. We love springtime when all the mushrooms come out, and we get a lot of new ingredients! This salad is called "Potato Souflee"

This is our first week using Five in a Row way back in the summer of 2005. I was testing it out with the book The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills. It was great! We made quilt blocks with pieces of construction paper. B made arrows and M put 2 half triangles together to make a square (geometry, fractions). We also made banana bread together, using measurements and fractions again. We loved snuggling up with our special quilts (baby blankets) and reading the story each day.

My First Entry

I am unsure who will even come to my Blog, but I wanted a place to post things we do with our home school. I am going to try to put in our activities for using our Five in a Row unit study on the book Mirette on the Highwire. We made crepes and omelettes. We studied France again, and had fun doing a balancing act.