Other Things

So these photos are just bits and pieces from this month that don't fit any other posts.  (I'm determined to begin my week caught up with the blog.)

I was chatting with my backdoor neighbor a couple of weeks ago.  She was kind to offer the kids a morning snack (as any good grandma would do:) and the subject of snakes came up.  I assured her that we had never seen a snake in our yard.  That afternoon I was in my bedroom when one of the kids came running into the house yelling, "MOM!  MOM!  There's a snake in our yard!  And it's BIG!"  I went outside (camera in hand as any good mom would do) and this is what I saw.

I politely told him that we did not want him and that he could go visit the nice grandma behind us.

H made a button lamp in co-op while I was on the cruise.  It sat around the house for a while so one evening I suggested they all go outside with Dad to light it.  After it burned for about a half hour, she finally ran water over it to put it out.  It was a fun experience for them.  (Thanks, co-op teachers!)

We have been part of a small science co-op this spring.  We only meet every 2 or 3 weeks but the kids have learned quite a bit about botany.  I taught the week we were learning about stems so this was one of the experiments.  I've tried this before and it didn't work.  I was not putting enough food coloring in the water.  It worked quite nicely this time and my kids "got it".

My friend, Kristi, has been helping H with some sewing.  This day they were working on the last piece of her "Laura dress" before the musical.

H has learned quite a bit about pinning, cutting and putting pieces together.

Naturally, this is the fun part.  The fabric was not cooperative so Kristi was having to help her.