Lots to catch up on...

DAY110 - April 20, 2009

Tonight was 5th grade band sign-ups. JG-E has both a band and an orchestra. Kaleb knew he wanted to play an instrument but was very undecided about what he wanted to play. He thought about percussion but didn't want to make that his final decision because there might be something he "likes better". He tried out percussion, the saxophone, and the viola. He didn't like the way the sax felt on his lips when he played it and he just didn't seem comfortable with the viola...so percussion it is.

DAY 109 - April 19, 2009

These are the boys' latest projects. Kaleb did a very small sewing project during one a Pioneer unit he had in Social Science. For that project he stitched around an outline of the state of Indiana. He seemed to really enjoy it and I told him that if he liked that type of craft so much he'd probably enjoy cross-stitching. I told him that I'd done many cross-stitch projects when I was younger. I told him we could go to the craft store and they'd have some small kits we could get.

We went to Michael's today and got each of the kids a little kit. Kaden chose the little tan dog and Kaleb, wanting a challenge, chose the eagle. I didn't notice until we'd bought them and got home to start that Kaleb's is actually a needlepoint kit. He's still enjoying it all the same. Actually, I didn't know the difference between cross-stitch and needlepoint until now. With needlepoint you don't sew in X's but rather just diagonal lines.

They are having a good time with their sewing kits and have even been taking them in the car when we do somewhere.

DAY 108 - April 18, 2009

We were doing some yard work today and Kaleb stumbled upon this in one of our flower beds on the side of the house. The boys were working to pick up the leaves that have gathered over the winter. As he reached down below this bush he jumped back and said "Whoa!" He was actually pretty close to the gas meter so I was a little afraid about what I'd find. He pointed to this nest of duck eggs. The mother duck was nowhere to be found but I told them to just leave it alone and she would return.

Soon enough...there she was just walking up the side yard and took a seat on her nest. We watched the rest of the day and never saw her leave. We're now anxiously awaiting the arrival of 11 cute and adorable little chicks that we will feed from our porch.