Busy Week

The wind howled outside, but inside, my kids were actually somewhat calm today! We had a great day, can you believe it? A few minor mishaps, but we talked through those.

Everyone is excited for our field trip tomorrow. We leave at 8:30 for the Jeffers Petroglyphs then head to the farm after lunch. One of the boys has a plan to make 'elephant's toothpaste' while we're there with Dad's extra strength hydrogen peroxide, dish soap, and iodide. We don't have iodide, so we're going to try it with iodine and yeast to see if they make a difference. 

The 7-8th graders are on their class trip today and tomorrow. That gave us extra class time today. We did science and social studies today, plus had time to work on Mother's Day projects. I dug out all the art supplies from the closet and turned them loose. Some planted sunflower seeds in decorated pots, some glued things onto a picture frame, others are making cards. One is making a Coraline doll. Very creative, these kids are!

We also began brainstorming for our Talent Show act, "The Amazing Caterpillar Show". No one fought over who got which part. A miracle. 

We need to do our state mandated standardized testing this week too. I gave them the option to start today, but only one kid actually did. It's easy to think there's plenty of time when it's only Monday...