A Week Of Art

 It's hard to keep up on blogs sometimes. 

But, we've gotten our fill of art during school the last two weeks. 

The boys finally finished their first day of school backpack, with all their interests, favorite things, places, things about them, etc. I'm a huge fan of how they turned out. 

Calen: baseball. Cars. Comics. Legos. Science. Kung Pao Sliders. Disney. 

Camden: Hockey. Disney. Dinosaurs. Video Games. Being a Garbage man. 

Also, we are steadily filling our wall with fall art! Some birch trees made of newspaper on a water colored fall evening, and pumpkins, because obviously. 

Today in school we also began a 4 week experiment on mummifying an apple - head. An apple with a face carved into it. So stand by for that weirdness. I should have taken a before photo. Maybe I'll carve a face into another, unmummified apple and pretend it's the "before" photo. 

Also, we went for a drive yesterday, saw a huge bear, and took fall photos in the amazing autumn colors. 

I don't even bother bringing my camera anywhere anymore. iPhone 13 pro for the win. 

When Left Unattended

 I had a doctor's appointment today, and left the kids to do their math while I was gone. 

This is what I came home to. I mean, he was doing his math, so what difference does it make right?

The First Day of Eighth and Sixth Grade

 It's the first day of 8th and 6th grade and I am not okay. 

I'm also in complete denial so I'll just sit here and drink coffee and pretend that they're still four and two and still toddlers. 

This is our third year of homeschool and it's still my absolute favorite. And although the boys would of course choose summer vacation over any type of school, I'm pretty sure they love it too. 

Since Camden is officially 11, I decided to make today Happy First Day at Hogwarts day, so I got up early, pulled out the chocolate frogs and lemon drops I had been hiding, and made Pumpkin Pasties (pumpkin pie mix, butterscotch chips in pie crust, bake at 400 for 15 mins, eat). 

Also, obligatory first day pictures, which went shockingly easy since the boys were in a giggly mood. 

We started the day with an "About me" art project, which isn't completed yet and I'll show you later. We are starting the school year with Ancient Civilization unit study, so we began reading the Bronze Bow (my read aloud), the Golden Goblet (Cam's read aloud), and since we are simultaneously doing an Africa geography study, a David Livingstone biography ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume?!" - Calen's read aloud). Today we did a basic timeline project of Ancient Egypt to keep on the wall. 

For science, we are continuing our Oceanography unit study that we began over the summer, and today learned about whales. 

The best thing about homeschool is picking what we want to learn!