Our theme this week was Creepy Crawly Creatures.
- We continued talking about Happiness, and the companion trait Generosity “Giving freely of my time and possessions to bless other people.”
- We learned Proverbs 11:25 “A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.”
Our book list included:
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle – a classic book about a caterpillar who eats a lot of different things but is still hungry. A good book for counting and also learning days of the week, and colors too.
- The Very Busy Spider, by Eric Carle – each animal on the farm asks a spider if she wants to do what they like to do…but she doesn’t answer because she is very busy spinning her web. A fly appears on each page …until the very end when it gets caught in the spider’s web.
- The Icky Bug Alphabet, by Jerry Pallotta -- another great alphabet book with all kinds of insects. This one helped us determine that the bug I found in the washing machine was a katydid and not a grasshopper.
- The Lady and the Spider, by Faith McNulty – A spider makes her home in a head of lettuce in a lady’s garden, little knowing that one day she was going to eat that lettuce=e for lunch. Fortunately for the spider, she saw it and rescued it before she ate it or threw it away.
- Where Does the Butterfly Go When it Rains, by May Garelick – talks about where different animals go when it rains, with the repeated refrain “but where does the butterfly go when it rains?”
Activities this week:
We did more finger painting and water color painting, played with pattern blocks, and cut things with scissors. 
We went to the grocery store together for the first time since Brian was born. Travis and Heather each had a small cart to push and fill with groceries. Jeffrey and Brian rode in the big cart pushed by mommy. The big kids were actually good helpers, but mommy got a bit stressed trying to make sure everybody stayed together and didn’t run into too many people.
Some friends gave us a used playset, so we spent a lot of time washing it and putting it together.
“Look at me mommy! I’m up here!”
We were studying insects this week, and God graciously provided a katydid for us to watch. Katy did survive a trip through the washing machine, but was obviously not normal (very very slow). She died a day or two later, but it was fascinating to get to examine one of God’s marvelous creations up close.
I tried out a new pizza dough recipe, but made calzones with it. They were a hit!
Jeffrey watching his baby while drinking “white milk”
Heather swinging her baby…
My baby is already 5 weeks old!!
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