Week 4

We are having a short school week since we are leaving for my BIL's wedding first thing Thursday morning. I am looking forward to seeing all of our relatives, but not to the 14+ hour drive.

This is our FIAR book of the week.


Another great story! So far I am loving each of the book selections. This one is especially good for us since Beth and Matt are learning a little about Chinese geography and culture, and little Carrie is having fun with duck related activities. Anyone remember this song? I know I sang it when I was a preschooler. Carrie has us singing it all day!

Six little ducks that I once knew
Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too
But the one little duck with the feather on her back
She led the others with a quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack
She led the others with a quack, quack, quack

Well down to the river they did go
Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, ho ho ho
But the one little duck with the feather on her back
She led the others with a quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack
She led the others with a quack, quack, quack

Well home from the river they did come
Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, ho hum hum
But the one little duck with the feather on his back
He led the others with a quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack
He led the others with a quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack
He led the others with a quack, quack, quack

Aside from our Ping related activities we have managed to get some math and phonics lessons in with Beth, and have spent tons of time playing outside. It is about 70 degrees during the day now - perfect! All of our fall activities started back up this week as well, so I have been doing a little running around. We have AWANA's, gymnastics, swim lessons, library storytime, and a science class that meets twice a month. Spread over the course of the week those seem like just enough for us.


In the house the kids manage to keep themselves entertained pretty well. They have never been big on TV, which I suppose is good, but their dusk till dawn playing sure does make a mess of my house! Beth at least is a good little helper when it comes time to cleanup. The others are a work in progress...


When they do venture down from their playroom, this is what I find. I think Matt needs to stop letting his sisters give him fashion advice.