Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Luke posing in front of the yummy chocolate fudge cake (Kids picked it out at a local bakery in town)

Reading homemade cards the kids made

Happy Birthday, Daddy! He woke up to a delicious breakfast in bed prepared by the kids: banana pancakes, turkey bacon, eggs and orange juice. The kids wrote a song for him that they performed along with drums and tamporines. If he wasn't already fully awake, he was now! We also took him out to dinner that night and had a yummy fudge cake for dessert. We love you Daddy and hope your day was extra special!

Week 2

Andrew using his blocks to practice writing his B's
One of the advantages of homeschool.....reading while lying on the sofa:)

Andrew working on his computer skills

Painting a map of Columbus' voyage to the New World

The final product

We had another great week here at Shaw Academy:) Together,we learned a lot about Christopher Columbus and his four trips to the Americas. We also did some neat experiments with air pressure and gravity. During Bible (aka BIB...."Bible in bed") the children learned what Jesus' name means ( The Lord Saves) and what the Old Testment says about Jesus. Definitely our favorite part of the day! Hanging out in bed together and reading God's Word.....nothing sweeter on Earth!

Honey Joins the Family

Daddy holding Honey
Trying to hold Honey

Luke with his new pet

Honey's new cage....defintely reminds us of a space ship!

A new pet joined our family on Sunday. Luke was so excited about being able to have and care for a pet of his very own. Eventually we would like to get a puppy, but we settled on an easier alternative for now. He had lots of choices: frog, lizard, turtle, fish, kitten? Which would it be? He chose a hamster just like his big sister. He even wanted the same species....Chinese dwarf hamster. Sunny has been such a wonderful and easy pet, and Luke wanted one just like Sunny. Well, he definitely looks a lot like him, but that's where the similarity ends so far. He is VERY fast! He has not gotten away yet, but he certainly would like to! He literally jumps out of your hands! We will keep you posted on our latest hamster escapes....I mean adventures!

By the way, he named him Honey. It was in honor of my two hamsters growing up whose names were Honey and Sunny. He also has a brownish/goldish color.

Pie in the Face

Here is Sarah with Mrs. Cole, a second grade teacher, who volunteered to get a mouthful of pie at the festival

Oops! Meant to post this a few months ago! I found this clip in the blog archives.

Sarah was picked from a school drawing to be the pie "thrower" at Falcon Fest, an end of the year carnival at her school. Of all the students to be picked, Sarah was probably the least excited (and most nervous) of the bunch!

Our first week

Will it float or sink? (the answer is .......)

Float!

My little scientists at work
Luke's viking ship under construction


Hat on and ready to try out her ship



Here are a few pictures from our first week of homeschool. We learned about Leif Ericcson and the vikings in history, so we decided to make our own viking ships. It was a lot of fun! I found an inexpensive way to create them by using trash! Gotta love the internet....such amazing ideas out there! Sarah could not wait for her ship to set sail down our backyard creek. Unfortunately it did not go anywhere. We are waiting for the next good rain to fall so that the creek will have a good flow. We also did some float/sink experiments in science. Will post more soon!

First Day!

Andrew posing in our "school" room

(really the whole house and yard are considered our school room, but this is our home base) First Day pictures
(Luke is covering up a toothpaste stain he discovered seconds before our photo shoot...too cute)
Sarah- 3rd grader
Luke- 1st grader
(No bookbags in the picture....don't need those this year)

Sarah sharing about "mommy" to begin our biography unit

Luke sharing about his little brother

Celebrated our first day by having lunch at CiCi's Pizza

We have had a wonderful start to our homeschool adventure. Lots of pictures are coming this year to keep you posted on our homeschool journey! Thank you all for your support and prayers. Can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for this year!!

Last Days

Sarah posing with her art work that was chosen for display

Happy face!

Sad face:(

Cake walk time at Falcon Fest!
(Our kids did this off and on throughout the night trying to win a "goody"
Luke won on the very last try....wish we had taken a
picture of the yummy cookies he won!)

Getting off the bus!
(He was SO excited about riding it)

Luke and some of his classmates

Fishing for pond creatures

Found some!

Andrew was a great helper!

singing with friends

Receiving his "good friend" award

posing for pic with Mrs. Christine

Andrew with one of his best buds

The kids are finishing up their last days of school before summer. Here are a few pictures from Andrew's last day of preschool, Luke's last field trip to a local nature center, and the carnival at school called "Falcon Fest." I cannot believe that the kids are finishing up their school year and we are heading into our one year anniversary in NC. Looking forward to those lazy days of summer!!