Noise-canceling headphones for our treasure with sensory issues… (Seriously…could she possibly get any cuter?!)
Impromptu nature study… Mama, get your camera! There's a slug on the glass door!
Discovering the slime left behind by the slug…
So many WOW moments… Mama, hurry! Get your camera and come see this cloud!!"
Who knew the cats would join in for their own nature study? Here, they pass the hour away by watching some trapped scorpions.
Studying nature in the woods is so….well, natural.
Super excited that this little guy let me photograph him!!
Mama, check out the Daddy Long Legs!
Mama, did you notice how there are dark bumpy spots on this leaf?
Sitting on a favorite rock and drawing a bird's feather…
Mama, trees! No, baby, those are leaves. :)
Mr. Turtle decided to visit one rainy day, and oh the curious eyes that drunk in the amazing sight! Daddy held the turtle, and into science we dove...
Watercolors opened…brushes dipped...
Oh how I adore this! Can you possibly imagine a better setting for reading about DNA?
The fun snacks are saved for Fridays!
Painting with bubbles… This is big fun, and then a towel cleans it all up.
Math unleashed… How many 1 cups can fit into 2 cups? (Oh, and when you try to pour 3 cups of water into a 2-cup container, it makes a big mess! Ah, but amid the giggles, a lesson is learned and a math concept is grasped!)
Letting sister have a try...
Snacks in character…
An artist in bloom…
Making a cuirass… (Go ahead and google that one…it's okay…I had to ask what it meant too!). :)
You can make almost anything out of paper mache! (Cuirass in progress here)
Creativity can be very, very MESSY!
Learning the wonders of hot glue. Click for a close-up, and you'll be able to see a lion's face on it…all made with hot glue (which was later painted). This is a bow for archery.
My self-taught golfer dressed in the style worn by Harry Vardon and Francis Ouimet.
My aspiring fireman concentrating on his grammar…
A Revolutionary War soldier heading out to battle…
Taking a train from Georgia to Tennessee…
Standing with one foot in Georgia and one in Tennessee!
Watching our oldest daughter perform in a Narnia play she wrote...
Coloring in her Wyoming book while soaking in the Wyoming sunshine…
Discovering all kinds of things at the Laurance Rockefeller Preserve Center…
Trying on a bison horn at a Grand Teton National Park visitor center...
Can you take a guess at who is our funny guy? He keeps us in stitches!
Amazing what 2 boys, a ball of yarn and some plastic bugs can do! I walked into our bathroom to find this giant replica of a spider's web, complete with a fly caught in the center.
All dressed in a suit and hat, our youngest son stops to inspect a worm. Mama, get a picture of this looooong worm!
Oh, and ya just gotta love boys! Here's a mama scorpion and her babies that one brother knocked off the ceiling. Mama, go get your camera, because this is AMAZING! Look, the babies are like larvae with tails attached!
One son looking a lot like his Daddy with a guitar in hand…
Nothing like learning from the experts!
Complete with a tour of the ambulance…
Intriguing visit to the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, VA...
Getting ready to watch an IMAX movie about flight at the Smithsonian Air and Space Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center...
Standing teeny tiny behind the enormous Discovery Space Shuttle…
Enjoying the Potomac River at night...
Exploring our Capitol…
Getting as close as they can to their favorite President…
And a billion more life moments I treasure with these children God has placed in my care! This custom-fit education is one of our most beloved gifts, and I truly savor it.
