Evening

Sleeping baby and crochet project. Kiddos being big helpers.

Snow!

Big Brother Big Helper

Matthew is trimming Isaac's toe nails. Isaac likes Matthew to trim them over and over!

Cleaning Day

Fridays have been designated for extra cleaning in our home. We also do extra cooking to get through the weekend. Both the extra cleaning and cooking have been helpful in enjoying our family rest day on Saturdays and fellowship at church on Sundays. Kiddos are wonderful helpers!

Favorite Things

 

Matt built this fantastic step stool for Isaac.  It has been a helpful addition to our kitchen!  The step stool is based off the plans for the helper tower from ana-white.com.

 

Another favorite item is the small nylon knife Isaac is using.  My kiddos all like cutting with this knife.  It cuts vegetables, but doesn't cut them.  The knife is from Curious Chef.

 

 

Couplets

Mondays have been designated poetry day in our home school schedule.

This morning my kiddos each wrote a couplet.  They had some help from Mama, but came up with their topic, first line ending word and lists of rhyming words.  Plus they helped count syllables.

 

They are cute little poems, so I thought I would share them here.

 

 

The book is being read by the boy.

A day reading books is such a joy.

~Matthew

 

 

Outdoors plays the boy.

He has his best toy.

-Josiah

 

 

Quietly sits the doll.

There she is not afoul.

~Abigail

 

 

We began our poetry time by reading Psalm 121.  Then we read several poems from Favorite Poems Old and New   Selected by Helen Ferris.

 

Our poetry lesson came from Writing Poetry with Children  published by Evan-Moor.

Helpers

Meal Diary

Kale (lightly wilted), cooked beets, black eyed peas, drizzled with sunflower oil.

Cabbage and Potato Soup

 

My Kiddos made soup for our Christmas meal.  They have made cabbage potato soup several times without assistance. 

 

Here is their recipe:

 

Lootens Kiddo's Cabbage Soup

 

Saute:

onion, chopped

package of celery, chopped

 

add:

head of cabbage, chopped

water

several potatoes, chopped

sea salt and pepper, to taste

 

bring to boil then simmer until potatoes are tender

 

optional:

large can of diced tomatoes

cooked turkey

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Kale and Bean Salad

A friend from church brought a kale and beet salad to our fellowship meal and inspired today's lunch.

 

Kale and Bean Salad

 

Prepared Northern Beans

Kale (I purchased a bag of organic kale from Trader Joe's)

Cooked and sliced Beets (purchased from Trader Joe's)

Sliced Almonds

Lemon Juice to taste

Drizzle of Olive Oil

Tea Party