pumpkin blossoms from our garden

CTM's Green Jay.

He was inspired yesterday by seeing his previous bird drawings.
I'm thrilled with his enthusiasm for drawing today. His eyes were animated as he declared that today's drawing would be a masterpiece.

Thanks, CTM!

"Could you make a history blog, Mom? About ancient things."

I like ancient things: some of the things they look like little scribbles but they're actually ancient writing. I like those ancient writing scribbles because they look cool, because of where they're found.


I like some of the buildings that were built in ancient times because some of them they have part of their frame sticking out.



I like the Great Wall of China because it's really long and in some pictures it goes up and down and it's really swervy and it would be fun to walk on it.



I like the Greek temples because of all the pillars and all the stories about them.


And I like the description and the pictures of the statue of Zeus. I like the description because it's made of gold and ivory and it's made of all kinds of metal.



Written by K2.

BTG's impressions of winter.

Ancient Egypt through the eyes of my children: King Tut and Queen Nefertiti

We have a fantastic art teacher! She's an amazing woman who loves to teach our children and loves history and has combined the two beautifully. Here, the children made a clay mold of Queen Nefertiti and King Tut's heads. They then cut out the headpieces from cardboard and our fantastic teacher, who was about to have her 4th child, covered them with paper mache. At the next class the children were able to paint them and bring them home. Lovely!

tulips

"A tulip!" shrieks K2.

We left it in the ground for a day but couldn't really see it or the orange one in the corner from inside the house.

There are others growing, but these are the first.

Beautiful to me. Spring is really here.