I tried to capture a shot of Nakiah’s shadow dancing on the wall, but she was too fast for me.

Electronic things

Me and my 26 week baby belly

For more shadows, and to play, please visit Hey Harriet

I have got to stop staying up so late! Ava woke up two hours earlier today.
We made scrambled eggs, and watched Team Umi Zoomi.A couple hours later Nakiah joined us.
Then I made bacon, because they wanted nothing else but bacon.

The snow melted away earlier this week, and the girls keep asking when more will come. I wish I knew.

Today they have played computer games, colored, watched TV. We found their favorite kids song CD. We put that on and they sang and danced to that. It went through twice. I don’t think they will ever get tired of that CD.
We played it on our move down here last year, and they fell in love with it instantly.

There was dollhouse play, and of course dress up. Today they put their dress up clothes on first, and then their regular clothes on top of them. It’s usually only dress up clothes.

I can’t forget the new magnifying glasses we picked up this week. Those have been a big hit! They explored everything around the house that afternoon. Faces, books, the floor, food inside the fridge. We’re going to take them out with us on our next walk. Right now the backyard is soggy from all of the rain. I’m sure they would love to see mud and raindrops on the grass up close. Maybe we’ll do that tomorrow.

We had a parade with the stuffed animals and dolls. They can’t wait until we can go to another parade. I can’t wait until festival season starts this year.

We cuddled together on the couch, they rubbed my belly, and talked to the baby. Nakiah thinks since my stomach is bigger the baby should be here now. I have to really watch what i say to her, because she remembers everything. When it doesn’t happen the way I said it would, then I have to explain myself.

Hopefully this weekend, we can pick up more paint, and other arts/craft supplies.
I’ve been asked to make a necklace. We’ll see what kind of beads we can find.

It’s not even 4pm yet. Daddy will be home soon, and then we can make nachos for dinner.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Life at Home.

Unschooling in our home with a 5yr old, and a 2.5yr old.
There is always LOTS of free play. We play with blocks, baby dolls, doll houses, the Ariel mermaid salon set. There is painting, and drawing.

Playing dress up, and having a picnic.

Here is Nakiah’s drawing of a Ritz cracker.

A Monster.

Here is Ava’s drawing of a spider.

There is also lots of TV, and computer play. There was a time when I let someone else convince me that TV was not good for my children. Hogwash! They learn from EVERYTHING! They have picked up Spanish from Dora, and Diego.
Often throughout the day you can hear them counting in Spanish, and speaking what they have picked up.

My kids are free to grab a book at anytime of the day.

The girls love to help me cook/bake. They are my little kitchen helpers.

Making play doh is a favorite around here. Somehow ours always end up pink.

One day we cut up a pineapple, and broke open a coconut.

We are free to sing and dance when we want, as long as we want.

Playing dress up.

Computer games.

Some of the girls favorite sites.

Playhouse Disney

Starfall

Nat Geo for kids

Girls Go Games

PBS kids

Nick Jr. games

Disney Princess

Puzzles are fun as well.

We don’t have a sandbox at the moment, but we do have rice, flour, dry beans, and cornmeal. The girls love to make their footprints with the flour and cornmeal. They use cups, spoons, bowls, pots and pans to pour and play with.

Lego’s. These are from my childhood.

No one telling us when to eat, how much of what we can eat or drink. Recess is always in session, and the best part, we learn in everything we do.
I love being able to watch my kids grow and learn in everything they do.
Here at home they are free to explore, and learn at their own pace.

Visit The Expanding Life for more unschooling posts.

The girls have asked since Christmas “when is it going to snow?” Sadly, my reply was always the same. “It doesn’t snow here.”
It started snowing last night here in southern VA, and didn’t stop until later in the afternoon.

We were all so excited! We just had to go out and play in it.
It’s not a shadow like others you’ve seen, but the best I could do outdoors with no sun.

I thought the footprints looked like shadows in the snow.

For more shadows, visit Hey Harriet

Can you believe it snowed here in southern VA? They kept saying it would, but I said I wouldn’t believe it until I saw it.
I’ve said that we miss the snow, and wouldn’t ya know, we get a bit of snow!

When we took this picture, the sun was still out behind us. Nakiah wondered how the moon and sun could be out at the same time.

For more skies, visit the Skywatch blog

Late night game session with daddy.

A new theme to take part in

I’ve wanted to work on my photography skills for a while, maybe this will help.

This weeks theme is texture. I found this lovely blog through Life with Kaishon. Also a lovely blog you must check out.

Here is my first picture. Enjoy!

Fore more beautiful faces, visit I heart faces

For some reason the computer won’t read my camera. I’ll add pics later.

Our choice for this week is Dr. Seuss’s ABC. The girls LOVE this book. Nakiah got it back when she was 2.5 and she’s loved it ever since. They read it to each other quite often. It’s been read every single night for the past three weeks!

We love Dr Seuss around here, but you probably already know that.

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“Big Q….little q

What begins with Q?

The quick queen of Quincy and her quacking quacker-oo”

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For more book sharing, please visit Alex at Serendipity