Home Stretch and Spring Fever

We are trying to survive spring fever!

Doing school when the weather is sunny and in the mid-80s is very difficult,

But, we're on the home stretch.

I'm trying to make these last days a lot of fun.

If I didn't, my fear is that I wouldn't make it to the end. ;)

Here are just some of the pics of our April school thus far.

I'll start off with the most important one:

Only 40 days left!!

I asked them to show me excitement (like I needed to ask!)

Then I requested they do it again without covering up the tally marks. =)

 Home Ec
We are working on our cooking skills this month (and probably for the rest of their young lives!)
It gives them a sense of accomplishment, and they actually eat what they make (at least this far). 

Beans & Rice (His favorite Cuban dish)

I love to see how excited the kids are to cook.

He wanted to make it just like Odalys (our former neighbor).

"Wait a minute!  This doesn't look like the picture or Odalys'!" (Oops, I goofed up the recipe.  Too long to explain here...)

"That's okay Mom.  It still looks good."

"I actually like it!  But I like the real Beans and Rice better."  What a sweetie he is.  My youngest liked it too.  I call that a win for supper (3/5).

My other little chef made Sloppy Joes earlier this week.

The results of his hard work!  (He doesn't like Sloppy Joes, so he put minimal "slop" on his bun with lots of cheese.  He ate it all.  :)

 Science

We are studying Electricity.

We got the perfect gift from some friends: Snap Circuits!  This has given my kids hours and hours of entertainment, not to mention Science time!!

My youngest did a design and accidentally put the motor on backwards.  The result? The fan flew up in the air.  He was amazed!!  We put the motor on the correct way and he didn't find that nearly as fun.  So he switched it back.  If you look hard enough, you'll see the fan (a reddish blur) above the mantle and to the right of the mirror.

My oldest made his circuit that only allowed the LED light to come on when the LED was in light.  (Wow, that was confusing! ha!)

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Plus it's Butterfly Time!
Or Caterpillar Time...
However you look at it. =)

Just delivered today, these caterpillars are in for a real treat.  First off, the kids plan to scare them to death by sticking them on a picture of a squirrel. LOL

Besides these fun home projects,

We went to the McWane Science Center and learned about Nano technology.  We did a few fun experiments there.  Oh, and we also spent a lot of time in the Grossology exhibit.  We learned about Dung Beetles, Flies & different colors of blood in different living things.  Did you know that shrimp have blue blood???  We didn't either until this past Monday. teehee.

Well, we are just shy of half way through the month of April.

We're in the 4th and final quarter.

We're hoping to have our last day during the 1st week of June (which is late for us!)
That will give us our full 180 days.

Just for fun:

At the end of this school year, my 5th grader will have completed 1080 days of school total,

my 4th grader 900 days,

my 2nd grader 540 days,

and my K 180 days.

That's a lot of days of school!

(And a lot of teaching I might add!!)