Gallon Guy

I'm usually really bad about doing crafts. I try to have one slated per week, but so many times they end up being ones we're doing "just to do them," and with 4 kids 5 and under, I'd rather not deal with the mess, time and hassle of that. However, this one made sense to me. I could see the benefit to doing it. So we made Gallon Guy: You need one large piece of paper, 4 smaller rectangles, 8 smaller squares and 16 even smaller squares (hint: start with the smallest squares and work your way up!) We used different colors for each so they would stand out.

There he is! I maybe should have labeled the pieces AFTER Matthew glued them all together - some of them you can't see the words anymore, but it adds character. And he's serving his purpose! Daddy asked this morning, "Matthew, how many quarts in a gallon?" Without hesitation (and with Gallon Guy nowhere in sight), Matthew answered, "FOUR!"

(Matthew loved Gallon Guy so much, he made a Gallon Guy mii on the wii.)

Edible Science

Today for science we were studying the various layers of the earth. I was supposed to hardboil an egg to show the various levels (shell = crust, white = mantle, yolk = core), but last night was a rough night with the baby and I didn't want to heat up my house today boiling the water! Luckily, we had apples in the house, so I cut one down the middle and improvised (skin = crust, pulp = mantle, core/seeds = core). When we were done with the lesson, we of course had to eat the apple so that it wouldn't go bad

Matthew took a big bite and said, "Mmmmm! This mantle sure is yummy! And some magma just squirted into my mouth!"

Kids are fun!

Week #8 Review

Well this really would be week #8/#9 review... he did two weeks' worth this week. Every book was "more, more!" The only thing we haven't finished for the second week is his handwriting (didn't want to push him there) and his reading to me. Well that and week 9's memory verse. I didn't want him to have to focus on more than one per week no matter how far he gets in everything else. So we'll keep those on a once-a-week pace.

This brought us to week 10 which includes a book we hadn't purchased yet, so I had to make a purchase. But then to get free shipping I had to add a few more books. Oh darn

Earlier this week Matthew was reading from one of his books. Sometimes it's hard to know if he actually follows the story when he's reading it because he's concentrating so hard on what he's saying. Well he was reading something about some chicks jumping into the pig pen and getting muddy. He stopped and said, "That's.... that's.... that's tewwible!" It was SO funny and unexpected and both Stephen and I started laughing. Then of course he had to do it every few sentences to see if he got the same reaction.

Today's favorite activity was identifying what were mammals and what weren't. He determined that Mommy, Daddy, Ashlyn, Jessica, Isaac, Ethan, Matthew, and Linny (from the Wonder Pets ) are mammals. He thought that was the coolest thing. Oh that he might always be so easily entertained!