Weaving

I have piles and piles of fabric that have been sitting in storage. I've never wanted to give it away because I just know I'll do something with it . . . eventually.

A few days ago I noticed this baby gate sitting in the garage. The way this house is set up we really haven't needed it but it's a good gate so we just stored it.

So I took the gate, and cut some fabric into strips approximately an inch wide and tied them to one end of the gate. Then I let them have fun weaving the fabric strips through the holes.

Simple and free. My favorite kind of fun.

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Miscellany Monday

Our day started out very quiet, with only two preschoolers until about 10:30. By lunchtime four more children had arrived. Here is some of our fun from today.

After breakfast Michael and Lauren enjoyed painting with Do-Dot-Paints. I had printed some pictures for this from DLTK.

We had fun playing Spring themed dominoes.

We played outside. It was warm and humid today but we had a great time anyway.

There were a multitude of bugs and insects out today. Here are just a few that we saw. I have no idea what they were but the kids had fun watching them.

Austin worked at the picnic table catching up his homeschool log. Beside him is a small part of his collection of interesting items gathered from outside. Michael was making it his job to try to annoy Austin and Austin was trying to ignore him.

Tre brought a game from home that he played at one table.

When Austin was finished with his journal he played with Kaleb. These two have been best buddies since Kaleb first started coming at three months old. He is 15 months old now so they have had a year of fun together.

I love this picture of Macy. This is so typical of her, she's a little mommy through and through.

 

Tre and Lauren checked on the turtles. They are doing well in their little home.

These are just a few of the random, fun things we did today.

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A Warm Spring Morning

So if it's a warm spring morning and you are outside to play what on earth can you do?

Well, there are always a few balls to kick and throw around. . .

. . . . and dirt to play in.

Playing with trucks is always fun.

And if you can convince your sister to bring you lots of dirt to put in your trucks that is even more fun. . . .

. . . but she may decide to take that dirt and cook up something in the kitchen instead.

A brand new box of sidewalk chalk is a great reason to get creative.

Then of course there are some cool rides. . .

. . . and a stump to climb on.

There is certainly no reason to be bored on a nice spring day around here.

Health Benefits of Eating Walnuts

Yesterday we were taking walnuts from the yard and putting them in a big pile, getting the yard ready for mowing when the grass starts growing again. This morning we did more of the same. We're getting close to finished with this little chore.

Cayson and Lauren were my helpers today. I haven't asked anyone to help me but some of the kids really seem to enjoy this job and pitch right in. We have fun talking while we work and they are so proud of themselves when we fill a bucket or truck and can take it to empty on the evergrwoing pile.

Cayson of course just loves to haul them in this dump truck.

Lauren insisted in carrying them in this bucket and refused to let me help her. After a couple trips across the yard I started making the bucket only half full before we emptied it. But no matter how full it was she was adament that she was going to carry it herself.

"Move out of my way, Rose" she would say when she thought I was walking too slowly in front of her. She had a job to do and nothing was going to get in her way.

Looking at all these walnuts had me wondering what the nutritional value of them is. You know, in case I really do harvest them this fall and put them in the freezer for baking. So I did some research and found out a few interesting tidbits. Here are few of those bits of information.

1. There is a lot of nutritional value in the "skin" of the walnut. The skin is a whitish, flaky, waxy part of a shelled walnut. This skin can have a slightly bitter flavor and is often removed but doing so takes away some of the nutrients as well.

2. There is a special type of Vitamin E found in walnuts that is particularly beneficial to men's cardiovascular health.

3. Eating walnuts can help decrease the risk of developing breast cancer and prostate cancer.

These are just a few of the benefits of eating walnuts, but there's enough here to convince that it may very well be worth our time to crack these nuts.