The Crazy Life of the K Family

Day 22 - January 25, 2016 The homestretch (kind-of, since we'll be going a bit past 30 days)!  Day 22 of Round 1!   M1:  2 over-medium fried eggs, sweet potato & sausage hash, topped with salsa verde guacamole.  M2:  leftover BBQ ribs, paleo potato salad & balsamic sautéed squash.  M3:  leftover balsamic sautéed squash, cauliflower mash, leftover orange-pineapple chicken in a spaghetti squash boat, and a sparkling water with blackberries!   Day 23 - January 26, 2016 Wow!  Just Wow!  Definitely feeling that "downhill slope"!  Day 23 of our first round!   We did NOT do any shopping this last weekend, and are literally cleaning out the fridge before our next grocery trip!  Thankfully, we've overbought the last 3 weeks!  😜 Breakfast:  pumpkin sautéed in ghee, and 2 fried eggs.   Lunch:  tuna salad, with celery, carrots, tomatoes, & avocado, over a ...

Static Electricity Butterfly Wings Preschool Science Lab - Static Electricity Once a month (while it's cold), our Homeschool Group has a Science Lab.  Our Teacher divides the activities into Bigs & Littles -- and my kids are among the littles, so I typically end up teaching that group!  This month, our Littles learned about Static Electricity, while the Bigs made Potato Circuits! Mama Bear, teaching about Static Electricity Nope, these things don't attract one another My kids really like that they have a Science Lab that they can participate in!  I'm really grateful for the time that our teacher invests in the classes too!  We look forward to the Labs! Little Jack Horner, getting into the experiment He's so serious sometimes Raising our hands to answer Little Jack Horner is only 2 1/2, but he dives right in!  Sometimes he copies what Little Miss Muffet has done, but this time, he sat independent of h...

M is for Mittens The Second Unit, from M is for Monster , that we chose to review is the unit on Gloves/Mittens!  We chose to complete the unit all on one day, since we had another 100% free day!  This set of activities actually took a little less time than the Polar Bear Unit did, that we completed a few days back! Reading "A Mountain of Mittens" by Lynn Plourde We chose to start with Activity #5, which is technically optional, and read "A Mountain of Mittens," by Lynn Plourde.  The kids really got a kick out of the story!  I really do recommend getting the books with the set, unless you already have the books -- which I'm surprised we didn't already have -- given the size of our home library! Items to find "Hiding Inside" Little Jack Horner, trying to guess what's "Hiding Inside" Little Miss Muffet, trying to guess what's "Hiding Inside" Activity #2, we chose "Hidin...

A while back, Mama Bear found an opportunity to check out a cool "Preschool in a Box" program, called M is for Monster ( www.misformonster.com )!  Mama applied, and was chosen to review the educational themes for the month of January 2016.  A great big box came in the mail, with 5 themes inside, and most of the supplies we needed to complete the lessons.   Our family is doing a hybrid Preschool/Homeschool for the next couple of years, so that our kids can get a taste of "public" school, in an environment we trust.  After Little Jack Horner finishes 3-day Preschool, we will be strictly Homeschooling, until probably High School, when the kids will have the choice of if they want to go to (probably a) Charter School, or finish out at home.   Little Miss Muffet started this week with the Letter B at Preschool - so we chose to use the Polar B ear unit today!  We did complete all 5 of the activities in one day, where you really could spread them out over...