We don’t have enough chairs at our table for everyone to sit on one. We have a bench that the boys sit on. Here they are sharing a snuggly moment while eating dinner. I’m so thankful that they get along pretty well most of the time.

Josh’s last presenation was on the History of Travel by Land. He started out with information on the wagon wheel and moved through history telling about the development of axles, iron rails, and steam engines. He ended his demonstration with information on modern railroads and showed this model train setup.

Josh is reading his book while looking out the window. He’s finishing up some reading that we got behind on a few weeks ago. It seems appropriate to read about the Westward Expansion and the hardships those settlers faced when they didn’t make it across the mountains before winter it …

The week our co-op was studying the Industrial Revolution his class decided to focus their attention on the invention of the paperbag.

This picture was taken earlier this school year, but I’m still going to post it as part of the Project 365 photolog because he was SO EXCITED to finally “officially” finish his phonics curriculum. He’s really been done for quite awhile (almost a year), but I wouldn’t let him discard …

Josh took a train set to co-op as part of his demonstration titled Transportation Through Time. He started out with a wheel and moved on through wagons, travois, and up to the steam engine trains.

Josh is holding a new baby goat at a friend’s house. Spring is the time for new arrivals! We don’t have any animals, but we have lots of friends who do.

Here is another kite flying picture. After yesterday’s flying, Josh decided to take the string off and put fishing line on instead. I’m not sure why, but he did and now he can let his kite go REALLY HIGH! This is not a particularly great picture, but I wanted to …

We have had this 4 foot monoplane kite in the garage for a LONG time. I actually think one of our friends gave it to Tim for his birthday several years ago. Today, it was windy. Josh was bored. Amanda was getting ready for the Prom. Em and I were …

They just don’t make jeans like they used to. Did you know that some people spend hard earned money (well, in our home that would be hard earned by my husband since we all know *I* am just a couch potato that sits around with a clipboard telling everyone else …