Pokemon King's Party

We held Pokemon King's party over the weekend. We had so many boys here, but it seemed like they all had a lot of fun. They had a Super Smash Brothers tournament and we did a pinata. We thought about having another game or two, but fortunately we didn't. There just would not have been any time left! Here's some pics:

Happy Birthday Pokemon King!!!

Happy 11th Birthday to my Pokemon King!

We love you!!!

Rocket's Bedtime

As I was putting Rocket to bed tonight, he walked into his room and immediately said we needed to read his scriptures. I agreed. We sit down to read and here's our conversation:

MOM: Remember what we talked about last night?

ROCKET: Hmmm. Nope.

MOM: The baby in the basket?

ROCKET: (very excitedly!) Yeah! What was his name?

MOM: Moses.

ROCKET: That's right...Moses! He turned into a baby!

MOM: Well, he was a baby. Then he grew into a man. He lived in Egypt.

ROCKET: Egypt? Is Egypt in earth? 

MOM: Yes.

ROCKET: We live in earth!

MOM: Yes we do.

ROCKET: Where is it?

MOM: Let's go look at the globe. (We go into the schoolroom to look on the globe. I point out where we are, then I point out where Egypt is. It's purple on our globe.)

ROCKET: The purple one? That's far! What's this one? (he points to the yellow country next to Egypt)

MOM: That's Libya.

ROCKET: What's this one? (he points to green one next to Libya)

MOM: That's Algeria.

ROCKET: What's this one? (he points to a pink one)

MOM: That's China.

ROCKET: China? Have I been to China?

MOM: No.

ROCKET: Oh....Have I been to Egypt?

MOM: No.

ROCKET: Oh. (We go back upstairs to read the rest of the scripture reading. I start talking about how Moses killed an Egyptian.) He killed him?

MOM: Yes.

ROCKET: Wow. Moses was a baby and then he grew into a man?

MOM: Yes. (I continue reading getting to the burning bush.)

ROCKET: Where is he now?

MOM: He's on the mountain. The bush is on fire, but it's not really burning. It's a miracle.

ROCKET: What's a miracle?

MOM: A miracle is something great that happens. You're a miracle.

ROCKET: I'm a miracle?

MOM: Yes.

ROCKET: Where's fire at?

MOM: Well, fire can be anywhere.

ROCKET: Is there fire in China?

MOM: Yes.

ROCKET: Is there fire in Egypt?

MOM: Yes.

ROCKET: Is there fire in...........(very long pause!).....what's that yellow one?

MOM: Libya?

ROCKET: Yeah! (extremely excited!) Is there fire in Libya?

MOM: Yes.

ROCKET: I've been to China.

I love this little boy! I love our nighttime conversations. He has such an imagination and he is so innocent. Why can't he stay like this forever?!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!!!

I had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday. It really started on Saturday evening. Bond and I got to spend some time together catching up on 24. He stayed up late with me, which doesn't happen since he delivers newspapers in the morning. On Sunday, while he was still delivering the newspapers, Wally and Pokemon King were up early to make me a wonderful breakfast.

I didn't get to eat it in bed because I had to get up to feed Babymoon, but that's okay. I got to watch Special Agent OSO with Rocket while eating. After eating, they gave me their gift. 

If you look at the first letter of each candy, they spell out MOTHER. How cute!!!

We went to church, but left early to head to Old Man's Cave for a picnic and a hike. We did this last year for Mother's Day, the previous year for Father's Day and before that it was Memorial Day. I think it's becoming a spring tradition!!! It was a very nice day!

I'm so blessed to have my wonderful family. I love my boys!!!

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Pinewood Derby

As we were traveling to church for the Pinewood Derby, Pokemon King had Baby moon laughing up a storm. We were so luck to have a camera on hand!

Pinewood Derby

Last night was the Pinewood Derby. The theme was Jurassic Park. This was Pokemon King's last Pinewood Derby, as he will be moving on to 11 year old scouts. He placed 2nd overall! Great job Pokemon King!

Weekly Report

I think we've had a very productive week. We were able to get most, if not all, of our assignments done. I think the nice weather earlier in the week was a great motive for getting schoolwork done. 

Pokemon King's Accomplishments:

HISTORY

• King Charles and his 'Cavaliers' or 'Royalists' fighting against the 'Parliamentarians' or 'Roundheads'
  
• Pocahontas
  
• The life of William Shakespeare

SCIENCE

• Cyrus McCormick & the invention of the Reaper
  
• Pressure in soda cans

GEOGRAPHY

• Marco Polo-These are 2 activities from the book:

Weaving

Chinese Mask

LITERATURE

• Parables From Nature-The General Thaw
  
• Children of the New Forest by F. Marryat (this is set during the time of King Charles)
  
• Pilgrim's Progress (we've recently decided to drop this-we will start it up again next year with an easier version-we both need to brush up a little more on vocabulary before we tackle this version again!)
  

LANGUAGE ARTS

• finished punctuation: quotations, apostrophes, commas
  
• wrote a book report (without a lot of fuss, too!)
  
• starting prepositions
  
• poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (some are really good, but others are really hard to follow)
  

MATH

• fractions, circumference, volume, proportions (I know it seems all over the place, but right now they are basically brief introductions)
  

Dinodude's Accomplishments

HISTORY

• King Charles and his 'Cavaliers' or 'Royalists' fighting against the 'Parliamentarians' or 'Roundheads'
  
• Sir Philip Sydney & The Ungrateful Soldier from 50 Famous Stories Retold
  

SCIENCE

• Burgess's Bird Book, which uses real birds to make up stories-after (sometimes during) we look up the birds to see what they look like & also find out a little more about them
  

GEOGRAPHY

• Paddle to the Sea-the story of a handmade wooden boat, traveling along the waters
  

LITERATURE

• Aesop's Fables-The Lion, the Bear & the Fox and The Hares & the Frogs
  
• King of the Golden River-just finished up 
  
• Aladdin & the Wonderful Lamp-the version we read has very little in common with the Disney movie!
  

LANGUAGE ARTS

• prepositions
  
• writing a letter
  
• addressing an envelope
  

MATH

• multiplying by 10, 100 & 1000; making change from $1.00; area of a rectangle; negative numbers on a number line; finding missing dimensions of a rectangle
  

Rocket's Accomplishments

Explode the Code-he varies between 1 and 7 pages each day. Right now we are on the second book, studying 'n' and he's doing such a great job! He concentrates so hard when he makes his letters.

FOR ALL: 

MUSIC

• Composer Gustav Mahler-Symphony 9
  
• Piano lessons have drastically improved-I'm giving their lessons on Friday and they are practicing every day!

ART

• Vincent Van Gogh-The Night Cafe

Pokemon King's painting of The Night Cafe

Dinodude's painting of The Night Cafe

Rocket's painting of The Night Cafe