Monkey See, Monkey Do

We usually start our school day off with Ethan selecting a book from the book basket and reading for 20 minutes. The books coordinate roughly with the era of history we're studying, and it's a nicer beginning to his day than starting with something like math. The other day I had told him to begin his reading while I was cleaning up the kitchen. I glanced into the living room and found all three of the boys doing their morning reading. Benny is reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan ... yes, he's pretty advanced for a two-year-old!


Alex selected Uncle Remus Stories.



And Ethan was reading G.A. Henty's In Virginia with Lee.

Play-dough

Alex and Ben have been favoring play-dough this week. They got out the cans of play-doh and found that they don't like it as well as the homemade version. The homemade playdough (if kept in the refrigerator) lasts longer, is nicer to work with, and doesn't leave quite so many crumbles all over the floor.


They don't always use their play-dough toys with it ... sometimes they prefer just rolling pins, cookie cutters, and various toys to stick into it. This week they've wanted to use our bucket of play-dough toys, though.


Benny wanted to wear a tie to church Sunday, but he didn't decide that until we were on our way out the door. To compensate for being told "no", he decided to wear one Monday. Along with his Thomas underwear and no pants. He's quite the trendsetter, that boy.


I love that this can keep them occupied for an hour or more these days.


More pictures here.