But I woke up craving McDonald's hotcakes, so this particular morning, it did. Now know this, I have not eaten this type of breakfast food since I was pregnant with my daughter, who is now seven years old. But I woke up this particular Friday morning saying to my husband, "I wish there was such a thing as a coffee delivery company", and then bam, hotcakes popped into my head. My husband ended up staying home from work that morning and I felt the need to celebrate the choosing of a blog name, so this called for, yes,you got it, Hotcakes! Mind you, we won't be eating this for another seven years, but it was so worth it and my kids thought it was the best breakfast mommy has ever made. Oh yeah, I made it all right. I drove right up to the McDonald's drive through window with my coupons in hand and ordered my kids a big ole order of hotcakes.
Well this out of the ordinary breakfast definitely set the stage for their homeschool day. My son, 5, has been determined to be a good reader like his sister so we had fun making silly sentences using his visual puzzle pieces. He really wanted to make something funny using a piece about a baby, so this is what he came up with,
"A baby jumped on the frog." The box is called Silly Sentences from www.dk.com. They have other great items using puzzles for math and rhymes. Chase has a love for math, something that I struggle with as his teacher so on this same day he was learning how to use an online calculator but I wanted him to see how to use visuals to really help him. So we broke out some building blocks to do addition.
Ok so now here is where the digging for dinosaurs comes in to play. My kids have been obsessed with the thought of finding fossils, and asked if they can go digging in the woods behind our home. Because of ticks, of course I was reluctant so I decided to just let me dig in the dirt behind our garage since no one will see these giant size holes. I was still reluctant because it had just rained and I new they would be covered in mud from head to toe, but as they said, "it's perfect digging conditions". So, after their school day, they got all geared up, shovels in hand and were determined to go out there and find dinosaur bones. As much as I was dreading all the mud they were going to bring in the house, I still couldn't help but worry they would be disappointed on not finding anything. Well, the kids were right! It was perfect digging conditions, and though they didn't find dinosaur bones they did find something. Check it out:
This beautiful glass bottle. It was covered in mud when they trampled through the house, (just as I new would happen) handed it to me and asked me what it was. I encouraged them to go back to work digging and I would clean it up a bit to see what it was. I hosed this baby down, and after I cleaned it all off it appeared to be a beautiful glass bottle. I called the kids to the door to show them and they couldn't believe how nice it had looked. Of course, my daughter, the first thing she says, which melted my heart was, "mom, this glass bottle would be great for you to use for your oils, or even as a vase for flowers". Just when I thought they would have been disappointed on not finding dinosaur bones, they were more excited on finding something to give to me.-
Love it can't wait for more!!
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