We are studying ancient Egypt right now and so naturally Lucy is the queen. It is really fun when my kids play the things we are studying. They have also made robes out of sheets and gold jewelry out of construction paper. You know, to match all the pictures in the books of what Egyptians looked like. Daisy was a queen, Lucy a princess and Jack a scribe. He even crumpled up his paper so it would look "old".
For PE the last couple of days we have taken to archery. Daisy actually found this bow at the cabin the weekend and Casey told her she could bring it home. They stopped on the way home and got some arrows. Now we have an upside down cardboard box in the yard full of holes.
That is one cute little archer!
Jack is very proud of the fact that he can hit the box. He and Daisy can get pretty competitive sometimes. He did have to scootch a little closer than her to the box. In his defense she has been practicing it since she got home; him not so much.
She actually looks like she knows what she's doing, huh? She got one of the arrows to go through the box today! I think she really likes it. She has been out there a ton shooting! We'll see; maybe she'll go to the Olympics in archery someday. You never know.
Hank on the other hand only cares if the things he is doing have engines and wheels. He actually gets Casey's motorcycle magazines out of the bathroom and sits on the floor and flips the pages. No joke. He freaks out every time one passes us in the car. And he begs for rides via standing in the garage pointing to the motorcycle making the vroom noise. It scares me a little. Casey took him, Lucy and Jack on the 4 -wheeler at the cabin and as they rolled back in I noticed that Hank looked very relaxed. He slept almost the whole ride. He hadn't had a nap that day and I guess he just couldn't fight the power of the motor. Pretty funny.
All and all we are doing great. The kids love it here and so do we. Going for walks here is way better because the scenery is about 100 times better. Driving places is fun because everywhere you look are mountains and water. Plus, the real bonus has been getting to spend a lot of time with my sister-in-law and her 4 kids. All the kids are loving getting to see each other so much. The kids are in Awana together and we decided to try to do a little Lynch co-op on Friday mornings. We had our first one last week and it went great. My kids taught her kids the 4 kinds of spider webs and they taught us a couple of songs. Then they all went out and hunted for spider webs and drew them. Then after that they made a teepee out of a tarp and branches. It was crude but they loved it. The boys also killed a wasp nest-to make the day complete. Hank and Paul played with the dirt and cars. Lucy and Maddie colored, made a dinosaur out of the letter D and played dolls. Everyone had a great time and the Lynch co-op is off to a great start!
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