It's Raining....

It's raining right now. It started around lunch time and isn't supposed to stop until late tonight. This is the time of year when my kids spend hours outside, so the thought of being inside all day was enough to motivate me to swap our free time to the morning and school time to the afternoon! So, after breakfast and chores, we headed out. They had a great time playing with and creating a home for a worm family....

Digging in the dirt......

Checking out the growth of the peaches.....

And chasing the cat into the street (bet you can't guess who was doing that!)......

After lunch, we got started with our school work for the day. For the past two weeks, we've been talking about words and Jesus being THE Word. One of their assignments for today was to spend a predetermined amount of time with activities that do not require words or communication of any kind. So....no reading, writing, talking, computer, music, or TV. Hmmmm. It took them a few minutes to think of things they could do, and then we set the timer. The teacher's guide suggested an hour, but we went for 20 minutes in an effort to set a reasonable amount of time for my non-stop talking boy to be quiet! They sat all together at the table with coloring and Moon Sand, and they did great! It was a great way for them to see how often we rely on words throughout the day. As a follow up to that activity, tonight we are going to watch the Miracle Worker. We're waiting for daddy to get home since he's NEVER seen any version of it. So, all in all, it has been a fun stay-at-home, rainy kind of day! :)