Amazing Saturday

Today was a lot of fun.  It was kind of hard to get all our chores done today since we decided to have an Africa Party, go to the LakeMetroparks Farmparks, and Costco today.  It started out great we made the desert for the party Date and Banana Bars.  Then we made Painted Hands (some African people painted hands and feet with geometric designs on special occasions).  We cut out our traced hands and put shapes on them and hung them up as decoration.  Then we made homemade instruments.  After that we got ready to go and went to the Farmparks.  We saw lots of animals, and electric trains (it was train day at the park), and the girls even tried milking the cows.  Dallen pet it after deciding it was a little to weird to milk it.  When we came home we finished making dinner Chicken With Figs, Papaya Stir-Fried Rice, and Fried Plantains.   We had a great dinner and the food was fantastic.  It was a fun day with lots of excitement and adventure.

Getting to try the electric train.

Watching one of the displays.

Christian playing with one of the wooden train sets.

Driving a milk truck. :)

Dinner of Africa.

Painted Hands!

Finishing up the school year

We've finished up all our Social Studies and Science for the year, but now we are going back and reviewing.  I like to add in some of the activities we didn't do the first time and solidify the topic we are reviewing.  Here are some of the great things we did on Friday.

Making cave paintings  (the first chapters of ancient history)

Benjamin Franklin's kite model (when he discovered lightning was electricity).

These kites really worked!!!  It was so much fun to put them in front of the fan and watch them go.

Each of the kids received an end of the year science activity.

Today we spotlight Dallen's solar car.

He put a lot of it together himself, mommy just did the parts he couldn't yet.

Watching the car go in the sun.

Finding out it can't go when a shadow is over it.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Party

Over the course of about a month our family read "Charlie and The Chocolate Factory."  We loved the book and when we finished we decided to have a party and watch the movie.  We had a great time playing Wonka's Cake Walk and Charlies musical chairs.  The kids loved finding the golden ticket under their chairs and under the colored slip of paper when the music stopped.  After our games we had some Wonka Chocolates and candies (gobstopers, nerds, sprees, and taffy).   While enjoying our delicious candies we watched the 1971 version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  The kids noticed right away the differences from the book but they still enjoyed it.  It was so much fun.  I had never read the story myself and thought it a great read, so creative and imaginative.  My five year old son couldn't stop talking about being a good boy so Mr. Wonka would give him a chocolate factory. Soooo cute!

Autumn with her "Golden Ticket"

A Fantabulous Fudge Bar

Aubrey with her Augustus Gloop face. :)

Christian with Augustus Gloop face.  ;)

Dallen with his treasured "Golden Ticket"

This was a party we will never forget!