Frogs and School

We have been busy these days looking for and catching frogs. And when we are not busy with frogs we squeeze in some school. 

Jude is doing really great with his reading lessons (from teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons), some reading and lessons from five in a row and for the most part enjoying his rod and staff workbooks (there is a lot of coloring in the beginning and Jude is not crazy about coloring). 

Shiloh is loving his "school" too which is a 3 year old rod and staff workbook combined with coloring books and lots of cutting paper and pencil sharpening. 

Ninja Purple

Jude earned his Ninja Purple belt. Pretty cool not long until he completes the Ninja program and moves to the Dragon program (Ninja Red, then Brown then onto Dragon Green).

Demonstrating place for Instuctor Edna. She gave him a 10 on fitness and uniform (I may have spent some time with the iron)...

Blocking with Master Bridges (she is a tough judger - only an 8.5 on basic motion - though when starting from an average at 7 not to shabby)

Kicking and self defense with Pops, I mean Master Lieder (Jude got a 10...wonder if Pops' judging ability was impaired...bwhahahaha!)

Ninja Purple awarded by Aunt Charity, I mean Instructor Charity 😀

I think he was happy 😁

Trash Tree

This morning the boys raked leaves and sticks and collected trash in their wagon and a bin with a lid. When they were happy with their progress they came running and yelling, "look mom!" I asked what they had. The replied trash to take with them to the Cayman Islands so the could plant a trash tree on Pops' and Mimi's beach. 

Buoyancy and China

Buoyancy and China. These are a few of the things we are learning about thanks to The Story About Ping.