Liquid Sunshine

An image comes to my mind, the image of the perfect spring day at home in Alabama. Birds are chirping in the trees and the sun is high in the sky. It is hot and vapors rise from the black top paved roads like steam from a skillet. Then it happens. Drops begin to fall from a cloudless sky and cool the earth. The gentle shower refreshes everything that it touches and as quickly as it came, the rain disappears. Liquid Sunshine!

I am very fortunate to be a part of a group at Etsy called SHEteam...SHE being Schooling at Home Etsians. There has been a challenge set up for April with "Rain" as the theme. I have pondered the theme for days now and am excited to work on the project. This completed project will be posted on Etsy April 1st.

Be on the look out for other representations of rain by
some very talented artists and crafters.
~ Coming in April~
Go to the Etsy home page and type "sheteam" and "challenge" or "sheteam" and "rain" into the search engine. I know you will not be disappointed.

VeryVerdant

Another Free Day

Aren't these guys the cutest! I can not say enough about this place. John G Shedd Aquarium in Chicago is said to be the second largest aquarium in the world. We were fortunate enough to be able to catch a free day during our visit. The place was packed and the oceanarium was under construction but we still spent 4 hours here. The children Oohed and Aah-ed over turtles, lizards, jellyfish, sharks...
It was so much fun watching the children(even the oldest) stand and watch the animals then scramble off to the next window to see what was inside. I enjoyed so much seeing their wide eyed wonder at God's creation. Up until this point Mark and I had guided the children through all the museums and sites but on this day I followed the children around. They were free to look and watch then move on when they were ready. To be honest, I enjoyed watching them as much as I enjoyed the vast array of wildlife. Children truly are a blessing.










Oh, and here is something we do not see everyday at home. Lake Michigan was still mostly frozen over and covered with snow. Our youngest was insisting that I get a picture of the frozen lake. It really was beautiful and quite cold. Low and mid 20s are not for me.


VeryVerdant

PS, This post note is for all you fellow homeschoolers out there. Before taking this trip we completed a lapbook about Shedd Aquarium. I believe this really enhanced our visit because the children each knew exactly what they wanted to see and it added to their excitement when the found animals and could say, "Hey Mom, we studied about this in Science."