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N wanted to help refinish an old school desk, and had a blast trying out the orbital sander.
N picked his favorite dinner tonight, which natural meant German food!
They love spending time with their Papa, and he doesn’t seem to mind reading to them.
She loves books. A comfy chair, a pillow, a blanket and a book are all she needs to be content.
It was an extremely competitive, rowdy game, but Nana won in the end.
We spent the morning at the Denver Art Museum with a few cousins. Fun times, but we’re going to miss them when they move!
Papa spent part of an afternoon playing board games with the kids. The kids are really good at Mancala, and Papa lost as many games as he won,

The Unschooled Lens – Week 16

They enjoy video games. Particularly LEGO Video games and all the problem solving and action they involve.
They love the Star Wars exhibit at the art museum. Sadly, it’s about to end, so this was our last trip to see it.
He’s getting pretty good, and really enjoys his Ricky Ricotta books.
This is how I spent my morning at the coffee shop.
The Viking exhibit at DMNS is pretty cool. H particularly liked learning about Viking fashions – dyed clothing, jewelry and the like. The boys were more important interested in boats, armor and weaponry.
It’s always fun to find a simplified version of one of our favorite board games to share with the kids.
They don’t seem to particularly care who reads to them, as long as they get to spend some time in a fun book.

The Unschooled Lens – Week 13

The sidewalk is a bigger art canvas than anything they have inside, and using chalk is always fun.
He loves computers and programming, so coding his own apps is a dream come true!
N celebrated by helping to make Cherry Berry Wonderland pies! He was very proud of his handiwork, and of course they tasted great!
H reads all kinds of things, and many more advanced novels, but the My Little Pony books still have a special place in her heart. She never wants to pass up a new one
She wants to be just like the bigger kids, even when means watching their yoga video and getting in their way.
The new tiger exhibit at the Denver Zoo is very cool and the kids love it. I hope to finish a new post about our experience soon!
N loves ladybugs, and all other kinds of beetles. He’s also our one child who’s not squeamish about holding bugs. Its not uncommon for him to come running inside with something he’s caught before dashing back off to look for another one.

The Unschooled Lens – Week 11

Giving old childhood toys to your kids can be a whole lot of fun of everyone involved. The kids love my old collection of Micro Machines.
Sometimes my bread doesn’t emerge from the oven looking very good. Today it did!
A asked N to teach him how to make scrambled eggs. They both took the impromptu lesson very seriously, and the eggs turned out nice,
Programming has interested them for a long time and they’ve tried various apps to learn more about it. Bitsbox is becoming quite a hit, as they can write and customize their own apps.
They decided to rebuild one of her old sets together, and required a snack of Cheetos to sustain them as they worked.
Sometimes the best art projects are the really big ones.
We made blueberry muffins this morning and she was an excellent assistant. She even got to make some without blueberries, just the way she likes them.

The Unschooled Lens – Week 10

He’s not usually much of a colorer, but this particular book has captured his artistic interest.
Our fourth chapter book of the year. The kids really loved this one. Hilarious, action-packed, fun illustrations, etc.
A slice of my half-birthday cake. Honey butter cake. Honey cream cheese frosting. Honey caramel sauce. Delicious.
Breakfast while listening to Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf.
Expedition Health is one of their favorite exhibits at the Museum of Nature and Science.
Big sisters make great bedtime story readers.
A warm blanket and a cool graphic novel make for a good morning.

The Unschooled Lens – Week 4

Hes just recently moved up from DUPLO to LEGO system bricks and absolutely loves them.
We’ve been formulating the list of books we want to read together this year. So today we got out some big stacks of books and read a lot of synopsis’ to refine our list. They’ve got awesome taste in literature, if I do say so myself.
Puzzles are his true love right now. A new big floor puzzle is always a time for fun and excitement, even after his toddler sister managed to pour a bottle of Vanilla extract all over it.
More chess. Deliberating carefully before deciding whether to move the pawn one or two squares.
They love eating bread, and these days they love making it too.
Fridays are chess club day, and they love arriving early to help set up chess sets and displays.
Complicated coloring books are always fun.

The Unschooled Lens – Week 3

Building a block Castle, with lots of guns on it.
LEGO Crafting, building an Army of Supervillains!
They love this LEGO mindstorm app to practice some basic programming concepts.
Our Francophile girl has decided its time to study her first foreign language. No surprise about what language she chose.
They’re usually playing chess already by the time I get up in the morning. This is a pretty typical scene.
She’s been an artist for a long time, but her brother is starting to follow in her footsteps. He produced a good polar bear sketch for a four year old.
Books are a constant part of our life. Lunch usually involves books just as much as it involves food.

The Unschooled Lens – Week 2

Some of the books we’re planning on reading together this year. The kids are very excited.
And we’re off, with our first read of the year!
He loves vacuuming. If there’s any sort of machinery involved, even something as mundane as a vacuum, he’s interested in it.
Visiting Mommy at work for lunch.
Osmo Tangrams are a favorite app/game right now.
Snow is always fun, especially when there are big frozen chunks to carry around.
He’s been enjoying BrainPop Jr a lot lately, especially videos about space and animals.

The Unschooled Lens – Week 1