Inch by inch through "I" week!

"I" is challenging to find ideas to make happen in our weeks but we improvised!

We all went ice-skating as a family - I brought my camera bag WITHOUT the camera in it - argh, so no photos from our adventure there!

There is a great inuksuk road-side in the Nanoose Bay area, but surrounded by blackberry bushes so we couldn't get any closer than this:


The kids love climbing this interesting rock on our walks around the block:

Jacob put together this intriguing ensemble:

At library storytime this week, Cheryl pulled out the instruments:

Madison illustrated a project:

The kids made an "I" craft:

Madison spread lots of icing on a carrot cake:

We checked out books and found out information about Icelandic horses. To this day, Iceland only allows Icelandic horses on the island. However, Icelandic horses can be found in other areas of the world.

We ate ice cream:

Read more "I" books:

Jacob played "Busy Bugs" AKA insects:

And more insect play:

The three of us went on an insect hunt one morning. We found a worm, a beetle, and a wood bug!

"H" continues...

This week Mads and Warren finished "Husky in a Hut" in their nightly book series, Mads did projects on "Haiti" and "Hippos", lots of fun "H" worksheets, and went to Hip Hop dance class. Jacob's library storytime this week even had the theme of "Houses and Homes"!

Life is a hoot in our home in the Hammond Bay area of the Hub city when:

We drive around in our "Happy Honda Odyssey". I always laugh and say that we are homelearners but never home!:

We watched a few of the Herbie movies:

The kiddos did some hill-rolling:

We found a heart-shaped rock:

We played a few games of Harvest Time:

Mads pulled out the three "H" books from our Value Book series:

She also stacked up all of her library chapter books (123!) in a HUGE pile:

She learned HOW to fish at a 4 hour Parks-taught Sunday event:

As a very rare lunch, we ate hotdogs!:

Mads and Warren watched a horse movie and then sketched a horse:

One warm evening, we had a game of street hockey (complete with helmets!):

Oh, and with the playoffs on, Warren (and kids) have been watching hockey, too:

Of course, we read lots of "H" library books:

Jacob was my helper in the kitchen (he loves to bake!):

We organized a homelearner helicopter tour:

Mads and Jacob did a hairy "H" craft:

Jacob went days begging for us to 'make a HazMat truck'. I tried putting him off, hoping he'd forget but no-go. Eventually, this is what we (translation: I) created, and he still plays with it, days later! He filled it with Playmobil little tools and fire extinguishers and helmets:

Mads did a fun thrift-store found workbook on Hawaii:

We took the bus to the Harbourfront library location and found this book:

The kids and I took a trip to the local Habitat for Humanity location - wandered round, donated something to the Re-Store, chatted about what the organization does, and even met a man who works there whose family lives in a Habitat house now!:

Happy times!

Halfway through "H"!

Happiness is....

...family hugs:
...building a house:

...wearing a horse shirt:

...showing off a high ponytail:

...seeing the harbour planes:

...walking the harbour hand-in-hand:

...hanging upside-down:

...being so darn handsome:

...eating hungarian food:

...huddling over a hungry caterpillar:

...counting down til horseriding summer camp:

...bringing home a horse canvas from art class:

...going to eat at Hong Kong House:

...holding hands with a friend:

...finding something hilarious:

...swinging high on a swing:

...playing with helicopters:

...reading about helicopters:

...happily sharing with a hedgehog:

...bringing home new fish, one of which J. named Hector:

...drawing hearts in the sand:

...hiding out with a friend:

...horseriding lessons:

...heart decorations for the learning area:

...holding a puppy named Meatball:

On to the next HALF :)