Back in the swing of things

I am a sucky blogger. Very, very bad. In fact, it has been over a year since I posted. BUT...I am getting back in the swing of things. I promised the kids I would keep a record of our schooling since it is impossible to keep all of the, um, important works they produce every day.

Since last year we had a cute little addition to our family.

Meet Dempsey:

This is in the birth tub. Brand new.
And this is at 10 weeks. Still giving me the business at night, but sweet as can be during the sunlight hours.

Anyhow, besides that little bit of business, life is moving quickly. The boys are growing at an alarming rate, and we are getting back in our homeschooling groove after a long break.

We have settled on our curriculum (for now) so I'll report it here just to humor my other curriculum dork friends.

Atticus (grade 2):
History-Story of the World 2
Science-R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey Life (finishing this up withing the next few weeks...then on to Earth & Space!)
English-First Language Lessons 2
Writing-Writing with Ease 2
Grammar-Growing with Grammar 2
Spelling-Soaring with Spelling 2
Math-Singapore 2B
Art-Using How to Teach Art to Your Children
Handwriting-Handwriting without Tears-Printing Power
Geography-various sources for a study of all 50 states
We are planning on adding Music study and either Latin or German or possibly both during the summer months.

Creeley (Kindergarten):
Science-Living Learning Books-Level 1-Animals, Human Body, and Plants (It looks like there have been some changes to this curriculum since we bought ours a few years ago)
Math-Singapore Earlybird B
Reading-Reading Reflex
Handwriting-Handwriting without Tears-Letters and Numbers for Me
Art-Using How to Teach Art to Your Children

Here are various pictures of our fun over the past few weeks:

Creeley's experiment to find out what ants eat:
Atti's experiment about amphibian's hearing (bonus points for including the toddler):


Operation Keep-Townsyn-Busy:
A little English:

Some Handwriting:
A little painting and decorating:
And how sweet are the cute little gifts for our room?
Learning about line:
Atticus starting his 50 States study:

A little eagle cam viewing that coincided perfectly with our bird studies. I tried to post a link but it's dead now (the link, that is). Watching the babies and mom was fascinating!
Counting practice with 1oo Hungry Ants:
An experiment about how birds stay warm and dry:
And plenty of loving on the little dude, who doesn't quite know what to make of it all:

I'll be back with more. I promise. The kids are having so much fun and the excitement is absolutely contagious.