I. Deep Sea Fascination Continues
A. Hairy angler toy from Animal Planet
B. Melissa and Doug Under the Sea Puzzle
C. Bioluminescence
II. Alphabet Memorized
A. They Might Be Giants Here Come the ABCs cd and dvd
B. Interactive ABC and phonetics games
C. Finding letters at Blanton Museum (and everywhere else too)
III. Create Your Own Superheroes
A. Over 35 Superheroes created, named and printed out
B. Bowie's story of married superheroes Sun's Soul and Black's Night (favorite sentence: Such heroes are gladly married to become a team.)
IV. Not Back to School
A. Austin Homeschooling Group had the NOT back to school swim party at NW Park
B. The quiet changes at museums and parks
C. Keeping a journal and blown away by the amount of learning that happens daily
There, that addresses a few things I wanted to get jotted down...not profound, I know. But stuff I want to appreciate and remember and share.
The most important thing to celebrate this week is the rain! It's been raining wonderfully for over a week now. The temperatures have dropped from the hundreds to the upper 80s. The plants are rejuvenated and so am I. I'm encouraging mornings and evening outside and we are ready to come out of our summer hibernation. Here comes Autumn!
And Bowie with one of the Xs he found at the Blanton:
