Week 13: Disastrous Flooding

I never thought our area would flood so badly that public schools would be canceled. We occasionally get canceled for snow, but when it comes to rain, we rival Camp Green Lake. This flooding has been devastating.

The water line is in the trees. 

Week 12: Halloween and The Claw!

To keep with October's theme, it's still raining and I spent some time sick this week. Just this summer, we thought we'd dry up and blow away; we had no water and everything was burning. Now, even our crawl space is flooding- and we live on a hill!

With all this water, K and his friends had a blast at forest school, building dams and creating streams.  

Fiery Furnace 2.0 Lesser Known Arches

Last March, we explored the Fiery Furnace. At the end of the hike, K was eager to explore it again, right then if we would have let him. That eagerness stayed with him. So, this week, we made it happen again. 

However, being adventurous people, we didn't want to just retrace our steps and see the same arches again. There are hundreds of arches inside the Fiery Furnace; surely we could find half a dozen new ones.

Week 11: Groundhog Days?

For a third week, it was cold, rainy, and a child was sick. Fortunately, all the kids are on the mend.

We had some sunny days in-between storms, which we used to get outside and play.  

Week 10: School Even While Sick

This week started off cold, rainy and with deep congestion for K. But, by the weekend, the sun had come out. We were able to enjoy a walk around the lake and K, A1, and Dad were able to enjoy a bike ride.

Week 9: Playing the Forest Equaled Playing with Math

This week we spent another morning in the woods where K measured sticks and other objects (math) to see if they would work for building a fort (Engineering/Science). He had to learn to communicate with a partner (LA). Between hauling sticks- and each other- the kids got their PE in, too. 

Week Eight: Clubs and Learning Outdoors

While last week was full steam ahead, we took it a little slower this week. It was cold and rainy for most of the week so we enjoyed plenty of indoor reading time along with Legos. 

K looks forward to his new I Brick build every week. This week was a sloth.