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Japan Day!

Japan Day.... We decided that today should be all about Japan... We did origami, and made  and we got a poster board and drew japan on and colored the regions.  We talked about some key history points mostly about WWII and Pearl Harbor.  We looked up on our ipads about schools in Japan and what children learn in that country.  We wore our dresses we got form China all day and pretended they were Kimonos and put chop sticks in our hair.  The girls had a lot of fun.

Here is a video on what they learned...

Pinckney Island National Wildlife

We went to pickney Island and oh did we get lost - OK really we just went down the wrong road and got to the end and decided we should turn around - took us an extra hour to get home but Isabelle thought we were lost and never going to get home ...

We saw a fiddler crabs and chased them all over the dried up pond- we saw lots of birds and a baby alligator.  Then we made our way around a huge pond - and saw a huge alligator (6 FOOT), and its head was about one foot from a bird and then we saw ducks, deer and another alligator and of course lots and lots of trees and birds. 

Belle got so scarred of the huge alligator she started crying but we made it back alive and we had a lot of fun - it was so neat to see the alligator.

The girls took their Ipads  and took lots of pictures so enjoy...

Also Check our the girls music lesson...

Banana Scrabble

Banana Scrabble... What a fun game, we made up our own rules and did it a little different.  We used the first grade and second grade spelling list and used that to make our scrabble board.  The girls had so much fun trying to make words and make the words line up, and what a great way to do spelling.

Guitar lessons  -  McKenzey has started guitar lessons and is so excited - so far she has learned the two cords of horse with no name (man in black)  - she has been practicing everyday and loves her instructor Mr. John.  We also got her a kids size guitar that is blue (her favorite color) and has a mermaid on it.  Belle is going to start this week

Jasper Park

We decided to go to Jasper Park the other day just to walk around and get some energy out.  We had a lot of fun the most exciting part was when a snake ran over Isabelle feet - she was behind us and ran past me to beside Jack, lets just say Mac and I laughed our heads off. 

It was so hot instead of drawing pictures of all the plants I thought it would be fun to take pictures - so it became an art project.

McKenzey had her own ipad and took the pictures she wanted... she mostly took fallen trees and plants - its interesting to see through a child's eyes.....

Belle took mostly pretty plants and wanted to get everyone in the picture walking so we could tell that it was her pictures and not her sisters...

Manatees

We were at the dock the other day and saw a manatees up close - so cool..... He was drinking fresh water and we could have reached out and touched him or her.  The girls and I were so excited that I forgot that I could take a video so all we have are pictures.  We went home that night and looked it up and found some other stuff out about them...

They weigh 800 - 1200 pounds, live 60 years, are mammals (breath air every 5 min), eat plants, have babies every 2 to 5 years, swim very slow and get hurt by fast speed boats a lot because they stay close to the surface and can't get out of the way and lots more.....

Enjoy the slide show......