Bugs!

Just a quick post - it seems it is the year for cicadas to be everywhere again! In the same day, we found a cicada exoskeleton attached to a deck post and then found a recently deceased cicada on the deck. So what do we do? Bring them inside and look at them under the microscope, of course!

This pic was just taken with my phone:

What nature have you found to examine recently?

Moving, Chaos, and Still Here

We moved - a while three blocks from where we used to live! I seriously underestimated and thought we'd take about a week to get settled in because it was such a little move. Of course, we still had to pack everything we owned into boxes and then unpack it all, figure out where it went, and organize it. A month later and the house is finally looking "lived in" instead of "pure chaos".

Though I haven't been blogging, we have been schooling. There should be another history unit posted in the next couple weeks, our first religion unit will be completed and posted, and we're 2 weeks in to a 6 weeks Living Things science unit.

Meanwhile, here's the new homeschool space:

Looks rather like our old homeschool space. That's the fun of modular furniture. Actually, there's a big difference. Before, homeschool and play space were all together in one room. This house has a big enough bedroom for The Kid to hold all of her toys and her art desk! The homeschool desk is tucked in a corner of the dining room, still central to our daily living. It was a bit interesting to sort out what went into her room and what went into the homeschool space. Which space does the Lego Education kit go in? How about the Snap Circuits? Do we put all the books in her room or in the living room or dining room? A few weeks in, everything finally has a place and I can even mostly remember what went where!