Project Week

A few weeks ago when it was 20 degrees, rainy and snowy, some of the local schools had their spring break, including our next door neighbors. Everyday the kids would knock on our door and ask the kids to play. I would have to tell them no because we were doing school. We'd have Spring Break when spring came.

Spring has arrived! I had decided that we'd take the week after Easter off for our Spring Break and really celebrate the octave of Easter. Instead of just 'not doing school' I thought it might be fun to have a project week. Each child would get to pick a recipe to make during the week, and we'd do crafts, art projects, and other fun projects throughout the week.  It's difficult carving out a time for projects the kids are asking to do when I feel like I'm triple booked as it is. If I can get school done, laundry done, dinner on the table, and the house picked up I'm happy, but I'm also exhausted.

If this idea works we may do it again in the fall.  Since this is our first attempt and I'm just making it up as I go who knows what will work and what wont. Of course people like Demand that want to know every detail of every minute is having a hard time comprehending what this week will be like, I think we'll all be happy in the end though.

Here's the line up so far.

Food

Demand: picked meringues from a children's cookbook that she's been wanting to make for ages.

Happy: pick "Swamp Smoothie" from a Tiana Cookbook we own.

Rooster: I picked M&M cookies for him since I bought the mini-M&Ms weeks ago for something and never used them.

Projects

We have the Cross/Jesus puzzle I gave to the family for Easter that we can work on this week. Happy is really great at puzzles.

Snap Circuits: Happy received Snap Circuits for Christmas and hasn't gotten too much time with them since an Adult is need to supervise. Wouldn't want to short a circuit and ruin the whole toy.

Glitter Slime: I flipped through my Pinterest folders for a few of the hundreds of ideas I thought the kids would like but I never remember to plan for. This was one of them. Glitter slime.

Wooden Castle: A year or so ago I stocked up on some wooden kits from Michael's on super-super clearance thinking I would give them as Birthday gifts but never remember. So now we might put one together. We have a few castles and a pirate ship I think . Now that I think of it, I think Demand received the Eiffel Tower a few years ago.

The rest of the week has yet to be determined. I will probably have them paint as some point as they all like to paint and I found some sidewalk chalk activities I think they would enjoy and King received side walk chalk for Easter.

Grandma often comes on Wednesday mornings so a lot will depend on if she is coming over. If she doesn't we may head to the Science Museum. Tomorrow is MY last night for Religious Ed. My students take their final test and get Confirmed on Thursday. Friday we have our first field trip in a long time, the nature center. We are going to a class on soil. The kids will be so excited. They love that place!


Here are a few pictures from day one.

We attempted to make glitter slime.  I think we messed it up but the kids had fun and played with it again first thing this morning.

They got to play with Happy's "Snap Circuts" for a while. They love doing it but need to be under supervision.

Then we made M&M bars. I only had gluten free flour but they turned out perfect. Wouldn't know the difference.  I forgot that our children have a hard time understanding the rules in the kitchen. I guess I need to have them help more often.

So that was day one of Project week.