Friends and Geodes

The company that sells the history/literature curriculum we use recently had a charity fundraiser that included videos about many poorer areas of the world.  The kids decided to participate, and filled their "radio-box" bank all month with spare change and their own money.  At the end, they worked together to count it (yes, that ended in an argument, but that's not the point.)  They ended up raising/finding $50 to donate!  I was pretty proud of them.
    

    

A month or so ago, a new family moved in to the other ward that meets in our church building.  I had several friends notify me that I "had" to meet this lady, and they were right!  They have a boy, girl, and boy just a year younger than my kids, and they homeschool!  That makes only the third homeschooling LDS family I know in our whole stake (large church region.)  We got together at Descanso Gardens one morning to play.
  

Pretending to be mad.  Connor actually was in time-out for running off.

Nice Cartwheel, Connor.

  
A few days after that, the kids had some of their best friends over while their mom got a haircut.  The little girl is definitely into babies, even stinky ones!
  

  
Since Connor's current passion project is on crystals and gems, I ordered some "break-your-own" geodes on Amazon.  They were kind of hard to crack open, but they were awesome inside!  Yes, we substituted goggles for safety glasses.
  

  

    
Evan decided one day that he wanted to pee in the potty. He did it several times that day, and got to wear training underwear, which he thought was awesome!  Then he had a couple accidents, and while waddling bowlegged back to the bathroom to get changed he said, "No underwear, get diaper!"  Oh, well.  I think we'll get him some pull-ups and take a more moderate approach for awhile.
  

That's right, Evan.  You rock!

    
Kevin's friend Katie requested this video a month back, and I forgot to put it on here.  I don't usually post videos, since I have my blog printed into a book each year, but here it is anyway!
   

 For printed blog purposes, here's the transcript: "Goodbye Grandma Cloe!  I love you!  Hi Katie!  Byebye!"