FPEA Convention & Seminar Suggestions

I am excited! The Homeschool Convention is coming up soon here in Florida. I don't know what other conventions look like, but this is like a Mega Superstore of Curriculum. My first year going was last year (which was ridiculously overwhelming). I went with a group of other moms that were planning to homeschool, but no husband. This year, we are making it a family treat. We are going together with the boys. After checking today, the seminar listing is up and the Exhibitors are now posted.

Exhibitors

Friday Schedule of Seminars

Saturday Schedule of Seminars

For those that have been homeschooling, would you mind taking a peek at the Seminars? What would be some good ones to attend?

Garden needs Tending

Luk has had a wonderful time growing his garden. He recently went back to his garden to get his vegetables. He grew salad leaves (I am drawing a blank on its' name. I know it was not Romaine.), and he brought them home. He also brought his more Collard Green home. We will be cooking them. Luk is not too happy about this, but we told him he picked that veggie, he has to try it.

He is such a big boy cutting his leaves.

Here is a shot of the whole garden. The tomato plants and carrots are coming right along.

The growing of the garden has been a wonderful experience for Luk. Recently, we were watching WALLE, as an afternoon treat. He was very interested in learning about how the people got bigger, why they needed the masks, the plant, and why the plant was needed to grow. So... WALLE became a learning day about outer space, oxygen, plant life, etc. It was a fun time.

Painting & Letters

Luk surprises me. There are days that feel like nothing got through to him, and then he does things like the other day to prove that he was absorbing the information I was giving him. We have been working on letters, and I knew/know that he was getting them. However how much of it I just wasn't sure. He recognized them for a while, but for him to see a couple of toys and make the letters was something new. This is what he had to show me after I made him breakfast...

"Look Mom, the letter 'D'."

"And this is the letter 'T'."

"J."

"And, 'Y'!"

The toys were connection pieces to a set that he got for Christmas. I guess that after much play time with the pieces, he saw the letters. 

I was proud! I was just so happy that he realized that he could make letters outside of writing them. It is great to see his imagination come to live with something as small as this. Logan enjoyed playing on his mats as Luk imagined! 

Later that day, we finally opened some Sidewalk Paint that we had bought some time ago Luk was quite the artist, and Logan just wanted to grab ahold of my camera!

Good times!

The Gardens Must be Pruned...

The garden continues to grow, and with that comes Luk being a farmer. Here he is cutting the leaves from his vegetables. He is really learning the importance of how people grow food, eat it, and survive off the land. In the fall, he will be learning more about how the sun, rain, and oxygen help with the growth of plants.

PawPaw showing Luk how to do it. Cut at the base of the plant...

Now, Luk's turn all by myself.

He has all the leaves...

After some hard work, it's coloring time...

Luk's First Roller Coaster Ride

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Luk had a great time at Busch Gardens. This is his frist theme park Roller Coaster. We had a blast!

Field Trip to Busch Gardens

We have visitors this week. My brother, wife, and son are down for Spring Break. We decided to take the boys to Busch Gardens, and it was wonderful because they opened a new Sesame Street Safari Fun area in the park. It is a large area, and you could spend the entire day there. We have a year pass, and we are planning on going again.

Meeting the Vulture

Logan being where he is happiest: clinging to Mommy

The boys and CooCoo (Lita)

Luk loving on Gregory

Rrrrrr...

The boys were even more excited about meeting the Sesame Street Characters. They spent a nice amount of time with each set of children.

It was with Elmo and Big Bird that the boys spent a good deal of time. They offered the boys as many hugs as they wanted. It was really sweet. If there is one thing FL theme parks are good at it is the people they hire to do the characters. It may be good that you can't see their faces, but you almost wonder if they can't help but smile when they see each child light up (even if they are having a bad day).

As the Garden Grows...

Luk's garden is looking great. His plants are growing strong, and he is so proud to have them getting taller.

Thumbs up... Awesomeness!

YAY! My garden is growing! Collard Greens, Cabbages, Carrots, Squash, Tomatoes

Proud Boy! Going to check out his Banana Peppers and Green Peppers.

I love how he handles his plants with care. He is truly a sweet boy. I can't wait to see his expression when he begins to see the actual vegetable; he is going to ecstatic!  More to come...