Pencil sketch

Snapshots done up in "pencil sketch" at picnik.com, for use in a previous project.

Sm'Arties hit the woods!

I am 2 art posts behind, but here is a little of what our homeschool mini-co-op is up to these days:

...well, when the Sm'Arties hit the woods last week, they were botanists, classifying plants with Science Geek.

...and discovering the occasional beautiful insect.

Want a closer look?

And when the field work was done, it was time to play!

Introducing Poundcake Kitty

Remember Poundcake Cat, my favorite of the page full of copycat kitty drawings?

Well, a kitty has adopted us.  He is our front porch kitty.  He has found himself a home.  And he is Poundcake.

Meet Poundcake.

Shooting the photos - outtakes

I had so much fun taking pics of the Sm'Arties , each holding my 50-cent frame, and then editting.  I love the fact that digital cameras allow me to take a bunch of pictures and save just my favorites, enhanced via picnik.com.  The outtakes from this day were fun, too.

Last Sm'Arties of the school year...

...and I am 3 posts behind!

The posts are almost completed...really...just a few more days...maybe next week...

This means...

The Sm'Arties must be back!

Sm'Art Moms

Merry Christmas from some of my favorite moms and me!

Now, to plan for next year...

Hooky

This week we had our usual IEW lesson (you go, Keisuzi!).

Then we packed up our picnic lunches and crossed the fence in our backyard to have PE and picnic on the Cross Florida Greenway.

It was lots of fun.  Though the day was pretty overcast, we enjoyed ourselves.

We are playing disc golf.  The "hole" is off camera.

We collected a few treasures.

I didn't take pictures of the collection of animal bones or the collection of shell casings.  Now I know for sure - it's not always firecrackers being set off on the Greenway - sometimes it is target practice. 

We saw several gopher holes.

After lunch, we planned to go back to the house for Science and Art.

But Science time came and went.

And then Art time came and went.

And somehow, Recess never ended.

We tuckered them out!