Doggie Weston and Making Teepees

I found this doggie outfit at the thrift store in October and so saved it for a "rainy day" activity. Well, it was a huge hit!! Weston has been a doggie since he got it a couple of days ago. Poppy taught him how to "beg" and "sit up" and "roll over", so he is learning very quickly for puppy. :) hee hee

Today in school we made teepees and read about how the plains Indians made teepees so they could follow the buffalo herds and live in a portable dwelling while moving around so much. Of course, in typical home learning fashion...it also gives us the opportunity to talk about the semicircle and that it is half of a circle (or 50%). It is fun when a lesson just "automatically" includes all 4 of the children's ages and learning levels! And... Weston quickly scribbled on a teepee so he could get back to one of his favorite fine motor skills -- using scissors!!!! :) Look at those precious bare feet...aren't they just scrumptious??

We're "snowed-in" today with about a foot of snow falling since last night, so I'll try to take some winter wonderland pictures while the kiddos are being treated to a snowmobile ride on Poppy's snowmachine!! Church was canceled and since I really didn't want to go slipping and sliding into town, we moved the kiddos dentist appointments from today too. Yeah -- a "stay home" day!!