Week 2 Wrap-Up

Another week flew by! The second week went much better than the first week. Most of our scheduling conflicts have been resolved, and we are getting into a rhythm. We took Thursday off from school so that we could join other homeschool families in Buda for a game of kickball. It was hot, but it was fun! I didn't play this time so that the Kitty Cat could play in the playground with my supervision. The Transformer did really well.
(The plant above has lettuce edging but very rough, barbed edges.)

On Saturday morning, we had our second nature walk, during which I took pictures of too many plants to identify! I also got a picture of a skull. To expose my ignorance of most things nature, I can't claim to know any names of the items I took pictures of. I am hoping to revisit this post as I discover what their proper names are and update the picture captions to reflect that.
(The skull measured about 4 inches in depth, 2.5 inches wide.)





We are looking into beginning our third week of school tomorrow. This Wednesday, the Transformer will have his final kickball class through the YMCA. Last week's class was cancelled due to rain and no adequate indoor space available to use. Additionally, on Thursday, we will attend the local Cub Scout Pack's Ice-Cream Social to see if we might transfer from our current pack. Then on Friday or Saturday, we will go to a garage sale that is supposed to have lots of nice clothes my daughter's size to update her wardrobe.
(I love how the tree's leaves above are so droopy. My husband thought it might be a ficus. The pictures of the flowers on the right came out so blue--hard to get true purple on computer, I guess.)

Lastly, I am now in the planning stages of a Princesses & Knights Birthday Tea Party for the Kitty Cat, who will be turning five years old in two weeks! The party itself will not be until the week after that to avoid Labor Day weekend and potential guests being out of town.












(I love how the leaves on the tree to the left were so strictly horizontal! It was really hard to see any of the leaves from the side. This tree was just next to the tree above with the droopy leaves and made such a wonderful contrast to it. The fuzzy flowers on the right reminded me of the Who characters' hair from Dr. Seuss! The flowers are so soft and feel like they must be related to cotton.)