Unfortunately, Bonnie is sick. And when the queen bee is sick, the whole hive is restless. I learned a lot of bee tidbits in the last book I read The Secret Life of Bees which joins Uncle Tom's Cabin in well told stories by white women about racial issues and more. Did you know the Episcopalians have a feast day for Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Let me report on the tots. Orry is eating up homeschooling. Isaac likes to get in on it too when he can. Isaac was a little sick lately too, so he did spend some more time at home instead of at his day school where he usually goes Tuesday through Thursday. They like to work on math concepts, reading, writing, science, presidents and other social studies. Bonnie's doing a great job with that. Lately they are incorporating more quiet time into the day. Orry is 4 inches short of 4 ft tall and is about to switch into kid sized shoes instead of preschool sizes. His favorite animal today is a honeybadger and his favorite president is Barack Obama. He wants to live in Alaska where the northern lights are. Alaska is his favorite state.
Isaac is developing splendidly. He is spelling out his name and drawing dinosaurs and counting things and he still likes puzzles and likes the The Land Before Time movies. His favorite animal today is a tree frog. We planted some seeds in our garden yesterday and Isaac was a big help. We saw lots of grubs, some ants and some worms, and we got hot and sweaty. Today we had planned to go to the beach this evening, but with Bonnie out of sorts, we might have to postpone.
Annie likes to sing and dance and compete with Isaac about letters and numbers. She has been a splendid two-year-old so far and is developing quite well. She likes to call things by name and likes the OK GO Rube Goldberg video, which she calls for by what she calls it: "Mess".
And, as you may have heard, I trimmed the beard and mustache, going from this to this:
Now, back to the hive...
Orry: What does the teacher bee say to the little naughty bee?
great update :D
ReplyDeletebehave!
Well, you KNOW I love the trimmed up face much better than the unkempt look! The kiddo update was splendid! I am so sorry to hear that Bonnie's under the weather. I too am working on the gardening only I'm doing mine inside (the greenhouse) where there are no critters (so far!) I have transplanted about 500 plants so far and have another 250-300 to put into pots before the end of today. I ordered little plant plugs from eBay for a very reasonable price and then I can nurture them to full size before putting them out in May (after the danger of frost is past). I love hearing from you so keep 'em comin' lylyly, M
ReplyDeleteI hope Bonnie feels better soon, our former tots loved the Land Before Time movies ... they are good ones!
ReplyDeleteJonathan, you are close, but Orry says you don't win.
ReplyDeleteAnswer: Beehive yourself!
Annie calls that Ok Go Rube Goldberg video "yellow paint". The "Mess" video probably refers better to the Fun. video for We Are Young.
ReplyDeleteGreat update and thanks for all the well wishes!