Korean crowns

I've gotten behind on my blogging these last 2 weeks, so I'm gonna try and catch up this week!  Do you just love these crowns?  The boys do.  We mad them as part of our geography curriculum for our study of South Korea.  We learned about the kinds of crowns Korean kings used to have, so we made our own fancy ones.  they weigh about a thousand pounds and are quite messy, with all the glitter, beads, sequins and gems falling off, but the kiddos didn't seem to mind.

They were so cute running around the house with towels tied around their necks like a king's robe while wearing their hats.   I love it!  Sad I missed getting pics of it!

Japan!

As part of our Japan study, the week before last we visited a Japanese hibachi for lunch, thinking that the kids would love it.  I guess I wasn't really thinking, cause you know the boys don't eat anything.  So it was pretty pricey for simply a bowl of white rice. :) 

Noah really loved watching the whole thing though.  I made the mistake of telling the boys that the chef's put on a show for you while they cook your food.  So when we got there Wy kept asking where the TV was.  I couldn't figure out what he meant and then he said, "You said they would put on a show!!"  Ha!  It went well, though, till the guy lit the grill on fire.  Wyatt absolutely FREAKED out.  Screaming, sobbing, begging to be taken home.  And he stayed that way pretty much for the rest of the dinner.   We weren't able to get any pics though, cause we were holding him the whole time.  It was so ridiculous it was funny!

Annie was also a bit difficult so we had to leave her in her carseat.  The girl has become WILD at the dinner table.  Trying to grab everything, eat everything, and drink any cup she can get her mouth onto.  You can see Noah entertained her by playing music on her carseat with a chopstick!

Our next stop in geography is India, so I don't think we will be dragging the kids to any Indian restaurants.  And you know what Josh's common response to where do you want to eat is, "Anything but Indian."  :)

Paper mache!!

Last week we started our new geography curriculum, and to kick it off we made a paper mache globe.  Sounds like fun, right?  I thought so too.  I guess I didn't really think through the chaos of it all.  We waited until Josh was home to do it, which I am so grateful for, cause I'm not really sure I could have done it without him.  Just the fun of ripping up newspaper was quite exciting for the boys.  Wyatt was SUPER excited to rip up this car ad.

I have no idea why, but this is the crazy pose Noah is always asking us to photograph.  I have no idea what he thinks it looks like, but we make him happy by snapping the shot.  :)

I have no idea why, but I really expected them to daintily place the strips in the glue mixture, and use their finger tips to pick it all up.  Obviously, the just stuck their whole hands right in.  I was also surprised at how long it took!  I felt like we worked on it for hours and only had  small portion of the balloon done.  Annie was so sweet to sit quietly and watch.  Which was a good thing, cause there was no way I could pick her up with all the glue madness covering everything!

This is the point at which Wyatt was removed from the activity.  Do you see it starting to drip down his arms?  All over the table, chairs, floor, and then the living room floor.  And to top it all off, he took a glue covered hand and rubbed it ALL in his hair.  Josh had to give the boy a bath to clean him all up!

Noah really focused and did an excellent job.  His actually came out much better than the one I finished for Wyatt.  You can see Wy just got to look on for the rest of the activity.

We have since painted them, and they are currently waiting to be hung up in the school room.  The boys are adamant that they are displayed that way. I will have to snap a pic when we get them hung!