Ping Week in pictures...

Buoyancy The girls collected different household items and we made guesses on what would float and what would sink. They LOVED this!





Field trip to the duck pond.
We've been there plenty of times before but we had just learned a few more facts about ducks that morning so it made for even more interesting observation of our floating feathered friends. I was really happy that I was able to catch a duck (I kind of pounced on it...extremely ungraceful like). The girls got to inspect the duck's webbed feet, special duck teeth, and see the waterproofed feathers. We got to talk about how God perfectly designed the duck for it's habitat. Pretty fun little lesson!

Paige was NOT cool with the duck snatching the entire piece of bread out of her hand.


She really did not expect the ducks to be so grabby!


She got the hang of it though and learned to use her foot to keep the ducks back. Smart girl!




They all enjoyed petting these extremely tame ducks!! We did not see any ducklings and that was a little disappointing (and surprising given this time of year) but maybe we'll have the chance to check out the other duckpond I know of.

Quack

This week we are going to be doing "The Story about Ping". The girls and I are so excited! We read "Ping" sometime over this past year and the girls loved it. It was one of my childhood favorites as well. My girls (and I) are always especially interested in studying about animals so this should be a fun week.

Some of the things we will be doing are going to the duck pond (where I will try to catch a duck so we can study it (I'm really good at catching ducks--one of my talents-- but I'm also EXTREMELY pregnant!), learning about ducks in general, a bouyancy experiment, "traveling" to China (with a few stories on missionaries in China, some geography, and we'll have egg drop soup with lunch one day), and a lesson or two on discernment. Hopefully I can get myself to get pictures on here from our week!

We are all ready for baby so it will be nice to be able to have a "normal" week--possibly our last week as a family of five. I'll be planning our lessons for the following week too because the last thing I want to do is spend time waiting on baby and obsessively thinking about his/her impending arrival. :)

Tick, tock.

The countdown is definitely on! According to my snappy little Lilypie baby ticker we have fifteen days until Baby G #4 is due. Obviously the baby is unmoved by something so silly as a date on the calendar but it's nice to know that at this point the end (or beginning) is definitely in sight!

Today was our home visit with our midwife. I'm feeling really productive b/c we did big grocery shopping this morning, came home, ate lunch, and then had our visit. Two big things in one day--at this point that's pretty good! :) The visit went great. Baby is doing well and is in a good position. I'm feeling pretty good for the most part. Having some nausea issues as well as NASTY heartburn but I'm far from miserable. I am thinking this little peanut is going to hang on for at least another two weeks and that's fine with me. I've got plenty to do to keep busy :)