Poems

In conjunction with the summer reading program and for home school, we delved into the world of poetry. It was so much fun! We read different examples, watched my most favorite movie clip of all times (Dead Poets Society, the classroom poetry part), and wrote our own.

The beautiful blooming flowers my Mother-in Law

 

sent

I said it was fun…but that was near the end when Charlotte wanted to make up 100's more that I had to put the breaks on. Her last ones were a far cry from the first one I “made” her do, below:

 

You’re Just Making it Messed Up, Mom

By Charlotte

I don’t know where to start

I don’t know

Um…

I don’t even know what to say!

Anne thought it was super funny and wanted to make one of her own. Don't ask me how she linked in the title!! :)

Going to Hitting

By Anne

A girl said,

“I don’t like it”

And,

“I love you”

And,

“Boo-baah”

Because she was laughing

We were in stitches!! It might be "you would have had to be there" things! Xela was busy creating her own and Charlotte caught wind of the laughs Anne’s poem made and gave this one more consideration. :)

Mommy

By Charlotte

Mommy’s sweeping

In the kitchen

With her big vaccume

With you saying,

                Of the peom

                Never been made

Go straight, Mom

Good luck!

After several more giggling poems, Xela was done and this is what she wrote:

The Magic of the Sea

By Xela

The swishing of the smooth soft ocean

And you could hear the swooshing wind on your face

And you can hear the squeaking noises

Could it be a gull’s beak chirping?

No, it seems it’s coming from the sea

Could it be?

Yes!

A whale!

A killer whale,

                My very favorite

The End

When Mom and Auntie Laci came, I asked if Lay could take some pictures. Here are my favorites of my 4 little delights!!

Sweet and Loving Xela

Charlotte with a Twinkle in Her Eye

Life's a Ball! Anne

Curly Head and Squishy Cheek Claira

The Love of My Life! Laughing with him makes life FANTASMIC :)

The candid family shot!! The stories behind the faces...!

(Notice the girls toes and fingers are painted via Grandma) Joe's smiling because he thinks Claira's so clever to keep getting Anne's hair. Anne is wondering if she's gonna pull hard enough to hurt. Charlotte is mentioning either how hungry she is or how cold she is or how she's tired of taking pictures. I think I'm swatting at a mosquito and Xela's glad Claira is calm and intrigued that she doesn't have to worry at the present moment about her wiggling off the chair. At least that's what I think is happening. :)

Uncle Lang stayed with us for a good month and went back to Nevada to get some things arranged. He will be moving to Minnesota when things are ready for him. I honestly believe he brought some nice weather with him, because when he was here it was almost always gorgeous outside. Now we have a heatwave and I think that Lang was good luck! He was good company during the day, an extra set of hands to help around the house and a fun book-reading Uncle. He paid me a great compliment, that for a Standard American Diet eater, he said I cook as good as his mother!

Til next time, on this wonderful earth, later!