I is for Insect... in February

I is for insect... that are all hiding in February, but okay. 

Tobin's journal entry wasn't about anything that happened, but since not much happens in January/February, dreaming of a white, firework-filled Christmas was more than acceptable. 

Going on a bug hunt in February is rather depressing... 

he did find some snails and a roly-poly under the planter.

 Using his compass and other tools, including the etch-a-sketch, to find bugs. 

 Okay, we give up, but here is some awesome ice! Time to pretend to be Christof, the ice collector from Frozen Disney movie.

It's a good thing we have an ant farm to watch and learn from! 

I sighed a huge sigh of relief when our ants arrived in our mailbox NOT frozen to death. 

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We watched these ants live by example as we learned "I am a wise child, so I work hard."

I had the boys chose a chore to complete for five days. They knew they would get a surprise reward after finishing the fifth days' work. They decided they would clean the playroom. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME! Since it was their idea, there was no complaining. They worked hard, so they got their reward:

Since we had started learning about the winter Olympics, these medals meant A LOT to them. Tobin had told me when we read that gold was for first place and silver was for second, that he would go a little slow so he could win second, since he likes silver better than gold. I love him! He got a silver medal. Jonah got gold ( he thinks it is his favorite color- yellow)

Speaking of yellow, Jonah loved painting yellow bugs:

More yellow- We learned about honey bees, and the hexagon pattern in their honeycomb. 

I was excited to actually find a book about bugs in the winter. Tobin loved this book.

Once again , I took away some powerful truths from the Word of God.  

The law of the LORD is perfect....

the rules of the LORD are right...

They are sweeter than honey that is taken from the honeycomb."

Psalm 19:7-10