Songwriters

11/04/08

Songwriters at work.

11/06/08

Jonathan and Andrew cut pumpkins into bite sized pieces for the worms.

Lettuce be...

11/06/08

Have you ever seen a road runner? What about a falcon in flight? Okay, they have nothing on 3rd graders in the garden!  They turned fallow soil, added some compost to the bed, and planted 4 varieties of lettuce in nothing flat.   

Paparazzi on the move.

10/02/08

Papa ventures out with the Waterhouse Paparazzi to capture neighborhood shots. 

Neighborhood Still Life

10/09/08

Neighborhood still life photography.

Apples to Apples

10/16/08

Our photographers come up with some clever apple compositions. 

Let the Gardens Begin

10/30/08

Let the Garden Begin!

Bless Joan, who does not shy away from grabbing hands full of creepy crawling worms!  The boys not only dug this activity, they dug into the land - an activity that is near obsolescence in this neck of the woods.  Though breaking ground around the house was fairy tough, the boys stuck to the task, swinging pick adzes (yes, according to Willie, the tool is an "adze") and shovels preparing the soil to host a variety of fall vegetables.  

Person I Admire

10/30/08

7th Annual Person I Admire 

Top Row : Mark Twain, Grigori Rasputin, Johnny Cash, Winslow Homer

Middle Row: Alfred Nobel, Joshua Lawrenc Chamberlain, Enzo Ferrari, Teddy Roosevelt

Bottom Row: Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Richard Gatling, Pablo Picasso, Robert E. Lee

This year the living room was a host to lively characters from the past, some admirable, some not so admirable.  What do these famous (and infamous) men have in common?  Each lived and influenced some aspect of the three major wars the boys are studying this year – The Civil War, World War I, and World War II.  

Pumpkin Patch Flurry

10/30/08

In the afternoon the boys enjoyed making paper pumpkin patch!