Beautiful day

Although the weatherman called for rain all day, it was absolutely gorgeous outside.  Dakota and I did his journal, which has really improved as the year has gone on, and his handwriting before curling up on the couch for a vocabulary reader and some reading by Dakota and to Dakota.  I read Click, Clack, Moo to him and found one of the lines hit my funny bone and the two of us giggled and laughed and enjoyed each other's company.  Afterward, our friends stopped by for lunch and we got an hour of outside time before coming back in, where Dakota's sister helped him finish his plant packet.  We went back outside and found 3 dandelions, in various stages of growth, and talked about them and how the cycle continues.  We also found a "helicopter" that had come off the big tree in our side yard and planted itself in our garden.  Luckily for us, a sprout had formed, but the curled seedling and the hard seed coat were still attached.  Dakota's reaction..."This is AWESOME!".  Love that!  We did our science workbook outside, talking about plants, and then for Social Studies we brainstormed his personal country that he is creating for his end of year project in Around the World and got all the names and details down on paper and the flag template printed.  Inside we did our math work, lines of symmetry and subtracting ten from a number, and called it a successful homeschool day!