More Sharp Academy and Sharp Home Ongoings

My Prince.

My Prince reading about the body; this is just prior to standing on his head and eating blueberries :)

Did  tell you about this generous homeschool mommy that gave us brand-new AMAZING school stuff! Our loot included games, books and TONS AND I MEAN TONS of manipulatives and other FANTASTIC tools! This is an ordinal game.

It's  high rise with the various floors labeled; first, second, etc.

Pick a card and mark your floor :)

Telling his "mommy-teacher"...something

Mr. Humble drew the winning floor.

This is the excitement while playing a simple, yet fun, counting tic-tac-toe game

YES!!!! This is one of our amazing presents!

Someone is getting excited....it's almost balanced.

An up close look.

YEP, my Prince gets excited about balancing :) Check out his hair; he is jumping! The way took the picture, it doesn't really looked balanced..who cares?! It's about fun and learning.

 

The "boy style creation by the Prince and his daddy.

Over the top...like his momma!

Cool, like his daddy.

AND WHAT?!?!!

YEP, another cool gift! This is a magnetic dry erase board that comes with pictures and letters!

I placed various pictures and the Prince wrote the names.

VIOLA! Spelling and writing lesson, complete!

Today, the Prince requested to review all of our body lessons....seriously there were about 7 books (including everythng from body system to nutrition) that we reviewed; in addition to his lapbook (in his hand) and our white board notes. He was so determined that he brought all of the books, his lapbook and his white erase board into the kitchen so we could use the large kitchen table and have room :)....It's a good thing that Thunder Love is obsessed with this lil' boy or she would probably run-a-way.

The Prince does addition in many different ways; today we watched The Kahn Academy short teaching video on addition and the Prince wanted to use a number line like the instructor.

He sent this one to his Nana :)

Yep, the Prince has chores. Initially he didn't have so many, but he, yes,HE, kept adding chores. Our motto is that our family must work together to keep our home healthy and happy. He has no clue that some kiddos get cash or rewards; it's just what is expected in our home; we all must work together.....and YES, one day I will fold the piles of laundry...ughh!

Now that look at this, I realize he added a couple more. He does his chores most days with no problems and minimal prompting, some days I do some for him and then there are the other days....he's only 4 :)

A happy chore day :)

 I know that one day his significant other will talk about the Prince's crazy mother, but I also know that when he kicks her to the curb for talkin' bout his momma, he will be fully self-sufficient...haahahahahhaha!

Butterfly Garden! Thanks, Nana!



The Prince get packages from his Nana, often. One of his recent ones was this! and prior to sending
it she ordered him the caterpillars...those jokers are getting HUGE, we are getting excited! Metamorphosis,
here we come!
The Prince is so excited, he checks them daily!



Sightings from the Sharp home, mainly in the kitchen

So, you may have noticed I haven't posted many pictures lately? Why, because I was in FL for several days and have since been typing my fingers off working (did you know I have a job outside of out my home?); atlas 5 assessments are complete and I have some time to post pictures.

When this mommy is swamped with work, does the Sharp Academy of Excellence and other related activities in the Sharp household take a break...OF COURSE NOT! I am way to much of a DO-IT ALL type of girl, regardless of how much I have going on....okay, okay, enough about my mental health issues! On to the pictures.....

Notice the collection Thunder Love has taken to one of her many blankies through out the house;yep, the socks are dirty and how does a lil'doggie get a heavy baseball to her spot in front for the fireplace?....no mention of the leaf in her mouth HA!

One evening, the Prince decided he wanted to make a fruit salad as his contribution to dinner.

Do you see the lil' food scapper picker-upper thingy he is using? This was a gift from my best friend and we LOVE it!

Seriously, this was one of the best tasting fruit salads. Looking at these pictures inspires my tummy to ask him to make us one for brunch in the morning :) YUM!!!

Let's throw some writing into the mix.

The Prince obviously telling me to pay attention to his on-line cooking class teacher and stop irritating him with all of the random picture taking; he is preparing to make zucchini muffins.

Notice how I must squeeze his arm off to get him to take a picture with me (**note to self, Dang it! don't forget to put concealer under your eyes if you are going to be in the pictures...ugghhhh! I'm slacking on my appearance!!) OH! nice tongue:)

Shredded zucchini, which is about to be squeezed to death in that dish towel.

Making sure he has the correct amount :)

This is starting to look good!

Multi-tasking! A lesson that he will most likely only learn from one of his parents. HA!....shhhhh!

Sometimes the wet mixture requires 2 hands! (I shudder)))))) PLEASE, don't mix the glass bowl right off of the counter!!)

I have been teaching myself to BREATH, as the Prince insists he is careful enough to open the oven and put his goodies inside. (So, I hide behind a camera)

One of the best inventions, the oven light :)

So we had a bi of left over zuchinni muffin mixture so we just threw it in a pan, the Prince wanted to eat it first! UMMMM, I promise there is a nutritional zucchini muffin under all of that yummy sifted powdered sugar.

Let the eating begin! I will not tell you how many muffins he ate, as I am begging to PMS and don't have the emotional shield for your judgement. HA! (I entertain myself)

I love my Prince, but some things are so sweet I want to dance a jig! Notice the travel mug; in this picture it's about 6:30 A.M. and the Prince is making his daddy's morning coffee! (A side not about his jammies, the Prince has tons of jammies, like everything else his Nana buys him TONS, and he likes to mix and match them, so if you see pictures of him in jammies they will most likely NEVER match.....this oddity must come from his daddy's side) SHHHHH! because Mr. Sharp may speak up and talk about my non-matching jammies.

Several reasons for this; #1 It's fun! #2 It's cool! #3 It's "boystyle" #4 It's a gravity lesson, I fed him blueberries while he was in this position

I love presents!!! (random post :)

Look at my new apron; I love it!!!!!

Yes, I am upstairs in this picture, but that's where the camera man was!

Black Bean Lettuce Wraps...coming to the Sharp home, SOON!

When hubby walks in the door I get a mommy break, so while the boys play and I watch and read blog...AND I found a new yummy one! This recipe immediately caught my attention, the only thing I need to pick up is Boston Leaf Lettuce (which I love!). The lettuce I have has already been washed, cut and placed in a bowl for easy to make salad, so this recipe will have to wait a couple of days:) OH! The new blog is a GF one; check out Daily Bites!

Adapted recipe.

Black Bean Lettuce Wraps
1/3-1/2 cup black beans
2 tbs. chopped red bell pepper
1 tbs. chopped red onion
1 small stalk celery, finely chopped
2 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. white or red wine vinegar
Pinch each of chili powder, cumin, and dried oregano
Salt to taste
Green  leaf “cups,” for serving
Diced avocado, for garnish

Combine the beans, pepper, onion, celery, tomatoes, olive oil, and vinegar in a small bowl. Then add the seasonings and salt to taste. Spoon the salad into the lettuce cups and top with diced avocado. Enjoy!

St. Patty's Day Facts.....

Facts about St. Patrick's Day Holiday

• St. Patrick’s Day is observed on March 17 because that is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is believed that he died on March 17 in the year 461 AD. It is also a worldwide celebration of Irish culture and history. St. Patrick’s Day is a national holiday in Ireland, and a provincial holiday in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
   
• In Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day, people traditionally wear a small bunch of shamrocks on their jackets or caps. Children wear orange, white and green badges, and women and girls wear green ribbons in their hair.

 

• Many cities have a St. Patrick’s Day parade. Dublin, the capital of Ireland, has a huge St. Patrick’s Day festival from March 15-19, that features a parade, family carnivals, treasure hunt, dance, theatre and more. In North American, parades are often held on the Sunday before March 17. Some paint the yellow street lines green for the day! In Chicago, the Chicago River is dyed green with a special dye that only lasts a few hours. There has been a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Boston, Massachusetts since 1737. Montreal is home to Canada’s longest running St. Patrick’s Day parade, which began in 1824.

Facts about Saint Patrick

• St. Patrick was born in 385 AD somewhere along the west coast of Britain, possibly in the Welsh town of Banwen. At age 16, he was captured and sold into slavery to a sheep farmer. He escaped when he was 22 and spent the next 12 years in a monastery. In his 30s he returned to Ireland as a Christian missionary. He died at Saul in 461 AD and is buried at Downpatrick.

Facts about the Irish

• 34 million Americans have Irish ancestry, according to the 2003 US Census. That’s almost nine times the population of Ireland, which has 4.1 million people.
• Some American towns have “Irish” names. You could visit: Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia; Shamrock Lakes, Indiana; Shamrock, Oklahoma; Shamrock, Texas; Dublin, California and Dublin, Ohio.
    
• The harp is the symbol of Ireland. The color green is also commonly associated with Ireland, also known as “the Emerald Isle.”
   
• The Irish flag is green, white and orange. The green symbolizes the people of the south, and orange, the people of the north. White represents the peace that brings them together as a nation.
   
• The name “lephrechaun” has several origins. It could be from the Irish Gaelic word “leipreachan,” which means “a kind of aqueous sprite.” Or, it could be from “leath bhrogan,” which means “shoemaker.”
  

Facts about Clovers

• According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the highest number of leaves found on a clover is 14!
   
• One estimate suggests that there are about 10 000 regular three-leaf clovers for every lucky four-leaf clover.
       
• Legend says that each leaf of the clover means something: the first is for hope, the second for faith, the third for love and the fourth for luck.

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