Another day at co-op

Last week the focus was on China, which brought out lots of dragon ideas! Some of the children made an abacus (not pictured, but I'll have to find one later) which was fun.





Naomi pauses for a picture while coloring a page.



She adores J's daughters.. but insisted the baby shouldn't wear a hat.



We took a friend with us to co-op, he's in the red/white striped shirt. Here they are busy decorating their dragons to turn into paper dragons later.


More painting and more of Julia's school room (it is a great place to hold co-op!) Olivia loves on her baby (with hat).



Nathan and his paper dragon. Auburn drew the heads for the younger children to decorate.



You guessed it.. more dragon decorating..


I just realized that most of us were in red for co-op. I guess it was a .. (very bad political joke coming up.. sorry!) reaction to the election. Ahem. Anyway, Bethany gets a hug while it looks like Naomi is making a break for it. Gracie is thinking hard about her art. :)



They are practicing Chinese calligraphy. Auburn taught on the board while the children copied it.



Joseph shows off his paper dragon.


Here is James' dragon in progress, Auburn drew the heads/tails. (Yes, Dad, I know he needs his hair cut again!)


This week.. Aztecs and Mayans.. we'll maybe try some ball in the backyard and then decide what to do with the losers...

Other news:

The older girls are both involved in www.nanowrimo.com for the young authors program and enjoying it a LOT. We've roasted at dozens of marshmallows over the past few days as we use the fireplace.. and.. I trimmed Noah's bangs. What an exciting life we lead here in SC.