Sam's Catch

Sam came to the door and said, "Mom, get your camera and take a picture of this crawfish I caught!"

Samuel's Catch

Samuel spent a lot of time this afteroon down at the creek catching these creatures.

Sam's Prize

Sam with his prize that he got yesterday in Junior Church. This was the last Sunday of a five week theme.

Photo by Samuel

Samuel took this photo of the ducks today. I thought he did a great job framing it. This is his original uncropped picture.

A Poem by Samuel

Thank You Edison
By: Samuel Reuben

Thank you Edison
For making the light bulb bright;
Thank you Edison
For doing what was right.

One must not be outdone by big brother, so here is a poem written by Samuel after Curtis wrote his poem. Curtis' poem was an assignment for English but Samuel's was pure voluntary.

Happy Birthday, Samuel!

Samuel waiting for his cake

The Cake!

Samuel with his fisherman cake.

Julissa thinks it is her birthday!


Eight years ago today, Samuel came rushing into the world. He came so fast his face was bruised. While still in the delivery room he drank a half ounce of formula. His sugar was low and he needed food. He still seems to have that problem on occasion. His younger brother was sleeping through the night before he was. He would get up in the night to drink a cup of milk and then go right back to sleep. Two months after he was born we packed up and moved several hours north. We are still there today. He has basically known no other house than this one. He is my child who loves to read books of the wild west, indians, cowboys, etc. It is hard to believe eight years have gone by since his birth.

More Birthday Pictures

Jeff and Samuel with his new desk.

Samuel standing in front of his desk.

Samuel holding the pencil holder Curtis made for him.

Girls Coloring Easter Eggs

My little ragmuffin.

Julissa

Julissa only colored one egg but she was absolutely enthralled with it.

Samuel's Thoughts

After reading this book, "Meet the North American Indians" Samuel said, "I guess Briana is a Creek Indian because the Creek Indians fought others for no reason." I think this thought came about due to the injury Sam received the other night from Briana for no apparent reason.

Our Boys

Curtis

Samuel

Alexander

My favorite of each of the boys from the photo shoot today.

Weekly Art Work

This past week's art assignment from Harmony Art Mom was to draw a coin. This is Samuel's drawing of an old coin. It was drawn from a photo.

Then for fun Samuel designed and drew a coin in honor of himself.

Weekly Art Project

This week's art assignment from The Heart of Harmony was to draw your pet or a pet you would like to have. Since we do not have any pets, Samuel drew this rabbit. I thought he did a really good job.

Down by the Creek Bank

Alex and Briana

Ducks on the creek.

This photo was taken by Samuel.

It is a beautiful 63 degrees outside today. Spring is in the air. The kids are out playing in the mud and dirt down by the creek.

Weekly Art Assignment

Model T Ford drawn today by Curtis.

Car driving through the country drawn today by Samuel.

I've started giving them a weekly art assignment as assigned on Tuesday each week by Barb at The Heart of Harmony. The boys are really enjoynig it.

Sam's Art Assignment

Here are the results of the art assignment I gave to Samuel this week. He was to complete one drawing of a bird but decided to go above and beyond the requirements. Here are two photo collages of Samuel's drawings. He drew these freehand by looking at photos of birds in our Birds of Indiana Field Guide. He thorougly enjoyed himself working on these drawings over several days this week.

Drawn by: Samuel (age 7)

Top left - Blue Jay, Top Right - Dark Eyed Junco, Bottom Left - Black Capped Chickadee, Bottom Right - Tufted Titmouse.

Drawn by: Samuel (age 7)

Top Left - House Wren (he had a little difficulty with this one), Top Right - Red-Winged Blackbird, Bottom Left - American Goldfinch, and Bottom Right - Northern Cardinal (our state bird)

Captain Calico

Today in Sam's Language lesson he composed a sentence about a kitten by using adjectives to describe the noun, an action verb to tell us what his kitten was doing, and an adverb to describe the action verb. His sentence was "My soft, tiny, calico kitten jumps carefully." Then for an enrichment activity, he had the option of drawing a picture of his cat. Here is the picture he drew along with his cat's name - Captain Calico!

Quite A Catch!

As Jeff and I were fixing dinner, Samuel walked in and said, "Look at my catch!"

Very Cherry's 7th Birthday (April 2006)

Cool Cake!

Happy 7th Birthday, Son!

Is it good?!

Now I can play catch with Dad and my brothers.

I really like my new scooter!