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As a child I always wanted to take in every stray. My first dog, Blondie came from the pound...I had him for about 10 years. Then there was the bird dog, Mutt that my mom & sister found when I was 5. My mom swore Mutt could only stay the weekend until the vet opened on Monday...I had him for 12 years. Or my cat Snipper that I raised from a kitten...19 years he was my faithful friend. In addition there were rabbits, fish, birds, hamsters and a few other pets throughout the years. Obviously this caring trait passes on as Wyatt is quickly amassing his own group of giveaways and strays.

First he got a few cats from a co-worker...

Then there was Millie

Next was Thumper

And most recently came JoJo.

 He loves each animal unconditionally no matter what! He constantly wants to bring home another pet. Now at 4 he has learned that with pets come chores...feeding, cleaning cages and playing with them. So maybe a zoo isn't so bad...the lessons it teaches far outweigh the hassle...so I suppose we will continue to add to our collection, grow our responsibility, and learn about the animal world.

Until next time~

Caci

Ingredients

• Cube Steak 
• 1 cup All-purpose Flour
• 1 teaspoon Seasoned Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper 
• a dash of Garlic salt or powder 
• 3 teaspoons Ground Black Pepper, Or To Taste
• Salt, For Seasoning Meat
• 1/2 cup Oil (more If Needed)
• milk
• eggs
• 2 Tablespoons Butter

Preparation Instructions

Last week lil' man & I began a more concentrated effort on his "Mommy School."  In case you missed it check out this post (My 3 yr old Drop Out)  to explain what "Mommy School" is and why we are participating.     One of my 12 in 2012 was to create consistent lessons for the lil' man.  Up to this point its been mainly fun and games, and only happening 1 or 2 days a week.  I felt like he needed more.  His constant questioning probably helped push me in that direction, but I didn't have time to really sit down and plan lessons.

So I search the internet until I found what I was looking for...a curriculum based in scripture with sound teaching methods and activities. I purchased the Letters of the Week curriculum from Erica over at Confessions of a Homeschooler.  I love that the package includes lesson plans, bible verses, and helps teach all the basics Wyatt needs to learn in a fun setting that generates PAPERS! (my son needs something to show off after working hard).  The curriculum is geared towards 3-4 year olds just starting their educational journey.  Lil' man has loved the activities and lesson we have done so far.









Plus he really enjoyed apple tasting and making homemade applesauce.




Lil' man is a budding Picasso, so the apple painting was right up his alley.

And counting he loves to help count things...I think this comes from counting cows regularly...for the longest time I didn't know if he would ever count pass 8 (that's the number of cows that go into one milk line at a time).

As we are wrapping up week 1, I began to get things together for next weeks lessons to ensure I was prepared.  Next week our focus letter is the letter B and Erica had butterflies as the focus.  Now I like butterflies well enough but I can promise you my 3 year old hard core cowboy is going to have some issues with studying butterflies ALL week.  So I attempted to make a more cowboy friendly version of LOWC for the letter B.

While I didn't recreate activity (he will have to deal with some butterflies) I did recreate quite a few.  So here you go...my Letters of the Week revamp...B is for Barns & Bulls!! This is my first "Mommy School" creation.  (Please note that while I did create the worksheets myself this is not my original idea.  Erica@ConfessionsofaHomeschooler created the lessons and ideas.  I just recreated her format with clipart I purchased.)

So here is a peek at what the various worksheets look like and at the bottom of this post will be a link so you can download the pdfs.