She can spell her name!

At TLC (Tacoma Learning Center) this week, Loren decided that she needed to sign her painting with a pen. I let her of course. While she was scribbling/writing the couple letters she knows, she spelled "L-O-R-E-N" outloud! I couldn't believe my ears and couldn't get her to do it again for me. Later she spelled it again while at the park. That night she pointed to the letters that spell her name written on our living room window and again spelled "L-O-R-E-N," this time I was able to get her to do it again on camera :) Proud momma moment!

Slugs... Like snails but without a shell...

A slug crawled into the studio today while we were working, so of course, being the family that we are, we took the opportunity to continue talking about Gastropodas (fancy word, I know :). We talked about how slugs and snails are different (shell vs. no shell) and how they are the same (slimy, crawl on the ground) and how they react with salt (dad didn't want it crawling to the garden). Funny thing was that I thought that salt killed slugs, but this one just crawled out of the salt heap and kept on going...

Washington State History Museum Field Trip

We visited the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma with the intention of seeing the model living railroad as part of this month's homeschool group's Train theme. We started our day with a ride on the Link light rail train from Freighthouse Square to Union Station (where the museum is housed). While we were there we took the opportunity to explore the rest of the museum and even did a scavenger hunt through the exhibits.