Space Theme Week

A few weeks ago, the kids went to vacation bible school at one of the local churches.  It is one we visit every year, and the kids always have a great time.  The theme was "The God of the Universe."  Because I just love to teach something, I decided that we'd carry the theme on at home and the discuss the planets.

I think I've mentioned that I'm a bit of an educational hoarder.  So most of the time, I usually have a variety of materials already at home.  So here's what we had

1.  Book - My Race Into Space -  This is a cute rhyming story of a little boy and his dog who would like to travel to space.  They discuss everything that they'd see with characteristics of each planet.

2.  Video - The Magic School bus - Space Adventures - I've always loved everything about Mrs. Frizzle and her class adventures. Science is always extra cool and exciting with her.  There are actually 3 different videos on this one, but I'm actually considering purchasing the entire Magic schoolbus series.

3.  Stink - Solar System Hero -  Judy Moody's little brother is obsessed with Pluto and is so upset when he finds out it's not considered a planet anymore.  

We used the things I had to launch our space investigations plus did some research on the Internet.  Cate worked on a PowerPoint presentation as we went along.  We researched one to two planets a day.

I decided to let the kids paint the different planets as we studied about them.  I had some old gift boxes that were kind of damaged so I decided to make those their canvases. 

I love how they turned out.  For now, they're just hanging.   However, I think I'm going to frame them later.

Self Care: Honey Mask

I've been trying to do better with finding time for self care lately.  So today in my "free time" during nap, I decided to sneak in a little skin therapy with a honey mask before the work begins.

I searched some recipes and found one where I had all the ingredients plus it had "calming" in the title.  So that had to be the  right one.  

You'll need

 2 tablespoons of honey

2 teaspoons of cinnamon 

Fresh lemon juice

Heat honey in the microwave.  Then add in the cinnamon and lemon juice.  I cut them in fourths and used one.

Apply to face.  

What? Not a good look?

I also put some on my neck. I tend to have a problem with picking at hair on my neck and irritating my skin. 

Wait 15 minutes.  

Rinse.  I rinsed with warm water, patted dry, and added a little moisturizer (Neutrogena Naturals).

Why do I look so surprised? Probably because I managed to get an unrushed shower in, a fresh face, kind of dressed, took my hair loose and plus feeling kind of energized. Surprised myself.